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 Pierpont F. Bowker.

  • Bowker, Pierpont F.
Date:
1851
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Credit: 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 Pierpont F. Bowker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TO THE RECIPES CONTAINED IN THIS BOOK. [Thf figures refer to the number of the description, and not to th« pages.] A wash for a sore mouth, or canker 3 An excellent family syrup 6 A burn 7 A strain or weakness of the kidneys 21 A cough 24 A cure for corns 27 Asthma 34 A wen 41 A sore throat 67 Asthmatic coughs 84 A good pill for hysterics 92 A child who has the dysentery 98 A child who has a relapse 99 A cold 106 A sprain 108 A lame side 110 A felon.' 4- 114 A cure for henbane 146 A recipe almost always handy 170 Bleeding of stomach Bilious cholic Bite of a rattlesnake Bilious habit, syrup for Bitters to go with the above Burns, salve for Beer for cancers Beer to guard against bilious fevers - Bitters to go with the above Bilious habit, pills for Bite of a dog, or pricking of a thorn, ointment for... 13 31 53 56 57 60 81 137 138 145 148