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132 RECIPES. 
FOR KINGS EVIL = 
Take what cream of tartar will lie on a sixpence, morn- 
ing and evening; or drink for six weeks one-half pint of 
~strong tea of devil’s-bit; or drink ground ivy tea freely for 
three months; or of nettle tea three months; or of colt’s 
foot—meantime apply the herb pounded with flax-seed and 
hog’s lard, equal parts, to the sores twice a day. Or drink a 
“pint of warm water, fasting, walking after it. Or drink lime 
water forcommon drink. Take black currants one pound, 
honey one pound, southern wood one pound—steep them all 
together in one quart of vinegar-one hour, then strain it and 
add two ounces of balsam, simmer it down to an ointment, 
and annoint the afflicted parts with it three timesa day. Or 
take two spoonfuls of water parsnips in two spoonfuls of _ 
sweet milk every morning, fasting, for six months. 
FOR OLD ULCERATED SORES. 
Roast twe or three white leaks in a wet cloth in ashes, 
then add one drachm of lard and steep them well together, 
and apply them to the sore once an hour for three hours. 
FOR NERVOUS HEAD-ACHE, 
Dry and powder one ounce of marjoram and one-half — 
ounce of asarabacca, mix together, and take it as snuff, keep- 
ing the head and throat warm. This is useful in cancers. 
Or take one-half drachm powdered marum, morning and 
evening, in liquor. 
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DULL SIGHT. 
Drop in the juice of rotten apples three or four times 
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