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Preparation method
Herbal infusion (tea)
A gentle steeping method for leaves/flowers and many kitchen herbs.
Steps
- Bring water to a simmer.
- Pour over herb in a mug.
- Cover 5–10 minutes.
- Strain and sip warm.
Recipes using this method
—1: Bleeding from the Lungs. Salt Water
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—1. Gall Stones: Sweet Oil
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—1. Tape Worms: Pumpkin Seed Tea
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—1. Wind Colic: Yarrow Tea
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—l. Round or Pin Worms: Sage Tea
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Ague in Face: Menthol and Alcohol Effective Remedy
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Asthma: Lobelia Tea
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Baldness: Well Recommended
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Biliousness: (chronic) Dandelion Tea
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Biliousness: Boneset Tea
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Biliousness: Salt and Water
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Biliousness: Salt Lemonade
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Bleeding from the Lungs: Effective Remedy
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Blood Purifier: Remedy Easy to Make
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Blood Purifier: Sweet Fern
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Bowel Trouble: a Good Tonic
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Bowel Trouble: Rhubarb and Licorice
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Bronchitis: General Relief
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Bronchitis: Well-Known Remedy
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Bunions: Tested Remedy
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Cancer: Yellow Dock Root
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Canker Sore Mouth: Canker Weed Tea
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Catarrh: Cleansing Antiseptic Remedy
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Catarrh: Milk and Salt Wash
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Change of Life: excessive Flowing. An Old Tried Remedy
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Cholera Infantum: Herb Remedy
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Cholera Infantum: Olive or Sweet Oil
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Cholera Morbus: Nutmeg and Jamaica Ginger
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Cholera Morbus: Old Reliable Remedy
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Colds: Boneset
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Colds: Catnip Tea
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Colds: Rock Candy Syrup
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Colic: Camphor Cure
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Constipation: A Pleasant Treatment
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Constipation: Baby, Juice from Prunes
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Constipation: Herb Tea
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Constipation: Tonic and Standard Remedy
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Constipation: Well-known Remedy
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Cough of Long Standing: Excellent Syrup
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Cough Syrup: an Easily Prepared Remedy
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Coughs: Glycerin, Brandy and Paregoric with Lemon, Good
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Cramps in Stomach: Ginger and Soda
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Cramps in Stomach: Oil of Peppermint
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Croup: Bloodroot
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Croup: Quick Cure
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Croup: Time Honored Remedy
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Diarrhea: Castor Oil
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Diarrhea: Excellent Compound
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Dropsy: Canada Thistle
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Dropsy: Chestnut Leaves
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Dropsy: Common Herb Remedy
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Dropsy: White Bay Buds
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Dropsy: Wild Milkweed
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Dysentery: "Colt Tail" Remedy
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Dysentery: Sugar and Brandy
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Dysentery: Sweet Cream
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Eczema: Herb Tea
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Falling of the Womb: a Fine Herb Combination
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Falling of the Womb: Unicorn Root
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Falling of the Womb: White Oak Bark
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Flatulent Dyspepsia: Wormwood tea
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Goitre: Iodine
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Hay fever: Remedy Worth Trying
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Headache: Lemon Juice and Coffee
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Headache: Soda and Peppermint
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Heartburn: Soda a Popular Remedy
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Herb Teas: Remedy
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Hiccough: Vinegar
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Hives or Nettle Rash: Mother from Buckhorn, Florida, says following is a sure Cure
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Hoarseness: Egg and Lemon
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Indigestion or Dyspepsia: Dry salt
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Indigestion: Egg Shells
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Inflammation of Eyes: Sassafras, Excellent Remedy
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Inflammation of the Bowels: Marshmallow Leaves, a Canadian Remedy
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Inflammation of the Bowels: Syrup of Rhubarb
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Internally: used
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Jaundice: Peach Tree Bark
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Kidney and Bladder Trouble: Buchu Leaves
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Kidney Trouble: an Easily Prepared Remedy
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Kidney Trouble: Effective and Easy Cure
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KIDNEY TROUBLE. MOTHERS' REMEDIES.—1. Kidney Trouble and Inflammation of the Bladder: Cornsilk
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La Grippe: Easy Remedy
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LA GRIPPE: Mothers' Remedies.—1. Pepper, Red or Cayenne
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Leucorrhea: a Good Herb Remedy
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Leucorrhea: a New York Doctor's Remedy
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Leucorrhea: an Easily Prepared Remedy
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Leucorrhea: Glycerin
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Liver Trouble: Dandelion Root Tea
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Liver Trouble: Mullein Leaf Tea
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MOTHER'S REMEDY: —1. Iritis.—Sensible Remedy
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MOTHERS' REMEDIES for Cholera Infantum: —l. Castor oil and warm applications
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MOTHERS' REMEDIES for Liver Complaint: Mandrake Root
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MOTHERS' REMEDIES: Headache, Paregoric and Soda
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Nervousness: Catnip Tea
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Nervousness: Effective Remedy
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Night Sweats: Cold Sage
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Offensive Sweating: Alum Water
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Pimples: Alum Water
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Pin worms: Lime-water injection
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Pin worms: Quassia chips
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Powders: Remedy
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Rheumatism: Herb Remedy
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Rheumatism: Mountain Leaf Tea
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Rheumatism: Rochelle Salts
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Rheumatism: Sweet Fern Tea Excellent
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Round and Pin Worms: Tansy remedy
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Salt Rheum: a Well-Tried Remedy
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Scrofulous Difficulties: a Good Remedy
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Sea Sickness: Peppermint an Excellent Relief
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Skin Blotches: Cream of Tartar and Sulphur
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Sleeplessness: Ginger at Bedtime
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Solution: Remedy
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Sore Eyes: Borax and Camphor Good Wash
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Sore Eyes: Slippery Elm Excellent
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Sore Eyes: Soothing Remedy
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Sore Mouth: Shoemaker Root and Borax good
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Tape Worm: Ontario Mother's Remedy
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Torpid Liver: Boneset Tea
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Weak Back: Simple Remedy
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Whooping-Cough: Chestnut Leaves and Cream
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Wind Colic: —A doctor in New York sends in the following remedy
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Wind Colic: Cloves
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Worms-Stomach: Salt Remedy
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