To take away heat in the face

Title: To take away heat in the face
Date: 1694/1795
Description: A remedy to help reduce redness or possibly inflammation in the face, using herb-of-grace, sage, bay leaf, and sulfur, boiled together and mixed with butter.
Transcript: Rx a handfull of herbigrace as much Sage shred very small. half a ounce of bay leves husked and beaten to pouder, and the quanty of a wall nut of brimstone mingled to gether the bay leves and - brimstone will beat beter together then a sunder then take half a pound of buter out of the churne boyle the hearbs in it till it be Grene then straine it out put in the pouder and stir it well to gether till it be anoint the face at night & wash it of in the morning
Subject: See all items with this value herb of grace (Ruta graveolens); See all items with this value sage (herb); See all items with this value bay (herb); See all items with this value brimstone (sulfur); See all items with this value butter; See all items with this value remedies (health); See all items with this value ointments
Contributor: Abu-Bader, Nagham; Le, Vincent; Grimm, Stephanie; Bakir, Mehtap
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.

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