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sionally stirring the mixture until it is cold, and then retire to ■->■ warmed 

 bed. In ohstinate cases the treatment should be repeated for three evenings. 



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

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

 Raw linseed oil, 2 az. ; tincture of bloodroot, 2 drs. ; tincture of lobelia, 2 

 drs. ; tincture of aconitei, % dr.; honey, 4 oz. Mix. Dose, ^ txs 1 teaspoon- 

 ful every 15 to 20 minutes, according to the urgency of the case. It is also 

 excellent in all throat and lung trorlles originating from a cold. 



This is an excellent remedy in lung trouble: Make a, strong deicoction 

 of hoarhound herb and sweeten with honey. Take a teaspoonful 4 or 5 

 times n day. 



Honey on Frostbites. — 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 fo'r Fkbokles. — Have you tried a mixture of hon- 

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

 the hands, wear gloves on going to 1 ed. 



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. Them apply as usual. 



Summer Honey Drink. — ^^One spoonful of fruit juice and 1 spoonful 

 honey in '^ glass water; stir in as much sodyi as will lie on a silver dime,, 

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



Dr. Pkiro's Honev Salve — ^for boils and nther diseases of a similar 

 character — is made by thoroughly incorporating flour with honey until of m 

 proper cont^istency to spreiud oji cloth. Applied over the boil it hastens 

 suppuration, and the early termination of the painful lesion. 



Honey as a Laxative. — In olden times the good eiTects of honey as a 

 remedial agent were well known. Tut of latei little use is made thereof. A 

 great mistake, surely. Nota^ ly 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 to perform 

 properly their functions. Many svffer daily from an irritable condition, 

 calling themselves nervous, and all that sort of thing, not realizing that 

 constipation is at the root of lie matter, and that a faithful daily use of 

 honey fairly persisted in wouhl restore cheerfulness of mind and a healthy 

 body. — Le Pr ogres Apicol''. 



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 murh honey as desired 

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

 candy may be poaired into shallow vessels and remain until needed, or pulled 

 like molasses candy until while. 



