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

See all items with this valuemint (herb)

See all items with this valueplantain

See all items with this valuesuet

See all items with this valueMalva (mallow)

See all items with this valuePortulaca quadrifida (chicken weed)

See all items with this valueSenecio vulgaris (groundsel)

See all items with this valueGlechoma hederacea (alehoof)

See all items with this valueCynoglossum officinale (houndstongue)

See all items with this valueApium graveolens (smallage)

See all items with this valueSambucus nigra (elder)

See all items with this valuemilk

See all items with this valueoatmeal

See all items with this valuePlantago afra (plantain)

See all items with this valueroses

See all items with this valuesuet

See all items with this valueboiling (cooking)

See all items with this valuebreasts

See all items with this valueillness

See all items with this valueremedies (health)

See all items with this valuepoultices

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.