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Family Salve

Take the root of yellow dock and dandelion, equal parts; add good proportion of celandine and plantain. Climates. An astringent ointment may be Extract the juices by steeping or pressing. prepared, which is not likely to become soon Strain carefully, and simmer the liquid with rancid, as is the case with ointments made sweet cream, or fresh butter and mutton with fat. Melt 4 ounces resin in 1/2 pint olive resin in pint oliva tallow, or sweet oil and mutton tallow.

Simmer together until no appearance of the liquid remains. Before it is quite cold, put it into boxes. This is one of the most sooth- 1/2 bushel of green stramonium, or jimson ing and healing preparations for burns, scalds, cuts, and sores of every every description. oil; add 1 ounce alum and 3 ounces catechu, both finely powdered.