This section is from the book "A Guide To Health", by Benjamin Colby. Also available from Amazon: A Guide To Health.
Take of yellow dock root (Rumex crispus)4 oz.
dandelion root ............................ 4 oz.
wintergreen (Gaultheria) ................ 4 oz.
sarsaparilla (Smilax) ...................... 4 oz.
blue cohosh (Caulophyllum) ............ 2 oz.
Boil in one gallon of water; strain and add one pint of Holland gin. Dose, a wine-glassful once a day. Useful in all cases of scrofula, mercurial disease, cancer, or any eruption of the surface, depending on an impurity of the blood.
 
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