244 RECIPES, 
TO PREVENT*THE HAIR FROM TURNING GREY. 
Take one-half ounce vinegar of conthorides, one ounce 
Eu de Cologne, and one ounce rosewater. Wet and comb 
the hair while wet with it. You may add one-half drachm 
oil of nutmeg and ten drops oil- of lavender. 
SCALD-HEAD. 
Physic well with the Indian Physic and wash the head 
with a strong tea made ‘of the root and herb of J ohn’s-wort 
and white pine bark, equal parts, twice a day. 
FOR DIABETES. 
Take four ounces spruce gum, two ounces tamarack gum, 
two ounces blue violet roots, pulverized, and one quart of 
brandy. Take a large tea-spoonful three times a day, fast- 
ing. ‘ ‘ 
FALLING OF THE WOMB. 
Drink a strong tea made of (equal parts) clary, sage, and 
red raspberry leaves—add one ounce each to a quart of wa- 
ter. Sweeten well with loaf sugar. Take a wine-glassful 
three times a day. 
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MENSES, (TOO MUCH.) 
Put one-half pound fire-weed tops in one pint good brandy, . 
and add one-half ounce alum, two ounces wickum tops or 
roots, one-fourth ounce saltpetre—shake well tapes, and 
take a — every two hours till cured. 
