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Wild Indigo Tea

This recipe may cause emetic and cathartic effects if taken in large quantities.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Wild Indigo Tea

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Steep the green root of wild indigo in 1 pint of water.

  2. After steeping, strain the mixture.

  3. Take half a teaspoonful every five to six hours.

  4. If the tea is too strong, add half the quantity of dewberry or bayberry root to regulate its effects.

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.

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