This section is from the "The Indian Household Medicine Guide" book, by J. I. Lighthall. Also available from Amazon: The Indian Household Medicine Guide
This prescription is worthy of everyone's notice who is troubled
with kidney troubles, weak back, and scanty secretion of urine. Good
for the horse and cow as well s man.
Tincture of Buchu
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 ounces.
Tincture of Uva Ursi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . 2 ounces.
Sweet Spirits of Nitre
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 ounces.
Alcohol
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . 2 ounces.
Oil of Eucalyptus
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . 20 drops.
Cut the oil with the two ounces of alcohol first, then mix them altogether, shaking well before taking. Dose, a teaspoonful three or four times a day until the trouble is relieved. This will be found to be by all who use it one of the finest preparations in the world. It will cure even gonorrhoea. I have known this preparation to cure cases that were said by doctors to be beyond the power and reach of medicine. Whenever it acts too strong on the kidneys the dose must be lessened one-half.
 
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