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Folk Medicine Formulas
High Blood Pressure
Make a tea of Black Haw, sip about a pint of the tea during the day. More info on hypertension.
High Blood Pressure
Mistletoe (2 tsp.)
Angelica root (2 tsp.)
Bring to the boiling point in 1 pint of water, allow to cool. Drink 2 or 3 cups per day. More info on hypertension.
To Improve Appetite
Boil a handful of Dogwood root bark in a quart of water. Boil to 1 pint, let stand for an hour, strain, and take 1 tbsp. 3 times a day. More info on a poor appetite.
Loss of Appetite, Poor Complexion, Health Builder
Wahoo bark
White oak
Goldenseal
Sarsaparilla
Wild cherry bark
Boneset
Mix in equal parts. Boil 1/2 gallon of water and mixture, boil down to 1 quart and take 1 tbsp. with each meal and at bedtime. More info on a poor appetite.
Spring Tonic, Improve Appetite
Pour boiling water over Wild Cherry Bark, Shell Hickory Bark, Prickly Ash Bark and Mullein. Let stand awhile and help yourself.
Improve Appetite
Wild cherry (1 part)
Red alder (1 part)
Cedar (1 part)
Pack it tightly in a pitcher and cover with hot water. Drink 4 to 5 cups during the day and 1 cupful at bedtime.
Tonic For Appetite
Sassafras tea in the spring and Sulphur and Sorghum Molasses mixed into a pill in the fall. Take a pill each night. More info on a poor appetite.
Relief of Belching, Indigestion, Relief of Old Age
Gentian root (1 oz.)
Colombo root (1 oz.)
Skullcap herb (1/2 oz.)
Pour 2 pints of cold water over the mixture and simmer gently for 20 minutes, let stand for a little while and strain. Drink a wineglassful 1 hour before each meal and 2 hours after the meal. More info no indigestion.
Spring Tonic
Senna (2 tbsp.)
Sarsaparilla bark (2 tbsp.)
Boil in 1 quart of water. Very good for the tired feeling in the springtime.
Tonic Remedy
Hickory bark (6 tsp.)
Poplar bark (3 tsp.)
Sweet gum bark (8 tsp.)
Wahoo (8 tsp.)
Sassafras (2 tsp.)
Fringe tree (2 tsp.)
Mix well, use 1 heaping tsp. in a cup of boiling water, take 3 times a day, a large mouthful at a time.
Tonic
Gentian root (1 oz.)
Colombo (1 oz.)
This mixture was placed in 5 gills of boiling water, reduced by boiling down to 4 gills, strained and given in doses of 1/2 wineglassful 3 times during the day.
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