474 THE NEW ZEALAND FAMILY HERB DOCTOR. 
REMEDY FOR GOUT AND CHRONIC RHEUMATISM.— 
Prickly Ash Bark ........ iewageres WDE wns 
Sassafras Bark 2s cesses tevaesae ee . Half ounce. 
Betony (Wood)......eee4 SAL vie One ounce. 
Boil the barks gently in two quarts of rain water down to 
three pints. Throw the whole upon the herb, cover, and 
when cold express. Dose: a wineglassful three times a day. 
At bed-time make a teacupful hot, and add a quarter of a tea- 
spoonful (15 grains) of ginger, and sweeten with treacle. 
REMEDY FOR OLp ULCERS.— 
Prickly Ash Bark ...... (4k ke eeee se LEAD DURCES: 
Water LIOCK™ cs 5 9-5 ott ytresteh sepes iets, Two ounces. 
English Rhubarb Root......... ex. One ounee, 
Crush or cut the dried roots small, and gently simmer in five 
pints of distilled or rain water down to two quarts; add two 
ounces of pure spirits of wine. Dose: a wineglassful four 
times a day. 
Wash the ulcers in an infusion of wormwood, sprinkle or 
cover with powdered prickly ash bark, and cover with cloths, 
constantly wet with the wormwood infusion until they are 
healed. 
REMEDY FOR SECONDARY SYPHILIS.— 
Picky ash Bate 525.55 fv re-4 bated papatte Four ounces. 
Sarsaparilla Root (Jamaica) ........ Two ounces. 
English Rhubarb Root .....+..00.. One ounce. 
Soapwort (root of) ......+....++.+:+ One ounce. 
Bruise or cut the dried roots small, simmer in five pints of 
tain or distilled water down to two quarts, when cold express 
Dose : a wineglasssful four times a day. 
REMEDY FOR HYSTERIA.— 
Mugwort (verb, drys. 35 10 a see bes Two ounces. 
Baim {herbs Gry)! oy ste ceo sleet One ounce. 
Infuse in three pints of boiling water, in a covered vessel, let it 
stand until cold, express and sweeten with lump sugar. Dose: 
a wineglassful, cold, three times a day. 
