For a Sore Throat
At the beginning of a sore throat, get fresh ivy leaves, tack them together, warm them, and put the shady side to the throat.– Or: wet bread-crumbs with brandy, and tie them round the throat. Make a gargle of 2 carrots, sliced and boiled, and use it often.– Or: dissolve 4 oz. camphor in a pint of rectified spirits of wine. Dip a piece of new Welsh flannel into this, and apply it to the throat. Be careful to wet frequently.
Source: The English Housekeeper, Anne Cobbett
Hair Lotion for Use After Illness
Spirit of ammonia, 1 1/2 oz.; glycerine, 1 1/2 oz.; oil of rosemary, 1/2 oz.; spirits of wine, 4 oz. To be applied at night with a small sponge.
Source: Still Room Cookery, C.S. Peel
Hair Tonic for Weak and Falling Hair
Hydrochlorate of ammonia, 2 drams; spirit of juniper, 20 drops; tincture of cantharides, 1 oz.; rectified spirits of wine, 2 oz.; camphor water, 3/4 pint. To be applied once a day.
Source: Still Room Cookery, C.S. Peel
Iceland or Irish Moss Jelly
1 handful moss, washed in five waters, and soaked an hour.
1 quart boiling water.
2 lemons—the juice only.
1 glass of wine.
1/4 teaspoonful cinnamon. (Measure scantily.)
Soak the washed moss in a very little cold water; stir into the boiling, and simmer until it is dissolved. Sweeten, flavor, and strain into moulds. You may use two glasses of cider instead of one of wine for a fever-patient, putting in a little less water.
Good for colds, and very nourishing.
Source: Common Sense in the Household, Marion Harland
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1 cup boiling water.
2 heaping teaspoonfuls arrowroot.
2 heaping white sugar.
1 tablespoonful brandy or 3 tablespoonfuls of wine.
An excellent corrective to weak bowels.
Source: Common Sense in the Household, Marion Harland
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One-third wine or porter mixed with two-thirds cold water. Sweeten, grate nutmeg on the top, and ice.
Serve dry toast with it. Taken hot, it is good for a sudden cold.
Source: Common Sense in the Household, Marion Harland
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To a tumblerful of lukewarm water add either (a) a tablespoonful of salt; or (b) a dessertspoonful of ipecacuanha wine; or (c) a dessertspoonful of mustard. Tickling the back of the throat with the fingers or a feather also has an emetic effect.
Source: The Complete Household Adviser
To restore Wine that has turned sour or sharp
Fill a bag with leek-seed, or of leaves or twisters of vine, and put either of them to infuse in the cask.
Source: Our Knowledge Box, ed. G. Blackie
Toffee for Coughs
1/2 lb Demerara sugar
1 oz butter
2 oz treacle
1 teaspoonful ipecacuanha wine
Boil the butter, sugar and treacle together for 20 minutes and add the wine.
Pour out into a greased tin and when cold break into pieces and keep in a tin for use.
Give a small piece to be sucked slowly, from time to time when the cough is troublesome, but never allow a child to go to bed with a piece in its mouth for fear of choking.
Source: Household Management, E. Stoddard Eckford & M.S. Fitzgerald
Filed under Remedy | Tags: butter, choking, cough, coughs, demerara sugar, eckford, ipecacuanha wine, sugar, toffee, treacle, wine | Comment (0)To correct a bad Taste and sourness in Wine
Put in a bag the root of wild horse-radish cut in bits. Let it down in the wine, and leave it there two days; take this out, and put another, repeating the same till the wine is perfectly restored. Or fill a bag with wheat; it will have the same effect.
Source: Our Knowledge Box, ed. G. Blackie