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<br /> is asserted, certainly and effectually cause bedbugs to remove from the
<br /> room in which they are used. Hemp seed, in infusion, has been found very
<br /> useful in after - pains, and in the bearing -down sensation accompanying •
<br /> prolapsus uteri. A combination of cannabis, collodion, and. salicylic acid
<br /> has been. used to destroy corns, the extract of the hemp acting as an
<br /> anodyne."
<br /> "A tincture may be made by dissolving 24 grains of the resinous
<br /> extract in a fluid ounce of rectified spirit; for ordinary purposes, its dose is
<br /> from 10 to 30 drops. The extract varies in strength, which will require a
<br /> variation in the doses. When well .prepared, the dose is from 1/2 grain to 1
<br /> grain; but this may vary from 1 grain to 20 grains, depending entirely on
<br /> the quality of the article. The English extract is a good preparation, and of
<br /> all extracts, the smaller dose is said to be an efficient hypnotic, though
<br /> many declare it inefficient for this purpose. The best preparation is the
<br /> specific cannabis, which may be given in doses of a fraction of a drop to 10
<br /> drops. The ordinary prescription for its specific effects is: Rx Specific
<br /> cannabis, gtt. v to xxx; aqua, fl oz iv. Mix. Dose, a teaspoonful every 1/2 to
<br /> 2 or 3 hours."
<br /> "Specific indications and Uses. - Great nervous depression; irritation
<br /> of the genito - urinary tract; painful micturition, with tenesmus; ardor
<br /> urinae, scalding, burning, frequent micturition; low mental conditions;
<br /> wakefulness; insomnia, with unpleasant dreams during momentary sleep;
<br /> spasmodic and painful conditions, with nervous depression; mental
<br /> illusions; menstrual headache; palpitation of the heart, with sharp stitching
<br /> pains in the heart; hallucinations; cerebral anemia, from spasm of cerebral
<br /> vessels."'
<br /> Cannabis _sativa in Homeopathic Medicine
<br /> According to Clarke,Cannabis saliva was generally prescribed by
<br /> homeopathic physicians as a tincture of the male and female flowering tops
<br /> for conditions including ascites, asthma, cataract, cystitis, corneal opacity,
<br /> contractions in the fingers, gonorrhea, headache, hysteria, infantile
<br /> Ieucorrhea, nephritis, nose - bleed, palpitation, phimosis,. pleurisy,
<br /> pneumonia, post- parturn hemorrhage, priapism, stammering, tetanus,
<br /> mucus in the trachea and urethral caruncle.2
<br /> 1 Felter, H.W. (M.D.) and Lloyd, J.0 (Phr.M, Ph.D.) King's American
<br /> Dispensatory (Eighteenth Edition, Third Revision) 1898: 422 -7.
<br /> 2 Clarke, J.H. (M.D ), Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica, 1900: 380 -3.
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