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RECIPES. 237 
FOR RHEUMATISM IN THE LOINS. 
_ Take ten drops of the oil of sassafras on loaf sugar three 
times a day, and bathe the parts with the oil in brandy. Or 
sweat with hemlock boughs, and bathe with brandy, salt, 
and ground hemlock oil, ten drops to one-half gill of brandy, 
for six nights successively. 
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SALVE FOR WOMAN’S SORE BREAST, OR ‘ANY SORE, 
Take tobacco and spikenard, equal parts, boil them in 
chamber-lye till almost dry, squeeze out the juice, and add to 
it pitch and beeswax—simmer it over a moderate fire till a 
salve, and apply it to the part afflicted. é 
GARDEN MUSTARD SEED, 
Is good in stomach pains. White mustard is good in 
dyspeptical complaints. A tea-spoonful will net as an emetic. 
It wil expel power from the stomach. : 
A LINIMENT. a ee 
Take one quart of alcohol, one ounce oil origanum, one 
ouncé camphor gum, one ounce Venice turpentine, one ounce ~ 
oil of spike, all cut and shook together. May be used for 
™ sprains, bruises, and swellings of all kinds. 
REMARKS ON YARROW. 
A strong cea made of yarrow and wash the head with it 
often, will prevent the hair from dropping off. It is good as 
-asalve. The root, chewed, prevents the tooth-ache, and is 
good in diabetes diseases. 
