Make a draught, to be taken every morning or every other morning, an hour before breakfast, for at least a month.
PALMA CHRISTI OIL FOR THICKENING THE HAIR.
Take an ounce of Palma Christi oil,
a sufficient quantity of oil of bergamot or lavender to scent it.
Apply it morning and evening for three months, or as long as it may be necessary, to the parts where you want the hair to grow thick and luxuriant.
MACASSAR OIL.
Take three quarts of common oil,
half a pint of spirit of wine,
three ounces of cinnamon powder,
two ounces of bergamot.
Put it in a large pipkin, and give it a good heat. When it is off the fire, add three or four pieces of alkanet root, and keep it closely covered for several hours. Filter it through a funnel lined with blotting paper. The commonest oil is used; and, when rancid, it is remedied by putting in two or three slices of an onion.
EXCELLENT HAIR OIL.
Boil half a pound of green southern wood, in
a pint and a half of sweet oil, and
half a pint of port wine.
When sufficiently boiled, remove it from the fire, and strain the liquor through a linen bag. Repeat this operation three times, with fresh southern wood; and the last time add to the strained materials, two ounces of bear’s grease. It is excellent for promoting the growth of the hair, and preventing baldness.