A poultise [poultice] for a sore brest
Item
- Title
- A poultise [poultice] for a sore brest
- Date
- 1694/1795
- Description
- A remedy for treating a sore breast, possibly related to breastfeeding.
- Transcript
- [strikeout] Take malowes Chickenweed grounsell ale hoof hounds tonge leaves in the Sumer roots in the Winter spearmint Elder leaves Smalage plantain an handfull of every one Wash and chop them boyl them Get milk thicken it with gross oatmeal beaten when it is almost boyled put in a good handfull of red rose leaves & some Mutton suet shred small & boyl it a little longer till it be thck so use it hot every day - - after this use a searcloath
- Subject
- mint (herb)See all items with this value
- plantain (Plantago lanceolata)See all items with this value
- suetSee all items with this value
- mallow (Malva)See all items with this value
- chicken weed (Portulaca quadrifida)See all items with this value
- groundsel (Senecio vulgaris)See all items with this value
- alehoof (Glechoma hederacea)See all items with this value
- houndstongue (Cynoglossum officinale)See all items with this value
- smallage (Apium graveolens)See all items with this value
- elder (Sambucus nigra)See all items with this value
- milkSee all items with this value
- oatmealSee all items with this value
- plantain (Plantago lanceolata)See all items with this value
- rosesSee all items with this value
- boiling (cooking)See all items with this value
- breastsSee all items with this value
- illnessSee all items with this value
- remedies (health)See all items with this value
- poulticesSee all items with this value
- mixingSee all items with this value
- boilingSee all items with this value
- Contributor
- Abu-Bader, Nagham
- Le, Vincent
- Grimm, Stephanie
- Salahuddin, Shafiya
- Source
- Elizabeth Fairfax cookbook, Collection #C0202, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
- Publisher
- George Mason University Libraries
- Rights
- Public domain. There are no known restrictions.