If an ounce of the leaves of coltsfoot
foe added to the ingredients, it will then
be the Pectoral Infusion. Both are
emollient mucilaginous liquors, and may
be taken with advantage as ordinary
drink, in difficulty of making water, and
in coughs and other complaints of the
breast.
LINSEED TEA.— Linseed, 1
table-spoonful ; liquorice root, oz. ;
coltsfoot leaves, 1 oz. ; boiling water, 3
pints. Infuse 3 hours, and strain.
Add sugar, and a little lemon juice.
Good for coughs, urinary disease, &c.
LIP SALVE, Red. — Olive oil,
4 ozs. ; Alkanet root, 1 oz. Macerate
with heat until the oil is well coloured ;
then add Spermaceti, % oz. ; white wax,
a ozs.; prepared suet, 3 ozs., and a
little sugar. When nearly cold, stir in
orange flower water, \ oz. ; oil of
lavender, % drachm ; otto of roses, 2
or 3 drops.
LIP SALVE, White. — Boil a
little veal suet in salt and water ;
off the fat ; mix it with 1 oz. of white
wax, and % oz. of spermaceti ; add 3
ozs. of olive oil ; melt, and when cool,
add a few drops of bergamot, or otto of
roses. The colour of lips may be deep-
ened by dissolving in the mouth a cay-
enne lozenge occasionally.
LIPS, Chapped. — See page 117.
LIQUID BLACKING.
Weak vinegar, 1 quart ; ivory black and
treacle, each 6 ozs. ; vitriolic add, and
•permaceti, (or oHve oil) each 1% os.
Mix the acid and oil first, then add the
other ingredients. If it does not dry
quick enough on the leather, add a
little more vitriol gradually till it dries
Snick enough. If you add too much
le mixture will give a brown colour.
— This is a celebrated blacking.
LIQUID JAPAN BLACK-
ING.— Ivory black, 4 ozs.; coarse
sugar, a ozs. ; sulphuric add, 1 oz. ;
muriatic add, 1 oz. ; sweet oil, and
lemon add, of each a table-spoonful,
and a pint of vinegar. First mix the
ivory black and sweet oil ; then the
lemon and sugar with a little vinegar ;
then add the acids, and mix well to-
gether.
LIQUID BLUE.— Dissolve ex-
tract of indigo in warm water.
LIQUID CHERRIES.— Cher-
ries, 1 lb., to % lb. of fine sugar. The
cherries must be fine and ripe ; cut the
tails about half ; put them into the
sugar, and simmer five minutes ; stand
till next day ; then add lb. of sugar
to each pound of cherries, prepared as
the first, and a little syrups or jelly, or
red currants, or rasps. Simmer to-
gether till the syrup is glutinous.
LIQUID GLUE.— Best glue, 1
lb. ; dry white lead, 4 ozs. ; soft water,
1 quart ; alcohol, 4 ozs. Stir together
when dissolved, and bottle while hot.
LIQUORICE PIPES. — Dis-
solve gum arabic in water with Spanish
liquorice, and with the addition of sugar✪ Liquorice Pipes
make into a paste. Drop, and dry
them in a slow oven.
LIVER COMPLAINT.— Take
4 lbs. of dandelion roots, bruise and
press out the juice ; run it through a
muslin bag, and bottle it. Take 2 table
spoonfuls three or four times a day.
Drink occasionally the following de-
coction : — Take the bruised roots above
mentioned, a small handful of agrimony,
and two ounces of burdock root, to
three quarts of water✪ Dandelion Juice for Liver Complaint — boil to two quarts.
Of this take four half-pints a day.
LIVER, Inflammation of.
This disease generally begins with a
sense of weight, or pain in the right
side, about the false ribs. The pain
often extends to the top of the right
shoulder. The stomach and bowels are
disordered ; the appetite Is impaired ;
the patient has sickness, often vomit*
uv
240
LTV
Consult me
1902Page 295 · 2 recipe records on this page
Presented as published in 1902. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
If an ounce of the leaves of coltsfoot leaf added to the ingredients, it will then be the Pectoral Infusion. Both are emollient mucilaginous liquors, and may be taken with advantage as ordinary drink, in difficulty of making water, and in coughs and other complaints of the breast.
LINSEED TEA.— Linseed, 1 table-spoonful ; liquorice root, oz. ; coltsfoot leaves, 1 oz. ; boiling water, 3 pints. Infuse 3 hours, and strain. Add sugar, and a little lemon juice. Good for coughs, urinary disease, &c.
LIP SALVE, Red. — Olive oil, 4 ozs. ; Alkanet root, 1 oz. Macerate with heat until the oil is well coloured ; then add Spermaceti, % oz. ; white wax, a ozs.; prepared suet, 3 ozs., and a little sugar. When nearly cold, stir in orange flower water, \ oz. ; oil of lavender, % drachm ; otto of roses, 2 or 3 drops.
LIP SALVE, White. — Boil a little veal suet in salt and water ; off the fat ; mix it with 1 oz. of white wax, and % oz. of spermaceti ; add 3 ozs. of olive oil ; melt, and when cool, add a few drops of bergamot, or otto of roses. The colour of lips may be deepened by dissolving in the mouth a cayenne lozenge occasionally.
LIPS, Chapped. — See page 117.
LIQUID BLACKING.
Weak vinegar, 1 quart ; ivory black and treacle, each 6 ozs. ; vitriolic acid, and spermaceti, (or olive oil)) each 1% os.
Mix the acid and oil first, then add the other ingredients. If it does not dry quick enough on the leather, add a little more vitriol gradually till it dries quick enough. If you add too much
the mixture will give a brown colour. — This is a celebrated blacking.
LIQUID JAPAN BLACKING.— Ivory black, 4 ozs.; coarse sugar, a ozs. ; sulphuric acid, 1 oz. ; muriatic acid, 1 oz. ; sweet oil, and lemon acid, of each a table-spoonful, and a pint of vinegar. First mix the ivory black and sweet oil ; then the lemon and sugar with a little vinegar ; then add the acids, and mix well together.
LIQUID BLUE.— Dissolve extract of indigo in warm water.
LIQUID CHERRIES.— Cherries, 1 lb., to % lb. of fine sugar. The cherries must be fine and ripe ; cut the tails about half ; put them into the sugar, and simmer five minutes ; stand till next day ; then add lb. of sugar to each pound of cherries, prepared as the first, and a little syrups or jelly, or red currants, or rasps. Simmer together till the syrup is glutinous.
LIQUID GLUE.— Best glue, 1 lb. ; dry white lead, 4 ozs. ; soft water, 1 quart ; alcohol, 4 ozs. Stir together when dissolved, and bottle while hot.
LIQUORICE PIPES. — Dissolve gum arabic in water with Spanish liquorice, and with the addition of sugar make into a paste. Drop, and dry them in a slow oven.
LIVER COMPLAINT.— Take 4 lbs. of dandelion roots, bruise and press out the juice ; run it through a muslin bag, and bottle it. Take 2 table spoonfuls three or four times a day.
Drink occasionally the following decoction : — Take the bruised roots above mentioned, a small handful of agrimony, and two ounces of burdock root, to three quarts of water — boil to two quarts. Of this take four half-pints a day.
LIVER, Inflammation of.
This disease generally begins with a sense of weight, or pain in the right side, about the false ribs. The pain often extends to the top of the right shoulder. The stomach and bowels are disordered ; the appetite Is impaired ; the patient has sickness, often vomit
Records on this page
Liquorice PipesDandelion Juice for Liver Complaint