Balm of BOTAKIO GUIDE TO HEALTH

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Source: Botanic guide to health, and the natural pathology of disease [electronic resource] by Coffin, A. I. (Albert Isaiah) (1866), narrative-offset-206190.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• BOTAKIO GUIDE TO HEALTH: of the buds half-a-pound, add the same quantity of ginger-root, beat them both well up in a mortar, then

Method as extracted

1. Mix according to the source passage: We believe the balm to pos- sess good medicinal properties (at least some parts of it) ; the early buds in the spring-time, just before they are open, contain a gummy or resinous matter, which in its medicinal effects very much resembles gum-myrrh. The buds are excellent for weak or sore eyes ; for which pur- pose they must be pulverized, then steeped for a few hours in blood-warm water, and used as a wash, applying it four or five times a day. For a cough it may be prepared in the following manner : — Take of the buds half-a-pound, add the same quantity of ginger-root, beat them both well up in a mortar, then steep them for two or three hours in three pints of water, strain, and add to it half-a-pound of raspberry or blackberry preserves, and one pound of sugar ; a teaspoonful may be taken whenever the cough becomes troublesome.

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