This section is from the book "A Manual Of Practical Therapeutics", by Edward John Waring. Also available from Amazon: A Manual of Practical Therapeutics.
Bone Set. Nat. Ord. Synan-thereae. Hab. United States.
Med. Prop. and Action. Stimulant, diuretic, and sudorific. In doses of gr. xv. mildly purgative; in larger doses, emetic.
In the Influenza which was epidemic in the United States in 1844, Bone Set was used extensively, and, it is stated, with the best effects. Dr. Peebles,* who bears testimony to its efficacy, advises an infusion (dried leaves j., Boiling Water Oj.) in doses of a wine-glassful, to be drunk warm, every half-hour; the patient remaining in bed the whole time. The fourth or fifth dose produced profuse perspiration, sometimes vomiting: this was followed by immediate relief. It was subsequently given only every three or four hours.
 
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