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from the dry herb will answer; mix it in half a pint of new milk, sweetened
either with sugar or honey; take this half an hour before breakfast. It has been
known to cure obstinate coughs, and persons that have taken it for four weeks or
more, have gained strength and flesh, and the pain in the breast was relieved.
Flannel should be worn.
Elecampane and Hoarhound Syrup.
Put a pint of hoarhound in a quart of water, and let it draw by the fire; put a
tea-cupful of dried elecampane root in a pint of water, cover it close, and let
it boil till all the strength is out; strain it and the hoarhound together, and
put them to boil with a pound of sugar; when it is a rich syrup, pour it in a
pitcher to cool, and bottle it. Take a table-spoonful at a time when the cough
is troublesome. Sometimes flaxseed is a useful addition to this syrup.
Brown Mixture for a Cough.
Take of paregoric, liquorice and gum arabic, each an ounce, from fifty to one
hundred drops of antimonial wine and two gills of hot water; mix them well
together, and when cold, bottle, and cork it tight; take two tea-spoonsful at a
time; if it should nauseate, give a smaller quantity. If this produce profuse
perspiration avoid going in the air unless well wrapped up. This has been useful
in the latter stages of the whooping cough.
Ginger Tea,
With Remarks on its Use.
Strong ginger tea, sweetened and taken hot on going to bed, is very good. Where
persons have been exposed to the air, and think they have taken fresh cold, keep
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