Colt's-Foot Diet Drink

No. 658. - Put half an ounce of Colt's-foot roots in a pint of water, and let it boil a few minutes. Then take it from the fire and add two pinches of Colt's-foot flower. It should be taken at regular intervals. It may be mixed with wine instead of water, if taken at dinner.

An Anti-Bilious Diet Drink

No. 659. - Take half a handful of barley heads having long beards or arms, and put them in a pint of water. Let it boil awhile and then add two rennet apples, peeled and cut in quarters. Then strain it through a napkin and add four ounces of vinegar syrup and the juice of two lemons. It is then ready for use.

An Emollient Diet Drink

No. 660. - Put a handful of mallow flowers and two ounces of Canadian venus-hair in a pint of boiling water and let it steep. Then strain it and add one ounce of ground gum arabic and two ounces of clarified honey. It is then ready for use.

A Pectoral Diet Drink

No. 661. - Take two ounces of dates, two ounces of jujube and two ounces of dried currants. Put them in a pint of water to boil. When boiled strain them through a towel and add one ounce of gum or marsh mallow syrup. It is then ready for use.

Another pectoral diet drink can be made as follows: Make a decoction of rennet apples, after which add to it equal proportions of violet flowers, colt's-foot, mallow and mullen. Sweeten it with honey and strain it through a fine hair sieve. It is then ready for use.

Apozems

No. 662. - Apozems are concentrated tisanes with medicinal and pharmaceutic preparation, and should be made by infusion or decoction. The' ingredients should be macerated or ground to a powder, as the case may be. Apozems used for cleansing the system have sarsaparilla or burdock as a basis. The stiptic, diuretic, purgative and the febrifuge Apozems should be made only from a physician's prescription, as should any others that are intended for internal use. They can be made with convenience to use as lotions, gargles or injections. The method of cooking them and the mode of application must be thoroughly understood.

Note. - Use the apothecaries' weight in weighing mixtures.

A Diuretic Or Aperient Apozem

No. 663. - Take four drams of wild horseradish, and two drams of crushed juniper berries. Put them in a pot. Pour twelve ounces of boiling water over them and cover the pot tight. In a few minutes strain it through a piece of flannel and let it stand. When it is cold add a pint of white wine, in which you have dissolved two ounces of vinegar, honey and syrup of squills mixed in equal quantities. This Apozem is used in cases of gravel or when the flow of urine is embarrassed. Take three wine glasses full in the morning before breakfast.

A Vermifuge Apozem

No. 664. - Take one ounce of Corsican sea moss and one ounce of Artemesia syrup and put them in eight ounces of boiling water to steep. This Apozem is appropriate for children having worms. Grown persons who have the solitary worm use a decoction of pomegranate roots, which is an efficient remedy.

An Anti-Scorbutic Apozem

No. 665. - Take a handful of menyanthes leaves, one of sorrel leaves and one of horseradish roots. Put them in four pounds of water and boil it until the quantity of water is reduced one-half. This is an excellent remedy in cases of scurvy.

An Astringent Apozem

No. 666. - Take two drams of catechu and two drams of comfrey roots. Boil them in one quart of water, and when reduced to onequarter of its volume, strain it and add two ounces of quince syrup. Take half a cupful at a time.

A Stomachic Apozem

No. 667. - Take one ounce of gentian root, cut in small pieces and boil it in a pint of water. Then add two ounces of the end butts of oak (small germander) and two ounces of the following mixture, equally proportioned: Centaury, fumitory, marsh trefoil, and hop seed. Let it all steep for two hours, and then drain it through a towel without pressing it. Take half a glassful every hour.

A Purgative Apozem

No. 668. - Take two ounces of senna leaves, one ounce of Glauber's salt, one dram of anise seed, one dram of coriander seed, one ounce of chervil leaves, and one ounce of burnet leaves. Add to this mixture one sliced lemon. Put it all in an earthen bowl, with two pounds of cold water, and let it macerate for twenty-four hours, stirring it occasionally. Strain it through a towel with light pressure, and then filter it. This is an agreeable and efficient purgative.

A German Apozem, Or White Decoction

No. 669. - Pound in a mortar two ounces of bread crumbs and two drams of calcine crow's-foot until thoroughly pulverized. Boil one ounce of white cube sugar in a quart of water for twenty-five minutes, and then add to it one ounce of orange flower water and the pulverized bread crumbs and crows-foot. Strain it all through a fine sieve, with pressure. Take half a glassful every other hour. Shake the mixture well before taking. This is an excellent corrective of diarrhoea.