es 5 RECIPES. 
_FOR THE DROPSY. 
Simmer in two gallons of old cider forty-eight hours, one 
pound pulverized mustard seed, one pound parsley roots, one. 
pound lignum vite shavings, one pound horseradish roots, 
and take one tea-spoonful three times aday. Or drink strong 
bohea tea freely, and eat. the leaves for four or five days. It 
operates powerfully on the water. Or make a strong tea of 
the herbs or ripe dwarf elder berries, sweeten it with mo- 
lasses, and drink it freely for eight or.ten days, fasting—that 
is before eatirig. Or put two ounces poke root (pounded) 
and one-half ounce pulverized mustard seed in one pint pure 
gin, let it stand twenty-four hours, and take one-half wine- 
glassful morning and evening. _ 
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SYRUP FOR DROPSY. 
Take one pound dwarf elder berries, or two pounds roots 
and leaves, one-half pound milk-weed roots, one pound bal- 
- sam boughs, and boil them in one and a half gallons of water 
- two hours. When cold, add one quart gin with one-fourth 
pound juniper berries mashed in it, and three pounds sugar. 
Shake it well together, and take one table-spoonful for a dose 
three times a au 
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SYRUP FOR FEMALE COMPLAINTS, OR BLOOD PURIFIER. 
‘Take two pounds of burdock roots, one and a half pounds 
sarsaparilla roots, (American preferred;) one-fourth pound 
parsley, boil all together two hours in two gallons of water, 
strain and add eight pounds sugar, two ounces saltpetre and 
two quarts of white wine with one-fourth pound juniper ber- 
ries. Shake well together, and take one t.sosunl for a, 
dose three times a day. 
