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.

Dose

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.