Flaxseed Tea

1 tablespoon whole flaxseed. Lemon juice to taste.

2 cups cold water. Sugar.

Wash flaxseed thoroughly, put it with the cold water in a saucepan, simmer one hour, add lemon juice and sugar to taste and strain.

Note

If too thick, add hot water.

Valuable in case of inflammation of the mucous membrane.

Cinnamon Water

1 ounce stick cinnamon. 1 pint boiling water.

Boil together fifteen minutes. Strain. Serve hot or cold.

Note

Good in bowel trouble. The pure cinnamon is quite different from the coarse bark usually sold for cinnamon, which is really only cassia.

Flaxseed And Licorice Tea

1 ounce flaxseed. 1 pint boiling water.

2 drachms licorice root.

Pour the boiling water over whole flaxseed and bruised licorice-root, cover and cook very slowly for four hours. Strain.

Lime Water

1 tablespoon of slaked lime. 1 quart boiled or distilled water.

Put the lime and water in a corked bottle and shake thoroughly two or three times during the first hour. The lime should then be allowed to settle, and after twenty-four hours the upper clear fluid carefully poured or siphoned off into a glass-stoppered bottle. Keep tightly corked, as it absorbs carbon dioxide from the air. Keep in a cool place.

Bean Tea

¼ cup wheat bran. Egg shell.

2 cups cold water. Molasses, lemon juice.

Boil the water and bran twenty minutes, and settle it with an egg shell or a little cold water. Sweeten with molasses, and lemon juice can be used if desired.

Slippery Elm Tea

2 teaspoons slippery elm powder or piece of the bark. 1 cup boiling water.

Sugar. Lemon juice.

Pour the water upon the slippery-elm powder or bark. When cool, strain and flavor with lemon juice and sugar. This is soothing in case of inflammation of the mucous membrane.

Herb Tea

Pour one cup of boiling water over two tablespoons of herbs. Cover the bowl, set it over the tea-kettle and steep ten minutes. Sweeten if desired.

Ginger Tea

Mix one tablespoon of molasses with one-half teaspoon of ginger; pour on gradually one-half cup boiling water, and boil one minute. Add one-half cup milk and when thoroughly heated, serve.