320 FORTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES. 



Honey Croup Remedy. — This is the best known to the medical profes- 

 sion, and is an infallible remedy in all cases of mucus and spasmodic 

 croup: Raw linseed oil, 2 oz, ; tincture of blood root, 2 drs. ; tincture of 

 lobelia, 2 drs.; tincture of aconite, Vz dr.; honey, 4 oz. Mix. Dose, K to 

 I teaspoonful every 15 to 20 minutes, according to the urgency of the 

 case. It is also excellent in all throat and lung troubles originating from 

 a cold. This is an excellent remedy in lung trouble: Make a strong decoc- 

 tion of hoarhound herb and sweeten with honey. Take a tablespoonful 4 

 or s times a day. 



Honey on Frost-Eites. — If your ears, fingers or toes become frozen 

 nothing will take the frost out of them sooner than if wrapped up in honey. 

 The swelling is rapidly reduced, and no danger occurs. 



Honey and Cream for Freckles. — Have you tried a mixture of honey 

 and cream — half and half — for freckles? Well, it's a good thing. If on 

 the hands, wear gloves on going to bed. 



Dr. Kneipp's Honey-Salve. — This is recommended as an excellent 

 dressing for sores and boils. Take equal parts honey and flour, add a little 

 water, and stir thoroughly. Don't make too thin. Then apply as usual. 



Summer Honey-Drink. — i spoonful of fruit-juice and r spoonful 

 honey in Yz glass water; stir in as much soda as will lie on a silver dime, 

 and then stir in half as much tartaric acid, and drink at once. 



Dr. Peiro's Honey-Salve — for boils and other diseases of a similar 

 character — ^is made by thoroughly incorporating flour with honey until a 

 proper consistency to spread on cloth. Applied over the boil it hastens 

 suppuration, and the early termination of the painful lesion. 



Honey as a Laxative. — In olden time the good effects of honey as a 

 remedial agent were well known, but of late little use is made thereof. 

 A great mistake, surely. Notably is honey valuable in constipation. Not as 

 an immediate cure, like some medicines which momentarily give relief only 

 to leave the case worse than ever afterward, but by its persistent use 

 daily, bringing about a healthy condition of the bowels, enabling them 

 properly to perform their functions. Many suffer daily from an irrita- 

 ble condition, calling themselves nervous, and all that sort of thing, not 

 reaHzing that constipation is at the root of the matter, and that a faithful 

 daily use of honey fairly persisted in would restore cheerfulness of mind 

 and a healthy body. — Le Pro^res Apicole. 



Coughs, Colds, Whooping Cough, Etc. — Fill a bell-metal kettle with 

 hoarhound leaves and soft water, letting it boil until the liquor becomes 

 strong — then strain through a muslin cloth, adding as much honey as 

 desired — then cook it in the same kettle until the water evaporates, when 

 the candy may be poured into shallow vessels and remain until needed, 

 or pulled like molasses candy until white. 



Honey for Sore Eyes. — A neighbor of mine had inflammation in his 

 eyes. He tried many things and many physicians; was nothing better, but 

 rather grew worse, until he was almost entirely blind. His family was 

 sick, and I presented him with a pail of honey. What they did not eat 

 he put in his eyes, a drop or two in each eye two or three times a day. 

 In three months' time he was able to read coarse print, and after four 

 months' use his eyes were almost as good as ever. I have also found honey 

 good for common cold-sore eyes.— S. C. Perry. 



