Glycerin.
CHARACTERISTICS.
Gastric derangements, usually fermentative, accompanied by acidity, burning and flatulence. Constipation. OEdema of the cervix uteri and other parts. Hardened cerumen, fecal matter, crusts in ozena. Antiseptic and protective in ulcerations, wounds, bed-stores, etc.
DOSE.
One or two drams in water or other vehicle.
THERAPEUTIC USES.
OEdema of the cervix uteri. (Apply on tampons).
OEdema of the prepuce.
Leucorrhoea. (Apply on tampons).
Ulcers and erosions of the cervix uteri.
Wounds. (Absorbent cotton wrung out of hot water and saturated with glycerin).
Otorrhoea.
Ulcerations of the mouth. (Add borax).
Bed sores. (Use equal parts of glycerin, soft soap and cherry-laurel water).
Gastric derangements, usually fermentative, accompanied by acidity, burning and flatulence. (One dram in water at meal- time).
Dryness of the lips, mouth and throat from fever. (Dilute with water).
Dry, rough skin. (Equal quantity of rosewater).
Seborrhoea. (Thicken with borax or oxide of zinc).
Hardened cerumen.
Crusts in ozena. (Glycerin, benzoate of soda and water).
Hardened fecal matter. (Inject from thirty drops to an ounce. Add water).
Habitual constipation. (From one of four drams in water two or three times per day).
Hemorrhoids. (As for constipation).
