This section is from the book "A Guide To Health", by Benjamin Colby. Also available from Amazon: A Guide To Health.
Take of Cayenne .................................. 1/4 oz.
lobelia, herb ............................... 1 oz.
slippery elm (Ulmus fulva) .............. 2 oz.
skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus) ........ 1 oz.
wake robin (Trillium) ..................... 1 oz.
valerian ...................................... 1 oz.
prickly ash (Zanthoxylum) ............. 1 oz.
All finely pulverized, and well mixed.
Half a teaspoonful in hot water, sweetened, once in two or three hours. Valuable in all cases of cough, consumption, croup, asthma, hoarseness, etc.
 
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