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Hop Poultice, and its Uses.
Boil a handful of hops in a pint of water till very soft; when thicken it with
corn meal. This is very good for a sore throat, tooth-ache, or swelled face.
Onion Poultice.
Slice the onions and boil them in water till very soft; then mash and boil them
with milk and some crumbs of bread. This will draw a bile or gathering to a head
very soon.
Lily Root Poultice.
Pound the roots of the sweet white lily, and put them on to boil in rich milk;
when soft, thicken it with crumbs of bread. This is a most valuable poultice for
a gathering, and has given relief in many instances where the suffering was
great.
Cream Poultice.
Put to boil a tea-cup of cream; mix two spoonsful of flour in milk, and stir in
when it boils.
Ley Poultice.
Tie a spoonful of ashes in a rag, and boil it in a pint of water for fifteen
minutes, with some catnip or life-everlasting; when the herbs are soft, take out
the ashes, and thicken it with corn meal; spread some grease over as you apply
it.
Adhesive Plaster.
Take three pounds of resin, one-quarter of a pound of beeswax, one-quarter of a
pound of mutton tallow, melt together in an iron pan; then pour out about
one-third into a bucket of water, turn up the edges until you can take hold with
the hands and pull it as you
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