To make the Hair Grow
Wash it every night with a strong decoction of Rosemary. Dry it with flannel. Tried.
Source: Primitive Physic: or an easy and natural method of curing most diseases, John Wesley.
The Ale of Health and Strength, by Viscount St. Albans.
Take Sassafras wood half an ounds, Sarsaparilla three ounces, white Saunders one ounce, Chamapition an ounce, China-root half an ounce, Mace a quarter of an ounce, cut the wood as thin as may be with a knife into small pieces, and bruise them in a Mortar; put to them these sorts of Herbs, (viz.) Cowslip flowers, Roman-wormwood, of each a handful, of Sage, Rosemary, Betony, Mugwort, Balm and Sweet-marjoram, of each half a handful, of Hops; boil all these in six gallons of Ale till it come to four; then put the wood and hearbs into six gallons of Ale of the second wort, and boil it till it comes to four, let it run from the dregs, and put your Ale together, and tun it as you do other purging Ale, &c.
Source: A Queen’s Delight: Or, The Art of Preserving, Conserving and Candying, Nathaniel Brooke
Chilblains, a Cure for
“Equal parts of extract of rosemary and turpentine. Apply night and morning until cured.” The rosemary is very soothing, and the turpentine creates a drawing sensation. It has cured many cases of chilblains.
Source: Mother’s Remedies: Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remidies from Mothers of the United States and Canada, T. J. Ritter
News: ‘Let Me Take Your Pain Away’ in Iran
“What Are the Traditional and Modern Remedies for Pain Relief in Iran?
“Dardat be joonem,” the saying goes in Iran — let me take away your pain.
It’s more often said between family and friends, but the phrase isn’t far from the work of Dr. Mohammad Sharify, head of the Iranian Pain Society.”
Full story: ABC News, 20th February 2008
Filed under News | Tags: lavender, News, olive oil, pain, pains, rosemary | Comment (0)Wash for the Hair
Half an ounce of glycerine; half an ounce of spirit of rosemary; five ounces of water.
To be well mixed together and shaken, and used night and morning.
Source: Warne’s Model Cookery and Housekeeping Book, Mary Jewry
Filed under Remedy | Tags: glycerine, hair, rosemary | Comment (0)Corns, to Remove Without Pain
“Alcohol 1/2 ounce
Muriatic Acid 1 dram
Nitric Acid 1 dram
Oil of Rosemary 1 dram
Chloroform 2 drams
Tincture Iron 2 drams
Mix the above, and apply freely to the corn with little brush or feather
until it can be removed with thumb lance. It may require several
applications.”
Source: Mother’s Remedies: Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remidies from Mothers of the United States and Canada, T. J. Ritter
Filed under Remedy | Tags: alcohol, chloroform, corns, feet, foot, iron, muriatic acid, nitric acid, rosemary | Comment (0)A Snail Water for weak Children, and old People
Take a pottle of Snails, and wash them well in two or three waters, and then in small Beer, bruise them shells and all; then put them into a gallon of red Cows Milk, red Rose leaves dried, the whites cut off, Rosemary, sweet Marjoram, of each one handful, and to distil them in a cold still, and let it drop upon powder of white Sugar candy in the receiver; drink of it first and last, and at four a clock in the afternoon, a wine-glass full at a time.
Source: A Queen’s Delight: Or, The Art of Preserving, Conserving and Candying, Nathaniel Brooke