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Gargle for Sore Throat
Very strong sage tea, 1/2 pint; strained honey, common salt, and strong vinegar, of each 2 tablespoonfuls; cayenne (pulverized), 1 rounding it together with a small brush or a large sage, strain, mix, and bottle for use, gargling camel's-hair pencil, until they are well incor- from four to a dozen times daily, according to porated. The mixture will be cloudy and the severity of the case. opaque. Take sheets of silk or tissue-paper; 5066. Carbolic Acid Gargle. Used as give them with the brush a coat of the mixture; let them dry, and then give another; let that dry, and, if the surface is shining, there is enough of the peppered gum; if 5067. Gargle for Ulcerated Sore not, give a third coat. This paper, applied Throat. Water, 1/2 pint; decoction of Peruvian bark, 1/2 pint: sulphate of zinc, 1 drachm. Mix. in the same way as court plaster to chilblains that are not broken, and burns that are not blistered, speedily relieves the itching and the pain. It acts like a charm, and effects a rapid cure. The same with cuts and discolored bruises. It likewise allays rheumatic pains in the joints. Its great value is that, besides acting as ordinary sticking-plaster, it abates suffering and hastens the process of healing.