RECIPES, 1387 
DRAGON'S CLAW, OR @EVER ROOT. 
Is useful in Fevers. It creates moisture without excite- 
ment. To one tea-spoonful of the root add one-half ae 
boiling water. Drink freely when blood warm. 
DWARF ELDER HERBS AND BERRIES. 
Is good in Dropsical and Rheumatic complaints. Also for 
Swellings in Limbs. The berries must be steeped in — 
and taken before eating. 
YELLOW OINTMENT. 
Take one-half pound of hog’s lar lard, iond Sones bavi, 
two ounces of beeswax—add spirits of turpentine so as to 
form a liquid. Makes a good wash for a burn or freeze. 
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TO MAKE LAUDANUM. © 
Take one pint of fourth-proof spirits, one ounce of opium, 
shake together ten days and strain it, then it is fit for use. 
Ten drops for a dose, igre 
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CANINE OR CRAVING APPETITE. 
Smell of port wine and drink a spoonful or two. Or mix 
port wine with strong black cherry bark tea, well sweetened 
with loaf sugar, equal parts, and take it three times a day, 
fasting—say a wine-glassful. - 
TO PREVENT CHILBLAINES. 
Wear flannel socks and wash the feet with salt and water ; 
or wash the hands with mustard seed, salt and water, hot. 
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