Family Herbal - Electric Scotland

xxiv. INTRODUCTION.
and to promote the metises, is made of a pound
and half of dry pennyroyal, a gallon of spirit,
and six quarts of water, drawing off a
gallon.
4. Anniseed water, which is good in the colic,
and is made with a pound of anniseed, a pound
of angelica seed, mid two gallons of spirit, with
one gallon of water, distilling oft' two gallons.
No
more of these are necessary : but before I close
this article of distilling, I shall add the making
of lavender water, spirit of lavender, and Hungary
water, which are preparations of the same
kind, and very easy.
Lavender water, is made from a pound of
fresh lavender flowers, and a gallon of molosse*
spirit, with two quarts of water ; five pints are to be
distilled off. Hungary water is made of a pound
and half of rosemary tops with the flowers, a
grill on of spirit, and a gallon of water, distilling
off live pints : and to make the spirit of lavender,
or palsy drops, mix three pints of lavender
wafer, and one pint of Hungary water, and
add to this half an ounce of cinnamon, the
and three drams of
same quantity of nutmegs,
red saunders wood ; these are to stand together
till Hie spirit is well coloured.
This is all the family practitioner
will need
with, :
distilling a short account, but sufficient.
As for tinctures, which arc a
great
article
with the
apothecary and chemist, making a
great shew, and really very useful ; I would
have several of them kept, and they are as
easily made as the waters, nav, more easily.
IWolosses spirit
is all that is necessary
for this
purpose.
It would he well to keep tinctures of all
ifi'jii and harks, which are said to he good dried