For A Cough
Make a strong tea of hoarhound; then strain it, and add half a pound of the best loaf sugar, to a pint of the tea: let it simmer till thick; then bottle it, and take a little two or three times a day.
Source: The Philadelphia Housewife, Mary Hodgson
For Burns
When the skin is not off, apply scraped raw potatoes. When the skin is off, apply sweet oil and cotton, or linseed oil and lime water made into a paste. Elder ointment is very good: make the ointment of the green bark of the elder; stew in lard.
Source: The Philadelphia Housewife, Mary Hodgson
For A Sore Throat or Mouth
Make a sage tea by boiling some sage leaves; when strong, add honey and some alum or borax. Gargle the throat with this often through the day.
Source: The Philadelphia Housewife, Mary Hodgson
For Poison
Mix in a tumbler full of warm water one teaspoonful of the flour of mustard; drink while warm: it will make the patient throw off the poison. This is good for the cramp.
Source: The Philadelphia Housewife, Mary Hodgson
For the Sting of a Bee or Wasp
Rub the part with hot tallow, or with hartshorn, or wet clay.
Source: The Philadelphia Housewife, Mary Hodgson