This section is from the book "A Guide To Health", by Benjamin Colby. Also available from Amazon: A Guide To Health.
Take of bayberry (Myrica) ...................... 4 oz.
golden seal (Hydrastis) ................... 4 oz.
rhubarb (Rheum) ........................... 4 oz.
saleratus (sodium bicarbonate)........... 1 oz.
gum myrrh (Commiphora) ............... 1/2 oz.
cinnamon ................................... 2 oz.
peppermint plant ........................ 2 oz.
loaf sugar ................................... 1 lb.
All finely pulverized, sifted through a fine sieve, and well mixed.
This is one of the most valuable preparations known for diarrhœa, cholera morbus, summer complaint of children, dysentery, etc. It comes the nearest to a specific for these forms of disease, in the early stages, of any medicine we have ever used.
Put a teaspoonful of the powder into two thirds of a cupful of hot water, and add two teaspoonfuls of loaf sugar, and for a child one year old, give one or two teaspoonfuls of the tea once in fifteen minutes, until the desired object is accomplished.
 
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