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This page prescribes plants as medicine according to pre-modern medical theory. Several of the plants named are toxic, correct identification is difficult, and the doses given have no scientific basis. Do not ingest or apply any preparation described here.
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INFUSION OF HORSERADISH (COMPOUND)
Macerate 1 ounce of horseradish, sliced, and 1 ounce of bruised mustard-seed in 1 pint of boiling water 2 hours, in a covered vessel, and strain. Then add a fluid ounce of the compound spirit of horseradish. The same as the root. Dose: 1 to 3 ounces, 3 or 4 times a day.