_Laxative Clyster._
Warm water, 3 or 4 quarts.
Linseed oil, 8 ounces.
Common salt, (fine,) 1 table-spoonful.
_Another._
Warm water, 4 quarts.
Soft soap, 1 gill.
Fine salt, half a table-spoonful.
_Use._--Either of the above clysters is useful in obstinate
constipation, "stoppage," or whenever the excrement is hard and dark
colored.
_Emollient Clyster_.
Slippery elm bark, 2 ounces.
Boiling water, 2 quarts.
Let them simmer over the fire for a few minutes, then strain through a
fine sieve, and inject. The following articles may be substituted for
elm: flaxseed, lily roots, gum arabic, poplar bark, Iceland moss.
_Use._--In all cases of irritation and inflammation of the intestines
and bladder.
_Stimulating Clyster._
Thin mucilage of slippery elm or linseed tea, 3 quarts.
African cayenne,[25] 1 tea-spoonful.
_Another._
Powdered ginger, half a table-spoonful.
Boiling water, 3 quarts.
When cool, inject.
_Use._--In all cases, when the rectum and small intestines are inactive,
and loaded with excrement, or gas.
_Anodyne Clyster._
Lady's slipper, (_cypripedium_,) 1 ounce.
Camomile flowers, 1 ounce.
Boiling water, 3 quarts.
Let the mixture stand a short time, then strain through a fine sieve,
when it will be fit for use.
_Use._--To relieve pain and relax spasms.
_Diuretic Clyster._
Linseed tea, 3 quarts.
Oil of juniper, 1 table-spoonful.
Or, substitute for the latter, cream of tartar, half an ounce.
_Use._--This form of clyster may be used with decided advantage in all
acute diseases of the urinary organs. This injection is useful in cases
of red water, both in cattle and sheep; and when the malady is supposed
to result from general or local debility, the addition of tonics (golden
seal or gentian[26]) will be indicated.
_Astringent Clyster_.
Take an infusion of hardhack, strain, and add a table-spoonful of
finely-pulverized charcoal to every three quarts of fluid.
_Another._
An infusion of witch hazel.
_Another._
Powdered bayberry bark, 1 table-spoonful.
Boiling water, 3 quarts.
When cool, it is fit for use.
_Use._--Astringent injections are used in all cases where it is desired
to contract the living fibre, as in scouring, dysentery, scouring rot,
diarrhoea, bloody flux, falling of the womb, fundament, &c.
_Nourishing Clyster._
Nourishing clysters are composed of thin gruel made from flour, &c.
_Injection for Worms._
Make an infusion of pomegranate, (rind of the fruit,) and inject every
night for a few days. This will rid the animal of worms that infest the
rectum; but if the animal is infested with the long, round worm,
(_teres_,) then half a pint of the above infusion must be given for a
few mornings, before feeding.
_Another for Worms._
Powdered lobelia, 1 ounce.
Wood ashes, a handful.
Boiling water, 3 quarts.
When cool, it is fit for use.