Camphorated Oil
Put into a large bottle four ounces of olive oil and four of spirits of camphor, and shake well. When there is pain in the chest or lungs rub with the camphorated oil. This is excellent to use in case of sprains or bruises.
Source: Miss Parloa’s Young Housekeeper, Maria Parloa
For a Sore Throat
At the beginning of a sore throat, get fresh ivy leaves, tack them together, warm them, and put the shady side to the throat.– Or: wet bread-crumbs with brandy, and tie them round the throat. Make a gargle of 2 carrots, sliced and boiled, and use it often.– Or: dissolve 4 oz. camphor in a pint of rectified spirits of wine. Dip a piece of new Welsh flannel into this, and apply it to the throat. Be careful to wet frequently.
Source: The English Housekeeper, Anne Cobbett
Deafness
Deafness generally arises from deficient secretion of wax in the ear. The following remedy is in some cases useful :— Oil of turpentine, half a dram ; olive oil, two drams ; mix, and insert a couple of drops in the ear at bed-time.
Oil of bitter almonds also proves of great service in the treatment of this ailment, especially if a few drops of turpentine or camphor liniment be added to the oil. If the deafness arises from nervous debility a course of tonic medicines should be taken, the diet strictly attended to, and a clove of garlic wrapped in muslin, or a few drops of the juice, introduced into the ear.
Source: Recipes for the Million
Filed under Remedy | Tags: bitter almonds, camphor, deaf, deafness, ear, ear wax, ears, garlic, hearing, liniment, million, muslin, oil of bitter almonds, oil of turpentine, olive oil, tonic, turpentine, wax | Comment (0)For the Whooping Cough
Onions and garlic sliced, of each one gill; one gill of sweet oil; stir them in the oil in a covered dish; strain and add one gill of honey; one-half an ounce of paregoric; one-half an ounce of spirits of camphor. Bottle and cork for use. Dose: one teaspoonful three or four times a day.
Source: Tried and True Recipes, F.D.P. Jermain
Liniment for Croup
Two ounces sweet oil, one ounce turpentine, one ounce gum camphor, one teaspoonful croton oil.
Source: The New Galt Cook Book, M. Taylor & F. McNaught
A Wash For The Hair
Put a teaspoonful of powdered Borax, with half a teaspoonful of powdered gum camphor in a quart of boiling water ; let it stand for a few minutes, then bottle. When using it, shake well before rubbing on the hair.
Source: The Kentucky Housewife, Mrs Peter A. White
Hair Tonic for Weak and Falling Hair
Hydrochlorate of ammonia, 2 drams; spirit of juniper, 20 drops; tincture of cantharides, 1 oz.; rectified spirits of wine, 2 oz.; camphor water, 3/4 pint. To be applied once a day.
Source: Still Room Cookery, C.S. Peel
Camphor and Borax Hair Wash
1/2 oz camphor
1 oz borax powder
Cut the camphor into small pieces, add the borax, put into a jug and pour over a quart of boiling water. When cold bottle. When required, strain a little through a muslin into a saucer and rub on the head with a sponge or a piece of flannel.
Source: Still Room Cookery, C.S. Peel
Filed under Remedy | Tags: borax, camphor, flannel, hair, muslin, scalp, sponge, stillroom | Comment (0)For Chapped Hands
Prepare:
1 oz white wax
1 oz spermacetti [sic]
2 oz almond oil
3/4 oz powdered camphor
Melt all except the camphor together in a jar standing in a saucepan of boiling water, and when dissolved beat the powdered camphor into the mixture and put in small jars for use upon the hands night and morning.
Source: Household Management, E. Stoddard Eckford & M.S. Fitzgerald
Filed under Remedy | Tags: almond oil, camphor, chapped, chapped hands, eckford, hand, hands, powdered camphor, skin, spermaceti, spermacetti, wax, white wax | Comment (0)Magnetic Toothache Drops
Take equal parts of Camphor, Sulphuric Ether, Ammonia, Laudanum, Tincture of Cayenne, and one-eighth part of Oil of Cloves. Mix well together. Saturate with the liquid a small piece of cotton, and apply to the cavity of the diseased tooth, and the pain will cease immediately. Put up in long drachm bottles. Retail at 25 cents. This is a very salable preparation, and affords a large profit to the manufacturer.
Source: One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed, C. A. Bogardus