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Poultice of FELONS

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Source: Madame Young's Guide to Health by Amelia Young (1858), narrative-offset-138820.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • FELONS: one ounce and half common salt, put into one quart rum and add one ounce oil origanum; rub the feet well every night. FEMALE WEAKNESS.--Take one ounce golden seal, half ounce tansy, half ounce motherwort seed, not quite half ounce golden thread, ounce beth root, one ounce white cohosh; put all into four quarts water,

Method as extracted

  1. Pound according to the source passage: FELONS--On the fingers, may be effectually cured, it is said, in three hours, by making a poultice the size of a small bean, of quick lime slacked with soap, bound on the spot and renewed every half hour. COLD FEET.--Take one ounce and half common salt, put into one quart rum and add one ounce oil origanum; rub the feet well every night. FEMALE WEAKNESS.--Take one ounce golden seal, half ounce tansy, half ounce motherwort seed, not quite half ounce golden thread, ounce beth root, one ounce white cohosh; put all into four quarts water, boil six minutes, keep warm seven hours, strain and let cool; add one quart Madeira wine, and drink a wine glass morning, noon, and before tea.

Live editorial status

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  • The historical use wording does not establish modern clinical effectiveness.
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Primary and supporting references

  1. Madame Young's Guide to Health — Project GutenbergPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at narrative-offset-138820.
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