Instantaneous Hair Dye
Take one drachm of nitrate of silver, and add to it just sufficient rain water to dissolve it, and no more; then take strong spirit of ammonia, and gradually pour on the solution of silver, until it becomes as clear as water, (the addition of the ammonia at first makes it brown); then wrap round the bottle two or three covers of blue paper, to exclude the light — otherwise it will spoil. Having made this, obtain two drachms of gallic acid; put this into another bottle which will contain one-half pint; pour upon it hot water, and let it stand until cold — when it is fit for use.
Source: Our Knowledge Box, ed. G. Blackie
Filed under Remedy | Tags: ammonia, blackie, dye, gallic acid, hair, hair dye, scalp, silver, silver nitrate, spirit of ammonia | Comment (0)Ammoniacal Pomatum for Promoting the Growth of Hair
Take almond oil, quarter of a pound; white wax, half an ounce; clarified lard, three ounces; liquid ammonia, a quarter fluid ounce; otto of lavender, and cloves, of each one drachm. Place the oil, wax and lard in a jar, which set in boiling water; when the wax is melted, allow the grease to cool till nearly ready to set, then stir in the ammonia and the perfume, and put into small jars for use. Never use a hard brush, nor comb the hair too much. Apply the pomade at night only.
Source: Our Knowledge Box, ed. G. Blackie
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Spirits of wine, two pounds; roche alum, in fine powder, two ounces; camphor, four ounces; essence of lemon, half an ounce; strong water of ammonia, four ounces. Stop the bottle close, and shake it daily, for three or four days.
Source: Our Knowledge Box, ed. G. Blackie
Filed under Remedy | Tags: alum, ammonia, blackie, camphor, essence of lemon, head, headache, lemon, roche alum, spirits of wine, water of ammonia, wine | Comment (0)To Remove Dandruff
Take a thimbleful of powdered refined borax, let it dissolve in a teacupful of water, first brush the head well, then wet a brush and apply it to the head. Do this every day for a week, and twice a week for a few times, and you will effectually remove the dandruff.
Source: Our Knowledge Box, ed. G. Blackie
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The following is the tonic used by reformed drunkards to restore the vigor of the stomach. Take of gentian root, half an ounce; valerian root, one drachm; best rhubarb root, two drachms; bitter orange peel, three drachms; cardamom seeds, half an ounce; and cinnamon bark, one drachm. Having bruised all the above together in a mortar (the druggist will do it if requested), pour upon it one and a half pints of boiling water and cover up close; let it stand till cold; strain, bottle, and cork securely; keep in a dark place. Two tablespoonfuls may be taken every hour before meals, and half that quantity whenever the patient feels that distressing sickness and prostration so generally present for some time after alcoholic stimulants have been abandoned.
Source: Our Knowledge Box, ed. G. Blackie
Filed under Remedy | Tags: alcoholic, bitter orange, blackie, cardamom, cinnamon, drunkards, gentian, gentian root, orange, orange peel, prostration, rhubarb, rhubarb root, sickness, stomach, tonic, valerian, valerian root | Comment (0)Poultice for Burns and Frozen Flesh
Indian-meal poultices, covered with young hyson tea, moistened with hot water, and laid over burns or frozen parts, as hot as can be borne, will relieve the pain in five minutes; and blisters, if they have not, will not arise. One poultice is usually sufficient.
Source: Our Knowledge Box, ed. G. Blackie
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Extract of licorice, three ounces; oil of cloves, one and a half drachms; oil of cinnamon, fifteen drops. Mix, and divide into one-grain pills, and silver them.
Source: Our Knowledge Box, ed. G. Blackie
Filed under Remedy | Tags: bad breath, blackie, breath, cinnamon, cloves, licorice, liquorice, mouth, oil of cinnamon, oil of cloves, pastiles, pastilles | Comment (0)Cracked Nipples
Glycerine and tannin, equal weights, rubbed together into an ointment, is very highly recommended, as is also mutton tallow and glycerine.
Source: Our Knowledge Box, ed. G. Blackie
Filed under Remedy | Tags: blackie, cracked nipples, glycerine, mutton tallow, nipples, ointment, tallow, tannin | Comment (0)Arnica Hair Wash
When the hair is falling off and becoming thin, from the too frequent use of castor, Macassar oils, &c., or when premature baldness arises from illness, the arnica hair wash will be found of great service in arresting the mischief. It is thus prepared: take elder water, half a pint; sherry wine, half a pint; tincture of arnica, half an ounce; alcoholic ammonia, 1 drachm — if this last named ingredient is old, and has lost its strength, then two drachms instead of one may be employed. The whole of these are to be mixed in a lotion bottle, and applied every night to the head with a sponge. Wash the head with warm water twice a week. Soft brushes only must be used during the growth of the young hair.
Source: Our Knowledge Box, ed. G. Blackie
Filed under Remedy | Tags: alcoholic ammonia, ammonia, arnica, baldness, blackie, elder water, hair, hair wash, sherry, sherry wine, sponge, tincture of arnica | Comment (0)To Make the Hair Soft and Glossy
Put one ounce of castor oil in one pint of bay rum or alcohol, and color it with a little of the tincture of alkanet root. Apply a little every morning.
Source: Our Knowledge Box, ed. G. Blackie
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