Alcoholism

— See also, Delirium Tremens, Vomiting, Neuritis. Actæa Racemosa: in irritative dyspepsia. Ammonia: aromatic spirit of, as substitute for alcohol, to be taken when the craving comes on. Ammonium Chloride. Ammonium Acetate. Arsenic: to le en vomiting in drunkards, in the morning before food is taken; and also in the irritable stomach of drunkards. Bismuth: with hydrocyanic acid, to relieve acidity and heartburn. Bromides: useful during delirium tremens, or to le en irritability, in 1 dram doses in the wakeful condition which immediately precedes it. Capsicum: as a substitute for alcohol, and also to relieve the restle ne and insomnia. Chloral Hydrate: to quiet nervous system and induce sleep in an acute attack. Must be used with caution in old drunkards. Cimicifuga. Cocaine: to remove the craving. Faradization. Gelsemium: same as bromides. Gold and Sodium Chloride. Hydrastine. Ichthalbin. Levico Water: as tonic. Lupulin: along with capsicum as substitute for alcohol, also to quiet nervous system in delirium tremens. Milk: at night. Nux Vomica: as tonic and stimulant, both to nervous system and generally to aid digestion. Opium: May be nece ary to produce sleep; to relieve the pain of the chronic gastritis and the want of appetite. Orange: slowly sucked, a substitute for alcohol. Phosphorus: in chronic cases as nerve tonic. Picrotoxine: for tremors. Pota ium Bromide. Quinine: in the "horrors" stage it acts as a sedative to the brain and restores the digestive functions. Strychnine Nitrate. Sumbul: in the headache of old drinkers. Water, cold: a gla taken in small sips at a time as substitute for alcohol. Water, hot: one pint drunk as hot as po ible an hour before meals will remove craving. Zinc Oxide: in chronic alcoholic dyspepsia, and nervous debility. It also allays the craving.