The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-09-23
REMEDIES FOR HEADACHE.
A Variety Of Receipts and Sugges'
tions from Trustworthy Sources.

"a Guy Va
tions from Trustworthy Sources.
The following recipes and suggestions for
tbe treatment of different forms OF head
ache are collected from a variety OF trust
worthy sources:
Two grains citrate of caffeine, III capsule.
taken every half hour, is a very e%ffectual
remedy in nervous and sick headache. One
or two doses are often sufficient to give COM
plete relief. The only objection to Its use Is
sleeplessnesS, which sometimes results II 1t
IL taken In the evening. 1t is preferable TO
guarana a. being hardly ever rejected by the
stomach.
The following, according to DIR. W. W.
Carpenter, is very effectual In most forms
of headache.
Muriate of ammonia, 3 drachms; acetate
of morphia, l grain; citrate OF OF caffeine:
80 grains aromatic spirits OF ammonia,
drachm; elixir of guarana, 1 ounces rose
water, 4 ounces. Mix. Dessertspoontul every
ten or twenty minutes.
In nervous headache DIR. w. A. Ham
mond states the value of various drugs as
follows:
Oxide of zinc is of great value. Ordinary
Dose grains, 3 times a day, after meals
maximum dose, 5 grains. 1t is best In torn
of pills. hn;,
lit uOSC IL 4 RldlD, dltCl hlOaAo. - sAN -
tient is chlorOtic it is well to combine a grain
of reduced iron and ! grain sulphate OF
quinine.
Bismuth, in the form of subcarbonate.
will often take the place of oxide OF zine.
Dose-2 grains after each meal. Bismuth
probably aids digestion more than any min
eral tonic. and is of use when there is gastric
disturbance.
The bromides are servIceable when the
nervous system is irritated. When 1T Is ex-
hausted they do harm.
Phosphorus is very useful in most forms
of nervous headache. The best results are
obtained from drute phosphoric acid, in
doses of 80 drops, largely diluted, three,
times a day, after eating, or %phosphlde OF
zinc, l 10 grain, In pill, 3 times a day.
Arsenic, as a nerve tonic, stands, stands
next in value to zinc. Dose drops 3
times a day, all meals.
Galvanism is sometimes valuable, but by
no means a specific. Tho constant current
should always be used, being careful t.
avoid too great intensity, lest amaurosls be
produced.
DIR. Z. Lauder Brunton, editor of the Lon
don Practttioner, says:
The administration of a brisk purgative,
or small doses of epson salts, three times a
day, is a most ~etfectual remedy for frontal
headache when a associated with constlpa,
ton but if the bowels be regular the NOR
bid processes on which it depends seem
to be checked, and the headache removed
even more effectually, by nitro-muriatic acid,
diluted, 10 drops In a wlneglass of water,
OF bicarb, soda, ten grains, In water, before
meals. If the headache be immediately
above the eyebrows, the acid is best but If
it be a little higher up, just where the hair
begins, the soda appears to be the most ct
fectual. At the same time that the head
ache is removed, the feeling of sleepiness
and WEAKNESS, which frequently leads the
patients to complain that they rise up more
tired than they lie down, generally disap-
pears.
A writer in the London Lancet remarks:
At the Middlesex Hospital female patients
who have suffered many years from sick
headache, evidently of a hereditary charac-
tr, have been sr.atly benefited If not cured,
by the administration of 10 minim doses of
tincture of India Indian hemp, three times
daily, between the attacks. This is well
worthy of trial in those cases of never living,
ever dying, martyrdom like suffering.
In headache due to determination OF blood
to the head and Ia fever the following sim
pile treatment is to be commended:
Put a handful of salt into Il quart of water;
add an ounce of spirits of hartShorn and
half an ounce of spirits of camphor. Cork
the bottle tightly to prevent the escape of
the spirit. Soak a piece of soft cloth with
the mixture and apply it to the head wet
the rag fresh as soon as it gets heated.
Soaking the feet in very warm water,
in which a spoon of mustard has been STIR
red, is also beneficial in drawing the blood
from the head.
Two teaspoonfuls of powered charcoal,
we'll stirred in half a glass of water and drank
at once, is a valuable remedy in sick head
ache from sour stomach, fatulence, etc.
Tincture of nux yomica is recommended
by Ringer as possessed of real curative pow
ers when given in drop doses, repeated
every five or ten minutes for eight of ten
doses. and then continued at longer inter
walls for sick headache, accompanied with
acute gastric catarrh, whether due to error
in diet, constipation, or no apparent cause
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