Hamamelis
Categories: TermsGenus of shrubs or small trees (family Hamamelidaceae), including the
witch hazels. Dried leaves of a witch hazel (Hamamelis virginiana) of
the eastern U.S. used formerly as a tonic and sedative.
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GOUT (PODAGRA)
A disorder of nutrition characterized by excess of uric acid in the blood, attacks of acute arthritis (inflammation of joints) with deposit of urate of sodium in and around the joints; with various general symptoms. Causes. Heredity; male sex, usuall... GRANDMOTHER'S OWN COUGH REMEDY
One green paneled bottle contains seven and one-half fluid ounces of a brownish-yellow, semi-clear, very sweet, thickish liquid, of a tarry odor, and pronounced taste and smell of chloroform. From a close examination we have ascertained that an exac... GRAY HAIR
"The only thing to do with gray hair is to admire it." This is true. Nothing so sets off an aged face like the crown of silver. To color it is a great mistake. There is absolutely no cure for it; the one thing we can do is to make it a beauty. Gray hair... GREEN MOUNTAIN SALVE
Resin 1 pound Burgundy Pitch 1 ounce Beeswax 1 ounce Mutton Tallow 1 ounce Oil of Hemlock 2 drams Balsam Fir 2 drams Oil Origanum 2 drams Oil... Groats
Hulled, usually crushed grain, especially oats. ... Grosgrain
Closely woven silk or rayon fabric with narrow horizontal ribs. Ribbon made of this fabric. gruel Thin porridge (usually oatmeal or cornmeal). See page 574. ... Guaiacum (guaiac )
Tree of the genus Guaiacum; a lignum vitae. Greenish-brown resin from this tree, used medicinally and in varnishes. ... GUNN'S RHEUMATIC LINIMENT
Oleum Olivi 1 ounce Oil Cedar 1 ounce Oil Amber 1 ounce Take camphor gum one-half ounce; rub in a mortar with alcohol or sulphuric ether till pulverized, and while damp add Oleum Olivi 1/2 ounce Turpentin... Gustatory
Concerning the sense of taste. ... Haematuria
Blood in the urine. ... HAEMOPHILIA
"Bleeders."--This is a hereditary disorder characterized by a tendency to persistent bleeding, spontaneously or even after a slight injury. Causes. Usually hereditary through many generations. It is transmitted through daughters, themselves usually ... HAINES'S GOLDEN SPECIFIC FOR OPIUM HABIT
Myrica Cerif 8 ounces Ginger Powdered 3 ounces Capsicum, powdered 1/2 ounce Mix. The above amount would cost about 40 cents. ... HALL'S HAIR RENEWER
Sulphur Precipitated 1/2 dram Lead Acetate 1/2 dram Sodium Chloride 1 dram Glycerin 4 ounces Bay rum 1 ounce Jamaica rum 2 ounces Water enough to make ... Hamamelis
Genus of shrubs or small trees (family Hamamelidaceae), including the witch hazels. Dried leaves of a witch hazel (Hamamelis virginiana) of the eastern U.S. used formerly as a tonic and sedative. ... HAMBURG BREAST TEA
Marshmallow Flowers 2 ounces Glycrrhiza Root 6 drams Iris Florentina 2 drams Coltsfoot 1 ounce Mullein Flowers 1/2 ounce Anise Seed 1/2 ounce Mix. The above amount would cost... HAMLIN'S WIZARD OIL
Alcohol 1 pint Gum Camphor 1 ounce Oil Sassafras 1/2 ounce Tincture Myrrh 1/2 ounce Tincture Capsicum 1/2 ounce Chloroform 1/2 ounce Mix. I consider this... HARDENED WAX OR IMPACTED CERUMEN
This mass may be mixed with foreign bodies or be made up of "wax" alone. Symptoms. A large mass of wax may remain in the ear for many years without causing any special loss of hearing so long as the plug does not rest against the drum and there remai... HARE-LIP
This is due to the fact that the flesh or bony parts do not quite properly unite. It may form a single or double hare-lip, or complicated, or it may involve the soft parts, or the hard (bony) and soft parts at the same time. It is always to one or the o... HARTER'S WILD CHERRY BITTERS
Wild Cherry Bark 1 ounce Yellow Cinchona Bark 1 dram Orange Peel 2 drams Cardamon Seed 1 dram Wild Ginger 1/2 dram Alcohol Dilute 12 ounces Honey 2 ounces ... Hartshorn
Antler of a hart, formerly used as a source of ammonia and in smelling salts. Ammonium carbonate. ... HAY FEVER. (Rose Cold, June Cold or Hay Asthma)
This inflammation of the nose occurs in August and September. It is really a nervous affection of the nose membrane. Causes. A predisposition: A peculiar sensitive area in the mucous membrane of the nose. An exciting cause circulating in the air, the... HEADACHE
This term means a pain in the head, all over the head, or at one particular spot. It may be only a symptom of a general constitutional derangement, some disease of some other organ, a temporary inability of some organ like the stomach, liver, bowels, et... HEADACHE
Acetanilid 160 grains Citrate Caffein 1 dram Sodae Bicarbonatis 15 grains Tartaric Acid 5 grains Simple Elixir to make 4 ounces Mix. Dose: One-half to one teaspoonful half hour ap... HEADACHE (Cephalalgia)
Belladonna 3X dil. One to two drops every half hour until better. Pounding throbbing headache, eyes red, and pain. Bryonia, 2X dil. same way. Stomach trouble, headache, worse on motion, in forehead, full forehead, bilious feeling. Nux Vomica 3X tri... HEADACHE FROM CONSTIPATION
This is frequent. There is generally a dull, heavy feeling in the forehead, the head feels full and sometimes dizzy, the patient feels blue and morose, the tongue is coated on its back part, mouth tastes bitter, patient is drowsy and stupid and work goe... Headache, Lemon Juice and Coffee for
"A teaspoonful of lemon juice in a small cup of black coffee will relieve." This is an old tried remedy and one that will be found beneficial. ...