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FOR THE ITCH. 
Wash the part affected with rum; or with strong dock 
root tea nine or ten days; or of strong hyssop tea for four 
or five days ;.or annoint three nights with black soap; or - 
steep a shirt one-half hour in one quart of water with one 
ounce of sulphur, and wear it five or six days; or mix the 
powdered poke root with cream and let it stand two or three 
days, and then annoint the joints three mornings and eve- 
nings. - It seldom fails. Or mix bay salt and sulphur, equal 
parts, with sweet oil, rub it well in the palms of the hands 
and dry it in. It generally cures in three days. Beat to- 
gether lemon juice and rose oil, equal parts, and annoint the | 
affected parts. It cures in two or three times anointing ; or 
mix one ounce of powdered ginger with one-fourth pound of 
fresh butter. Annoint with it morning and evening for four 
or five days. 
FOR STOPPAGE IN THE KIDNEYS. 
Take twelve grains of salt amber in one spoonful of water, 
before breakfast. eee 
FOR PAIN IN. THE JOINTS. 
Drink a strong tea of herb robbin, and apply it as a 
poultice. 
FOR INVOLUNTARY URINE. 
Use the cold bath; or take a tea-spoonful of agrimony 
powdered im a little water, morning and evening ; or take one 
gill of milk curdled with alum, every night. 
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