Typhoid, remedies

Belladonna as a Remedy for Typhoid Fever. Dr. li. Uellr, of Dublin, has met with great success in tho use of bel-ladouna in typhoid fever. IVithin 24 hours after tho first dose, bo found delirium, Ac., vanish, succeeded by calm, natural sleep, clearness of intellect, and complete repose of tho system, acc< mpanied by regular evacuations. Dr. Lewis S. Pilcher, of the U. S. Navy, reports equally successful results from tho uso of this drug. The amount and fro-quenc of tho doso will probably bo understood by every physician, ns tho authorities abovo quoted do not specify these points,... 

Baccharis trinervis (Lam) Pers. ( Chilca ) is employed in the treatment of high fever, edema, sores and muscle cramps. It is also applied in the case of dizziness and lack of blood. In the Veracruz region of Mexico, a preparation made from the leaves is used for the treatment of typhoid fever and as a remedy for gastrointestinal disorders [10,11]. 

Chloramphenicol was the first broad-spectrum antibiotic to be used in medicine, but it came under a cloud when long-continued administration produced many cases of aplastic anaemia, which can be life endangering. Its use is now restricted to diseases where it is the most active known remedy, and which are likely to be cured quickly, within the safe period of the drug. Hence it is used to cure typhoid fever, bacterial meningitis, and anaerobic infections of the brain such as those caused by B.fragilis. It is the only common antibiotic to pass freely into the cerebrospinal fluid and to cross the blood—brain barrier. It also serves as a useful alternative to the tetracyclines in cholera and the rickettsial diseases such as typhus or Rocky Mountain spotted fever. 

IVaditional use Fresh fruits, infusion of the dried fruits, syrup or jam, or taken with tea, are widely used to quench the thirst, as a tonic, diaphoretic, diuretic, laxative, and sedative, as a remedy to increase the appetite, and to treat chronic gastritis and enterocolitis, stomach and duodenum ulcers, hver diseases, the flu, sore throats, pneumonia, stomatitis, dysentery, typhoid and fever. Water extracts, infusions or tea of the leaves and roots, is commonly used to treat stomach ulcers, chronic gastritis, and kidney stones (Nuraliev 1989). A decoction of the fruits, leaves, and branches is taken to treat cystitis, pyelitis, bronchitis, diabetes, urinary incontinence, eczema, vitiligo, psoriasis, fungal skin diseases, hair loss, and dnring menopanse (Knrochkin 1998). 

T raditional Medicine. This plant (E. angustifolia) was universally used as an antidote for snakebite and other venomous bites and stings and poisonous conditions. Echinacea seems to have been used as a remedy for more ailments than any other plant. Diseases and conditions for which echinacea was employed by physicians (1887-1939) included old sores, wounds, snakebite, gangrene, and as a local antiseptic internally for diphtheria, typhoid conditions, cholera infantum, syphilis, and blood poisoning. ... 

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