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MACASSAR OIL FOR THE HAIR
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MACASSAR OIL FOR THE HAIR

7 ingredients 2 steps gutenberg
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

153
Calories
0g
Protein
14g
Fat
0g
Carbs

Counts 3 of 5 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 3 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Rum 1/2 oz (15ml) 32
Sage 1 tsp ground (0.7g) 2
Rose not in our table 0
Tea not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • eight ounces of sweet oil
  • ten drops of oil of rose
  • a pint of strong sage tea
  • a pint of bay rum
  • an ounce of castor oil
  • a teaspoonful of rose
  • sage

Directions

1

Renowned for the past fifty years, is as follows: Take a quarter of an ounce of the chippings of alkanet root, tie this in a bit of coarse muslin and put it in a bottle containing eight ounces of sweet oil; cover it to keep out the dust; let it stand several days; add to this sixty drops of tincture of cantharides, ten drops of oil of rose, neroli and lemon each sixty drops; let it stand one week and you will have one of the most powerful stimulants for the growth of the hair ever known.

2

_Another:_--To a pint of strong sage tea, a pint of bay rum and a quarter of an ounce of the tincture of cantharides, add an ounce of castor oil and a teaspoonful of rose, or other perfume. Shake well before applying to the hair, as the oil will not mix.

By F. L. Gillette and Hugo Ziemann · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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