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creases your thirst for spirit, and destroys your 

 health and. wealth. It has a great operation on 

 the liver, and ofientimes makes it hard tiP seared. 



For the As'hma and Cough — this is a cure even if 

 it has been of long standing, 



Cure-Snakeweed, nnore properly called bastort 

 — take one gill & a half of the leaves, & put them 

 into one quart of new rum — take half a wine 

 glass of this, and sweeten it with half a spoonful 

 of molasses, and stir it well together — take this 

 portion every morning, half an hour before break- 

 fast. This will cleanse the head and stomach 

 well of catarrh, or any other disorder. It will do 

 to put one quart of rum to this steep the second 

 time. This steep has cured the cough and asth- 

 ma of more than twenty years standing. One 

 half a drachm of the root, pulverised, is suppo- 

 sed to be stronger than the steep above men- 

 tioned. 



For an inflamed^ feverishf swelled Leg. 



Take the inside of bass wood bark, scrape it 

 fine, and pour hot water on to it, for a poultice ; 

 lay this on to still the pain. The bark off the 

 root, pounded fine, and simmered with skim- 

 med milk, will bring down the swelUng much 

 better, if it does not stick too much. 



To kill Worms in Children, 



Take sage, boil it w^ith milk to a good tea, 

 turn it to whey with alum or vinegar, and give 

 the wluy to the child, if the w^orms are not knot- 

 ted in the stomach, and it will be a sure cure. If 

 the worms are knotted in the stomach, it will kill 

 the child. 



