For Nervous Affections
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
A Good Tonic
2 drachms chloric ether, 2 drachms gentian tincture, 2 drachms sal volatile, 2 grains Iodide of Potassium; in 1 gill of water (gone cold after boiling). Dose: 1 tablespoonful three times a day, double dose if necessary.
Source: Recipes, Bradford Lifeboat Bazaar
For Insect Stings
Extract the sting, if left in, with a watch key or tweezers, and apply ammonia and water, or a paste of bicarbonate of soda with sal volatile.
Common soda or the blue bag will also relieve the pain.
Source: Household Management, E. Stoddard Eckford & M.S. Fitzgerald
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Thirty drops of camphorated sal volatile in a small wine-glassful of hot water, taken several times in the course of the day.
Source: A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes, C.E. Francatelli
Draught to Promote the Appetite
Compound tincture of gentian, half an ounce; sal volatile, half a tcaspoonful; cinnamon water, one ounce; compound tincture of cardamoms, one tcaspoonful. Mix. The draught to be taken an hour before a meal.
Source: Audel’s Household Helps, Hints and Receipts