The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-03-25

think You have done wisely in
ordering a supply of the CanchdtagMa from CalifoT.
mia and | hope you may not be disappointed in
procuring the quantity you may desire. By late
accounts from that quarter we have learnt that
there has been an abundance OF rain, which rem
de rs it more probable that the quantity which yeu
may have ordered of that valuable plant may be
procured.
Producing the use of it into this country in6eed,
it has always been a matter of great astonishment
to me that its valuable properties have not, long
ere this, been made known to the world and its
wonderful qualities placed it among the most i'm
portant articles in the Materia Medica.
lido not know if the CaHehaIdgad be indigenous
to the West Coast of this continent. OF not it
certainly huurishes most luxuriantiy in the depart
ment OF California, and is esteemed by The inhablt.
ants of that country, as almost 4 sovereign anti.
dote for every disease which attacks the human
frame.
season of the plant, collect for their families a SUI.
hcieut quantity to last until the returning season /;
a scarsity of il is considered q public Calamity !;
and the females, in particu lar, feel more anxious
to the establishment of health. has been secured,
than they do, to be assured OF the actual necessa.
ries of life.
many various sources. OF the wonderful medicinal
%gerated, and can be implicitly relied upon as Cor.
rect.
Ny own experience has shown me. in very many
cases, during a residence of some years in .6hta
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, !; surpasses all 9th
ers, in its Strengthening qualities, which have
come unueT my observation. IN cases OF Fever
and Ague, with the MeXicans aud Californians,
the Canchalagua is the sole remedy /; and seldom i
ever, does it fail in its efficacy.
SarsapGriia grows III abundance on the West
Coast Of Mexico. hut the inhabitants seldom r.: axe
use of it in all eases giving tie preference to the
CanChalagua, which possesses the same powers,
but with more speedy and decided effect.
The ; anchalagua, according TO my observation.
rcts principally upon the blood. purifying it. aud
restoring i, 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 10 go through a regular
course OF the Canchalagua that is. they take all
infusion of the plant three or fos + tiHe s during the
day, for perhaps a week or ten days = the blood
then becomes pure and thin. and they are e~neabled
to endure the greatest fatigues, and to maintain q
comfortable state of health during the period Of
most excessive heat. b. a course of the CaEcba-
lagua. the whole system appears to undergo a rad
ical change the partaker seems to receive q thor
ough publication ela>ticit is given to his whole
frame, his bilious secretion are regulated. his bow
els restored to healty action, his powers Of diges
ton strengthened, and his general health firmly
established.
Taken as a tonic, l have personally ex pcricnced
its power full effects, and can amply testify to the
relief it afforded.
AsahouSehold Medicine, it may he deemed III val
liable "a an antidotc il is unsurpassed in all NAL
aides tending to pulmonary affections; as L febri
fuge and purifier OF the blood. its medicinal quail
ties are without equal. and as a tonic, il is the ne
plus ultra. With great regard,
Your obcdient servant.
JOHN L. JONES.