18th Century Scottish Ointment – Hastings Natural Salve Recipe

Early 18th-century Scottish Receipt
– A Hastings Ointment –
From An Early 18th Century Rural Scottish Herbal Recipe Book Held In A Private Collection In Glasgow
Original Historical Recipe
Available in 4 convenient sizes:
-Sample Size: 1/8 oz screw top plastic recyclable container
-Regular Size: 3/4 oz amber glass jar w/white metal lid
-Large Size: 2oz frosted glass jar w/black plastic lid
-X-Large Size: 4 oz frosted glass jar w/black metal lid: 3.7 oz of product
Historical Label
*Please recycle containers after use.

I love searching for rare recipes. So many of them have been lost throughout the centuries. I am so happy to be able to have the opportunity to reproduce this one. It’s important historically because not only is it a very, very old recipe from the early 18th century in Scotland- but it is one of the examples of how families kept their own recipes and passed them from generation to generation to be re-copied and added to (usually by the women in the family). Books like this are RARE and usually in private collections. Trying to read them is another puzzle because they are all written in code. The plants usually have common “slang” names which were popular during a specific time, town, or region, maybe even nicknames specific to that family. When I obtained this recipe. It wasn’t an easy read as it was written in code, therefore I had to do a lot of research to figure out what plants they were referring to. Also, this recipe did not have exact measurements (as was very common). It took me a little over a year to figure it all out.

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