To Cure a Pimpled Face, and Sweeten the Blood | ||||
Take Sena* One Ounce, Put it in a Small Stean** Pott, and Pour a Quart | ||||
or more of Boiling Water on it, then put in as many prunes | ||||
as you can get in, cover with paper, and Set it in the Oven | ||||
with Houshold Bread, and take of this every day, one Two or Three | ||||
or more of the Prunes and Liquor according as it opperates | ||||
Continue this always or at least half a year | ||||
A Remedy for Pimples | ||||
Pimples | Take Wheat Flour mingled with Honey and Vinegar going to Bed | |||
For the Scurvy or Dropsy | ||||
Stamp* and Strain the Jouce** of the Leaves of Elder, and to a Quarter | ||||
of a Pint of Jouce put so much White Wine, Warm it a little | ||||
and Drink it off, and do this for Four or Five Mornings together | ||||
If it Purge you it will certainly do good. Take this in the Spring | ||||
For the Teeth | ||||
Take a Pint of Spring Water, put to it Six Spoonfulls of the | ||||
Best Brandy, and Wash the Mouth often with it, and in | ||||
the Morning roll a Bitt of Allam*, a little while in the Mouth | ||||
A Pint of Spring Water | ||||
6 Spoonfulls of the Best Brandy | ||||
A Bitt of Allam | ||||
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Transcribed by GB and KS