Mild and effective passages may be insured through the
use of whey. Whey is really the clear water that gathers
in the clabber. To obtain it we simply need to set a quart
of milk aside, either in a bottle or jar. Cover the jar with a
paper lid. It matters not whether the jar stands in the light
or a dark place, but it should not be near a stove or a
radiator. After five to eight days' standing, the whey-
water will be ready for use. One wineglassful of that
water✪ Whey Preparation taken upon an empty stomach will act upon the liver,
while one hour after a meal a wineglassful of whey-water
will aid and hasten digestion, acting readily upon the kid-
neys. It will prove a great factor in colds and break fevers.
Use whey-water only at intervals, from time to time, or
whenever absolutely necessary. Whey acts better upon the
system than the best prepared lemon concoctions.
Be sure you rub the toes and pinch them every night and
morning if you catch cold easily. Make it a point to run
your fingers between the toes until the latter get dry and
hot.
Camomile blossoms as tea are now in order and used
with a little ginger root will prove as a tonic and a relief
in pulmonary affections. Those troubled with indiges-
tion should not use ginger.
A change of garments after a walk in the cold and
damp air on a wet day will do more in warding oft* dis-
ease than the taking of medicine, while a hot bath after
a hard day's work or uncomfortable travel will do more
in resting a person than the squarest meal, or a good bed.
After a good but quick bath and the change to cleaner
garments the simplest of meal will prove most wholesome,
and a few hours' restful sleep, renew the vital forces and
recreate one's powers for further activity.
202
JANUARY,
Much bread and potatoes ought not to be eaten, unless
plenty of fruit or raw vegetables are eaten at the same
meal.
Cereals, even cornmeals and oatmeals, are in order, but
the invalid should remember that he still has to avoid
grains in quantities.
Raw peanuts eaten with raw prunes not only act upon
the bowels, but remove mucus and phlegm. Very desira-
ble in colds, coughs and catarrhs.
In case of colds abstain from baths, just rub the body
and particularly your feet quite often with a rough towel.
Upon your chest pour eucalyptus oil and place a blotter
over it. Repeat this treatment daily, twice. Let bill of
fare be light; green onion tops and onions eat at night.
If raw ones disagree, place them into an oven and bake
them, sugared well, to golden brown. Use them quite
freely and to back of neck and throat and face, hot water
applications make and almond oil apply. At night for
comforters do pray, and use an extra underlay. As to your
breathing, clear the nostrils with hot water spray. Keep
busy, occupy your mind with labors of the day. As you
have done your part you need no longer be alarmed, as
Nature's laws the progress of disease sha'l stay. Remain
resolved and from calamity you'll surely be absolved.
Onions will be of inestimable value to those who are
much exposed to chills. Eat stewed onions, fried onions,
baked onions and onions with apples.
Where a cough has advanced to severity, check it at once
by using one stick of licorice dissolved in one-half pint of
fine brandy, using two or three tablespoonfuls of it every
time you cough. One-half pint will sufBce to check the
trouble.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Mild and effective passages may be insured through the use of whey. Whey is really the clear water that gathers in the clabber. To obtain it we simply need to set a quart of milk aside, either in a bottle or jar. Cover the jar with a paper lid. It matters not whether the jar stands in the light or a dark place, but it should not be near a stove or a radiator. After five to eight days' standing, the whey-water will be ready for use. One wineglassful of that water taken upon an empty stomach will act upon the liver, while one hour after a meal a wineglassful of whey-water will aid and hasten digestion, acting readily upon the kidneys. It will prove a great factor in colds and break fevers. Use whey-water only at intervals, from time to time, or whenever absolutely necessary. Whey acts better upon the system than the best prepared lemon concoctions.
Be sure you rub the toes and pinch them every night and morning if you catch cold easily. Make it a point to run your fingers between the toes until the latter get dry and hot.
Camomile blossoms as tea are now in order and used with a little ginger root will prove as a tonic and a relief in pulmonary affections. Those troubled with indigestion should not use ginger.
A change of garments after a walk in the cold and damp air on a wet day will do more in warding off disease than the taking of medicine, while a hot bath after a hard day's work or uncomfortable travel will do more in resting a person than the squarest meal, or a good bed. After a good but quick bath and the change to cleaner garments the simplest of meal will prove most wholesome, and a few hours' restful sleep, renew the vital forces and recreate one's powers for further activity.
JANUARY,
Much bread and potatoes ought not to be eaten, unless plenty of fruit or raw vegetables are eaten at the same meal.
Cereals, even cornmeals and oatmeals, are in order, but the invalid should remember that he still has to avoid grains in quantities.
Raw peanuts eaten with raw prunes not only act upon the bowels, but remove mucus and phlegm. Very desirable in colds, coughs and catarrhs.
In case of colds abstain from baths, just rub the body and particularly your feet quite often with a rough towel. Upon your chest pour eucalyptus oil and place a blotter over it. Repeat this treatment daily, twice. Let bill of fare be light; green onion tops and onions eat at night. If raw ones disagree, place them into an oven and bake them, sugared well, to golden brown. Use them quite freely and to back of neck and throat and face, hot water applications make and almond oil apply. At night for comforters do pray, and use an extra underlay. As to your breathing, clear the nostrils with hot water spray. Keep busy, occupy your mind with labors of the day. As you have done your part you need no longer be alarmed, as Nature's laws the progress of disease sha'l stay. Remain resolved and from calamity you'll surely be absolved.
Onions will be of inestimable value to those who are much exposed to chills. Eat stewed onions, fried onions, baked onions and onions with apples.
Where a cough has advanced to severity, check it at once by using one stick of licorice dissolved in one-half pint of fine brandy, using two or three tablespoonfuls of it every time you cough. One-half pint will suffice to check the trouble.
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