- RECIPES. a 329 
FOR COLIC OR DYSENTERY. 
Make a tea of rock brake root, called by some Indian dra- 
ma, and take a wine-glassful three times a day before eating ; 
or mix the white of hens’ dung, pulverized, with molasses, 
and take a tea-spoonful every six hours ; or the root of devil’s- 
bit, Hagia in i molasses, Ss toed <= at a time, ; 
POR SICKNESS AT i na: 
Take.a tea-spoonful of pulverized saffron blows in sugar, or 
a tea made of saffron; also a tea made of us Das = 
to settle the stomach, “: 
FOR SWELLED LIMBS ARISING FROM COLD. 
Dip salt fish skins in warm water and lay them on 1 the 
swelled joints. It will answer for inflamed sores, Take a 
gentle physic. 
FOR § SCROFULOUS HUMORS. 
Make a strong ten of hore or wide leaf a0uh and th o 
as sful three times a day before eating, for two or three 
months : “and anoint with bitter walnut meats pulverized and 
moistened with warm water. 
= FOR HIP GOUT AND TOOTH-ACHE. 
Take one pint linseed oil, one-half pound red lead, one- 
fourth pound white lead, one-fourth pound castile soap, sim- 
mer over a slow fire till mixed, in an earthen vessel. Apply 
it to the joint * “s and under the ear. 
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