Baldness
Rub the head night and morning with a decoction of boxwood. One ounce to a pint of water, boil for a quarter of an hour in a covered vessel, cool and strain, add an ounce and a half of Eau de Cologne or lavender water to make it keep.
Or: A valuable stimulant to promote the growth of the hair is made as follows:- Eau de Cologne 2 ounces, tincture of cantharides 2 drachms, oil of rosemary 10 drops. To be rubbed on the bald part every night.
Source: Fray’s Golden Recipes for the use of all ages, E. Fray
Filed under Remedy | Tags: bald, baldness, boxwood, cantharides, decoction, eau-de-cologne, fray, hair, lavender water, rosemary, scalp | Comment (0)To Whiten The Hands
Take a wine-glassful of eau de Cologne, and another of lemon-juice; then scrape two cakes of brown Windsor soap to a powder, and mix well in a mould. When hard, it will be an excellent soap for whitening the hands.
Source: The Ladies’ Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness, Florence Hartley
Hair Tonic
Tincture of cantharides one-half ounce, glycerine one-half ounce, lime water three ounces, distilled water one ounce, eau de cologne one-half ounce. Mix and bottle. This is from a famous English chemist.
Source: The Canadian Family Cookbook, Grace E. Denison
Soap for Whitening The Hands
Into a wineglass of eau-de-cologne and a wineglass of lemon-juice, scrape two cakes of brown Windsor soap very finely, and mix well. When it becomes hard it will be an excellent soap for whitening the hands.
Source: Cassell’s Household Guide