A poultice made of ginger or of common chickweed, that grows about
one's door in the country, has given great relief to the tooth-ache,
when applied frequently to the cheek.
A spoonful of ashes stirred in cider is good to prevent sickness
at the stomach. Physicians frequently order it in cases of
cholera-morbus.
When a blister occasioned by a burn breaks, it is said to be a good
plan to put wheat flour upon the naked flesh.
The buds of the elder bush, gathered in early spring, and simmered
with new butter, or sweet lard, make a very healing and cooling
ointment.
Night sweats have been cured, when more powerful remedies had failed,
by fasting morning and night, and drinking cold sage tea constantly
and freely.
Lard, melted and cooled five or six times in succession, by being
poured each time into a fresh pail-full of water, then simmered with
sliced onions, and cooled, is said, by old nurses, to make a salve,
which is almost infallible in curing inflammations produced by taking
cold in wounds.
Vinegar curds, made by pouring vinegar into warm milk, put on warm,
and changed pretty frequently, are likewise excellent to subdue
inflammation.
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