Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1838-08-31


impartial verdict) that its curative effects are
intellectually superior to those of any other med
icine now in use. Proud of this superiority,
we scorn fictitious aid, but give il to the world
for what il is, SIPMLY A compound of FOUR
SIMPLE HERBS, used for the cure IF dis
ease, BY THE COPPER COLORED WAR
RIORS OF THE WEST. One oft the herbs
is an erpectorant, one sudorifc, one diu-
retic, and one cathartic. The proper COM
bination of the above forms medicine, of such
EFFICACY and POWER as has been hith-
erto unknown in the art of healing. Its mode
of curing is first to neutraze all putrefactve
matter in the body; second to cause the expul-
sion OF the same through the proper outlets,
provided by nature for that purpose; conse-
quently its action is not confined to the bowels,
although it is greatest there, but extends to the
nostrils, throat, saval glands, lungs, skin and
kidneys.
Each ofthe above drains is intended by ma
turc for the discharge of an excrction or impu-
rity peculiar to itself, and although we may for
| time compel the constitution to evacuale the
whole through one drain, such treatment cam
not fail to derange the mechanism of the body,
and utterly ruin the health of the patient. IL
is true that all diseases arise from impurities Of
the blood, but it is also true that nature has
provided many different channels for the dis
charge of these impurities; therefore we are
not likely TO benefit the patient by trampng
on the laws Of nature, in bringing all the diI-
ierent kinds of excretory matter through one
channel; hence the evil Of attempting 10 cure
all diseases by a course of sweating, or vomit-
ing, or physicing, or any other method which
opens only one class Of eXcretores.
No medicine deserves to be called a Univer-
sat Remedy unless its effects extend to each and
every one of the natural drains and this pow
er is not even claimed by any medicine except
the Indian Purgative. In accordance with
these several properties, the operation Of the
Indian Purgativc is regulated by the state of
the patients body. Thus, if the ohstructing
matter is lodged in the urinal excretories, il
will act as a dIurctic: if in the bronchial ves-
sells or pulmonary excretories, it will induce ex-
pectoration; lin the cells Of the cellular MEM
brane or excretories of the skin, gentle aud ef-
iectual perspiration will be kept up; and, under
every combination of circumstances il will act
n more or less as a cathartic. Here il is proper
: to remark, that although the purgative always
induces an incre ased number OF alvine evncua-
tions, and is capable Of overcoming the most
obstinate cases OF costiveness, it does not raise
: 4" hurricane" i'll the bowels, nor waste the
healthy Juices by oveT-action. Its effects ex
tend to every part of the system, and for that
reason are not liable to over action in any part.
No disease ever or ever will be cured
: unless by medicines which produce the effects
: above mentioned. Every system Of practice is
q more or less perfect, in proportion TO its power
y of acting on the different excretories and tho
u Indian system claims pre-eminence only because
1t possesses the power of opening, and keeping
open, all the natural drains.
U The inestimable value of a medicine which
will act on all the excretories, at one aud tho
same time, is more apparent when we reflect
that the human body Is a complicated machine,
consisting of numbelless different and distinc {
members, all of which are intimately con-
nected, and mutually descendant, that no ono
!, part can be injured without producing a cor
J. responding degree of injury on every other
6 part; Therefore, one pa't OF the body cannot be
re diseased, and another part healthy; neither can
3 one part be cured while another part remains
m diseased. Disease begins in the blood, and as
T. the blood flows TO every part Of the system,
every part of the system must become more or
Il. less diseased; no disease is cured unless the
cause is removed, and to remove therause we
= must restore the blood to a healthy state, and
If the blood is made healthy, every part of the
~ body must be The same.
IN We have now illustrated the natural or In
or dian system of Practice, and the more it is in
IN vestigated the more reasonable il appears; as
n regards its TRUTH have only TO reflect that il
was taught by NATURE, and therefore must b.
true. When the body stands in need Of nour-
80 ishment, we are impeled by hunger to eat; and
- when il is diseased we are mpelled by instinct
To use medicine; and there cannot be dOuh
that if we lived in state Of nature, this in
m sinctive feeling would always direct as To III,
OF PROPER MEDICINE: hence the superior
OF ty of the Indian System. The art of healing
was first learned in the woods, and to this da,
the untntored savage is the best medical teach
ol er; for the Indian practice is the only which
is consonant to those eternal and immuiab,
laws which govern the animal economy.
Having already proved that the Indian Pur
gative acts in direct accordance with thu
LAWS OF NATURE and is therefore equa
to the cure of every durable disease, we viii
now enumerate few of the complaints 70
which it has been tried, and found certs
cure among the Indians, and white settlers q
the Far West. These are Intermittent, Re
militant, Nervous, lnilammatory, and Putii
Fevers; Measles, Erysipelas, and SMALLPOX
lnflammations of the Brain, of the Throat, &
the Stomach, Of the Lungs, of the Liver G
the Intestines, the Kidneys, and the Bladder
} Rheumatism, both Acute and Chronic Spittn
and Vomiting of Blood, DiarrhGa, Dysente
ry, and Coles; Syncope, Apoplexy, and ara
lysis; Dyspepsia, and Hypochondriass; Teta
nus, Epilepsy, Hopping Cough Asthma ali
lie Palpitation of the Heart; lncipient ConsumI
Nd ton, and Maramus; Dropsy of the Head til
as Chest, the Abdomen and the Limbs; ScrofulG
IN Scurvy, and SyphiiliS; Bronchocele and Can
nd GER Gravel and Strangury, Loss of Appetite
~ Costiveness, Sick headache, Flatuency, Pain
ne in the Stomach, Pains in the Back and Side
sl,'' and other complaints of the Kidneys aud Liy
~ er; Ulcers and Sores of every description; Hys
nv. tericks, Weak Nerves and Lowness of Spirits
he as well as Leucorrhoea, Menorrhoea, Suppress
80 sion, and other delicate female complaints. BE
he sides the above, it has been found invaluable i
,l the diseases of Infants so that in the new sci
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