Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-07-15
Biliousness and it's Treatment.

CasselPs Magazine.
The symptoms of biliousness are un-
happily hut too well known They
differ in different individuals to some
extent, however. A bilious manis sell
dom breakfast-eater. Toofrequent-
", alas! he has an excellent appetite
for liquids, but none for solids OF p
morning. His tongue viii hardly bear
inspection at any time; if it is not
white and furred, it is rough at all
events. The digestive system is who'll
~ out of order; diarrhea, or constipa,
ton, may be symptom, or the two
may alternate. There are very often
hemorrhoids, or loss of blood even.
There may be giddiness, and often
headache, and aeidity or hatulence,
and tenderness at the pit of the stom-
aeh. The pain felt in the
right shoulder indicates an extra
bad case, but apart from
this there are aching pains and even
stiffness in the limbs, withmo or less
OF cramps in the limb muscles, or
burning in the palms OF tire hands,
with hot, perspiring feet. There may
be drowsiness and torpora all day, and
sleeplessness by night, and all sorts
and conditions of mind, especially irri.
liability, fits of bad temper that come
on suddenly and go off again, and
that none are so thoroughly grieved
at as the poor patient himself. Bill
ious people generally fly for relief to
| aperient pills, and there is no doubt
| that they often afford temporary re-
lief by relieving the over-gorged liver.
This really is antiphlogistic treatment,
but it assuredly Is not radical. When
a fish pond overfows It's banks, we
may let of a portion of the water, but
after this we ought, methinks, to find
our way to the other end of the pond
and lessen the inflow.
Well, just word about treatment.
First and foremost, then, in sudden
bilious attacks, that are often accom-
| panied by great prostration, and by
urgent vomiting, it is best to send for
| a medical man. Such attacks gener-
ally come on in the morning, at the
time the body is most weak. donot
think upon the whole Ishould be justi-
fed in suggesting medicinal remedies
in this paper, for the simple reason
that cases differ so. The mineral acids
and bitter vegetable tonies often do
good. So does nux vomica, and ac-
| onite. Then there is dandelion, and
| chloride of ammonium, and alkalies.
| But can only generalize. A blue pill
and colocynth, followed next day by
glass of Pullna water, will ward of
many an attack, if the patient goes in
| for preventive measures afterward,
and follows course Irrational living.
The podophyllin pill, from q quarter
| to half grain of the extract, in three
to five of extract ofhyoscyamus, may
| do as well as the blue pill, ifnot better.
Soda water and lithia water and milk
should be drunk next day, and very
little solid food taken, though beef tea
mixed with arrowroot will be found
very nourishing; or a raw egg beaten
up in milk Little good will accrue
from treating a case like this, however,
if, when he is once more well, the pa
tient returns to his old, non.hygienic
habits of life.
what am to do them" may be
asked will tell you What You are
| not to do. You are not to over eat;
you are not to use sugar or fat to any
extent, buildings, pastry or cheese. You
are not to touch alcohol. You arenot
| to sit in overheard rooms You
are not to over-work nor worry
yourself. And you are not to shirk
| the morning tub, nor plenty of exer-
else. What are you to do for the acid
ity? Abstemiousness, and regulation
of diet and habits, will entirely Danish
it, and you will have the pleasure oil
| knowing that its absence is sign OF
regeneration of the liver. If you but
try a week of the treatment | suggest,
l feel convinced you will once more
feel a pleasure in life and an interest
in all your surroundings But acid
ity often leads to rheumatism,
and on this subject l hope to
have more to say another day.
shall be quite satisfied with my pres
ent paper if it put a few OF my readers
On the right road to health, and that
can only be got at by seeking for and
removing first causes instead of treat.
ing symptoms.