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Hamamelis   Listen
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Hamamelis  n.  (Bot.) A genus of plants which includes the witch-hazel (Hamamelis Virginica), a preparation of which is used medicinally.






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... painful inflammation has subsided; and then they should be continued, day and night, for ten days or two weeks. The bandages should be removed morning and night. After the skin of the leg has thoroughly dried off, an infriction of alcohol or distilled extract of hamamelis is given the parts and the cotton and bandages are readjusted. A good, even and firm pressure in such cases is productive ...
— Lameness of the Horse - Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 • John Victor Lacroix

... PILES.—Hamamelis, both internally or as an injection in rectum. Bathe the parts with cold water or with astringent lotions, as alum water, especially in bleeding piles. Ointment of gallic acid and calomel is of repute. The best treatment of all is, suppositories of iodoform, ergotine, ...
— Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners • B.G. Jefferis



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