Horehound Syrup for Consumption of the Lungs

Name: Horehound Syrup for Consumption of the Lungs
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: a poppy-head; one ounce of dried horehound; a quartern of spirits; the same amount of boiling water; two ounces of honey; a teaspoonful of essence of lemon

From Recipes for the million, 1891

Serves 8

Presented as published in 1891. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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As published

This recipe was extracted from Recipes for the million (1891), page 103. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

OREHOUND SYRUP, for Consumption of the Lungs. — Infuse a poppy-head and one ounce of dried horehound for two days in a quartern of spirits and the same amount of boiling water ; strain, and add two ounces of honey and a teaspoonful of essence of lemon

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