Yarrow boiled and thickened with meal and applied to the stomach will cause movement from the bowels. Mix Pine Tar, 2 ounces, with pure hog's lard and put on flannel clothe, tie around the neck at night and it is a sure cure for Sore Throat. (Sounds to me like it would also be a good birth control method-EC) Moisten Powdered Alum and hold on an Ingrown Toe Nail for 10 minutes and it can be cut out without pain. Cure for Tape Worm: A pound of Pumpkin Seed, shelled and ground and mixed in cold milk. Eat it all and then take a laxative. Remedy for Snake bite: Use Saltpeter, just wet with a little water and apply to the bite Constipation: Eat one teaspoonful of whole Flax Seed raw upon retiring. Use Wormwood Tea for Cholera, Morbus, and Cramps. Ginseng Tea will cure infants from Colic. Headache: Half teaspoonful powdered Ginger, same amount of sugar in a half glass of water. Backache: Take a large handful of Horsemint, steep in a pint of water, drink a cupful at bedtime. To keep your hair from falling out: Take bark and twigs from Wild Cherry Trees and wash the hair to keep it from falling out. Boil the bark down to a strong tea. Two or three applications of Bittersweet Root Salve will fix Swollen Udders (in cows-EC) "For that itching between the toes called Athlete's Foot, Ironite is wonderful. It is also good for tonsillitis" To cure Catarrh, take dried Mullein leaves made into a cigarette and smoke. Inhaling the smoke will cure it. An obstinate sore in the mouth may be healed by touching it with a lump of alum two or three times a day. Or, use Ironite. Recipe for Poisons: Take a few Mayapple Roots pour boiling water over them. Let cool and take one half teaspoonful every ten to fifteen minutes until relieved. Mayapple is a cathartic, call a doctor also. Recipe for Baby's Bowels: Take a piece of Sweet Flag Root about one half inch lone, chip up fine one half teaspoonful of catnip, one third teaspoonful of ground Allspice and boil in one teacupful of water for five minutes. When cold, give a teaspoonful every hour until relieved. Peppermint Tea is also good for Baby's Sick Stomach. For a very young baby, you might want to leave out the Allspice. ~~~~~~~~ Edna Clack