Ginger ia a sialogogue, carminative, and stimulant. It is _used internally_ in flatulent colic, dyspepsia, and to prevent the griping of medicines. When chewed, it acts as a sialogogue, and is therefore useful in relaxed uvula. _Dose_, from ten to twenty grains of the _powder_; of the _tincture_, from ten minims to one drachm. [TO-DAY, HIS BEAUTEOUS VISAGE WE EXTOL.]