Bath, Aromat′ic

Syn. Bal′neum aromat′icum , L. Balm, chamomile, lavender, mint, rosemary, sage, thyme, with any other like aromatic herbs (at will), of each a handful, mixed together and steeped in a (covered) pail of boiling or very hot water, for an hour, and then strained, with pre ure, into the bath. Sometimes 2 or 3 oz. of sal-ammonia, a 1 ⁄ 4 lb. of alum, or 1 lb. of common salt, is also added. Occasionally used in cutaneous affections, chronic rheumatism, diarrhœa, dyspepsia, stiff-joints, .; also in debility arising from lo of blood, spermatorrhœa, suppre ions, hysteria, hypochondriasis, . The AROMATIC VAPOUR BATH is made by causing the vapour to pa through the herbs.