water, and a little orange or lemon rind; boil this gently
for about ten minutes, and then strain it through muslin into a jug;
sweeten with honey or sugar, add the juice of a lemon, stir all
together, and give this beverage to allay irritation of the chest and
lungs--in the latter case, the lemon juice had better be omitted.
Linseed tea in its purest form is an excellent accessory in aiding to
relieve such as are afflicted with gout, gravel, etc.

No. 210. CAMOMILE TEA.

Put about thirty flowers into a jug, pour a pint of boiling water upon
them, cover up the tea, and when it has stood about ten minutes, pour it
off from the flowers into another jug; sweeten with sugar or honey;
drink a tea-cupful of it fasting in the morning to strengthen the
digestive organs, and restore the liver to healthier action. A
tea-cupful of camomile tea, in which is stirred a large dessert-spoonful
of moist sugar, and a little grated ginger, is an excellent thing to
administer to aged people a couple of hours before their dinner.

No. 211. BALM AND BURRAGE TEA.

These, as well as all other medicinal herbs, may easily be cultivated in
a corner of your garden, when you are so fortunate as to live in a
cottage of your own in the country; they are also to be obtained from
all herbalists in large towns. Take of balm and burrage a small handful
each, put this into a jug, pour in upon the herbs a quart of boiling
water, allow the tea to stand for ten minutes, and then strain it off
into another jug, and let it become cold. This cooling drink is
recommended as a beverage for persons whose system has become heated
from any cause.

No. 212. SAGE OR MARYGOLD TEA.

Put a dozen sage leaves into a tea-pot, pour boiling water upon them,
and, after allowing the tea to stand for five or ten minutes, it may be
drunk with sugar and milk, in the same way and instead of the cheaper
kinds of teas, which are sold for foreign teas, but which are too often
composed of some kind of leaf more or less resembling the real plant,
without any of its genuine fragrance, and are, from their spurious and
almost poisonous nature, calculated to produce evil to all who consume
them, besides the drawback of their being expensive articles.

Teas made from sage leaves, dried mint, marygolds, and more
particularly the leaf of the black currant tree, form a very pleasant as
well as wholesome kind of beverage; and, if used in equal proportions,
would be found to answer