The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1838-10-23

! pendent of foreign assistance.
Deeply impressed with the importance of the a
hove mentioned facts venture 10 recommend the
INDIAN PURGATIVE to the patronage OF our
fellow citizens in every section of the Union, as
natural remedy applicable to our constitutions, and
competent every durable dIseuse.
In bringing medicine before the public for the
first time, it generally thought necessary to I'M
press the people with idea of the d,ttcutt'es en-
countered in its discovery, or the u"ttquty 81 is
oIgin thus tells US that his medicine Is ga
| newly discovered chemical compound, the result or
many years intense study and scientific research;
and another ascribes the honor TO someoodyS
| Grandfather DC. Now, as the success OF medi-
cine must depend on It's intrinsic merits, ana
not on the time or hummer in which it was discov-
cred, we cannot see the use OF ialsy ing, Tor the
purpose of investing its org gin with fictitious anti
gully. Such auxiliaries not needed on the
present occasion, single dose Of the Indian Fur.
gative Will suffice tn convince every Invalid (and
TO such only we look for an impartial verdct) thai
It's curat'De etectsare nca'culaby superior TO those
Of any other medicine now in Proud of this
superiority, we scnrn fictitious aid but give It to
the world for what it is, SIMPLY A compound OF
FOUR SIMPLE HERBS, sed for the cure Of dis
ease, hv THE COPPER COLORED WARRIORS
OF THE WEST One of the herbs is an expecto-
rant, sudorifc a duretic, and one cath
tic. The paper combination of the above forms
medicine, Of such EFFICACY aud POWER as
| has been hitherto unknown in The art of healing
Its mode of curing is first 10 neurralize all purea-
tive matter in the body second 10 cause the OK.
pusion of the through the proper outlets,
provided by nature for that purpose consequently
It's action IS not cOnt1ned 10 tie bowels, although
it is greatest there, but extends to the nostris,
! throat, saival glands, lungs shin and Kidneys
Each Of the above drains is intended by nature
for the discharge of excretOn or impurity pecu-
liar to itself, aud although may for time COM
! pei the constitution to evacuate The whole whole
through one drain, such treatment cannot fail TO
derange the mechanism of the body, aud utterly
ruin the health of the patient. 1t is true that all
diseases al :se from impurities Of the blood, but 1t Is
also true that nature has provided many different
channels for the discharge of these impurities -
hann fhn
by irampng the laws vi nature in bringing all
the different kinds of excretory matter through one
channel hence the evil of attempting to cure all
diseases by course OF sweating, or vomiting, or
physicing, or any other method which opens only
class OF eXcretuiies.
No medicine deserves be called Uaioersai
Remedy unless its effects extend TO each and every
one of the natural drains and this power is not ev-
en- claimed by any medicine except the Indian Pur-
gative. la accordance with these several proper
es the operation of the Indian Purgative Is regu-
lated by the state of the patients body. Thus, IT
the obstructng matter is lodged in the urlnal ex'
crerories, 1t will act as dilretic if in the bronch-
al vessels pulmonary eXcretories, It will induce
expectoration; if in the cells of the cellular menu
brane excretories of the skn gentle and effec
tuai perspiration will be kept up and. under every
combination Of circums tances, il will act more
less cathartc. Here il is proper to remark,
That although the purgptive always induces an in.
creased number Of alvne excavations, and is copa-
BILE of overcoming the most obstinate cases of
costveness, it does not raise u hurricane in the
bowels, waste the healthy Juices by overaction.
It's effects extend TO every part of the system, and
for THAI reason are not liable to oyeracton in any
part
No disease ever was or ever will be cured unless
by medicines which produce the effects above men
toned. Every system of practice is more or
less perfect, IN proportion TO Its power OF acting on
the different excretories and the Indian system
claims pie-eninence only because 1t possesses the
power Of opening, and keeping open all the natural
drains.
The inestimable value of medicine which
will act on all the excretories, and the same
time, Is more apparent when reflect that the hu :
man body IS u complicated machine, consisting OF
numberless different and disiinct members, all OF
which are so intimately connected, and mutually
DEP end ant, that part be in ured without
producing corresponding degree of I'M Jury
cry other part; therefore, one part Of the body
cannot be diseased, and another part healthy -
neither can one part be cured while another part
remains diseased. Disease begins in the blood and
as the blood flows to every part Of the system,
ny part of tho system must become more or less dis
ed no disease is cured unless The cause is removed
and To remove the cause must restore the blood
to healthy state, and if the blood is made healthy
every part of the body mast be the same.
We have now illustrated the natural or Indian
system of practice aud the more it is investig
the more reasonable 1t appeais as regards Its
TRUTH we have only to reflect that il taught by
| NATURE, and therefore mast be true. When the
body stands in need of nourshment, we are impel-
led Ivy hunger te eat and when it is diseased, we
are npel!ed by instinct to use medicine and there
cannot be doubt that if we lived in state of ma
ture, this instructive feeling would always direct
to the PROPER MEDICINE hence the superior
| ity OF the Indian System. The art of healing
first learned in the woods, aud to this day the best
MEDICAL teacher for the Indian practice is the only
one which is cunsonant TO those eternal and immu-
table laws which govern the animal economy.
Having already proved that the Indian Purgative
acts in direct accordance with the LAWS OF MA
TURE aud is therefore equal to the cure of eesy
curaGie disease, will now enumerate few Of
the complaints for which it has been tried and
found a certain among the Indians and white
settlers of the Far West. These Intermittent,
Rumit,ent, Nervous, lm1nmation of this Brain, of
the Throat, Of the Stomach, of the Lungs, of the
Liver OF the lntestines. the Kidneys, and the Bad-
der; rheumatism, both Acute and Chronic, Spit
ting and Vomiting of Blood, Diarrhna, Dysentery,
Dyspepsia, and Iypochondriasis; Tetanus, Epi!ep.
sy, fiooping Cough, Asthma and Palpitation Of the
heart, incipient Consumption, and Marasmus, Drop.
~ of the Head, the Chest the Abdomen and the