Acid Foot Bath

Ingredients

• Nitric acid 4 ounces
• Muriatic acid 1 ounce
• Warm water 4 gallons

Method

1. 1

   Mix the acids with warm water.

2. 2

   Use in a wooden or earthen vessel.

3. 3

   Recommended for dyspepsia and liver derangement.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Dr. M'Millan's formulas and domestic guide (1882) by M'Millan, Alexander M. D., page 27. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

ACID FOOT BATH. Nitric acid 4 ounces. Muriatic acid i ounce. Warm water 4 gallons. Mix — To be used in a wooden or an earthen vessel. An admirable foot bath in dyspepsia, with derangement of the liver and constipation of the bowels. Should be used every evening at bed-time. To bathe the abdomen is also a good plan in those cases. The sitz bath in case of piles and the hip bath in sciatica is often attended with very beneficial results if persisted in. ALKALINE BATH. Carbonate of soda i pound. Warm water 30 gallons. Mix — Useful in all scabby diseases and rheuma- tism, wandering gout and gouty habits of body ; also in gravel and kidney and bladder diseases. NO. 2. Carbonate of potash 4 ounces. Warm water 30 gallons. Mix — Use as a bath daily in cases as above, viz: skin diseases, rheumatism and gouty affec- tions, gravel and kidney troubles, or bladder diffi- culties. These baths should in all cases be per- sisted in for a length of time. 86 DOMESTIC GUIDE. BORAX BATH. Borax 4 ounces. Glycerine 5 ounces. Warm water 30 gallons. Mix — Useful in scaly and other irritable diseases of the skin. COMPOUND SULPHUR BATH. Sulphuret of potassium 4 ounces. Hyposulphite of soda i ounce. Sulphuric acid I dram. Warm water 30 gallons. Mix — Good in all skin diseases and constitu- tional diseases, such as syphilis, scrofula, etc. ACID BATH. Nitric acid i yi ounces. Muriatic acid 2 ounce

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.