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Essence of Chamomile

Essential oil of chamomile, ounce to 1 ounce; are regarded as equivalent to 3 ounces of the spirit of wine, 1 pint; mix. White. Or: finest ginger. A single drop swallowed will Gentian root, sliced or bruised, 1 pound; dried almost produce suffocation. orange peel, + pound; spirit of wine, 1 gallon; 4622. Concentrated Essence of Ginessential oil of chamomile, 5 ounces; macerate ger. Ginger and animal charcoal, both in a week. Slightly colored. Some persons coarse powder, equal parts; add enough recuse 1/2 pound of quassia wood, instead of the tified spirits of wine to perfectly moisten gentian and orange peel. Both the above are them, and after 24 hours put the mass into a stomachic and tonic. percolator, return the first runnings 2 or 3

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