Ginger

Imported from

• Sierra Leone
• Bombay and Scinde
• Madras
• Bengal and Pegu
• Ceylon
• British West India Islands
• China

Description

Ginger

A Compendium of Domestic Medicine, 1865

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Savory classifies ginger as a Stimulant (Remedies Which Speedily Increase the Frequency of the Pulse and the Heat of the Body.)

“In disorders proceeding from impaired digestion, in flatulent and spasmodic affections of the stomach, in hysterical and nervous complaints, in gouty habits, and in the debility of the system, from whatever cause it may arise, the restorative powers of ginger are well known.” (77/56)

The name ginger is derived from the Gingi Mountains, located in Hindustan, however, more recently the ginger used in Europe has been cultivated in the West Indies. Powdered ginger can be used to treat gout, indigestion, and flatulence. Ginger-tea (a weak infusion of powdered ginger) is often used to treat “persons of dyspeptic and gouty habits.” It is also popularly combined with rhubarb to create stomachic pills. (91/70)

Remedies Containing or to be used with

• Acid, Sulphuric, Diluted (31/10): syrup of ginger included in a “Tonic Draught.”
• Aloes, Socotrine (34/13): powdered ginger included in Dr. Baillie’s Pills for Indigestions and Costiveness
• Ammonia, Sesquicarbonate of (37/16): Jamaica ginger (in grains) combined to treat “gouty acidities of the stomach”
• Aromatic Confection (42/21): syrup of ginger included in “Aromatic Draught”
• Asses’ Milk (44/23) Artificial: preserved ginger is part of a recipe. Used to nurse infants (?)
• Calomel (57/36): syrup of ginger included in “Obstinate Costiveness” pills
• Essence of Ginger (77/56): see description
• Ether, Compound Spirit of (81/60) Hoffman’s Ether: syrup of ginger included in a recipe used as a substitute for Hoffman’s anodyne (Hoffman did not disclose the recipe)
• Extract of Colocynth, Compound (82/61): syrup of ginger used in cathartic pills
• Ginger, Jamaica (91/70): see def
• Gum, Guaiacum (96/75): powdered ginger is included in “The Electuary”
• Gum Myrrh (98/77): syrup of ginger used in the formation of pills, used “to open the bowels in a suppression of the menses.”
• Jalap (109/88): syrup of ginger included in a draught used for “evacuating the bowels of school-boys who have over-indulged themselves in eating.” Also used in an electuary that is sometimes effective against dropsy.
• Quassia (143/122): when combined with ginger it can be useful against gout, but there is danger should there be any irritation in the stomach.
• Rhubarb (147/126): syrup of ginger used to make pills to treat any dyspepsia and constipation.
• Senna Leaves (154/133): ginger is included in the basic purgative that includes senna.
• Soluble Tartar (158/137): syrup of ginger used in “An Aperient Draught”
• Spirit of Nitre (163/142): syrup of ginger used in a “Diaphoretic Draught”
• Sulphur, Sublimed (168/147): powdered ginger and syrup of ginger used in an electuary
• Syrup of Ginger (170/149): “stimulating and carminative, and is a useful adjunct to bitter and tonic infusions”
• Tincture of Guaiacum, Volatile (180/159): warm drinks (like ginger-tea) recommended to be taken after the initial dosage used to treat chronic rheumatism

Diseases Treated with

General Diseases

• Cholera Morbus (242/221): syrup of ginger used in a draught to be administered in the morning following a successful course of purgatives
• Cramps, or Spasms (246/225): essence of ginger and Jamaica ginger (powdered) recommended for treating cramps that are “constitutional”
• Dyspepsia, or Indigestion (265/244): tincture of ginger included in “Abernyth’s mixture for dyspeptic persons”

Infantile Diseases

• Worms (308/287): Powdered ginger included in “Anthelmintic Electuary”

Medical Articles Containing

• Infusion of Senna, or Senna Tea (312/291): sliced ginger

Prescriptions Containing

Antacids

• Antacid Draught (327/306): syrup of ginger
• Antacid Draught (Another) (328/307): syrup of ginger
• Antacid and Carminative Mixture (328/307): syrup of ginger
• Heartburn (328/307): Jamaica ginger, in powder
• Aromatic Magnesia Mixture (330/309): syrup of ginger
• Aromatic Chalk Draught (330/309): syrup of ginger
• Aromatic Chalk Draught (330/309): syrup of ginger

Aperients and Cathartics

• Aperient Mixture (332/311): syrup of ginger
• Aperient Draught (Another) (333/312): syrup of ginger

Anthelminics

• Anthelmintic Electuary (336/325): powdered ginger

Carminatives

• Stomach Mixture (342/321): syrup of ginger

Diuretics

• Strong Stimulating Diuretic Draught (346/325): syrup of ginger
• Diuretic Powder (Another) (347/326): powdered ginger
• Diuretic Pill (Another): syrup of ginger

Stimulants

• Stimulant Mixture (Another) (354/333): syrup of ginger

Tonics

• Tonic Mixture (Another) (355/334): syrup of ginger