58 THE FARCY. 



Solution for purifjing the Blood-vessels. 



(RECIPE, No. S5.) 



Decoction, 



Take — Guaiacum shavings, one pound 5 



Crude antimony, powdered, four ounces, tied 

 in a rag ; 



Logwood chips, and sassafras chips, ofeacU 

 one pound ; 



Sarsaparilla, cut, four ounces ; 



Water, three gallons ; boil them all together 

 until one half of the water be consumed; 

 then pour the whole of the decoction into 

 an earthen vessel for use; and, as the liquor 

 is wanted, let it be poured off from the in- 

 gredients, 



The above solution and decoction will operate 

 very powerfully in purifying and opening the ob- 

 structions in the blood-vessels, and dissolving 

 those buds which appear tracked along the veins. 

 The solution may be given every day in a quart of 

 the decoction, for a week together, or every other 

 day, for a fortnight. But if the horse's mouth grow 

 sore, and his breath begin to be offensive, omit it 



