Materia Medica
Quercus Glandium Spiritus
Spirit distilled from Tincture of Corn Kernels
Used first by Rademacher for chronic spleen affec- tions; spleen-dropsy. Antidotes effects of Alcohol. Vertigo; deafness, with noises in head. Takes away craving for alcoholics; give dose as below for several months. Dropsy and liver affections. Useful in gout, old malarial cases with flatulence.
Relationships
Compare: Angelica in tincture, five drops, three times daily, produces disgust for liquor; also for atony of different organs, dyspepsia, nervous headache, etc.; chronic bronchitis to increase expectora- tiom.:, Ceanoth.: Lach.: Nat. mur.; Helianthus (spleen enlarged and painful). 625
Dose
Ten drops to a teaspoonful of the distilled spirit to three to four tines a day. A passing diarrhcea often appears for a time when using it. Curative effect.