DIURETICS

Are those medicines which increase the action of the urinary organs.

QUEEN OF THE MEADOWS

Is diuretic, stimulant, and tonic; valuable in dropsy, stranguary, gravel, &c.

JUNIPER BERRIES

Are a powerful diuretic, acting chiefly upon the kidneys, and increasing the secretions of those organs. If preferred, the oil may be used - from three to five drops on a little sugar.

BUCHU LEAVES.

Diuretic, diaphoretic, stimulant; a useful medicine in all derangements of the urinary organs. PARSLEY PEIRT

Is excellent in gravel and all diseases of the kidneys and bladder.

WILD CARROT

Is diuretic and emmenagogue; beneficial in gravel, diseases of the bladder, stranguary, stone, and obstructed menses.

PARSLEY ROOT

Is diuretic, useful in dropsy, retention of urine, stranguary, and gonorrhoea.

CLI VERS

Is one of the most valuable diuretics; useful and quick in all suppressions of urine and gravel; very cooling in inflammatory affections of the kidneys or bladder. Infusion to be made in cold water.

BROOM

Is a strong diuretic, slightly cathartic; good in dropsy.

UVA URSI.

Useful in all cases of suppression of urine; to be drank freely. Made by infusion.

TANSY

Promotes urine; good in stranguary; strengthens the kidneys. Also useful in flatulency, and cures worms.

PELLITORY OF THE WALL.

A powerful diuretic; good, in decoction with honey, for old dry cough, shortness of breath, and wheezing at the lungs; it also makes a good lotion for the piles.

CUBEBS.

A powerful healing diuretic; good in scalding urine, gleet, gonorrhoea, &c. Used in decoction, powder, or oil. A teaspoonful of powder may be taken in water, sweetened, three times a day.

BURDOCK.

The seed or root is a most powerful diuretic; it is also excellent in gout, rheumatism, and scurvy; it has been known to cure dropsy, alone. To be made into a decoction by boiling two ounces of the root or seed in three pints of water down to one quart; to be drank plentifully. The seeds are most used in cases of stone or gravel.