Herbal Powder Mix Recipes

COMPOSITION POWDER.

pd. Bayberry Bark      2 ounces.

" Ginger           1 ounce.

" Pinus Canadensus     1/2 ounce.

" Snake Root ("Virg’’)            1/2 ounce.

" Cinnamon     1 drachm.

" Cloves           1 drachm.

" Prickly Ash   1 drachm.

" Cayenne        1 1/2 drachms.

All to be finely pulverised, mixed, and passed through a fine sieve.

This compound is stimulant, astringent, and tonic, and is one of the most valuable family medicines in existence, being adapted to all forms of disease. It is good in looseness, and pains in the stomach and bowels, in colds, coughs, hoarseness, &c., &c. our advice to every household is, never be without a tin of this valuable medicine.

Dose: One teaspoonful in a cupful of hot water, sweetened. Hot milk may be substituted if preferred. A milder mixture may be made in the case of children, by putting in less of the powder.

SPICED BITTERS.

Powd. White Poplar Bark       4 ounces.

" Golden Seal  1 ounce.

" Prickly Ash   1 1/2 ounces.

" Balmony       1 ounce.

" Cinnamon     1 ounce.

" Cloves           1 ounce.

" Black Root   1 ounce.

" Sugar            10 ounces.

All to be finely powdered, well mixed, and passed through a fine sieve.

This is an excellent tonic compound, useful in all cases of indigestion, loss of appetite, jaundice, general debility, and al1 cases where the system is in a relaxed state, but should not be used in fevers or tightness of the lungs.

Dose: Take a teaspoonful in half a cupful of hot water, three times a day before meals.

DIARRHOEA POWDER.

Powd. Bayberry Bark 2 ounces.

" Golden Seal  2 ounces.

" Rhubarb        2 ounces.

" Catechu        1 ounce.

" Cinnamon     1 ounce.

" Peppermint   1 ounce.

" Carbonate of Potash 1/4 ounce.

" Sugar            8 ounces.

To be well mixed and passed through a fine sieve.

This is a most valuable preparation for diarrhoea, dysentery, cholera, and summer complaints of children.

Dose: Put one teaspoonful of the powder into two-thirds of a cupful of hot water, add two teaspoonsful of sugar. Take two tablespoonsful every fifteen minutes, until the desired object is attained. For children one year old give two teaspoonsful.

EMETIC POWDER.

Pulv. Lobelia seed       1 ounce.

" Lobelia Herb 1 ounce.

" Blood Root   1 ounce.

Mix.

Dose: Half a teaspoonful in half a cupful of composition tea, to be repeated in twenty minutes.

STOMACH BITTERS.

Powd. White Poplar    1 ounce.

" Gentian         1 ounce.

" Bayberry       1 ounce.

" Balmony       1 ounce.

" Cayenne        1 drachm.

" Cinnamon     2 drachms.

To be well mixed and passed through a fine sieve.

A corrector of the bile, creates an appetite, and is a good strengthener of the system. Dose: One teaspoonful in a cupful of hot water.

FEMALE CORRECTIVE POWDER.

Powd. White Poplar    2 ounces.

" Black Cohosh           1 ounce.

" Gentian         1/2 ounce.

" Cinnamon     1/2 ounce.

" Black Root   1/2 ounce.

" Cayenne        1 drachm.

Excellent in obstruction of menses, debility, loss of appetite, &c. Dose: One teaspoonful in one teacupful of hot water, sweetened.

FEMALE RESTORATIVE POWDER.

Powd. Beth Root        1 ounce.

" Poplar Bark   4 ounce.

" Witch Hazel  1 ounce.

" Cloves           1/4 ounce.

" Nutmeg         1/4 ounce.

" Cayenne        1 teaspoonful

" Sugar            6 ounces.

To be well mixed and passed through a fine sieve.

An excellent preparation for weakly complaints of females, fluor albus, profuse menstruation, &c. Dose: One teaspoonful in one teacupful of hot water night and morning.

FEMALE POWDERS.

Powd. Gum Myrrh      2 ounces.

" Tansy            2 ounce.

" Socrotine Aloes        1/4 ounce.

" Unicorn Root            2 ounces.

" Cayenne        2 ounces.

To be well mixed and put through a fine sieve.

Dose: Half a teaspoonful in honey three or four times a day.

ANTI-DYSPEPTIC POWDERS.

Powd. Cayenne           2 ounces.

" Golden Seal  2 ounces.

" Carb Potass.  1/2 ounce.

To be well mixed.

Dose: Half a teaspoonful in a cupful of hot water, about a quarter of an hour after meals.

INJECTION POWDERS.

Powd. Bayberry Bark 4 ounces.

" Cayenne        1 ounce.

" Lobelia Herb 4 ounces.

" Slippery Elm 2 ounces.

" Valerian        2 ounces.

To be well mixed. Two teaspoonsfuls to be smoothly mixed in a cupful of hot water. To be injected into the bowels lukewarm.

ANTI-CHOLERA POWDER.

Composition Powder  2 ounces.

Stomach Bitters          2 ounces.

Tormentilla Root         2 ounces.

Pinus Canadensis        2 ounces.

Bayberry         1 ounce.

Cinnamon        1/2 ounce.

Nutmeg           1/2 ounce.

Rhubarb          1/2 ounce.

Cayenne          1/2 ounce.

To be well mixed. This is an excellent remedy for all cases of diarrhoea, cholera, or cholera morbus, and one that ought to be kept in every household.

Dose: A teaspoonful in half a cupful of hot water, sweetened, every one or two hours.

DIURETIC POWDER.

Powdered Buchu leaves         2 ounces.

" Uva Ursi       1 ounce.

" Parsley Root 1 ounce.

" Peppermint   2 ounce.

" Ginger           1/2 ounce.

Carb of Potass 1/2 ounce.

Excellent in all obstructions of kidneys and urinary organs, stone, gravel, &c. To be taken the same as composition powder.

FEVER POWDER.

Powdered Crawley Root        1 ounce.

" Peruvian Bark           1 ounce.

Composition    1 ounce.

" Lobelia Herb 1/2 ounce.

" Cayenne        1 teaspoonful.

To be well mixed. Dose, half a teaspoonful in half a cupful of hot water, every 3 hours.

ANTI-SCORBUTIC POWDER.

Powdered Sarsaparilla            1 ounces.

" Sassafras       1 ounce.

" Burdock        1 ounce.

" Mandrake     1 ounce

" Blue Flag      1 ounce.

" Cayenne        1 teaspoonful.

To be well mixed. Good in all scorbutic diseases. Dose - One teaspoonful in half a cupful of hot water 3 times a day.