124 RECIPES. 
FOR THE DROPSY. 
- ‘Dissolve one-half pound of salts and one and a half ounces of 
saltpetre in one quart of strong tea made of dwarf elder 
berries, sweet elder berries, milkweed roots and burdock roots, 
two ounces each, sweeten it well with molasses, and add to it 
one quart ¢ of good cider; take two table-spoonfuls morning _ 
and evening. Or take a spoonful of whale mustard seed night 
and morning, and drink one-half pint of strong green -brown- 
_ top tea. Brown-top is an English shrub that bears yellow 
flowers. This works both by stool and urine. Or boil one 
pound of sweet elder roots in two quarts of water, strain it, 
and drink one gill morning and evening for thirty days. 
FOR THE JAUNDICE. 
‘Wear the leaves of celendige upon and under the feet 
daily; or take a small piece of castile soap every morning 
for eight or ten days; or as much as will lay on a 
shilling of burnt egg-shells, three mornings running, fasting, 
and walk -till you sweat; or one-half pint of strong nettle 
tea. Or boil one pound of burdock roots and one-half pound 
of wild black cherry tree bark in two quarts of water, add 
to it when cold one quart of good old cider, and sweeten it 
_ well with molasses. Drink one gill three times a day. If 
you wish to keep it, add one pint of alcohol and drink as 
above. Infallible. You may add one ounce of allum. 
HEAD-ACHE FROM HEAT. : 
__ Apply to the forehead cloths dipped in cold water for 
one hour; or powder white poppy seed mixed with the 
yolk of eggs, and apply it to the temples and forehead. 
