Dose, one teaspoonful before eating. For headache, constipation, biliousness, dyspepsia, or all diseases arising from torpidity of the liver. Kilner’s Formulary.
Dr. Hamilton’s Blood Purifier.
Better than S. S. S. or any blood medicine on the market. A specific for scrofula, syphilis, rheumatism, and all impurities of the blood:
| Black Cohosh1 | ounce. |
| Blood Root 1/2 | ounce. |
| Poke Root1 | drachm. |
| Elder Flowers1 1/2 | ounces. |
| Sassafras Bark 1/2 | ounce. |
| Spikenard Root1 1/2 | ounces. |
| Alcohol4 | ounces. |
| Water4 | ounces. |
| Simple Elixir, q. s. to make1 | pint. |
Macerate the drugs with alcohol and water, and after a few days transfer to percolator. Percolate till clear, and then add to simple elixir.
Dose, one to two teaspoonfuls three times a day.
Blood Purifying Tea.
| Burdock Root, cut2 | ounces. |
| Blue Flag Root, cut2 | ounces. |
| Dandelion Root, cut1 1/2 | ounces. |
| Sassafras Root, cut 1/2 | ounce. |
| Sarsaparilla Root, cut2 | ounce. |
| Wild Cherry Bark, cut1 | ounce. |
| Yellow Dock Root, cut 1/2 | ounce. |
Mix thoroughly. Take two ounces of the tea and steep in a quart of water, with gentle heat, for two hours; strain off 1 1/2 pints into a quart bottle and add half a pint of alcohol and 4 ounces of sugar. The dose is a wineglassful for adults before meals and at bedtime; children, in proportion to age.