318 : RECIPES. 
FOR A WEAK STOMACH. 
Boil eight quarts of green, or four of dried Indian root in 
one quart molasses till soft ; dry and eat it more or less every 
day. 
Put one pound of ripe spikenard berries in one quart of 
good whiskey, and take one-half wine-glassful three times a 
day, one-half hour before eating, 
TO PREVENT MORTIFICATION. 
Make a strong tea of spignard root, bathe well in it, and 
drink the tea freely. 
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TO BREAK A FEVER. 
Take a gentle physic that will act on the blood and bow- 
els, and wash the patient with cold salt and water thoroughly. 
Put drafts to the feet, or bathe them well in hot water, 
well tinctured with salt. After bathing well in cold salt and 
water, go to bed and cover up warm. 
ke a sieong: tea of the bark of the root of sumac, high 
_ brier, and mullin root, equal parts ; drink freely of it for one 
week, and continue drinking till cured. — 
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PILES. 
. “Take trumpweed, milkweed or ladies’ thistle, make into a 
tea, and take re or as an ointment eee a 
