Title: Asthma
Categories: Info Herb
Yield: 1 Recipe

Half an ounce of hydrate of potash put in a pint of water. Dose: a tsp. three times a day.

Another remedy: Saturate the dried leaves of the Jamestown weed (dry in the shade) with a strong solution of saltpeter; smoke it; fill the mouth with the smoke, then open the lips and draw in the breath. Gather the leaves before they are injured by frost.

For hay or rose asthma use quinine; two grains is a dose; repeat if necessary.

Note: Texas pioneer remedies

Source: "Brush Country Cookbook, Pleasanton's Bicentenial Cookbook", 1976

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