Summary
Found 16 remedies including Balm, Cohosh, Chamomile, Bay, Basil. documented in historical texts from 1789-1922. (8 confirmed in multiple sources).
Camphor
High Confidence
For: Fever
Ingredients: Tincture, Syrup, Mixture
When the
fever is subdued, and the patient appears low, give the following
cordial: Carbonate of ammonia, $ diam; compound tincture of
cinnamon, 3 drams; syrup of ginger, 6 drams; compound spirits
of lavender, $ ounce; pure water, 3 ounces; camphor mixture, 8
ounces
Found in 5 sources
When the
fever is subdued, and the patient appears low, give the following
cordial: Carbonate of ammonia, $ diam; compound tincture of
cinnamon, 3 dra...
The Cottage Physician (1892)
Page 183
1892
Then
the doctor continues with small doses of calomel,
opium, nitre and camphor, until the patient is
fixed out with what is called the run of a fever
Thomsonian Manual, Or, Advocate Of The Principles Volume 1 1835
Page 33
1835
The next visit,
he bleeds it to allay the fever, then gives it a
fever powder, composed of nitre, opium and
camphor, once in two hours
Boston Thomsonian Manual
1840
Perceval has spoken highly of a solution
of the extract in a
camphorated mixture in the advanced stages of typhus fever,
and it has been
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Medical Botany
1828
Then Galatians, they were bewitched b}^, and ran
the doctor continues with small doses of calomel, after, the name learning, and a learned doctor,
opi...
Thomsonian Manual Or Advocate
Dropsy
High Confidence
For: Dropsy, Fever
For the dropsy sometimes following an attack of Scarlet Fever,
the treatment of Prof
Found in 4 sources
For the dropsy sometimes following an attack of Scarlet Fever,
the treatment of Prof
Our Family Physician (1885)
Page 46
1885
Valuable incardiac dropsy, and recommended favourably
in intermittent and remittent fevers
Potter'S Cyclopaedia Of Botanical Drugs And Preparations 1915
Page 95
1915
For Wephritis and Dropsy, following scarlet fever, A7s
The Cottage Physician (1892)
Page 394
1892
Valuable in cardiac dropsy, and recommended favourably
in intermittent and remittent fevers
Potters Cyclopaedia Of Botanic
Gentian
High Confidence
For: Fever
Cullen thinks ‘it has been justly commended for every virtue
that is competent to astringents,” and says: ‘I myself have
had several instances of its yirtues in this respect’; and particu-
larly Ihave found it, both by itself and a8 joined with gentian,
cure intermittent fevers ; but i¢ must be give
Found in 3 sources
Cullen thinks ‘it has been justly commended for every virtue
that is competent to astringents,” and says: ‘I myself have
had several instances of its ...
A New Family Herbal
Page 519
1810
THERE are feveral forts of thefe plants; and they are generally called
autumn gentians
Culpepper's English Physician
1789
When the fever has subsided, take for a week or two the
following pills Sulphate of quinine, two drams extract of gentian, three drams
mix well divide...
The Cottage Physician 1892
1892
Balm
Medium
For: Fever
Ingredients: Tincture, Tea, Dose
When the fever is high, and the symptoms severe, the compound
Tincture of Virginia Snake Root may he given in doses of from
ten to sixty drops-in warm catnip or balm tea, every two or four
hours
Found in 2 sources
When the fever is high, and the symptoms severe, the compound
Tincture of Virginia Snake Root may he given in doses of from
ten to sixty drops-in warm...
Our Family Physician (1885)
Page 32
1885
When the fever is high, and the symptoms severe, the compound
Tincture of Virginia Snake Root may be given in doses of from
ten to sixty drops in warm...
Our Family Physician
1885
Basil
Medium
For: Fever
Ingredients: Ointment
If they
should heal rather suddenly, and the child become restless or
feverish, let a little blister ointment be rubbed behind the ears,
till a discharge is produced, carefully keeping the blisters open,
by dressing them with a little basilicon or savin ointment
Found in 2 sources
If they
should heal rather suddenly, and the child become restless or
feverish, let a little blister ointment be rubbed behind the ears,
till a discha...
The Cottage Physician (1892)
Page 338
1892
If they
should heal rather suddenly, and the child become restless or
feverish, let a little blister ointment be rubbed behind the ears,
till a discha...
The Cottage Physician 1892
1892
Catnip
Medium
For: Fever
Ingredients: Tincture, Tea, Dose
When the fever is high, and the symptoms severe, the compound
Tincture of Virginia Snake Root may he given in doses of from
ten to sixty drops-in warm catnip or balm tea, every two or four
hours
Found in 2 sources
When the fever is high, and the symptoms severe, the compound
Tincture of Virginia Snake Root may he given in doses of from
ten to sixty drops-in warm...
Our Family Physician (1885)
Page 32
1885
When the fever is high, and the symptoms severe, the compound
Tincture of Virginia Snake Root may be given in doses of from
ten to sixty drops in warm...
Our Family Physician
1885
Dropsy
Medium
For: Dropsy, Dysentery, Fever
Ingredients: Powder, Dose
Recommended in diarrhcea, dysentery,
intermittent fevers, and dropsy, in doses varying from
5-15 grains of the powdered bark
Found in 2 sources
Recommended in diarrhcea, dysentery,
intermittent fevers, and dropsy, in doses varying from
5-15 grains of the powdered bark
Potter'S Cyclopaedia Of Botanical Drugs And Preparations 1915
Page 53
1915
Hancock speaks in the highest terms of its
efficacy in malignant fever, dysentery and dropsy, occurring in its native
country, considering it far supe...
Medical Botany
1828
Ginger
Medium
For: Fever
Sugar was never prescribed for me by any physician ; but being
very thirsty, from the fever, I had a great inclination for spring
water, which I was not permitted to have, by the affectionate
relative who nursed me, without some mascovado sugar, a little
ginger, and a piece of toasted bread in it
Found in 2 sources
Sugar was never prescribed for me by any physician ; but being
very thirsty, from the fever, I had a great inclination for spring
water, which I was n...
A New Family Herbal
Page 72
1810
White poplar bark and bayberry,
of each one ounce; ginger, six drams; cloves, cinnamon and golden seal, of
each four drams; myrrh, two drams; cayenne,...
The Cottage Physician (1892)
Page 451
1892
Historical Remedy
Found
For: the most prevalent of scarlet fever
the same, (Bell, drowsy and indifferent) skin dry and hot, great thirst, pulse full and rapid, a few doses of Aconite may be followed by free perspiration and mitigation of severe symptoms ; after whi...
Found in 1 source
the same, (Bell, drowsy and indifferent) skin dry and hot, great thirst, pulse full and rapid, a few doses of Aconite may be followed by free perspira...
A Practical Guide to Homeopathic Treatment
Historical Remedy
Found
For: restless, feverish condition espe
cially at anus, Aeon,A practical guide to homeopathic treatment designed and arranged for the use of
, so that an active saline cathartic re- peated several days in succession will help to accomplish the expulsion and destruction of the worms. Santonin given in the lower triturations, followed by an ...
Found in 1 source
, so that an active saline cathartic re- peated several days in succession will help to accomplish the expulsion and destruction of the worms. Santoni...
A Practical Guide to Homeopathic Treatment
Bay
Found
For: Fever
Ingredients: Powder, Tea
White poplar bark and bayberry,
of each one ounce; ginger, six drams; cloves, cinnamon and golden seal, of
each four drams; myrrh, two drams; cayenne, one dram—all finely powdered
and well mixed, A teaspoonful taken four times a day—in peunyroyal, fever-
few, tansey tea, or the like—in obstruction o
Found in 1 source
White poplar bark and bayberry,
of each one ounce; ginger, six drams; cloves, cinnamon and golden seal, of
each four drams; myrrh, two drams; cayenne,...
The Cottage Physician (1892)
Page 451
1892
Boneset
Found
For: Cough, Fever, Inflammation
Ingredients: Decoction, Syrup
A syrup made of its decoction is useful for coughs; anda poul-
tice, made by thickening the decoction with slippery elm, is useful in all kinds
of inflammation,
Boneset, Thoroughwort, Feverwort, or Indian Sage
Found in 1 source
A syrup made of its decoction is useful for coughs; anda poul-
tice, made by thickening the decoction with slippery elm, is useful in all kinds
of inf...
The Cottage Physician (1892)
Page 447
1892
Camomile
Found
For: Fever, Worm
1
Take a handeach of the following herbs, Balm, Sage, Southernwood, Rosemary, Wood Be tony, Camomile, Lavender,
Feverfew, Red rosebuds and Wormwood
Found in 1 source
1
Take a handeach of the following herbs, Balm, Sage, Southernwood, Rosemary, Wood Be tony, Camomile, Lavender,
Feverfew, Red rosebuds and Wormwood
A Garden of Herbs
1922
Cayenne
Found
For: Fever
Ingredients: Powder, Tea
White poplar bark and bayberry,
of each one ounce; ginger, six drams; cloves, cinnamon and golden seal, of
each four drams; myrrh, two drams; cayenne, one dram—all finely powdered
and well mixed, A teaspoonful taken four times a day—in peunyroyal, fever-
few, tansey tea, or the like—in obstruction o
Found in 1 source
White poplar bark and bayberry,
of each one ounce; ginger, six drams; cloves, cinnamon and golden seal, of
each four drams; myrrh, two drams; cayenne,...
The Cottage Physician (1892)
Page 451
1892
Centaury
Found
For: Fever
The fmallcr kind groweth up with feveral ftalks, not quite a foot high, parted into
many branches, whereon grow two or three fmall leaves together, not unlike thofe of
the fmaller centaury, oi a whitifh green colour ; on the top of the {talks grow divers
perfcd blue flowers, ftanding in long hufks,
Found in 1 source
The fmallcr kind groweth up with feveral ftalks, not quite a foot high, parted into
many branches, whereon grow two or three fmall leaves together, no...
Culpepper's English Physician
1789
Chamomile
Found
For: Fever
Ingredients: Infusion
When the fever is on, give ireely
to drink, a warm infusion of Catnip, Balm, or Elder flower
When the fever is off, give the following: Chamomile
Found in 1 source
When the fever is on, give ireely
to drink, a warm infusion of Catnip, Balm, or Elder flower
When the fever is off, give the following: Chamomile
Our Family Physician (1885)
Page 440
1885
Cinnamon
Found
For: Fever, Vomit
Ingredients: Powder
Bergius mentions that ten grains of the powder mixed with
five of gentian root, in some cinnamon water, given every two
hours, until it vomited or purged, or both, was of great service
in bilious autumnal or putrid fevers ; and there is no doubt, by
thus evacuating the prime vie, this success was no
Found in 1 source
Bergius mentions that ten grains of the powder mixed with
five of gentian root, in some cinnamon water, given every two
hours, until it vomited or pur...
A New Family Herbal
Page 40
1810
Cinnamon
Found
For: Fever
Ingredients: Powder, Tea
White poplar bark and bayberry,
of each one ounce; ginger, six drams; cloves, cinnamon and golden seal, of
each four drams; myrrh, two drams; cayenne, one dram—all finely powdered
and well mixed, A teaspoonful taken four times a day—in peunyroyal, fever-
few, tansey tea, or the like—in obstruction o
Found in 1 source
White poplar bark and bayberry,
of each one ounce; ginger, six drams; cloves, cinnamon and golden seal, of
each four drams; myrrh, two drams; cayenne,...
The Cottage Physician (1892)
Page 451
1892
Cohosh
Found
For: Fever
Ingredients: Tincture
If the primary or secondary fever is very
severe, give fifteen or twenty drops of the tincture of Black
Cohosh, every two or three hours
Found in 1 source
If the primary or secondary fever is very
severe, give fifteen or twenty drops of the tincture of Black
Cohosh, every two or three hours
Our Family Physician (1885)
Page 52
1885
Comfrey
Found
For: Ague, Fever, Plague, Venom
bottle or corn-flower is given with good fuccefs to thofe that are bruifed
by a fall,
or have broken a vein inwardly, and void much blood at the mouth ; being taken
in the water
of plantane, horfetail, or the greater comfrey,
the poifon of the fcorpion, and refifteth
all
it is
venoms and poif
Found in 1 source
bottle or corn-flower is given with good fuccefs to thofe that are bruifed
by a fall,
or have broken a vein inwardly, and void much blood at the mou...
Culpepper's English Physician
1789