Spearmint
mentha spicata
mentha viridis LINN.

Distilled water of Spearmint will relieve
hiccough and flatulence, the giddiness of indigestion.
For infantile trouble generally, the sweetened infusion
is an excellent remedy, and is a pleasant beverage
n fevers, and inflammatory diseases, etc.

Make the infusion by pouring a pint of boiling water
on an ounce of the dried herb; the strained-off liquid
is taken in doses of a wineglassful or less.
It's considered a specific in allaying
nausea and vomiting and will relieve the pain of colic.

Homoeopathic tincture prepared from the fresh plant
in flower has been found serviceable in strangury,
gravel, and as a local application in painful haemorrhoids.
Its principal employment is for its
febrifuge and diuretic actions.



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