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Julian Booker Thompson recipe and travel book, 1898
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Another Remedy for Ivy Poisoning. Boil sweet fern in water, apply the hot tea to the affected surfaces. A few applications will cure the severest case of poison ivy. We boys have had it so bad our faces would be frightfully swollen, but one or two applications of sweet fern tea and we were all over it. This treatment is so remarkable I wonder why so few use it. (A. F. R.) Answer. - I had not heard of this remedy. Sweet fern is astringent. So is tincture of iron chloride, which, mixed with water, half and half, is quite famous as a lotion for ivy poisoning. Fig Laxative 1/2 lb prunes " " figs 15 ¢ powdered Senna grind in Meat grinder & add 4 or 6 tablespoons of molasses Warm (slowly) thoroughly put in jars
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Another Remedy for Ivy Poisoning. Boil sweet fern in water, apply the hot tea to the affected surfaces. A few applications will cure the severest case of poison ivy. We boys have had it so bad our faces would be frightfully swollen, but one or two applications of sweet fern tea and we were all over it. This treatment is so remarkable I wonder why so few use it. (A. F. R.) Answer. - I had not heard of this remedy. Sweet fern is astringent. So is tincture of iron chloride, which, mixed with water, half and half, is quite famous as a lotion for ivy poisoning. Fig Laxative 1/2 lb prunes " " figs 15 ¢ powdered Senna grind in Meat grinder & add 4 or 6 tablespoons of molasses Warm (slowly) thoroughly put in jars
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