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To Relieve Shortness of Breath

Take 1 ounce powder of elecampane root, 1/2 ounce powder of liquorice, as much flower of pills, with a sufficient quantity of tar; take 4 large pills when going to rest. This is an incomparable medicine for asthma.

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