Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1877 — Freckles and Sunburns. [ARTICLE]

Freckles and Sunburns.

First, bruise and then squeeze the juice out of the common chick weed, and to this juice add three times its quantity of soft water. Bathe the skin with this for five or ten minutes, and wash afterwards with clean water night and morning. Second, elder-flowers treated and applied exactly in the same manner. When the flowers are not to be had, the distilled water from them (which may be procured from any druggist) will answer the purpose. Third, honey, one ounce, mixed with one pint of lukewarm water ; when cold it forms a good lotion. This is commonly called honeywash. Fourth, take carbonate of potass, twenty grains; milk of almonds, three ounces; oil of sassafras, three drops. Mix and apply two or three times a day,