Herbal. All parts of this plant contain
much mucilage ; the stem and leaves
contain the nitrate of potassa, and other
saline qualities. It is tonic, demulcent ;
it is good in rheumatic affections, pro-
moting perspiration. It is very cooling
in fevers, &c. The flowers are some-
times made into a healing ointment
BORAX is used as an astringent
and gargle in sore throat or thrush, and
in excessive salivation, attended with
ulceration of the tongue and the inter-
nal surface of the cheeks. It readily
allays heat and irritation. A solution
of it forms the following Cooling Wash :
borax 1 oz ; rain, or spring water, 1
quart. Mix, and let it stand 10 or 12
hours. Applied freely and often to
inflamed nipples, canker, sore mouth
and throat, ophthalmia, and other in-
flammations, and diseases of the skin.
Borax is also an excellent diuretic
in cases of uric gravel, as a solution of
it dissolves that acid freely, and does
not produce any injurious constitutional
effect when used for a length of time.
Borax is an excellent preservative
for meat, milk, butter, and other articles
of animal food.
Borax is a disinfectant for closets,
sinks, and impure water. It is also
good for washing glass or china, giving
a brilliant lustre to them. Beetles and
other insects do not like it and soon dis-
appear with continued use.
Borax will kill the green fly on
rose trees, being made into a solution
and applied. It is also good for wash-
ing the boards in greenhouses, and for
destroying the red spider in grape vines.
Borax for Cleaning Marble. —
Put some dissolved borax on the soiled
marble, let it stay a short time, then
wash off with hot water, soap, and borax
mixed, using a soft flannel.
BOTTLES,; to Purify. — Rinse
with lime water, or water and powdered
charcoal.
BOTTLE SEALING WAX.
— Rosin and linseed oil, and any colour
boiled together, and then moulded.
Boil over a slow fire, and carefully, to
prevent ignition.
BOWEL COMPLAINT.
Tincture of rhubarb, one ounce ; syrup
of rhubarb, one and a half ounce ; lau-
danum, quarter of an ounce ; essence
of peppermint, three quarters of an
ounce ; mix in half a quartern of the
best brandy, and cork tightly. When
required for use, take two teaspoonfuls
in half a glass of warm water, and the
pain will be almost instantly remedied.
Sometimes sickness and vomiting are
present. In that case take a wine-
glassful of soda water, with two tea
spoonfuls of brandy every hour or
oftener. One drachm of the tincture of
assafoetida, j twenty or thirty drops of
laudanum, / aromatic powder, two
drachms ; oil of peppermint, six drops ;
prepared chalk, one ounce, will remove
the pain and griping in the stomach
and bowels. If not, add a quarter of a
teaspoonful of cayenne pepper.
For bowel complaints in children,
give tincture of kino, from six to thirty
drops in a little warm water sweetened.
BOWELS- — Keep them regular.
— Neglect of them brings on all sorts of
diseases, and many persons are apt to
neglect them. Many years ago, an old
gentleman at Greenock, left at his
death, a number of sealed packets to
his friends, and opening them, they
found a Bible, £50, and a box of Pills,
with ihe words, "Fear God and keep
your bowels open.” It was good advice,
though it might have been more de-
corously worded. If you were a doctor,
you would be astonished how many
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Herbal. All parts of this plant contain much mucilage ; the stem and leaves contain the nitrate of potassa, and other saline qualities. It is tonic, demulcent ; it is good in rheumatic affections, promoting perspiration. It is very cooling in fevers, &c. The flowers are sometimes made into a healing ointment
BORAX is used as an astringent and gargle in sore throat or thrush, and in excessive salivation, attended with ulceration of the tongue and the internal surface of the cheeks. It readily allays heat and irritation. A solution of it forms the following Cooling Wash : borax 1 oz ; rain, or spring water, 1 quart. Mix, and let it stand 10 or 12 hours. Applied freely and often to inflamed nipples, canker, sore mouth and throat, ophthalmia, and other inflammations, and diseases of the skin.
Borax is also an excellent diuretic in cases of uric gravel, as a solution of it dissolves that acid freely, and does not produce any injurious constitutional effect when used for a length of time.
Borax is an excellent preservative for meat, milk, butter, and other articles of animal food.
Borax is a disinfectant for closets, sinks, and impure water. It is also good for washing glass or china, giving a brilliant lustre to them. Beetles and
other insects do not like it and soon disappear with continued use.
Borax will kill the green fly on rose trees, being made into a solution and applied. It is also good for washing the boards in greenhouses, and for destroying the red spider in grape vines.
Borax for Cleaning Marble. — Put some dissolved borax on the soiled marble, let it stay a short time, then wash off with hot water, soap, and borax mixed, using a soft flannel.
BOTTLES, to Purify. — Rinse with lime water, or water and powdered charcoal.
BOTTLE SEALING WAX. — Rosin and linseed oil, and any colour boiled together, and then moulded. Boil over a slow fire, and carefully, to prevent ignition.
BOWEL COMPLAINT.
Tincture of rhubarb, one ounce ; syrup of rhubarb, one and a half ounce ; laudanum, quarter of an ounce ; essence of peppermint, three quarters of an ounce ; mix in half a quartern of the best brandy, and cork tightly. When required for use, take two teaspoonfuls in half a glass of warm water, and the pain will be almost instantly remedied. Sometimes sickness and vomiting are present. In that case take a wineglassful of soda water, with two tea spoonfuls of brandy every hour or oftener. One drachm of the tincture of assafoetida, j twenty or thirty drops of laudanum, / aromatic powder, two drachms ; oil of peppermint, six drops ; prepared chalk, one ounce, will remove the pain and griping in the stomach and bowels. If not, add a quarter of a teaspoonful of cayenne pepper.
For bowel complaints in children, give tincture of kino, from six to thirty drops in a little warm water sweetened.
BOWELS- — Keep them regular. — Neglect of them brings on all sorts of diseases, and many persons are apt to neglect them. Many years ago, an old gentleman at Greenock, left at his death, a number of sealed packets to his friends, and opening them, they found a Bible, £50, and a box of Pills, with ihe words, "Fear God and keep your bowels open.” It was good advice, though it might have been more decorously worded. If you were a doctor, you would be astonished how many
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