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upon ad nauseann, but a further attempt by
one whose experience has awakened his in


one whose experience has awakened his in
terest may not now be amiss. |
In q country where dyspeptic and nervous |
complaints are so common their import is |
enhanced by the fact that to impure tea can
be traced the germs of many such maladies, !
though popular delusion ascribes them to
more remote causes. From two distinguished
professors we have the following statement
on the uses and properties of tea: ("Medi-
cinal Plants" by Professors Bentley and
Timen.) 1.-THE principal use of tea is to
form an agreeable, slightly stimulating,
soothing and refreshing beverage" ETC., and
further, SIT was formerly believed that tea,
from the theme it contained, had the effect
of diminishing the waste of the body, and,
as any substance that does this necessarily
saves food, it was regarded as indirectly nu-
tritive." Contrary opinions are advanced by
equally reliable authority, tending to show
that tea, by acting as respiratory excitant,
is conducive to bodily waste, and both opin
ions are open to credence. From the gluten
contained in tea its value nutritive is also
prominently advanced, while as nsrv1ne
stimulant tea may be taken with effect in
cases of headache, neuralgia, or otker afec-
tions sequent upon the effects Of exhaustion
Or the depression of nervine power. It's eff
fects are said to be similar to those of qulnla
| in cases of intermittent fevers, asthma,
| whooping cough other spasmodio COM
| plants. But these attributes essentially refer
| to tea, and not to any other fabrication I'M
| DER lCS name. Lea nus us VCCHrleS, Dub IL
| also has it's enemies, who aScribe the increase
| in nervous diseases to the constant and in
| creasing use of tea; but Investigations may
| tend to show that this is due, not to the tea
| itself, but to the poisonous adulterants with
| which it is compounded. No class of men IN
| India drink tea moro pers1stently than do
planters themselves, yet no nervous or dys-
peptic diseases predominant amongst Indian
planters as class. But, then, they only
drink tea, and no planter, or even his coolie,
would drink unmixed teas such as those OF
the class known as 'sOolong," and certainly
not of that known and openly sold as "col-
ored." Planters are usually very careful as
to the teas they use, and will select from the
lower class teas known as "Souchong," or
} sometimes from a class locally known as
''Red Leaf, " the latter being almost the re-
| fuse. This is from no penurious economy
| as every planter is permitted to drink all the
tea he requires, and in most factories also
yearly to supply few pounds to his friends
Few planters will drink tea which has beer
! recently manufactured, and generally MAKE
: during each season supply of what is ermee
: drinking tea, - which, by special fermenta-
ton, becomes drinkable months before teas O.
f ordinary commercial manufacture could b.
imbibed with comfort. The nearest approach
to the class of teas known as ''Oolong" IS tn
species technically termed ''Namoonah
(Hindostanee) in the Indian tsa districts, a,
unfermented "panned'' tea. Its value as
= mixing agent with weaker China teas is grea
and it's price high, but as its production i
more expensive, the results are frequent.
predetermined, and it is only in solitary case
: that it is manufactured. No planter woul
a drink this tea from choice, as it would sim
. ply elbow his head Off CIR unnerve hin
completely, and yet it is fact that teas o
: this description are the most sought after a
0 beverage in the United States by rich "a, ad
mirers of ''Oolongs," @Gunpowder, "Ca
per-" etc. Personal experiments recent
made have convinced the writer that thes
teas when drank alone are positively nause
J. GUS and that little goes long way. Here
t then, is u case where to the use of pure to
/. may be laid series of dyspeptlc and nervou
| disorders