HERBAL 



\. For the King^s Evil. 



The King's Evil may be cured by a plant called the 

 King's Evil weed. It grows in wild shady land, under al- 

 most all kinds of timber, and in the form of a plantain, 

 but the leaves are smaller, and are spotted green and 

 white — a very beautiful plant. When it goes to seed, 

 there comes up one stalk in the middle of the plant, six 

 or eight inches high, and bears the seed on the top of the 

 stalk in a small round bud. 



Take this, root and branch, pound it soft, apply it to 

 the tumour for a poultice or salve, and let the patient 

 drink a tea made of the same for constant drink. If the 

 tumour is broken open, simmer the root and leaf in sweet 

 oil and mutton tallow ; strain it of, and add to it beeswax 

 and rosin until hard enough for salve. — Wash the sore 

 with Uquor made of the herb, boiled, and apply the salve, 

 and it will not fail a cure. 



2. The best renudy for the rattlerin children. 



Take blood root, powder it, give the patient a small 

 tea-spoonful at a dose; if the first does not break the blad- 

 der in half an hour, repeat again three times. This lias 

 not been known to fail curing. 



3. A valuable remedy for the Bilious Colic. 



Take of West India rum, one gill, of West India molas- 

 ses, one gill, of hog's lard, one gill, and the urine of beast 

 one gill; simmer well together. This composition will 

 seldom fail of performing an effectual cure for life. 



4. For a Felon. 



Blue flag root and wild turnip root, a handful of each, 

 stewed in half a pint of hog's lard — strain it off— add to 

 it four spoonfuls of tar, and simmer them together. Ap- 

 ply this ointment to the felon till it breaks. Add bees- 

 wax and rosin to the ointment for a salve to dress it with 

 after it is broken. This is an infallible cure, without los- 

 ing a joint. 



