The Cottage Physician

Charcoal (Carbo Ligni). Wood charcoal, finely powdered and  taken into the stomach, absorbs

the gasses and is of great value for  dyspepsia, characterized by flatulence. Dose: One to two

tablespoonfuls.  The powder is frequently mixed with flaxseed poultices and applied to

gangrenous sores with cleansing results. Foul water may be rendered pure by filtering

through charcoal.

Chestnut Leaves (Castanea Vesca). Made into an infusion is much used for whooping cough.

Chiccory (Chicoriuln Intybus). Medicinally used has a similar effect to dandelion.

much cheap ground coffee is adulterated with chiccory .

Chlorate of Potash. See Potash.

Cinchona Bark (Cinchona Flava). This bark was formally given in substance, but this practice became obsolete with the discovery of the alkaloids to which it owes its medicinal effects, chief among which is quinine. It is well known that quinine is one of the very best of all the vegetable tonics. No other medicine compares with it for controlling intermittent .fevers. It also has a wonderful power of reducing the temperature of acute diseases when dangerously high. Some persons are prejudiced against quinine, but their prejudice is without substantial foundation. In pneumonia, pleurisy, all the fevers, diphtheria, rheumatism, erysipelas, dysentery, etc., etc., quinine is one of the most reliable agents in supporting the patient. When taken as a tonic, one to three grains is a dose. Intermittent fever, or neuralgia of a periodical type, take from five to ten grains, three to four times per day, one of the doses being taken an hour before an anticipated chill.

Cinnamon  (Cinnamomum Aromaticum). Seldom given alone, but is much used with other remedies,

on account of its aromatic and stimulating qualities. Three or four drops of the oil of cinnamon on a

lump of sugar will often relieve pains in the stomach and flatulent colic.