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This page prescribes plants as medicine according to pre-modern medical theory. Several of the plants named are toxic, correct identification is difficult, and the doses given have no scientific basis. Do not ingest or apply any preparation described here.
In addition, this page presents medical treatment from an era before modern medicine. The remedies described are ineffective against the conditions named, and some of the ingredients or doses are harmful. Do not use them to treat any illness; consult a qualified medical professional.
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Nerve Powder
Take 1 ounce Peruvian bark, 2 ounces; wild-cherry trec each of scullcap, valerian and catnip; and cay- bark, 1 ounce; cinnamon, 1 drachm, all pulenne, 1 drachm; coriander seeds, 1/2 ounce. verized; capsicum, 1 tea-spoonful; sulphur, 1 Pulverize, and mix. Take 1 tea-spoonful in a ounce; port wine, 2 quarts. Let stand a day cupful of boiling water, leaving room for milk or two. Always buy the Peruvian bark and and sugar. Repeat according to the symptoms. This powder tranquillizes the most irritable nerves without debilitating and deadening their sensibility. It greatly strengthens the nerves.