| BOTANIC PHYSICIAN, _ 
Iden seal, each one fourth of an ounce. Digest in one quart of. 
best Jamaica spirits, in a sand heat, for twenty-four hours; then 
strain. Dose, a tea spoonful three times a day, in water. 
___. This bitter is celebrated for its fine restorative and strengthening 
qualities, in indigestion, rheumatism, dropsy, pain in the breast, &c. 
For Epilepsy, and Nervous Fits.—Take one ounce of gum myrrh, 
ulverized ; one ounce of flowers of sulphur ; half gill of spirits of 
irpentine ; and a gill of oil of almonds, or of sweet oil. Simmer to- - 
ether two or three hours, until it becomes red. Then drain it off 
_ from the sediment, and bottle it up. Dose, from fifteen to thirty 
drops, twice in twenty-four hours, for an adult. - = 
To relieve Cough.— Take an ounce and a half of liquorice root ; 
one ounce of elecampane ; half an ounce of hoarhound ; two ounces 
of sulphur. Pulyerize them, and add honey to make a conserve. 
for Catarrh in the Head.—Take colt’s foot, snakeroot or 
ca, and bayberry bark, each two parts; and blood root, 
>, and mix. If the wandering milkweed 
an Bere oe ; 
_. Colic Powders.—Take two table spoonsful of pleurisy root, and a - 
‘tea spoonful of Cayenne pepper: pulverize and mix. In colics, 
steep the whole in half a pint of water, sweeten, and take it ata 
dose. It may be repeated according to circumstances. 
_ Or, which is better, equal parts of pleurisy root and crawley root, 
pulverized, mixed, and given in powder. es a 
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of the menses, in rheumatism, and is powerful to drive diseases t¢ 
surface of the skin, such as erysipelas, or any diseases of the blood. : 
Or Dysentery—( ‘Dr. Perkins’ Tent remedy, socalled.) Take good or 
“to four of hot water, and let it be taken by spoonsful, as fast and 
4 as hot as it can be swallowed. This dose is to be continued once in 
two hours till it operates as physic. It is said to be a sovereign reme- 
: dy in dysentery. Se i ee . a ee 
- Jaundice Bitters._-Take the bark of ther 
wood, or dogwood, black cherry, and prickly ash, each ndful 
__ horseradish roots and mustard seed, each two ounces ; and a handfu 
of hops; all to be infused in one gallon of cider, or of equal 
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ar, and as much salt as it will dissolve: add one table spoonful __ 
