Madame Young's Guide to Health Her experience and practice for nearly forty years; a true family herbal, wherein is displayed the true properties and medical virtues of all the roots, herbs, &c., indigenous to the United States, and their combination in all the diseases the human body is heir to; also, an explanation of the human body, its liability to injuries through ignorance of its structure. Dedicated exclusively to her sex.

FOR THE DROPSY.--Make a tea of poke root, sliced fine, one ounce and a half; put this into one pint of white wine, add two tablespoonsful of ground mustard seed, and let it stan...

It is also beneficial in curing the fluor albus, or whites, in weakly females. The root of comfrey is good for all fluxes, and a bad smell in urine. Take four ounces comfrey, an...

DIRECTIONS.--Take a handful of the flowers and leaves, and half the quantity of tanzy; make a good strong tea, and take a quantity on going to bed, if you can; if not, take it,...

CANCERS.--Take the leaves and small, tender tops or branches of poke-weed; pound together and squeeze out the juice, and put it into an earthen pot; set it in the sun, till it h...

This is anti-scrofulous; is excellent for all diseases of the lungs, internal ulcers and asthma; it will remove the mucus from the bronchial tubes, and heal them; for ulcers or...

Roots which are annual, should be collected before they shoot out their stalks, or flowers; biennial roots, in the harvest of the first, or spring of the second year; perennial...

NEUTRALIZING CORDIAL--Good for dysentery, cholera morbus and diarrhœa. Take one pound green peppermint, simmer in half gallon water and strain off; then take four ounces Turkey...

Now that I have explained the circulation of the blood, and showed you the contents of the chest, I will proceed to the midriff. The contents of the chest are separated from the...

BALSAM OF LIFE.--Gum benzoin, 4 oz.; gum storax, 3 oz.; socatrine aloes and gum myrrh, each, 1½ oz.; angelica root and johnwort tops, each, 2 oz.; pound all together; put them i...

I have observed another eruption in this disease, called “petechiæ.” This eruption is most perceptible on the chest, and interior part of the arms. There is still another erupti...

WHEREIN IS DISPLAYED THE TRUE PROPERTIES AND MEDICAL VIRTUES OF ALL THE ROOTS, HERBS, &c., INDIGENOUS TO THE UNITED STATES, AND THEIR COMBINATION IN ALL THE DISEASES THE HUMAN B...

I verily believe, that two-thirds of the children that die before attaining the age of two years, die through ignorance of mothers and nurses. In the first place, as soon as it...

Common Names. Botanical Names. Per lb. Abscess Root, Polemonium reptans, 50 Aconite leaves, Aconitum napellus, Aconite root, " " Agrimony, Agrimonia eupatoria 50 Alder bark, bla...

Alder, striped, see Witch hazel. Apple, Peru, " Thorn apple. Arbutus, trailing, " Gravel plant. Arse-mart, " Water pepper. Asthma weed, " Lobelia. Balm, mountain, " Oswego tea....

Articles of Diet. Mode Time required of for Preparation. Digestion. H. M. Rice, Boiled, 1.00 Sago, do. 1.45 Tapioca, do. 2.00 Barley, do. 2.00 Milk, do. 2.00 Do. Raw, 2.15 Gelat...

Thanks to my Heavenly Father, we heard of the many blessings that had been conferred through the instrumentality of Madame Young. As the last recourse we sent for her, and she,...