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Remedy recipe
Wind Colic: Castor Oil
Historical excerpt from “Mother's Remedies: Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada” for “Wind Colic”.
Instructions
Traditional source excerpt
"Give large doses of castor oil." Colic, as we all know, is frequently caused by fermentation of the food in the stomach and bowels, and castor oil is one of the best known cathartics in a case of this kind. This can be given to small babies, in small quantities of course.
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: id07409
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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: Wind Colic / id07409