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128 RECIPES. 
<= - FOR CONSUMPTION. 
- ‘Take four ounces of moss that grows on the north side of 
white oak, (by some called lungwort,) two ounces elécam- 
pane root, one ounce liquorice ball—boil them in two quarts 
water to one quart. Strain and sweeten it with brown sugar, 
say eight ounces, and add two ounces sweet oil stirred with — 
the sugar and well mixed. Take a wine-glassful three times 
a day, fasting. Or boil one-half pound horehound (green) 
in two quarts water to one quart. Strain it, and add one 
half pound honey or molasses ; simmer it thirty minutes over 
. aslow fire, Then put in after cooled, one pint good old rum. 
_ Take a wine-glassful three times a day, fasting. Or take one- 
half ounce white turpentine, one-half ounce beeswax, and 
burn them together by dropping them on a fire of coals in a 
small, close room. Have the patient in while burning. Re-_ 
peat at discretion, _ Or make free use of tea made of an herb 
called queen of the meadow, well sweetened with honey or 
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; FOR A COUGH. 
Boil one pound horehound, one pound. elecampane root, 
one pound brook liverwort, one pound maple moss or lung- 
Wort, in one gallon water. Cool and strain, Then add one 
pound loaf sugar, one pound raisins, and one pound figs. 
Steep all well together, and when cool add one-quart brandy. 
Give a tea spoonful three or four times a day, fasting. 
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COUGH SYRUP. 
Take three ounces sulphur, three ounces tar, one-half 
pound honey, and three eggs. Put all in one pint wine, and 
beat together. Take one tea-spoonful for a dose. 
