fee : RECIPES. 
MENSES (TOO LITTLE OR STOPPED). 
Sweat thoroughly and afterwards give a little of the Re 
formed Botanic and Indian Physic; or a little of the Man- 
_-drake Physic, and after give some strengthening cordials or 
‘Slumbering Drops; or yellow carrots, one-half pound i in one 
_quart water, boiled, and drink freely ; ; or take one ounce cham- 
omile, one ounce may-weed, one ounce smart-weed, two ounces 
hearts-ease, all steeped in one quart water, well sweetened and — 
- drank. freely, generally cures. 
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FEVER AND AGUE. 
“Take one-fourth ounce lobelia seeds or leaves pulverized, 
~and put into one pint rum or brandy; add one-half pound 
lady’s slipper and steep them well together, and add one-half 
ounce pulverized blood root, one ounce pulverized black cherry 
bark, one ‘ounce ginger and one pint Hot Drops, all put and 
shook together. Give a tea-spoonful in hot water when the 
fit is coming on, and repeat | the dose every half hour till the 
patient vomits. Then give a gentle vegetable physic of the 
Mandrake Preparation and Health Bitters, one tea-spoonful 
three times a day before eating, till cured. 
“SPINAL COMPLAINTS. 
Bathe the spine with the Tincture of Life or Rheumatic 
Drops, freely. 
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SCURVY. 
Take four pounds nettle roots or leaves, four ounces bur- 
dock roots or leaves, boil well together in one pint water, 
and — one table-spoonful three times a day, before eating. 
