begin to take it, one wine glass full in the morning on an 

 empty stomach, and so continue. 



Piles. 

 The symptoms of a disease inclining to piles, itching in 

 the hollow of the hands and fett, and from that to a prick- 

 ling in the mouth, lips, swelling, &c. a shortness of hreath, 

 faintness, and faititing, if not prevented will turn to fits. 



A real Cure. 



Spring water from the north side of a hill, take one 

 gallon of this water, and put it in a tea-kettle, then fill it 

 up with angelico and rue, then stop up ^he tea-kettle and 

 boil it down to two quarts, then Inke oit the herhs, and 

 put in one pound of brown >siigar, then let it come to a 

 scald, then set it by tiJ' Olood warm, then put in rum e- 

 no!igh to preserve it, then put it in hottles and put it down 

 cellar, be sure to put the ^topple in loose, then drink one 

 glass of it at a time three times in a day, repeating this 

 till you get well. 



Pains in the Stomc.ch and Bowels. 



Tansy and horsemint rub'jed tij a poxvder, mixed with 

 molasses, for a cramp or pain in the stomach. 



Mustard seed and molasses, for a pain in the bowels. 



Scalds. 



For a scald, take smart beer emptings, warm it blood 

 warm, and thicken it with Indian meal sufficient for a 

 poultice, and iet it be applied every half hour until the 

 fire is drawn out, which if immediately applied, the third 

 or fourth commonly gives relief unless very bad, and then 

 it must be continued lonw;er. N. B. Apply a little oil to 

 prevent the poultice stickhig, 



Burns aud Freezes. 

 For burns and freezes, take white oak bark one half a 

 pot full, then white pine bark about one quarter as much 

 as of the oak, sassafras sprouts a small handful ; fill the 

 pot full of water, boil the water away to one half, take 

 out the barks and sprouts, then boil the water about three 

 quarters away, then it is fit for use to wash the frozen or 

 burnt parts. 



Worms. 

 For worms, double tansy — the juice of it green, mixed 

 rwith rum and molasses, or distilled spirits of the tansy 

 ^taken on sugar. 



For worms, take poplar bark pounded fine, mixed with 

 f£iiolas)»es. 



