Archaic Herbal remedies
American colonists adopted many healing plants from the Native people and freely mixed that with those plant medicines brought with them from Europe and Asia. Eclectic medicine, flourished in North America in half of the 19th and first half of the 20th centuries and declined in the 1930s under pressure from the American Medical Association. The early 1900's ushered in a sea change in medicine with increased use of compound chemical medicines that replaced the plant based medicines, and botanicals were dismissed from the US. Pharmacopoeia. Much of this information, is from books in the public domain and continues to be of great interest to modern herbalists and others interested in the history and practice of botanical medicine. They are presented here for informational purposes only.
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Outdated Remedies
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- Absinthe circa 1800
- Apoplexy: Lily of the Valley
- ASTHMA. ELIXIR ASTHMATIC:
- Asthma: Saffron
- Balsamic and anti-putrid vinegar
- Bean flower poultice
- Blood Purifier - leeks
- British Herb Tobacco
- Celandine for eyes
- Compound Spirit of Juniper
- Diarrhea Syrup
- Eclectic Emetic
- Elder Blossom Wine
- ESSENCE OF PEPPERMINT
- Gentian Bitters for Stomach Upset
- Homemade rose and sweet flower oils
- Lavender Flower Gargle
- Primrose ointment for Burns
- Rosemary flower tonic
- St. John's Wort Oil - Classic
- Vinegar of Lobelia
- Vinegar of the Four Thieves (Marseilles vinegar)
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