loaf sugar

“The roots of the spearmint or peppermint, boiled to a strong tea and sweetened with loaf sugar is an excellent remedy for puking and purging in infants -- (called cholera infantum.) The spearmint is said by some to be an efficacious remedy for suppression of urine, gravelly affections, &c.; it is prepared by bruising the green herb and adding enough of the fourth proof Holland gin to make a saturated tincture -- dose, a wine glassful taken as often as the patient can bear it.”

The Cherokee Physician, or Indian Guide to Health, as Given by Richard Foreman, a Cherokee Doctor; Comprising a Brief View of Anatomy, With General Rules for Preserving Health without the Use of Medicines. The Diseases of the U. States, with Their Symptoms, Causes, and Means of Prevention, are Treated on in a Satisfactory Manner. It Also Contains a Description of a Variety of Herbs and Roots, Many of which are not Explained in Any Other Book, and their Medical Virtues have Hitherto been Unknown to the Whites; To which is Added a Short Dispensatory.