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This recipe from the late eighteenth century includes smartweed, coltsfoot, honey, and liquorice. While the intended use of this remedy was unrecorded, both coltsfoot and smartweed were used in herbal preparations for respiratory illnesses, with licorice and honey associated with homeopathy treatment for a sore throat. A combination of such ingredients in a tea suggests the intended user was suffering from a variation of the common cold.
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About This Item
- Title: Medical recipe, ca. 1790
- Creation Date: circa 1790
- Subject Date: circa 1790
- Location: ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Local Code: Coll. S-659
- Collection: Medical remedies
- Object Type: Text
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- Medicinal plants--Therapeutic use--18th century
- Medicine--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions--18th century--Manuscripts
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