Primitive Physick (14th ed., 1770)
| Author | John Wesley |
|---|---|
| Type | treatise |
| Year | 1770 |
| Passage ID | jw-primitive-physick-025 |
| Words | 229 |
| Source | https://wesleyscholar.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Prim... |
59. Or, cut an Ounce of tick Liquorice into Alices. Steep this in a Quart of Water, four and twenty Hours, and use it, when you are worse than usual , as common Drink . I have known this give much ease. 60. Or, half a Pint of Tar Water twice a Day: 61. Or, drink Sea Water every Morning : 62. Or, live a Fortnight on boiled Carrots only. It feldom fails : 63. Or, take two Spoonfuls of Nettle-juice, mixt with clarified Honey, every Night and Morning : 64. Or , take an Ounce of Quickfilver every Morning, and a Spoonful of Aqua Sulphurata, in a large Glafs of Spring-Water at Five in the Evening, and at Bed-time, ' till you are well. Tried. 65. For prefent Relief, vomit with a Quart or more of warm Water. The more you drink of it the better. Do this whenever you find any Motion to vomit, and take Care always to keep your Body open. 10. A Dry or Convulfive Afthma. 66. Juice of Radishes relieves much ; so does 67. A Cup of ftrong Coffee: 68. Or, Garlick, either raw or preferved , or in Syrup : 69. Or, Tea made with Hyop, or Ground-Ivy, or Daify-Flowers and Liquorice : 70. Or, drink a Pint of new Milk Morning and Evening.This has cured an inveterate Aftbmq. 71. Use