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Itch Op Thb Hips and Other Parts

Use caution when handling quicksilver (mercury) and ensure to take cold water in the mouth during application.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Itch Op Thb Hips and Other Parts

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Peel and finely chop the Helenium root.

  2. Boil the chopped root with vinegar.

  3. In a mortar, mix the boiled Helenium root with lard.

  4. Add quicksilver, oil, and the vinegar used for boiling the root.

  5. Mix all ingredients thoroughly.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.