To make British Herb Tea
Take of hawthorn leaves, dried, two parts, sage and balm one part; mix these well together and they will make an excellent and pleasant sanative tea, particularly wholesome to nervous people.
Source: The new family receipt-book, Maria-Eliza Rundell
Nervous Irritability, To Remove
Mix with two ounces of compound tincture of bark, one ounce and a half of camphorated tincture of valerian, and half an ounce of compound tincture of aloes.
Dose : Two teaspoonfuls twice a day.
Source: Recipes for the Million
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Take a small wine-glassful of the following mixture: a tea-spoonful of sal volatile, of tincture of hops, and an equal portion of infusion of orange peel and of gentian.
Source: The English Housekeeper, Anne Cobbett
Magic Oil
One gallon Sweet Oil, two ozs. Oil Hemlock, two ozs. Oil Organum, two ozs. Chloroform, four ozs. Spirits Ammonia. Mix. Let it stand 24 hours and it is ready for use. Dose, internally, one teaspoonful for adults. Bathe the affected parts well. This is a great remedy for aches and pains, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, and all nervous and inflammatory diseases.
Source: One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed, C. A. Bogardus