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Source: The Indian vegetable family instructer: : containing the names and descriptions of all the most useful herbs and plants that grow in this country, with their medicinal qualities annexed; also, a treatise on many of the lingering diseases to which mankind are subject, ... with a large list of recipes, which have been carefully selected from Indian prescriptions ... Designed for the use of families in the United States. by Bowker, Pierpont F. nr 99010063 (1851), paragraph-1155.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• the inner sole of an old shoe, burn it to ashes, sift the ashes, and sprinkle this on the sore
• the bark of a sumach root, simmer it in cream, and anoint the part affected A^dth this often
• saffron, spikenard root and camomile, rose leaves, pink leaves and lovage root
• Boil these to- gether in a quart of water, strain it off, and add half a, pint of brandy, and one pound of loaf sugar
• four pounds of red clover, twenty pounds of fir boughs and one pound of spikenard
• Draw off three gallons and drink half a gill night and morning

Method as extracted

1. Take the inner sole of an old shoe, burn it to ashes, sift the ashes, and sprinkle this on the sore.
2. Take the bark of a sumach root, simmer it in cream, and anoint the part affected A^dth this often.
3. Take saffron, spikenard root and camomile, rose leaves, pink leaves and lovage root.
4. Boil these to- gether in a quart of water, strain it off, and add half a, pint of brandy, and one pound of loaf sugar.
5. Take four pounds of red clover, twenty pounds of fir boughs and one pound of spikenard.
6. Mix these with ten gallons of cider, and put them into a still.

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