286 APP.— HIERA PICRA, kc. 



HIERA PICRA. 



Take — Soccotrine aloes, four ounces, in powder ; 



Virginian snakeroot, and ginger, of each half 



an ounce, iii powder : 

 Mix them together, and keep them in a bottle 



for use. 



Another method to make Hiera Picra. 



Take — Soccotrine aloes, in powder, one pound ; 

 Winter's bark, in powder, four ounces : 

 Mix them both together. 



Either of these powders will be found useful 

 as tonic medicines, in debilities of the stomach, 

 intestines, and in the whole body. They may be 

 compounded with other medicines, either into 

 balls, or drinks, and given as alteratives to con- 

 siderable advantage, in the removal, or carrying 

 off, of the remains of any long continued disease. 

 From eight to ten drachms of the powder, and 

 two drachms of Castile soap, made into a ball 

 with syrup, make a proper dose of physic for a 

 middling sized horse. 



AROMATIC POWDER. 



Take — Cassia cinnamon, two ounces ; 



Grains of paradise, one ounce and a half ; 

 Ginger, one ounce ; 

 Long pepper, half an ounce : 

 Reduce all into fine powder, and mix; keep in 

 a stopped bottle for use. 



