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Category Archives: Tonics, ointments, etc.

Cough Syrup

September 5, 2014
By: adgoFiled under Box of G.Y. (Wichita, Kansas), Kansas, Non-recipe, Tonics, ointments, etc., Wichita. Tagged brown sugar, lemons, menthol crystals, simple syrup, sugar. Bookmark the permalink. Leave a comment

A practical recipe to have around in the 1920s.

Grandma’s Cure For Sniffles

August 20, 2014
By: adgoFiled under Box of Unk. (Quincy, Massachusetts), Massachusetts, Non-recipe, Quincy, Tonics, ointments, etc.. Tagged baking soda, gargle, lemon, non-recipe. Bookmark the permalink. Leave a comment

It’s a treatment, not a cure, of course.

Liniment From Mrs. Weber

June 14, 2014
By: adgoFiled under Book of Unk. (Sterling, Colorado), Colorado, Non-recipe, Sterling, Tonics, ointments, etc.. Tagged alcohol, ammonia, liniment, linseed oil, Mrs. Weber, oil, turpentine. Bookmark the permalink. Leave a comment

Well, this certainly would be, uhm, fragrant.

Farm Remedies

February 21, 2014
By: adgoFiled under Book of Unk. (Sterling, Colorado), Colorado, Non-recipe, Sterling, Tonics, ointments, etc.. Tagged asafoetida, cream of tartar, Epsom salts, hyposulphite, lactated pepsin, lemon juice, Listerine, potato. Bookmark the permalink. 1 Comment

Most of these actually work, believe it or not.

Smallpox Cure

July 29, 2013
By: adgoFiled under Box of A.D. (Lutz, Florida), Florida, Lutz, Non-recipe, Tonics, ointments, etc.. Tagged cream of tartar, hot water, no. Bookmark the permalink. 1 Comment

Spoiler alert: it doesn’t work.

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