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.