distilled oil of cloves dissolved on a lump of sugar, for it will not dissolve in the syrup
- Note.—Take great care you have the true buckthorn, as there are may spurious one; they may be known by the number of seeds; the genuine buckthorn having four, the alder buckthorn only two, and the cherry buckthorn one.'
To make a Syrup for a Cough or Asthma.
Take unset hyssop, coltsfoot flowers, and black maiden hair, of each a handful, and two handfuls of white horehound; boil them in three quarts of water, and when half is boiled away take it off, and let the herbs stand in it till they are quite cold; squeeze the herbs very dry, strain the liquor, and boil it a quarter of an hour; scum it well, and to every pint put in half a pound of white sugar, and boil it, when it becomes a syrup, put it to cool, and bottle it off; do not cork, the bottles, but tie papers over them. This is very good for a cough: take a spoonful night and morning, and one whenever the cough is troublesome.
Another Way.
Take one ounce of conserve of roses, one ounce of brown sugar-candy, and two of raisins of the sun, cleared of their stones; to these add some flower of brimstone, mix them together, and take a spoonful night and morning.
Another Way.
Take pennyroyal and hyssop water, of each half a pint, slice to them a small stick of liquo-
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