The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-04-15

Letter fr0fa John G. Jones, Esq, formerly Consul
and for many years & resident of California,
BosToN, December 10th, 1916.
think you have done wisely In
ordering q supply Of The CGnehaiagua from Califor-
mia and 1 hope you may not be disappcinfcd In
procuring the quantity you may desire. BY lafg
accounts from that quarter We have learnt thai
there has been an abundance OF rain, which rem
ders it more probable that the quantity which ven
may have ordered of that valuable plant may be
have no doubt wnate yer that you will in In
Producing the use of it into this country indeed.
it has always been a matter of great astonishmeni
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 CGackalagUa be indigenous
to the West Coast of this continent. or not; Il
certainly Hourishes most luxurian1ly in the DEPART
ment of California, and is esteemed by the inhabit.
dote for every disease WHICH attacks the human
frame.
The cal5!ornians, regularly every year, at the
season OF the plant, collect for their families a suf-
fcient quantity to last until the returning season.;
asearsity of it is considered a public Calamity ;
to know that a qpantum sHGeit of this sine qua non
to the establishment of health. has been secured.
than they do, to be assured of the actual necessas
ries oflife.
The accounts which you have collected from so.
many various sources, of the wonderful medicinal
efficacy of the Canchalagua, are not in least exars
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 .dha
CAt 0THah HoM dLnOsL CSIldJn I L Is 10 0IeQk up q
lever, ana OF Its powerful effect as q tonic to
strengthen the patient. after the fever has LEFT 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 Cenchalagua is the sole remedy and seldom 1
ever, does it fail in its efficacy.
SnrSdpdriiiG grows in abundance on the West
Coast of Mexico, but the Inhabitants seldom N AXE
use of it in all cases giving the preference to tho
CanChalagua, which possesses the same powers.
but with more speedy and decided effect.
The CanChalagHa, according to my observation
acts principally upon the blood, purifying 1t, and
restoring it from a diseased state, to that which
gives it the most healthy action. Amongst tho
Californians, it is the universal CUSTOM, as the
warm weather approaches, for almost every adult
member Of their families to go through q regular
course ofthe Canchalagua that is, they take an
Infusion of the plant three or fol + times during the
day, for perhaps a week or ten days the blood
then becomes pure and thin, and they are eneabled
comfortable state of health during the period of
most excessive heat. BY a course of the Carcha-
lagua, the whole system appears to undergo a rad
iCal change the partaker seems to receive q thor
ough publication elasticity is given to his whole
frame, his bilious secretion are regulated. his bow
els restored to healty action, his powers of diges-
ton sire ngthe ned, and his general health firmly
established.
Taken as a tonic, l have personally experienced
its pc werful effects, and can amply testify to the
~rcliefit afforded.
As q household Medicine, 1t may be deemed In vail
uable ; al an antidote it is unsurpassed in all NAL
aides tending to pulmonary affections; as T febri-
ties are without equal, and as a tonic, it is the ~
Pivs ultra. With great regard,
Your obedient servant.
JOHN C. JONES,