Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 2 of 5 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 2 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Milk | 1 cup (244ml) whole | 149 |
| Mustard | 1 tsp (5g) yellow | 3 |
| Salad | not in our table | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
| Brandy | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- one ounce of gum-guaiacum must be bruised
- one ounce of salad mustard must be simmered in a pint of soft water
- an ounce of virginia snake-root
- a pint of french brandy
- a pint of soft water
- a pint of milk
- one ounce
- one pint
- two drachms of orange-peel
- two drachms
- three pints
- three nights
- mustard
Directions
917. _Decoction of Peruvian Bark._--Peruvian bark, bruised, one ounce; cold water, one pint. Boil together for ten minutes, then add half an ounce of Virginia snake-root, and two drachms of orange-peel, bruised. Keep the infusion near the fire for half an hour, in a close vessel. A wine-glassful may be taken every hour.
918. _Columbo Root and Ginger._--Colombo root, bruised, one ounce; ginger, two drachms; boiling water, one pint. Let them infuse one hour by the fire; and give of the strained liquor (cold) a wine-glassful every two hours.
This infusion, when freely used, has proved successful in bowel complaint (chronic diarrhea) of long standing.
919. _Peruvian Bark and Valerian._--For this decoction, take Peruvian bark, bruised, one ounce; water, one pint; take of Valerian root, one ounce; boiling water, one pint; infuse for one hour and strain. Add the decoction of bark to this infusion, and give a tea-cupful, cold, three or four times a-day.
This is chiefly employed in rheumatic headache in which it is sometimes very serviceable. It was a favorite prescription of the late Dr. Parrish.
920. _Chamomile and Orange-peel._--For this infusion, take chamomile-flowers, one ounce; orange-peel, half an ounce; cold water, three pints; soak together twenty-four hours. Take a tea-cupful four times a-day.
The chamomile infusion is more agreeable to the taste when cold, and is less apt to spoil than when made of boiling water.
921. _Wild Cherry-tree Bark._--Take of this bark, dried and bruised, one ounce; orange-peel, bruised, two drachms; water, one pint. Boil the bark alone for ten minutes, then add the orange-peel. Take a wine-glassful, cold, twice a-day.
922. _Dog-wood Bark._--Dog-wood bark, bruised, one ounce; water, one pint. Boil for twenty or thirty minutes and strain. A wine-glassful may be given every hour. This is a very good substitute for Peruvian bark in fever-and-ague.
923. _Sage Tea._--Night sweats have been cured, when more powerful remedies had failed, by fasting morning and night, and drinking cold sage tea constantly and freely.
924. _Gentian-root Infusion._--Gentian-root, half an ounce; orange-peel, pounded, two drachms; hot water, one pint. Let these stand an hour. This will be found useful in debility of the digestive organs. A wine-glassful may be given every two or three hours.
925. _Infusion for Rheumatism._--One ounce of gum-guaiacum must be bruised and put into a pint of French brandy, in which it must remain for at least thirty hours. When the gum is dissolved, shake the bottle, and pour a little of this infusion into rather more than a wine-glassful of tepid water; take this at bed-time, for three nights.
926. _Mixture for Rheumatism._--One ounce of salad mustard must be simmered in a pint of soft water, till the liquor is reduced to half a pint; strain it through muslin, and add a pint of milk, fresh from the cow. Let it boil only two minutes, and take a small tea-cupful, milk-warm, night and morning.