Balm Of Gilead Tincture (For Cuts Or Bruises)

Fill a 4-ounce bottle one-fourth full of Balm of Gilead buds, fill up the bottle with alcohol. Let stand a week. The result is a tincture in many respects superior to arnica, especially in raw sores.

Neuralgia

Put 1 teaspoonful of ammonia in a cup and fill with boiling water. Take a teaspoonful every half hour for two hours. Relief is almost certain. This is good for all nervous pains, earache, toothache and headache. Never take ammonia in any quantity, as it is injurious. Pure alcohol is also a relief. Bathe the face with it, and inhale also. Also put a few drops on a lump of sugar and eat the sugar, or put a teaspoonful in ½ cupful of hot water, sweeten slightly and drink by degrees. To cure neuralgia, relieve as much as possible and take great care of the health and general circulation. Bathe carefully, dress warmly and loosely. Never over-exert mind or body and neuralgia will gradually disappear. A cut lemon rubbed on the affected part will often relieve.

Sciatica And Neuralgia

Heat a flat-iron or a brick and cover it with two or three thicknesses of flannel wrung but of strong vinegar, and apply to the painful spot. Repeat the operation two or three times a day. As a rule, the pain disappears within twenty-four hours, and recovery follows quickly. This is simply an improvised electric apparatus.

Felons

A deep-seated, throbbing pain in the end of the finger should never be disregarded. This is the first symptom of a felon. Dip the finger quickly into boiling water several times in succession. This may be done without any risk of scalding. Repeat every hour for several hours, and the cure is generally complete.

Second

Procure several lemons. Cut a small opening in the end of one and push the finger in. Keep it there until the lemon ceases to draw, then apply another, and keep on until the pain is relieved.

Third

Heat 1 teaspoonful of table salt until perfectly dry. Add to it 1 teaspoonful of castile soap cut fine, and mix with 1 teaspoonful of Venice turpentine. Apply to the felon. Renew twice a day. A sure cure. If the felon has been opened, or there is danger of losing the bone or a joint, apply the poultice, and this will effect a speedy cure.

Fourth

Put directly over the throbbing spot a fly blister the size of a finger-nail. Let remain six hours. At the expiration of this time the felon may be seen directly tinder the surface of the blister, and can be easily removed with a pin or penknife.

Chest Protectors

Make of muslin, lined with two thicknesses of flannel; quilt together that they may be easily washed.

Pain-Killer

1 ounce spirits of camphor. ½ ounce tincture of guaiac. ½ ounce tincture of myrrh.

1½ ounce tincture of capsicum. 4 ounces alcohol.

2 ounces brandy. Mix.

Cholera Mixture

Take equal parts of tincture of capsicum, tincture of opium, tincture of rhubarb, essence of peppermint and spirits of camphor. Mix and put in a small vial to carry in the pocket. Dose - fifteen to twenty drops in a wine-glass of water. Repeat at quarter-hour intervals until relief is obtained. Even where no cholera is anticipated it is an excellent thing for ordinary summer diseases.