Number 7, Composition Powder
Two pounds of Bayberry root bark, one pound of the inner bark of hemlock, one pound of Ginger, two ounces of Capsicum, two ounces of cloves, all pounded fine, sifted through a fine sieve, and well mixed together. For a dose, a teaspoonful of the powder in half a teacupful of boiling water; permitted to stand until sufficiently cool, strained, then one tablespoonful of honey added, patient put to bed or in a pack bath and the remedy given.
This remedy is ideal in the first stages of diseases such as colds, chills and fevers. It is a remedy of great value, and may be given safely in all complaints of men, women and children
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and will destroy at the onset the greater part of acute diseases.
It is excellent to relax, in dysentery, pain in the stomach and bowels, and to remove obstructions caused by cold or loss of inward heat and vitality. By taking a dose on retiring and applying a hot water bottle or electric pad to the feet, it will ward off or cure a cold, and repeated several times quickly will cut short an attack of pleurisy and other lung affections. When the symptoms are violent, with much pain, add to each dose a teaspoonful of No. 6, and five grains of No. 1. In nervous symptoms add half a teaspoonful of the nerve powder, and in giving an internal bath, do likewise. In very severe attacks and where the services of a good physician cannot be had, a regular course of medicine should be given.
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