Title: Lockjaw
Categories: Info Herb
Yield: 1 Recipe

If from a wound, wiash it with arnica water; bind a grated beet uppon it; rub around the would, but nnot on it with turpentine. Give ipecac in sufficient doses to nauseate; this will relax the nerves. If medicine cannot be swallowed, use an enema of ipecac and laudanum. Use twice as much as when taken by the mouth. Lose no time in procuring medical treatment.

Note: Texas pioneer remedy

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

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