Herbal Tablet Recipes

LIVER PILLS.

Powdered Mandrake	1/2 ounce.
" Golden Seal	1/2 ounce.
" Saffron	1/2 ounce.
Extract of Dandelion	1 ounce.

Add a few drops of oil of aniseed, and if too dry to form into pills, add a little mucilage of gum Arabic. Dose - One, two, or three night and morning, according as they operate. Excellent in all liver complaints.

INDIGESTION PILLS

Socrotine Aloes	4 ounces.
Castile Soap	2 ounces.
Colocynth	2 ounces.
Gamboge	2 ounces.
Extract of Gentian	4 ounces.
Oil of Cloves	2 drachms.

Mix and form into pills the size of a pea. Dose - One or two morning and evening. This is a very valuable pill - cleansing the stomach and restoring the tone without creating debility.

DINNER PILLS.

Powd. Cayenne	2 ounces.
" Bitter Root	1/2 ounce.
" Canada Balsam	1 drachm.

Mix and form into pills, one to be taken every three hours. Good in impaired digestion, weakness of the circulation, &c.

INDIAN PILLS.

Powd. Socrotine Aloes	4 ounces.
Rhubarb	1 ounce.
Golden Seal	1 ounce.
Castile Soap	1 ounce.
Fennel Seed	1 ounce.
Cayenne	1/2 ounce.

To be mixed with the contents of an ox gall, which has been concentrated in the oven till it forms a paste. Dose - From one to four.

Useful in indigestion, headache, giddiness, bilious complaints, flatulency, &c.

FEMALE PILLS.

Pwd. Socrotine Aloes	1 ounce.
Jalap	1 ounce.
Gum Myrrh	1/2 ounce.
Saffron	1/2 ounce.
" Black Cohosh	2 drachms.

Mix with Venice turpentine and form into pills the size of a pea.

Dose: Two or three twice a day, and drink a tea made of pennyroyal.

Useful in all obstruction, also for headache depression of spirits, nervous affections, &c.

RHEUMATIC PILLS.

Extract of Poke Root	1 ounce.
Gum Turpentine	1 ounce.
Gum Guaiacum	1 ounce.
Rhubarb	1 ounce.

Melt the three first ingredients, and then add the Rhubarb and form into pills. Dose: Two three times a day.

DIURETIC PILLS.

Balsam of Tolu	1/2 ounce.
Solidified Copiaba	1 ounce.
Extract of Cubebs	1/2 ounce.
" Dandelion	1/2 ounce.

Add a few drops of oil of Juniper and form into pills. Dose: Two or three, three times a day.

An invaluable pill for diseases of the kidneys and bladder, also in gravel, gonorrhoea, gleet, and fluor albus.

COUGH PILLS (Dr. James).

Powdered Lobelia Seed	1/2 ounce.
Canada Balsam	1/2 ounce.
Extract of Balm of Gilead Buds	1/2 ounce.
Tar	1/2 ounce.

Incorporate well together, and add twenty drops of oil of aniseed, bring to a proper consistency with linseed flour, and form into pills.

Dose: Two pills night and morning, or at any time when the cough is troublesome.

NER VINE PILLS.

Powdered Valerian	1 ounce.
Extract of Gentian	1 ounce.
Assafoetida Gum	1 ounce.
Extract of Hops	1 ounce.
Carbonate of Ammonia	1 ounce.

Melt the gum over the fire, then add the other ingredients. Form into pills. Dose - One or two at bedtime.

Useful in all nervous and hysterical complaints.

LOBELIA PILLS.

Powd. Lobelia Seed	1 ounce.
" Scullcap	1 drachm.
" Cayenne	1 /2drachm.

Mucilage of gum Arabic to form into pills.

Dose: Two pills night and morning.

An excellent pill for cleansing the stomach, regulating the bile, flatulency, colic, &c.

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