Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-06-11
WHITE MUSTARD SEED.

The following observations on the efficacy OF
White Mustard Ted (taken wholly are from
late British Nedica Journal.
In the m nth of Jane, 1892, | made trial Of
the White Mustard Seed merely an apericnt;
when the generally improved state OF my ieei-
mos which soon follow, d, inclined me ~ give II
credit for other medical properties OF at least
equal value, | gave il TO some OF the SICK poor
in the neighbourhood,a and with success when
excited nv aslonishment. From that Time 20
the present have been in the habit OF recom-
-Wsadi9g il -YsrXa aad lhS @nlal999
confirmed, that the public are not aware o, Its
very extraordinary powers, nor OF the very
great variety of cases 10 which il is applicable,
and that in order 10 its adoption as remedy
for disease its virtues require only to be known.
The White Mustard Seed is an almost Gers
tain remedy for all complaints connected with
dlsordercd functions of the stomach, liver and
bowels. and as such has been eminently sue
cessGul in the following (among other) cases,
yiz:-ln tendency Of blood - the head head
ache, weakness Of the eyes and voice, * hoarse,
ness; in asthma, shortness OF breath, wheezine,
cough, ard other distressing affections OF the
stomach; in debility, uneaslnr SIS, pain and sense
of tenderness and soreness in me int rior, and
porIicuIarly al the pit OF the stomach b, and pam
in the sides and lower part ofthe body, in ST an
~ and redundant flow OF bile, in distractions
that may lead 10 soirrhous liver, and other NOR
bid affections of that organ in dehrIent perspl-
ration gravel, SC anty and unheaithy state OF the
urine and other disorders of the skin and kid
news; in relaxed aud irritaIed bowels, fatulence,
and OCCASIONAL aud haallual costiventss; in Sc
we're colds, rheumatism, iumbaso, spasms and
cramp in the body aud limbs, partial & general
dropsy, palsy. GOODNESS and numbness Of the
limbs and feet, loss ofappctire, failure Of sleep
weakness Of nerves, depressions OF spirits, and
general debility Of the system. In ague, govt
rheumatic fever, epilepsy, scrofula, scur,y, cry
sipess or 81. Aulhony's tire, in the dreadful
painful affection called the duuloureuX, and in
recovery from the smaf pox, ,yphus and scar
let fevers, and other severe disorders come cted
with depravtd state of the interior, il has been
taken with very considerable advantage. For
the long round worms and the small white ones
alst, il is incomparably the best remedy hither>
70 discovered, irasmuch as both in children *
crown up persons il not only destroys those
reptiles, but if persevered in long enough 10
restore the tone Of the stomach and bowels,
will prevent their recurrence in future The
following case furnishes a striking proof Of The
extraordinary remedial power OF the Mustard
Seed. A very respectable Surgeon and Apoih-
ecary whom have long known, a person Of re-
gular * rather abstemious habits, who whilst
during a period of so years had sustained he
fatigue OF an extensive country practice with
scarcely days illness, at the age of 50 Was
suddenly attacked with a severe pain in the left
side and lower part of the body, Surprising
the pain to arise from cons,ipated bowels he
had recourse to callomei, rhubarb, Castor oil &
several other active aperents, but without OBJ
tanning relief He then took an emelic, was
bled largely in the arm, used hot bath, wa.
blistered in the part affected, lay for seventy
hours in most proiuse Precipitation. By this
ueascment the pain gradually abated, leaving
him however at the end of four day extremely
weak & emaciated. For the space of two years
.r,er he had frequent and severe returns Of the
psiu; aud his constitution being undermined,
The stomach, liver and kidneys, became sens,
rly affected, and indigestion, constipation and
HaIuknee succeeded, With the appearance oil