saliva, causes profuse perspiration, and lowers the temperature of the
body. In doses of from twenty to sixty drops of the fluid extract,
administered in a cup of warm water or herb-tea on going to bed, we have
found it very effectual for breaking up recent colds. We have also found
it valuable in whooping-cough, in doses of from three to ten drops,
according to the age of the child, given three or four times a day. The
fluid extract may be obtained at almost any drug-store.

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May-flower. ]

MAY-WEED (_Maruta Cotula_), is also known as Wild Chamomile, and
Dog-fennel. It is not much used, though it is a powerful diaphoretic.
_Dose_--Of infusion, one to two ounces.

CATNIP (_Nepeta Cataria_). A deservedly popular, domestic remedy, always
acceptable, and certain in its action. The warm infusion is the best
form for its administration. It may be drunk freely.

GINGER (_Zingiber Officinale_). The hot infusion may be sweetened and
drunk as freely as the stomach will bear.

DR. PIERCE'S COMPOUND EXTRACT OF SMART-WEED. This is unsurpassed as a
diaphoretic agent, and is much more certain in its operation than any
simple diaphoretic.


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