480 THE NEW ZEALAND FAMILY HERB DOCTOR, 
AMBROSIAL Hair TONIC.— 
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SPITS: cides seteevsbieeaedede ees CDE Care 
Shake and add :— 
Oil of Lavender..... weeyadea very Cone drachm, 
Oil of Bergamot......... bint Ahk 4s One drachm. 
Oil of: Cloves oi5 ots Pere gare Thirty drops. 
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Oll of Rosemary) «i24-:-4-45-e4345 ... Lhirty drops. 
op Gt WMerolt- 2 o-5 pest ece scceye aoe aes Thirty drops. 
Tincture of Cantharides .......... Half ounce. 
Shake well, apply morning and night if required. 
To CoLour THE Harr BLAck.— 
Take a piece of unslacked lime, the best you can get, pour 
sufficient water on it to reduce it to powder; put to this one 
third to a fourth as much litharge as you have of the lime. 
Powder very fine, pass through a seive, put sufficient of this 
powder into a saucer, pour as much hot water on it as will 
form it into a soft paste-like cream. Before going to bed 
apply this paste to the hair, covering it from the root, up; put 
over it dark brown paper, and over alla night-cap; in the 
morning shake out the powder, wash with water, and if 
desired, a little oil. If not sufficiently black apply again. 
This is better than hair dyes. 
To Drstroy LICE AND NITS IN THE Harr.— 
Half an ounce of coculus indicus or fish berries steeped in 
a pint of proof spirit one week, wet the the hair and scalp, 
taking care not to let it get into the eyes. Label it poison (as. 
it is), and keep it out of the way. 
CURE FOR A WEN.— 
Make a strong solution of rock salt, keep a cloth saturated 
with it on top of wen till it suppurates, then poultice with 
slippery elm till clean, and heal up with the healing ointment. 
