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to be a good antispasmodic in epilepsy and hysteria, in doses of 3j to5iij twice or thrice a day.

Cahdiacs are cordial medicines.

Cardamomi Semina. L. E. D. P. The seeds of the Amomum repcns

or Matonia cardamomum-Adulterated by being mixed with grains of paradise, which are improper

for the same medicinal purposes.Medicinally they are aromatic, carminative, stimulant, and stomachic,but not heating to the stomach. In doses of gr. vj to 3j, or more, ofthe powder, given in dyspepsia, cardialgia, and flatulencies; andcombined with magnesia and rhubarb in the bowel disorders ofinfants. Cardamoms are also used in tincture. See TincturaCard. Comp.Enters into Confect. Aromatica. L. Elect. Aromaticum. D. Ext. Co-locynthidis Comp. L. D. Pulv. Cinnamomi Comp. L. E. D. Pil.Scillse Maritime. E. Infus. Sennse. D. Tinct. Cardamomi. L. E. D.Tinct. Cardam. Comp. L. D. Tinct. Gentians Comp. L. Tinct.Cinnamomi. C. L. E. Tinct. Ithei. L. E. D. Tinct. Senna?. L. D.Tinct. Rhei cum Aloe. E. Spir. iEtheris Aromat. L. Vin AloesSocotrina?. E. Infus. Senna; cum Tamarindis. D.

Carduus Benedictus. O. Blessed Thistle, Centaurea benedicta, whichsee. This was formerly a celebrated herb, and said to be a gooddiuretic, and an antidote for poisons, but it has now fallen intodisuse.

Carex Arenaria. P. Sea Carcx, the fresh root of which is aromatic,agreeable, diuretic, and alterative, and may be used as a substitutefor sarsaparilla, in cutaneous disorders, and syphilis.

Carics: Fructus. L. E. D. The Fig, the fruit of the Ficics carica, isdemulcent, and slightly laxative.

Carlina Acaulis. P. Dwarf Carline Thistle. The root is bitter,aromatic, acrid, stimulant, sudorific, and stomachic. Given in dis-eases of the skin and abdominal obstructions.

Carminatives. Those medicines which act like a charm, by dispellingflatulence. They are all aromatic, for the most part grateful, andact by stimulating the stomach.

Carmine. An exquisite red prepared from cochineal by several processes,some of them kept secret. Pour two quarts of distilled water into acopper pan, and when boiling add Jij of the best grain cochinealfinely ground and sifted; boil it for six minutes, carefully stirring itthe while. Then add 60 grains of fine Roman alum in powder, andboil three minutes longer, when it is set to cool; but while yet alittle warm decant the clear liquor, and strain through silk intoporcelain dishes, and in four days decant and filter again into other