MEDICAL TEAS, ETC

I Pipsissewa, bruised, one ounce; water, one pint. Boil for fifteen minutes, strain, and add sufficient water through the strainer to make the tea measure a pint. Dose: Wineglassful every two or three hours,

In Skin Diseases and Gravel :-—

R Goose-grass, a handful; water one quart. Boil for twenty minutes, Dose: A tumblerful three times a day.

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FAMILY PRESCRIPTIONS, ETC. 169

To act as a Tonite :-—

K Red or yellow cinchona-bark, one ounce; water, one pint. Boil for fifteen minutes, strain and add sufhi- cient water through the strainer to make the tea measure one pint. Dose: Wineglassful three times a day before meals.

To improve the Appetite -—

Kk Dogwood, bruised, one ounce; water, one pint. Boil for fifteen minutes, strain, and add sufficient water through the strainer to make the tea measure a pint. Dose: Wineglassful three times a day before meals.

For Diarrhea :—

kK White-oak bark, bruised, one ounce ; water, one pint. Boil for half an hour, strain, and add sufficient water through the strainer to make the tea measure a pint. Dose: Wineglassful every three or four hours.

For Coughs and Colds :-—

FX Iceland moss, half an ounce; water, one pint. Boil for fifteen minutes, strain with squeezing, and add sufficient water through the strainer to make the ‘4 measure a pint, Dose: Wineglassful every three or

four hours.

To act on the Liver in Biliousness :-— K Dendelion root, sliced and bruised, one ounce, water, onc pint. Boil for ten minutes in a covered

vessel, strain as above, and add sufficient water to make a pint. Dose: A wineglassful three or four times a day.

For Di opsies :— Bruised juniper berries, ne ounce; infuse for two hours in a pint of hot water; p \" off, and add a table-

spoonful or two of cream of tartar; stir, and drink in portions through the day.