Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure, William Thomas Fernie [latest books to read .TXT] 📗

GOLD.
In sea water . . . 507

GOUT.
Apple . . . 28
Asparagus . . . 36
Blackberry . . . 55
Carrot (with gravel) . . . 88
Currant, black . . . 139
Daisy . . . 144
Ginger . . . 392
Goutweed . . . 236
Grape cure . . . 239
Hemlock, apply . . . 249
Horehound, Black . . . 269
Hungary water . . . 472
Lily of the Valley . . . 316
Meadow Saffron . . . 484
Mugwort . . . 354
Mullein . . . 360
Nettle . . . 385
Nutmeg . . . 394
Pear, wild . . . 423
Rosemary, wild (with eczema) . . . 474
Speedwell . . . 529
Strawberry . . . 538
Succory . . . 541
Tansy . . . 552

FRUIT PROPER FOR GOUTY PERSONS—
Apple . . . 29
Mulberry . . . 358
Quince . . . 454
Raspberry . . . 460
Strawberry . . . 538

FRUITS IMPROPER FOR THE GOUTY—
Grapes, sweet . . . 236
Rhubarb, garden . . . 160
Sorrel . . . 160
Tomato, uncooked . . . 569
Wood Sorrel . . . 160, 611

GRAPE CURE.
Grape cure . . . 239

GRAVEL, see URINE.

GUM BOIL.
Fig, split . . . 196

HAIR.
TO PROMOTE THE GROWTH OF—
Artichoke, Jerusalem . . . 549
Daffodil . . . 143
[637] Honey water . . . 260
Lavender oil . . . 297
Lemon juice (to remove dandriff) . . . 304
Maidenhair Fern . . . 188
Mullein . . . 361
Mustard oil . . . 376
Rosemary spirit . . . 472
Saint John's Wort . . . 289
Savin . . . 494
Southernwood . . . 527
Spindle (remove scurf) . . . 531
Verbena . . . 587
Wall Rue . . . 191
Water Lily, yellow . . . 605
Wormwood . . . 356, 614

TO DYE DARK—
Bramble . . . 56
Elder juice . . . 168
Oranges, green . . . 403
Walnut juice . . . 599

TO REMOVE SUPERFLUOUS HAIR—
Fern Oak . . . 190
Fumitory . . . 207
Spurge, Wood . . . 533

FOR FIXING THE HAIR—
Quince Bandoline . . . 452

HEADACHE.
FROM ACTIVE FULNESS, WITH HOT SKIN, AND FLUSHED FACE—
Basil . . . 46
Elder . . . 188
Mustard paper . . . 378
Parsley . . . 408
Tansy . . . 553

PASSIVE FULNESS OF HEAD, WITH GENERAL COLDNESS AND PALLOR—
Betony . . . 49
Buttercup . . . 73
Clover, sweet . . . 112
Cowslip . . . 125
Elecampane (costive) . . . 175
Flag, yellow . . . 200
Ginger . . . 392
Groundsel . . . 245
Lettuce, Wild (dull and striped) . . . 311
Mustard . . . 377
Primrose . . . 448
Puffball powder . . . 367
Tansy . . . 553
Yarrow (for making nose bleed) . . . 616

NERVOUS HEADACHE AND HYSTERICAL—
Asafetida . . . 218
Balm . . . 41
Basil . . . 46
Betony . . . 48
Camphor . . . 337
Celery . . . 96
Clover, sweet . . . 113
Flag, blue (bilious) . . . 199
Garlic . . . 218
Ground Ivy (inveterate) . . . 285
Ivy leaves (after hard drinking) . . . 283
Lavender . . . 299
Lily of the Valley . . . 315
Lime, sweet . . . 317
Marjoram . . . 331
Mullein (in the bilious) . . . 361
Pennyroyal . . . 335
Peppermint . . . 339
Primrose . . . 448
Rosemary . . . 473
Rue (giddiness) . . . 476
Saffron . . . 489
Thyme, wild . . . 562
Valerian . . . 585
Verbena (inveterate) . . . 587
Violet, sweet . . . 593
Wallflower . . . 597
Water Hemlock . . . 251

HEART.
TO STRENGTHEN A WEAK HEART—
Fly, Agaric Mushroom . . . 370
Lily of the Valley . . . 814
[638] Mistletoe . . . 348
Saffron . . . 486
Sea water, gold in . . . 508
Soapwort (in fever) . . . 523

FOR IRRITABLE HEART, WITH NERVOUS PALPITATIONS—
Asparagus . . . 36
Cherry, wild . . . 99
Hart's-tongue Fern . . . 188
Hemlock plaster . . . 249
Lavender . . . 297
Lemon juice . . . 301
Lily of the Valley . . . 314
Nettle, Stinging . . . 384

HEARTBURN, see INDIGESTION.

HICCOUGH.
Aniseed . . . 25
Dill . . . 156
Hart's-tongue Fern . . . 188
Mustard . . . 378
Skullcap, lesser . . . 517
Spearmint . . . 343

HYDROPHOBIA.
Club Moss . . . 116
Cress, garden . . . 128
Figwort . . . 51
Horehound, black . . . 268
Pimpernel . . . 429
Plantain, Water . . . 436
Rose, Dog root . . . 465
Rush, flowering . . . 481
Thistle, Milk . . . 557
Yew . . . 622

HYSTERIA.
Allspice . . . 397
Caraway . . . 83
Cowslip . . . 124
Daffodil . . . 143
Feverfew . . . 193
Garlic . . . 215
Goosefoot, Stinking . . . 229
Horehound, Black . . . 269
Lavender . . . 297
Mistletoe (St. Vitus's dance) . . . 348
Mugwort . . . 353
Orange blossoms . . . 401
Pennyroyal . . . 335
Primrose . . . 448
Rosemary . . . 474
Rue . . . 476
Sage, meadow (colic) . . . 492
Southernwood . . . 527
Tansy . . . 553
Thyme, wild . . . 562
Turnip (injurious) . . . 575
Valerian . . . 584
Yarrow . . . 617

INDIGESTION.
Allspice (flatulent) . . . 397
Anemone Pulsatilla . . . 21
Capsicum . . . 81
Centaury (tonic) . . . 97
Cinnamon . . . 391
Clove . . . 396
Club Moss (water brash) . . . 114
Cumin . . . 136
Currant, Red (torpor) . . . 138
Feverfew . . . 193
Flag, sweet . . . 201
Ginger (gouty) . . . 392
Good King Henry . . . 228
Gooseberry (after rich food) . . . 224
Hop . . . 264
Horse Radish . . . 272
Lavender . . . 299
Lemon juice (heartburn) . . . 303
Lettuce . . . 308
Lupine . . . 306
Nutmeg (drowsy) . . . 394
Onion (if cold-blooded) . . . 210
Primrose, Evening . . . 450
Pyrethrum lozenges, (heartburn) . . . 426
Quince . . . 455
Raspberries . . . 461
Sage (after rich meats) . . . 490
[689] Sago . . . 155
Samphire . . . 498
Spearmint (infants after milk) . . . 343
Walnut (after fish, and for colic) . . . 600
Wood Sorrel (prevents) . . . 611
Wormwood . . . 613

INFLUENZA.
Agrimony, Hemp . . . 20
Capsicum . . . 80
Cinnamon . . . 392
Orange . . . 403
Rue oil . . . 476

INSANITY.
ACTIVE—
Rest Harrow . . . 321
St. John's Wort . . . 287

MELANCHOLY—
Borage . . . 61, 595
Chervil . . . 101
Elecampane . . . 173
Fool's Parsley (imbecility) . . . 413
Hop . . . 264
Horehound, Black . . . 269
Lavender . . . 299
Maidenhair Fern (idiocy) . . . 188
Mercury, Dog's . . . 332
Pimpernel . . . 429
Polypody Fern . . . 189
Radish (with cough) . . . 457
Rose, Christmas (Hellebore) . . . 107
Saffron . . . 486
Saint John's Wort . . . 287
Succory (bilious) . . . 541
Tar water . . . 583
Thistle, Melancholy . . . 560
Thistle, Milk . . . 556
Tutsan . . . 290
Wormwood (bilious) . . . 612

INVISIBILITY, Supposed to Confer.
Fern Seed . . . 184

ITCHING, and the Itch.
Anise . . . 26
Cat Thyme (fundament) . . . 565
Dock, Yellow Curled . . . 163
Henbane (of fundament) . . . 249
Lemon juice (of genitals) . . . 303
Nettle (of fundament) . . . 385
Puffball . . . 368
Rock Rose . . . 470
Speedwell . . . 528

JAUNDICE, see BILIOUS INDIGESTION.

JOINTS, Affections of, see SCROFULA.
Vinegar poultice . . . 240

KIDNEYS, see also URINE.
ACTIVE CONGESTION—
Marsh Mallow . . . 324
Turpentine . . . 577

PASSIVE CONJESTION TO REMOVE—
Asparagus . . . 36
Capsicum . . . 80
Dandelion . . . 151
Gooseberry (gravel) . . . 225
Honey and Bee Sting . . . 260
Parsley . . . 409
Peach flowers (and Colic) . . . 419

LEPROSY and LEPROUS ERUPTIONS, see SKIN.

LIFE, To Prolong, see AGE.

LIVER, Disorders of, see BILIOUS INDIGESTION.

LOCK JAW.
St. John's Wort . . . 289

LUMBAGO, see RHEUMATISM.

LUNGS, Diseases of, see COLDS and CONSUMPTION.

[640] MEASLES.
Marigold tea . . . 327
Pea . . . 416
Saffron tea . . . 486

MELANCHOLY, see INSANITY.

MEMORY, To Strengthen.
Eyebright . . . 177

MILK, BREAST.
TO PROMOTE FLOW—
Borage . . . 61
Caraway . . . 83
Dill . . . 157
Fennel seed . . . 179
Lettuce . . . 312
Periwinkle, lesser . . . 428
Rosemary . . . 472
Thistle, Milk . . . 557

TO STAY FLOW—
Hemlock . . . 249
Sage . . . 492

MILK CRUST of Children, see SKIN.

MONTHLY FLOW OF WOMEN.
TO PROMOTE—
Anemone Pulsatilla . . . 21
Angelica . . . 24
Balm . . . 41
Basil . . . 96
Burnet Saxifrage . . . 430
Calamint . . . 344
Christmas Rose . . . 107
Cumin . . . 136
Dill . . . 156
Elecampane . . . 174
Fennel . . . 181
Feverfew . . . 193
Goosefoot, Stinking . . . 229
Hyssop . . . 279
Ivy gum . . . 282
Marigold . . . 328
Mugwort . . . 353
Mullein . . . 360
Nettle (urtication) . . . 384
Parsley oil . . . 408
Pennyroyal . . . 336
Ragwort . . . 459
Rosemary . . . 474
Rue . . . 477
Rush, flowering . . . 481
Savin . . . 494
Saxifrage, Burnet . . . 430
Shepherd's Purse . . . 513
Soapwort . . . 524
Tansy . . . 553
Thyme, Wild . . . 561
Valerian (with hysteria) . . . 584
Wormwood . . . 356

TO ARREST WHEN EXCESSIVE—
Cinnamon bark . . . 391
Lemon juice . . . 303
Lentil . . . 305
Mistletoe . . . 348
Orange, Seville . . . 403
Periwinkle, greater . . . 427
Plantain, greater . . . 435
Saffron (with liquidity) . . . 488
Savin . . . 494
Shepherd's Purse . . . 512
Silverweed . . . 515
Yarrow . . . 618

TO EASE PAIN AT PERIODS—
Peppermint (colic) . . . 339
Savin . . . 494

MOTHS, to Drive Away.
Camphor . . . 338
Mugwort . . . 353
Sedum Livelong . . . 276
Southernwood . . . 527
Woodruff . . . 610
Wormwood . . . 613

MOUTH, SORE, see THRUSH.

MUSHROOMS.
Not to take Alcohol with . . . 375
To eat Pears after . . . 373, 423

[641] NERVES, to Strengthen.
Citron of Law . . . 304
Hedge Hyssop . . . 279
Oat . . . 397
Saffron . . . 488
Skullcap, greater . . . 517
Valerian . . . 585
Violet, sweet . . . 503

TO STIMULATE REFLEX NERVOUS ACTIVITY—
Cumin . . . 137

TO QUIET REFLEX NERVOUS IRRITABILITY—
Camphor . . . 338
Chamomile . . . 85
Clove . . . 395
Lime flowers . . . 318
Valerian . . . 347

NETTLE RASH, see SKIN.

NEURALGIA, to Relieve.
Allspice plaster . . . 397
Arum . . . 35
Buttercup (stitch) . . . 73
Celandine, greater (face right side) . . . 93
Chamomile (face and teeth) . . . 85
Coltsfoot (back and loins) . . . 120
Cuckoopint . . . 35
Feverfew . . . 194
Henbane poultice . . . 253
Horse Radish (face) . . . 271
Juniper berries . . . 292
Lemon, cut . . . 303
Pyrethrum (head and face) . . . 425
Pennyroyal . . . 336
Peppermint oil . . . 339
Sloe tincture (right eyeball) . . . 519
Wallflower oil (limbs) . . . 597
Yarn (tic douloureux) . . . 204

NIPPLES, Chapped, or Sore.
Carrot . . . 89
Comfrey . . . 121
Yarrow . . . 618

NOSE, Ulceration inside.
Elecampane . . . 174

PAIN, Local, for.
Buttercup (stitch) . . . 73
Chamomile fomentation . . . 86
Elecampane (in elbow) . . . 175
Hemlock, apply . . . 249
Henbane poultice . . . 253
Lavender . . . 291
Marsh Mallow . . . 324
Mistletoe (stitch) . . . 347
Mugwort . . . 355
Peach (colic from gravel) . . . 419
Poppy, White, fomentation . . . 439
Stitch Wort . . . 535
Wormwood . . . 355

PALPITATION, see HEART.

PARALYSIS.
Burnet Saxifrage (of tongue) . . . 430
Cowslip . . . 124
Daffodil (limbs) 141
Horse Radish, scraped . . . 271
Hungary water . . . 472
Lavender oil . . . 296
Mustard liniment . . .