Hood's Sarsaparilla

Hood's Sarsaparilla
Medical Claims	Acts as an agent for "purifying, enriching and vitalizing" of the blood
Vendors	C. I. Hood & Co.

Hood's Sarsaparilla is the brand name for a tonic containing extract of sarsaparilla that was formerly manufactured and sold by C. I. Hood & Co. of Lowell, Massachusetts.

Composition

According to Hood & Co.'s own advertising, the tonic contained: sarsaparilla; yellow dock; stillingia; dandelion; juniper berries; mandrake; wild cherry bark; as well as "other selected roots, barks and herbs." In addition to the herbal extracts, it had an alcohol content of around 18%.

Advertising

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  "This is all right. Hood's Sarsaparilla can't fool me twice." (1886)