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MISCP:LLANEOUS REMEDIES. 



too highly. Bruise the leaves of the 

 common field-thistle, and use hot as a 

 poultice on the parts affected. Drink, 

 also, a wineglassful of a tea, made from 

 the leaves of the same, three times a 

 day. 



Nervous Exhaustion. 



The tincture of Cocoa will afford 

 effectual relief for this difficulty. It is 

 to be given in teaspoonful doses, to 

 which there should be previously 

 added, one teaspoonful of sugar and 

 two tablespoonful of water. 



Fain in Breast. 



The following will afford relief. 

 Drink freely of a tea of the buds or 

 twigs of sycamore. If the tincture is 

 used, a teaspoonful may be taken two 

 or three times a day. 



Fain in the Side. 



Take a fresh cabbage-leaf, warm and 

 bind it to the side ; let it remain ten or 

 twelve hours, when the pain will gen- 

 erally be removed ; but if not, repeat 

 the operation. 



Piles. 



Take the garden celandine (Touch- 

 me-not), stew in fresh lard and make 

 an ointment of it Apply twice a day. 

 This will cure when other remedies 

 fail. 



ANOTHER A decoction of witch- 

 hazel, taken in spoonful doses, and at 

 the same time used as an injection, is 

 said to be equally effective. 



Poison Oak and Poison Vine. 



Let some buttermilk stand until 

 there is a thick whey on the top. Stir 

 and apply to the affected parts three 

 times a day. It will effect a speedy 

 cure. 



ANOTHER. Wash the parts -four 

 times a day with lime-water, and if the 

 vesicles are broken apply sweet spirits 

 of nitre and repeat next day. 



ANOTHER. Poisoning from these 

 vines may be cured by bathing the 

 parts with a solution of either borax, 

 copperas or sugar of lead. 



Removal of Freckles. 



Lemon-juice mixed with water is a 

 very good remedy for the removal of 

 freckles. Mix and put in a well-corked 

 bottle. Wash the hands and face with 

 this several times a day (letting it stay 



on several minutes before drying with 

 the towel). This preparation is highly 

 recommended by the celebrated Dr. 

 Wilson, of London. 



Rheumatism. 



Take two quarts of sliced potatoes 

 and add sufficient water to cover them ; 

 boil them until soft and then pour off 

 the liquid and bathe the affected parts 

 with it as hot as can be borne, night 

 and morning. This simple remedy has 

 been known to cure the most obstinate 

 cases of rheumatism. Oftentimes re- 

 lief is obtained after a few applica- 

 tions. 



ANOTHER Dr. Hall says, " Oil of 

 mustard well rubbed into the skin of 

 the part twice a day is an efficient rem- 

 edy." 



Bun Bound. 



Dip the finger repeatedly into boil- 

 ing hot water ; let the water be put an 

 inch and a half deep ; a dozen dips in 

 all with intervals between will take the 

 soreness away and relieve this diffi- 

 culty. 



Salt- Rheum. 



A strong tincture of blood-root made 

 in vinegar, is sufficient to cure almost 

 any case of tetter, as well as ring- worm. 

 Apply twice daily. The yellow-dock 

 root similarly prepared and used is 

 said to be equally effectual. 



Scrofula. 



A very excellent cure for this disease 

 is a tea of burdock-leaves. It is to be 

 drunk freely three times a day. One 

 author claims to have cured more than 

 fifty cases with it. 



ANOTHER A coffee made of roasted 

 acorns is an excellent remedy in all 

 scrofulous affections. Prof. J. H. Bun- 

 dy, of the California Medical College. 



Scurf, To Bemove. 



A simple and effectual remedy for 

 removing scurfs from the heads of in- 

 fants is to add a lump of unslaked lime 

 the size of a walnut to a pint of water ; 

 let it stand all night, then pour the 

 water off from the sediment ; add one 

 gill of the best vinegar and wash the 

 head with soapsuds and then with the 

 mixture. 



Sore Eyes. 



An old and popular remedy for ordi- 

 nary inflammation of the eye is to bind 

 on them at night a poultice of tea- 



