222 THE NEW ZEALAND FAMILY HERB DOCTOR. 
filled it with boiling water, stirred it, put in the milk and 
sugar, let it cool, poured out the clear, and drank the rest, 
and I declare I thought I was poisoned.”” ‘The man, who was 
sitting on’ his horse at the time, nearly fell off in a fit of 
laughter at this ludicrous mistake. 
ComPosirion EssENCE.— 
To make this is perhaps too troublesome for private use, 
but we will give the recipe, as it can be made even in small 
quantities. Infuse, say, four ounces of the powder in a 
quart of boiling water, stir, cover, and let it get cold; pour 
off the clear, stir up the sediment with another quart of 
boiling water ; let it cool again, pour off the clear again into 
the first lot, then put them in a clean enamel or tin-lined 
pan, pot, or basin; evaporate slowly down to half a pint ; let it 
cool, then add two ounces of tincture of Composition, which 1s 
prepared like other tinctures, with two ounces of the powder 
to a pint of spirits of wine. To make this a clear, good- 
looking preparation, it will be needful to filter it through 
paper. Dose: One to four teaspoonfuls in a cup of hot water 
sweetened with sugar, three or four times a day if for the 
cure of a cold. A dose at bedtime will act as a preventive. 
The Composition powder or essence should be kept in 
every house, as a dose taken after exposure to wet and cold 
will act as the stitch in time and save trouble. 
Sweatinc PowDER.— 
Powdered Camphor.........+- ...ee Two drachms. 
Powdered Ipecacuanha ............ One drachm. 
Cream of Tartar .....sceeesveeeees One ounce. 
Powdered Opium......sseeeeeseees Half drachm. 
Mix the powders well. Dose: from 5 to 10 grains in a cup 
of Composition tea. This is an excellent medicine where there 
is severe pain, and a perspiration desired. Good in acute 
rheumatism, pain in the joints, restlessness, nervous excite- 
ment, &. It may be given every four to six hours when 
required. 
