This section is from the book "A Guide To Health", by Benjamin Colby. Also available from Amazon: A Guide To Health.
Take of white pond lily, root ............... 4 oz.
green peppermint plant .............. 8 oz.
bayberry (Myrica) ......................... 4 oz.
Boil in one and a half gallons of water down to one gallon, strain and add-Gum myrrh (Commiphora) ........................ 1 oz.
Cayenne ............................................... 1/4 oz.
Rhubarb (Rheum) .................................... 4 oz.
Saleratus (sodium bicarbonate)..................... 1/2 oz.
Loaf sugar ............................................ 1 lb.
Fourth proof brandy ............................. 1 pt.
Half a wine-glass once in two hours. This syrup is an invaluable remedy for diarrhœa, dysentery, cholera morbus, and the summer complaints of children.
 
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