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FOR CANKER. 
Steep the bark’ of the root of canker-bush. (called by some 
growknngy and as much yellow willow bark, in honey. 
Take one-half tea-spoonful three times a day, and annoint 
the affected part with it. Or make a tea of flax seed, mal- 
lows, snake-root and saffron, sweeten it with honey, and take 
a teaspoonful once an hour. Or take life-everlasting, cud- 
wort, mouse-ear, mallows and meadow plantain, equal parts, 
and make a tea of them. Take a tea-spoonful three times a 
day, and use it as a wash. 
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VEGETABLE POWDER. 
Take one pound of barberry bark, one-half pant ‘of gin- 
ger, three ounces of cayenne, and four ounces of hemlock 
bark, all pulverized together. Take one tea-spoonful for a 
dose. ihe: 
FOR SORE THROAT. 
Boil mullen leaves in milk and water and lay them on as 
hot as possible. Repeat it every hour till the sore breaks. 
Drink a tea of equal parts of safiron and snake-root. At 
the same time you use the mullen, make a tea of life-ever- 
lasting and gold-thread. Put in two ounces of alum into 
every two quarts, sweeten it with honey, and take a tea- 
spoonful every fifteen minutes when using the mullen. 
OBSTRUCTED CATAMENIA, , FLOW.) 
Rub together one drachm sal martis and two ounces white 
sugar. Take one drachm three times a day one week before. 
the time. Or make use of pennyroyal tea freely. 
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