{"collection":"ame","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/ame/pow/pow160.htm","path":"ame/pow/pow160.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/ame/pow/pow160.htm","text":"Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend, by John George Hoffman, [1820]\nPEACHES.\nThe flowers of the peach-tree, prepared like salad, opens the bowels, and is of use in the dropsy. Six or seven peeled kernels of the peach-stone, eaten daily, will ease the gravel; they are also said to prevent drunkenness, when eaten before meals.\nWhoever loses his hair should pound up peach kernels; mix them with vinegar, and put them on the bald place.\nThe water distilled from peach flowers opens the bowels of infants and destroys their worms.","title":"Pow-Wows: Appendix: Peaches","type":"page"}