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Remedy recipe
Summer Complaint: Inexpensive Remedy
Historical excerpt from “Mother's Remedies: Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada” for “Summer Complaint”.
Instructions
Traditional source excerpt
"Paregoric 2 ounces
Brandy 1 ounce
Jamaica Ginger 1 ounce
Have used this and found it excellent." Dose: 1/2 dram every 3 hours.
- Summer Complaint, Fern Root Good to Relieve.—"A decoction is made with two ounces of the sweet fern root boiled in one and one-half pints water to one pint. Dose.—A tablespoonful several times a day as the case requires. Most useful in diarrhea," This may be purchased at any drug store and will be found a very good treatment for diarrhea.
Source: Mother's Remedies: Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada (gutenberg_17439_mothers_remedies) Source URL: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/17439/pg17439-images.html License: Project Gutenberg License (https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/license.html) Locator: id01816
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Evidence note
Source: Mother's Remedies: Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada (gutenberg_17439_mothers_remedies).
URL: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/17439/pg17439-images.html
License: Project Gutenberg License (https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/license.html)
Location hint: Summer Complaint / id01816