Syrup for a person that is troubled with a Bil- ious habit

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Historical use wording: a person that is troubled with a Bil- ious habit

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-1006.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• dandelion root and branch, and bark from the root of a poplar, equal parts ; boil these in water till the strength is all out, then strain it off and simmer it down till it becomes quite thick ; add while warm one gill of molasses to a pint of syrup
• bitter root, poplar bark, and the leaves of snake’s head and barberry bark, equal parts ; dry these and pound them fine ; sift them through a fine sieve ; take a tea-spoonful of this in a wine glass full of warm water, sweetened, every morning before eating
• Simmer in three quarts of water, one pint of bar- ley, four ounces of elecampane, and one pound of turnips ; boil these, and after it is strained simmer it doivn to one pint ; add one pound of loaf sugar or honey, and half a pmt of brandy
• a table spoonful three times a day

Method as extracted

1. Take dandelion root and branch, and bark from the root of a poplar, equal parts ; boil these in water till the strength is all out, then strain it off and simmer it down till it becomes quite thick ; add while warm one gill of molasses to a pint of syrup.
2. Take a tea-spoonful three times a day for a dose.
3. Take bitter root, poplar bark, and the leaves of snake’s head and barberry bark, equal parts ; dry these and pound them fine ; sift them through a fine sieve ; take a tea-spoonful of this in a wine glass full of warm water, sweetened, every morning before eating.
4. Simmer in three quarts of water, one pint of bar- ley, four ounces of elecampane, and one pound of turnips ; boil these, and after it is strained simmer it doivn to one pint ; add one pound of loaf sugar or honey, and half a pmt of brandy.
5. Take a table spoonful three times a day.

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