The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-03-18

of the United States, at the Sandwich Islands.
and for many years a resident of California.
BosroN, December 10th, 1886.
= think you have done wisely in
ordering a supply of the CanchaLagua from Califor-
mia and l hope you may not be disappointed in
accounts from that quarter We have learnt that
there has been an abundance OF rain, which rem
ders it more probable that the quantity which yeu
may have ordered of that valuable plant may be
/ have no doubt whate yer that you will in in.
PRODUCING the use of it into this country indeed,
it has alw avs been a matter of great astonishment
to me that its valuable properties have not, long
ere this, been made known to the word and its
wonderful qualities placed it among the most i'm
portant articles in the Materia Medica.
! ! do not know if the CGnchaLagud be indigenous
10 the West Coast of this continent, or not it
certainly fourishes most luxuriantly in the depart
ants of that country, as almost a sovereign anti
dote for every disease which attacks the human
frame.
The Californians, regularly every year, at the
season of the plant, collect for their families a suf-
fcient quantity to last until the returning season
ascarsity of it is considered a public calamity
and the females, in particular, feel more anxious
to know that a gHantHm sH6feit of this sine qua non
to the establishment of health, has been secured,
than they do, to be assured of the actual necessa-
ries of life.
The acc cunts which you have collected from so
many various sources, ofthe wonderful medicinal
efficacy of the Canchalagua, are not in least exag-
~gerated, and can be implicitly relied upon as Cor
rect.
cases, during a residence of some years in alta
California how almost certain it is to break up a
fever, and of its powerful effect as a tonic to
sire ngthen the patient, after the fever has lett in
deed, taken as a tonic merely, it surpasses all 9th.
ers, in its strengthening qualities, which have
come under my observation. In cases of Fever
and Ague, with the MeXicans and Californians,
the Canchalagua is the sole remedy and seldom i
ever, does it fail in its efficacy.
S1rsdpariiid grows in abundance on the West
Coast of Mexico, but the inhabitants seldom make
use of it in all cases giving the preference to the
Canchalagua, which possesses the same powers,
but with more speedy and decided effect.
The Canchalagua, according to my observation,
acts principally upon the blood, purifying it, and
restoring it from a diseased state, to that which
gives it the most healthy action. Amongst the
Californians, it is the universal custom, as the
warm weather approaches, for almost every adult
member of their families to go through a regular
course ofthe Canchalagua that is, they take an
infusion of the plant three or foI r times during the
then becomes pure and thin, and they are eneabled
to endure the greatest ~fatigues, and to maintain a
comfortable state of health during The period of
lost excessive heat. By a course ofthe CarCha-
lagua, the whole system appears to undergo a rad
ical change the partaker seems TO receive a thor
ough publication. ~elasticit is given. to his whole
frame. his bilious secretion are regulated. his bow
els restored to healty action, his powers of diges
tinn strengthened, aud his general health firmly
established.
Taken as a tonic, 1 have personally experienced
its power ul effects, and can amply. testify to the
relief it afforded.
as ahousehold Medicine, itmaybe deemedinval-
liable as an antidote it is unsurpassed in all NAL
aides tending to pulmon airy affections; as + febri
fug and purifier of the blood, its medicinal quail
ties are without equal, and as a tonic, it is the ne
pies ultra. With great regard,
Your obedient servant.
JOHN c. JONES.