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Wormwood tea is also highly recommended SWAIM'S VERMIFUGE 2 ounces wormseed 1˝ ounces valerian 1˝ ounces rhubarb 1˝ ounces pink-root 1˝ ounces white agaric Boil in sufficient water to yield 3 quarts of decoction, and add to it 30 drops of oil of tansy and 45 drops of oil of cloves, dissolved in a quart of rectified spirits.— Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage
They require to be dried before the decoction is made; but this can be done in a short time over a fire; and so in a short time it was done, Norman having parched them upon heated stones.— The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North
He accordingly made a decoction, and not long after had an opportunity of trying it upon himself.— The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela
By sunset I had come to the conclusion, that whatever else my decoction might be, it was not a poison, and with, I must confess, a certain amount of fear and trepidation, I at last prevailed upon myself to administer the draught, sitting down forthwith to watch and await the result.— The Congo Rovers A Story of the Slave Squadron

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