Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-12-31
FARMLAND HOUSE1IOLD
Food Cure.

$40 ...,t Food Cure. .u n -,
TgIs Journal aims TO show how 70 main
tain health by Inatural agencies, and by
tho same means 10 rcstore.it Ii lost II is,
not pretended that all diseases are cured
ipthis way but it-is very certain hat
quite number of ofdinsfy ailments may.
be removed by the jddcious .emHloyInent.
Of tho contents of n Ycll-Ilrnfshcd laEder-
S--aud with this great Ssntnge the Cures'
nfe more peffnanentRnd less-,reliabld- to-
return rn-aseomplishing their object with,
but any shock to tho-sy stem, and without
the danger OF 1ulling tho patient by mis-
taking the quantity, Or quality, or ngme-
of tho dose,N r -
Ripe fruiCsand hrrrias, slightly acid,.
will rcinove-thc ordinary aiafrhear OF
carly summer
Common rice, parehedbrown IKE -eoi-
Zee, and then boiled and eaten in the ofdi-
nary way, without any other food, is, With
perfect quictudD of body pneof the most
effective remcdeslfor Troublesome loose-'
ness of bowels.
'oo HDnio of tbc soverest forms of that dis,
| trcssing ailment called dysentery,stha is,'
when the bewels pass hlOod, with con-
STINT desire, yet vaiB-efltFts 70 stool sarc
| sometimes eRtirely cured by the patient
eating heBping tablespoonful ~. a fimc
of raw beef, cut up very fine, ,HRnd, repeat
ed at intervals of four hours, until cured,
eating and drinkingnothipg else. in-the
meanwhile.---as q - -
If person swallows any poison what
! ever, or has fhilcn into cpnYnlsions Tom
having overloaded Che sstOlhach, an in
stantaneous remedy more etiicient .pnd
! applicable mn larger number of cases
than any haif dozen medicines wecan
now think of, is hcaping teaspoon OF
common salt and as much ground mus
tard stirred rapldlytn atcacup OF water,
warm or cOld,s and .swaHowe1 Instantly,
1 II IL scarce,y-tlowIf before IL begins Ia
come up infringing with IL tlfe remaining
4 contents of-thc stomach, and lest there
be any remnant OK a-poison, however
small, let the white of an egg, or u teacup
b. Of strong coffee be Swallowed as soon rs
the stomach Is quiet; because these very
common articles nullily u larger number
of Yirulent poisons than any medicines in
the shops
In case OF soaldingor burning the body,
immcrsing the part IN cold water give
entire relief as instantaneously as The
lightning. Meanwhile, get some common
dry -four, and apply il an inch or two
thick on the injured part the moment il
eincrges from the water, arid keep sprinlI
u
, pepper box coyer, so as to- put itOn even
: iy. Do nothing else, drink nothing bu
. water, eat nothing, until hnproycmenl
| Commences, except some dry breadsolt
= ened in very weak tea of some Kind
\ Cures of frightlul burRings have beer
, performed IN this way, as wonderful al
1 they are painless.
Erysipelas, disease often coming with
: out prcmonition, and onding fatally il
three or four days. is sometimes promptly
cured by applying apoultice OF raw Gran
2 berries pounded, and placed on the par
, over night ~
, Insect bites, and even that of a rattle
/ snake, have passed harmless by stirring
/ enough of common salt-in the yollI of I
good egg to make it sufficiently thin for
plaster, to be kept ON thcbitten parts,
? Neuralgia and toothachc are Sometimes
; speedily relieved by'app}ying to the wris
, quantity. OF bruised or grated horse
radlsh. -
, Costive bowels have IN agreeable rem
edy in the free,usc OF toInat0es at meals
their sc, DIS acting-ih the way of white
mustard or figs, by stimulating the coats o
: the bowels over which they pass in thci
whole state toincreased action.
: A remedy of equal efficiency, in tn,
!, same direction, is cracked wheat--that is
! common wheat grains, broken into two ol
three pieces, and then boiled until it Is a,
soft as rice, and eaten mainly at two
meals of The day, with butter,or molasses
Common sweet cider, boiled down tC
one,half makes a most excellent syrup fol
coughs and colds for .childreu-is pleasant
! TO the taste, and will keep throughout tn,
, year in cool cellar.
In recovering from an illness, the sys
A tenn has craving. Tor some pleasant acit
| drink This-is found IN cider which i
placed on the fire as sooR.as made, aud al
lowed to come to a boil, then cooled, pu
in casks, aud kept ina cool cellar. Treate'
! thus 1t remains Tor many months as goot
: as the day IL was made.
We once saved the life of an ihian
which had been inadvertently drugge,
with laudanum, and was, fast sinking mt
the sleep which has mo awaking, by civ
ing IL strong coffee, cleared with the whit
OF an egg, teaspooniul- every --fv
minutes untilit ceased To seem drowsy.
O The knowledge given in items lik
the above should do something t.
ward abolishing the ruinous aud almoS
universal habit OF purchasing paten
. medicines, which, in so many instances
are either inapplcable, hprtful, or uttcrl
useless, and in this latter case, arr in
!, l,direeily the cause uf. death, by the loss {
time In obtaining the services of Il con
81 petent physician 10 sspply the prQpC
y means with wise discrimination n.-lHItI
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