The complete herbalist : or the people their own physicians by the use of nature's remedies : describing the great curative properties found in the herbal kingdom. by Brown Oliver Phelps

Author:Brown, Oliver Phelps.
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Materia medica, Vegetable., Botany, Medical., Medicinal plants.
Publisher: Jersey City, N. J. : Oliver Phelps Brown
Published: 1897-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

the rectum and around the anus, which are characterized by a varicose condition of the hemorrhoidal veins. They may be situated either internally or externally, and when blood is discharged they are called bleeding piles, if not, blind piles. The tumors vary in size from a pea to a hen's egg. They are more common in women than men, owing to the sedentary habits of the former. They are caused by obstruction of the portal circulation, drastic purgatives, habitual constipation, pregnancy, uterine misplacement, etc.

Treatment. —If costiveness exists, give some mild purgative, as senna and leptandrin, or the "Renovating Pill,"and keep bowels gently open, so as to secure one passage a day. Thoroughwort, in decoction, is also very useful. A compound decoction, or an ointment made of witch-hazel, white oak bark, and sweet-apple tree, applied to the tumors, very often cures them. In congestion of the Hver, or derangement of the portal circulation, resort to the treatment advised in chronic hepatitis. If there is much inflammation, apply a slippery elm, stramonium, or poke-leaf poultice. Daily injections of cold water are also very useful. The diet should be regulated, and fatigue should be avoided. As a remedy for either internal or external piles, I can recommend nothing better than my " Herbal Ointment Suppositories." If applied to the tumors about twice a day, they give instant relief, and cure them in a short time. See page 488.

DISEASES OF THE ABSORBENT SYSTEM. These are diseases affecting the lymphatic glands. The lymphatic system is that particular system of organs inservient to the formation and circulation of lymph, and consists of glands and vessels. When any of these glands become inflamed, the affection is lymphangeitis^ angdo-leucitis, or lymphadenitis.

Scrofula.

This is commonly known as " King's Evil," and derives its name from the Latin scrofa, a sow, because it was supposed that it also affects Bwine. It is most apt to occur in persons of sanguine temperament, with thick upper lip. "When fully developed, it gives rise to a deposit of tuberculous matter. It is characterized by a morbid state of the system, manifested by glandular swellings, chiefly in the neck, suppurating slowly, and healing with difficulty. At first there appear small, hard, movable kernels about the neck, just under the skin. These are the affected lymphatic glands. No redness or soreness is perceptible at first, but when in course of time they reach the size from a filbert to a hen's egg^ or even larger, they come to a head and break, discharging a watery fluid, or a mixture like whey and curd. No great pain is seldom if ever felt. When the ulcers heal, they are apt to leave a puckered

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