Cough, Standard Remedy for

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Source: Mother's Remedies by Thomas Jefferson Ritter (1910), paragraph-882.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• Boil or simmer altogether in two quarts of water long enough to get the strength out of the ingredients; strain, add three cups sugar
• Add enough good whiskey to keep from souring, say one-half pint
• Cough, Ipecac Syrup for.--"One-third teaspoonful of ipecac dissolved in one teaspoonful of water; one tablespoonful of sugar; pour on one teacupful of boiling water and let it boil down to half cup
• Cough Remedy for Adults (not for children).-- "Laudanum Three cents worth Anise Three cents worth Essence of Peppermint Three cents worth Licorice (liquid) Three cents worth Brown Sugar 1 cup Molasses 1 cup Boiling water 2 cups Let this come to a little more than a boil

Method as extracted

1. Boil or simmer altogether in two quarts of water long enough to get the strength out of the ingredients; strain, add three cups sugar.
2. Add enough good whiskey to keep from souring, say one-half pint.
3. Take a teaspoonful of it as often as necessary." This is for adults.

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