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Show Remedy for Whooping Couorr. Make a syrup of prickly pear, Upwi-tin Upwi-tin vulgaris) and drink freely. Take about three moderate sized leaves of the prickly pear to a quart ot cold water; cut up in pieces, and boil Jowly about half an hour, strain out all tbe prickles through close muslin or linen, sweeten with white sugar, and boil a little longer. A Bafe aud sure cure, and so pleasant to tbe taste that infants will take it with a relish. It is also good for coid that settles in tbe throat or lungs. This species of cactus grows in rocky and sandy places, or is grown in gardens. |