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to cool. When used, spread thinly on a piece of tissue-paper or old, fine linen.
Excellent for frost sores or any kind that are hard to heal.--Mrs. W. G. March.
TO CURE A FELON.--Procure five or six lemons, cut off the end of one, thrust the
sore finger into the lemon, and let it stay till the lemon is warm; proceed in
the some way till all the six are used. Or, put a piece of Spanish-fly plaster
over the spot affected, and that will draw the trouble to the surface; or, on
the first appearance, apply a poultice of the common Fleur de Lis root well
mashed. It will cure in a short time.
BLACKBERRY CORDIAL. --Put a half bushel of blackberries in a preserving-kettle,
and cook until scalded through well; strain and press out all the juice; put
juice in kettle with the following spices well broken up and put into a bag;
one-quarter pound allspice, two ounces cinnamon-bark, two ounces cloves, and two
nutmegs; add loaf-sugar, about one pound to every quart of juice or more if
preferred, and cook slowly ten or fifteen minutes, remove from the fire, let
cool a little, and add good pure brandy in the proportion of one pint to every
three pints of juice. A smaller quantity may be made, using the same
proportions. This is an excellent remedy for diarrh“a and other diseases of the
bowels.
COUGH MIXTURE. --Take 5 cents worth each of elecampane, spikenard, dandelion,
sarsaparilla, licorice-root, Indian turnip, comfrey and hoar-hound. Boil roots
in two quarts soft water until it is reduced to one pint, add one pound
loaf-sugar, and give one table-spoonful three times a day, before eating;
or dissolve one-fourth pound gum-arabic in half pint boiling water, add a half
tea-cup sugar and honey, and two table-spoons lemon juice, steep for five or ten
minutes; bottle, and cork, add water, and take;
or boil one ounce each of licorice-stick and anise-seed, and half ounce senna in
one quart of water, ten minutes; strain, add two tea-cups molasses or honey,
boil down to a pint, and then bottle.
FOR CONSTIPATION.--The same remedies will not affect all persons. One or two
figs eaten fasting is sufficient for some, and they are especially good in the
case of children, as there is no trouble in getting them to take them. A
spoonful of bran in a glass of water is a simple remedy and quite effective. One
or two tumblers of hot water will move almost every one, but is difficult to
take. In chronic cases a faithful manipulation and moving of bowels and limbs
with gentle rotary movement with the open palm, and giving all natural motions
to the parts, with proper diet, will almost invariably secure the desired
result. It has been known to cure a case of life-long habit, where inherited
too, and although it involves patience and perseverance it is certainly better
than to suffer the ills that result from so many patent medicines and quack
nostrums. "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure," and regularity of
habit in this matter is the great thing to be impressed on people generally.
CATARRH.--Wet and cold at the surface of the body is a cause of catarrh, but the
most fruitful source is wet and cold feet, and yet there is nothing more easy to
avoid. Warm socks, horse-hair soles, and goloshes will always keep the feet dry
and warm. It does not seem to be understood that although a boot or shoe may not
leak, yet if the sole is damp, it by evaporation conducts away the heat from the
foot, and ought never to be worn when not exercising. The neck should be covered
lightly, but too much covering predisposes to catarrhal troubles by causing
congestion of the membrane affected in this disease. Bed-rooms ought to be well
aired, and warmed if possible, by an open fire, in damp chilly weather.
CONKLIN'S SALVE. --One pound of resin, two ounces mutton tallow, one
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