Mother's Remedies eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 1,684 pages of information about Mother's Remedies.

Mother's Remedies eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 1,684 pages of information about Mother's Remedies.

KIDNEY AND LIVER CURE.

Fluid Extract Cascara Sagrada    1 ounce
Fluid Extract Uva Ursi           1 ounce
Fluid Extract Buchu              1 ounce
Tincture Gentian Compound      1/2 ounce
Syrup Simplicis to make         16 ounces

Mix.  Dose:  Teaspoonful four times daily or less dose if bowels move too freely.

The above amount would cost about 80 cents.

DR. B. W. HAIR’S ASTHMA CURE: 

Potassii Iodidi                                    1 ounce
Tar Water                                         16 fluid ounces
Carmel sufficient to color light brown or about   30 grains

The above amount would cost about 60 cents.

[Patent medicines 479]

LINIMENT.

    Chloroform 3 drams
    Oil Cloves 1 dram
    Tincture Opii 1 ounce
    Oil Sassafras 2 drams
    Aromatic Spirits Ammonia 2 drams
    Alcohol to make 6 ounces
    Mix.  This is excellent.

This liniment is for household use; in sprains, bruises, cuts, and bites from insects it cannot be excelled.  It is a very fine liniment to keep on hand.

The above amount would cost about 50 cents.

HALL’S HAIR RENEWER.

Sulphur Precipitated   1/2 dram
Lead Acetate           1/2 dram
Sodium Chloride          1 dram
Glycerin                 4 ounces
Bay rum                  1 ounce
Jamaica rum              2 ounces
Water enough to make     8 ounces

The above amount, nearly pint, would cost about 35 cents.

LINIMENT.

Camphor Gum                1/2 ounce
Tincture of Capsid         1/2 ounce
Oil of Turpentine          1/4 ounce
Water Ammonia, U. S. P       5 ounces
Alcohol enough to make      12 ounces

Dissolve camphor gum and turpentine in alcohol and add balance of ingredients.  Do not use internally.  The above amount would cost about 35 cents.

HAMBURG DROPS.

Powdered Socotrine Aloes   1-1/2 ounces
American Saffron             1/2 ounce
Tincture Myrrh                16 ounces

Macerate for fourteen days and filter through paper.

The above amount would cost about $1.00.

LIVER PILLS.

Aloin                  5 grains
Podophyllin           10 grains
Capsicum Powder        5 grains
Extract Nux Vomica    10 grains
Henbane                1 grain

Mix.  Make fifty pills.  Dose:  Take one or two at night.

This little pill is one which you can always depend on and in old chronic cases, torpid liver and constipated bowels, these pills if kept up will make a permanent cure.  The above amount would cost about 40 cents.

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