To make the Hair Grow
Wash it every night with a strong decoction of Rosemary. Dry it with flannel. Tried.
Source: Primitive Physic: or an easy and natural method of curing most diseases, John Wesley.
Hair Dressing
A favorite hair dressing is made of three ounces of olive oil, three-quarters of a drachm of oil of almonds, two drachms of palm oil, half an ounce of white wax, a quarter of a pound of lard, and three-quarters of a drachm of essence of bergamot. This strengthens the hair and prevents baldness.
Source: Audel’s Household Helps, Hints and Receipts
Tea for Falling Hair
Where the hair falls out, a simple preparation of ordinary tea, or if this does not prove efficacious, of sage tea, applied to the roots of the hair with a sponge, will usually prove an effectual cure, and, moreover, will tend to prevent the accumulation of scaly dandruff which accompanies this trouble of the scalp.
Source: Audel’s Household Helps, Hints and Receipts
To cure Baldness
Rub the part, morning and evening, with Onions, till it is red, and rub it afterwards with Honey; or wash it with a decoction of Boxwood — tried; or electrify it daily.
Source: Primitive Physic: or an easy and natural method of curing most diseases, John Wesley.
Ihle’s Mixture for Baldness
Resorcin 1-1/2 drams
Castor Oil 1-1/2 ounces
Spirits of Wine 5 ounces
Balsam Peru 10 drops
Mix. Rub into the scalp daily with a piece of flannel.
Source: Mother’s Remedies: Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remidies from Mothers of the United States and Canada, T. J. Ritter
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“A first class hair restorative is made of sage tea and whisky in equal parts with a dash of quinine in the bottle.”
Source: Mother’s Remedies: Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remidies from Mothers of the United States and Canada, T. J. Ritter
Pomade Against Baldness
Beef marrow, soaked in several waters, melted and strained, half a pound; tincture of cantharides (made by soaking for a week one drachm of powdered cantharides in one ounce of proof spirit), one ounce; oil of bergamot, twelve drops.
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