Powdered rhubarb 1 heaping teaspoonful
Soda 1/4 teaspoonful
Sugar 1 teaspoonful
Peppermint essence 1/2 teaspoonful
Hot water 1/2 cup (scant)
Dose:--One-half teaspoonful every hour until bowels show signs of right
color.
The soda and the peppermint will tone up the stomach and relieve any
trouble present there, while the rhubarb will act on the bowels and carry
off all impurities.
3. Bowel Trouble, Rhubarb and Licorice for.--"Compound tincture of rhubarb
one ounce bicarbonate of soda 1 dram, fluid extract of licorice 1 dram,
pure water 6 ounces. Give from one to two teaspoonfuls according to the
age of the child." This will be found a very good treatment for this
trouble, and one that has been thoroughly tried.
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