The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-05-06

oOoAON 1919 ~
Think you have done wisely in
ordering a supply OF the CanekaIagna from CalifOr-
MIA and 1 hope you may not be disappointed in
procuring the quantity You may desire. By late
there has been an abundance oil rain, which rem
ders it more probable that the quantity which yen
may have ordered OF that valuable plant may be
: ! have no doubt whate yer that yon within In.
Producing the use of it into this country indeed,
it has always been a matter ofgreat astonfthmeHt
to me that its valuablee pr operties have not, long
ere this, been made known to the word and its
wonderful qualities placed il among the most i'm
portant articles II the Materfa Medica.
to the West Coast Of this coniinent. or not it
certainly fourishes most luxuriantly in the depart
ment of California, and is esteemed by the inhabIt-
ants of that country, as almost a sovereign anti
dote for every disease which attacks the human
The CsiiTornians, regularly every year, at the
season of the plant, collect for their families a suf
a scarsity of it is considered a public Calamity
and the females, in particular, feel more anxious
to know that a quGRtHnl sn6fcit OF this sine gEa non
to the establishment of health, has been secured,
than they do, to be assured OF the actual neccssS,
The accounts which you have collected from SO
many various sources, ofthe wonderful medicinal
g~erated, and can be implicitly relied upon as cor
rect. d1ss
cases, during a residence of some years in sta
California how almost certain 1T is to break up a
fever, and of Its powerful effect as a tonic to
siren CITIZEN the patient, after the fever has left ; in
deed. taken as a tonic merely, II SURPRISES all oth-
erS, In It's stFenStnenlng Qualities. which have
come under my observation. In cases of5Pever
and Ague, with the Mexicans and Califor5ians
the CanChalesua is the sole remedy andiseIdom If
ever, docs it fail in its efficacy.
Sarsepariila grows in abundance OH the West
Coast OF Mexico, but the Inhabitants seldom mako
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 fanchalsgua, according to my observation,
acts principally upon the blood, purifying ii. and
restoring il from a diseased state, to that which
gives it the most healthy action. Amongst tho
i CaEfornians, it is the universal custom, as the
warm weather approaches, for almost every adult
.member of their families to go through a regular
course of the Canchalagua that is. they take an
Infusion of the plant three OF fol r lines during the
day, for perhaps a week OF ten days the blood
then becomes pure and thin, and they are eneabled
to endure the greatest fatignes. and to maintain =
comfortable state of health during the period of
most excessive heat. By O course ofthe Ca1che-
lagua. the whole system appears to undergo a rad
ical change the partaker seems to receive a thor
ough publication ~elasticit is given toehis whole
els restored TO healty action, his powers of diges-
ton STRENGTHENED, aud his general health firmly
established.
Taken as a tonic, l have personals experienced
its powerful effects, and can amply testify to The
relief il afforded.
AS a household Medicine. itmay be deemed invai-
uable as an antidote it is unsurpassed in all NAL
aides tending to pulmonary affections; as r febri
/ fuge and purifier of the bloSd, it's medicinal qu-''-
ties are WITHOUT equal. and IS a tonic, it is thf ~
ptus ultra. With great regard,
Your obedient servant.
JOAN c. JONES,