346 RECIPES, 
BLOOD PURIFIER. 
Take two pounds burdock roots, one-half pound yellow 
doek, one pound spikenard roots, one pound balsam boughs, 
two ounces hops, and two pounds sarsaparilla—boil all to- 
_ gether in three gallons of water for two hours, strain, and 
add to every gallon of the syrup eight pounds sugar, one pint 
brandy, and two ounces saltpetre. Take a table-spoonful 
aia lacics a — eating. 
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COUGH POWDERS. “! 
rake one and a half pounds loaf sugar, one-fourth pound 
saltpetre, one-fourth pound alum, two ounces salt, one-half 
pound ginger, two ounces black pepper, one ounce wild tur- 
nip, and one ounce sweet flag—pulverize and mix them all 
together, and then add one-half ounce oil of anise. What 
will lie on the point of a knife is a dose. ‘Taken three times 
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‘CURE FOR HUMORS. 
Make a strong tea of meadow fern (called bog bush) and 
drink it freely with your meals, séldom fails, This bush gen- 
ob grows around water, and is known by its golden buds 
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Take one-half pound firr balsam bark, one-half ae 
white pine bark, one pound spignard root and one-fourth 
pound spruce gum, boil them thoroughly in one gallon water, 
strain, add. one pint molasses and one-half pint rum. Take 
a ul three times a day. 
