Or, mix one drachm and a half of saltpetre, two ounces of honey, and six ounces of rose-water. For scorbutic gums, mix six ounces of infusion of roses, one ounce of borax, and one ounce of honey of roses. To make the Cayenne pepper gargle, pour six ounces of boiling water upon one scruple of Cayenne pepper; cover it, and let it stand for three hours. 420. _To cure Hiccough._--This is caused by flatulency, indigestion, and acidity. It may be relieved generally by a sudden fright or surprise, or any sudden application of cold; also by drinking cold water slowly; eating a small piece of ice, taking a pinch of snuff, or anything that excites coughing. Or, take one tea-spoonful of common vinegar. 421. _A simple cure for Dysentery--which has never failed._--Take some butter off the churn, immediately after being churned, just as it is, without being salted or washed; clarify it over the fire like honey. Skim off all the milky particles when melted over a clear fire. Let the patient (if an adult) take two table-spoonfuls of the clarified remainder, twice or thrice within the day. This has never failed to effect a cure, and in many cases it has been almost instantaneous. 422. _For Diarrhœa._--Fill a tea-cup with dry flour, press it down, and cover it with a buttered cloth, tying it very closely; boil it three hours, when turn it out to cool into a hard mass. Grate a tea or a dessert-spoonful of it into peppermint water for children, or into a glass of port wine for adults. 423. _Chalk Mixture._--Mix half an ounce of prepared chalk, the same of lump sugar, and one ounce of powdered gum Arabic, with a pint of water. This is an excellent remedy for diarrhœa. 424. _Fig Paste for Constipation._--Cut up small one pound of figs, and mix it with two ounces of senna carefully picked over, and one tea-cupful of molasses; stew it till it becomes thoroughly mixed and firm; then cool it. A piece about half as large as a fig will generally be sufficient. 425. _Laxatives._--Infusions of Epsom salts and senna are often taken as laxatives, or opening medicines. It is a well-known fact, that a tea-spoonful of salts in a tumbler of cold water, if drunk before breakfast, is as effectual a dose as the usual ounce. Senna, too, if steeped in cold water, is equally efficacious, and free from the nauseous bitter taste which it has when infused in boiling water. 426. _To cure Boils._--Boil in half a pint of milk one table-spoonful of shot; pour it off, and drink it in small doses.