Infusions are made by adding a pint of boiling water to an ounce of the plant previously bruised and mashed. After standing for two or three hours in a covered vessel, the mixture is strained. Most infusions exert a greater, effect when taken warm.

Decoctions are made by adding a pint and a half of water to an ounce of the plant, boiling down to 1 pint, and straining.

Extracts are made by adding a small amount of alcohol to the bruised leaves or other parts of the plant. The juice is thus extracted, and is placed in a warm place to evaporate until it becomes as thick as honey.

Blood Purifier

6 ounces fluid extract sarsaparilla,6 ounces fluid extract stillingia, 1 drachm iodide potassium. Mix. Prepare for use by taking ¼ of the mixture to ¾ syrup (made of sugar and water as for table use). Shake up before using; 1 teaspoonful is a dose for a child two years old. Use more or less according to the age.

Red Clover

Red Clover tea is excellent for the blood. Gather the blossoms and dry them; make into a strong tea and use for a constant drink. Unrivaled in scrofula and other blood diseases. A tea of dried or fresh whortleberries is recommended by some.

Boot Tea For The Blood

Dandelion and sarsaparilla, each 1 drachm of dried root, pulverized. Put into a pitcher and pour over it 1 pint of boiling water at night, drink the next day at intervals. Do this for one month, the effect will be very good.

Salt Rheum

1 ounce of saltpeter, 1 pint of rum. Mix; 1 teaspoonful three times a day before eating. Very good, cooling to the blood.

Alterative Blood Purifier

12 ounces Honduras sarsaparilla. 6 ounces guaiacum shavings. 4 ounces wintergreen leaves. 4 ounces sassafras root or bark. 4 ounces elder flowers. 8 ounces yellowdock root. 4 ounces burdock root. 6 ounces dandelion root. 2 ounces bitter sweet root. . Bruise all and put in a suitable vessel, add 1 pint of alcohol with water enough to cover the roots, stand in a warm place four days. Pour off 1 pint of the tincture and set aside; add 1 quart of water to the remainder and boil awhile, turn off and add another quart of water and boil down, pour off again (the two last together should be about 1 quart). Strain and add the previous pint of liquor, put over the stove with 2½ pounds of crushed sugar' and simmer to form of a syrup. Dose; 1 or 2 tablespoonfuls one-half hour before meals, or at bed time. This is unrivaled in scrofula and other blood diseases.

Erysipelas, Certain Cure For

4 ounces of sweet spirits of nitre, 2 drachms iodide of potash. Mix, rub over the inflamed portion with a soft cloth dipped in the mixture, dampening the entire affected surface every hour. When the bathed suface becomes an ashy color do not moisten that part any more. Be sure that none of the liquid gets in the eyes or mouth. Take salts three times a day in small doses.

Second

Those afflicted with this disease, would find a great relief, and also preventative, in 1 tablespoonful of salts and 1 tablespoonful cream-tartar put in a large cup and filled with hot water. Of this drink one large swallow every morning before breakfast, whenever the stomach is not quite right, as this is good for dyspepsia also.