Arrowroot Wine Jelly
1 cup boiling water.
2 heaping teaspoonfuls arrowroot.
2 heaping white sugar.
1 tablespoonful brandy or 3 tablespoonfuls of wine.
An excellent corrective to weak bowels.
Source: Common Sense in the Household, Marion Harland
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To allay the pain of bruises do not use tincture of arnica; but apply the following lotion on a piece of uncovered lint: one part of spirit and one part of solution of acetate of ammonia (B.P.) to eight parts of water. When the pain of a bruise has been allayed, the absorption of the residual swelling and discoloration may be hastened by gentle massage. So much for the surgical requisites.
Source: The Girl’s Own Paper
Cora Tanner’s Cold Cream
Shave 2 ounces of white wax and 40 grains of spermaceti into 7 ounces of oil of almonds. Melt together over gentle fire. When quite dissolved, add 5 ounces of best rose water, and beat till cold with egg beater.
Source: Flint Hills Cook Book
For Poison
Mix in a tumbler full of warm water one teaspoonful of the flour of mustard; drink while warm: it will make the patient throw off the poison. This is good for the cramp.
Source: The Philadelphia Housewife, Mary Hodgson
Drinks for a Fever
Cold drinks, as a rule, increase the feverish condition of the mouth and stomach, and so create thirst. Experience shows it to be a fact that hot drinks relieve thirst; and cool off the body when it is in an abnormally heated condition, better than ice cold drinks.
Source: Flint Hills Cook Book
Dried Flour for Teething Children
1 cup of flour, tied in a stout muslin bag and dropped into cold water, then set over the fire.
Boil three hours steadily. Turn out the flour ball and dry in the hot sun all day; or, if you need it at once, dry in a moderate oven without shutting the door.
To use it—
Grate a tablespoonful for a cupful of boiling milk and water (half and half). Wet up the flour with a very little cold water, stir in and boil five minutes. Put in a little salt.
Source: Common Sense in the Household, Marion Harland
Filed under Remedy | Tags: child, children, commonsense, flour, milk, muslin, salt, teeth, tooth | Comment (0)For Convulsions
A poultice made of tobacco and warm water, put between two cloths and placed over the breast and pit of the stomach will relieve convulsions when nothing else will. It will do no harm.
Source: The Just-Wed Cook Book
Slippery-Elm Bark Tea
Break the bark into bits, pour boiling water over it, cover and let it infuse until cold. Sweeten, ice, and take for summer disorders, or add lemon-juice and drink for a bad cold.
Source: Common Sense in the Household, Marion Harland
For the Sting of a Bee or Wasp
Rub the part with hot tallow, or with hartshorn, or wet clay.
Source: The Philadelphia Housewife, Mary Hodgson