Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-04
REMOVING MOTH PATCHES.

Testimony Favorable'to the Dandeliou as 3
Remedy for Liver and Kidney Troubles.
Moth patches can only be removed in OBJ
stinate cases by a long course Of liver treat
ment and dieting Purgatives are less
effective than mild and steady remedies. of
which taraxacum is foremost, either in the
concentrated extract or in the decoction of
the plant and root. Moth patches are the
sign facial of liver complaint, for which the
old remedy and unsurpassed is taraxacum,
otherwise extract Of dandelion. From long
experience" says DIR. j. C. Gum, in his
valued domestic medicine, II have found the
dandelion most valuable medicine for liver
complaint. 1t is diuretic aud aperient, and
has direct action on the liver and kidneys
when languid, and is likewise applicable TO
arrangements of the digestive organs gener-
ally" DR.. James Wilson, in The Chirurgical
Review, says:
1.-THE more the dandelion is used the more
certain proofs it will afford of its great vir-
tues" and one viii not find an experienced
physician of any school who does not esteem
this remedy, which, by the way, is more used
in English medicine than here The plant
may be used, root and leaves, double hand
full boiled in quart of water till reducedsto
pint. Of which teacupful twice day be-
tween meals is a dose. Six headache and
''bilious spellsn are the attendants of moth
patches induced by the same arrangement Of
the system.
never had sick headache more than twice
in my life, experimentslly as it were, just
enough to know what it was like, and it ap-
pears to me the most useless way of spending
DO hot he
only choice between it and the idea of
witty friend, who found certain famous hot
springs so dreary that he wrote he had de-
cided to have some teeth pulled out to pass
away the time. The way some women go
through life, taking to bed every third week
with season of sick headache is one of the
mysteries Of nature, and it makes things SO
pleasant for their families.
One would prefer to go through the mate
ria medica rather than provide such enter
tainment for ones friends. AT the first Ian
guild warning of such ''spell' vigorous ac-
ton should be taken with warm lemonade,
a dose of salts in hot water and hot footbath
to start the skin to its duties, aided by hot
bath with hot water and soft soap. A good
old regulation pill to follow is made from
extract of butternut, thirty grains; powdered
jalap, twenty grains; CASTLE soap, ten grains
Make fifteen pills Of this and take three or
four as dose.
Butternut is one of the safest purgatives
known, and was much used by army physi-
clans III the late war and the revolution
The charcoal and pepsin lozenges taken daily
will keep the digestion good, il other habits
are correct. Treat the moth patches by
rubbing ct night with elderhower ointment
which has twenty grains sulphate of zinc
added to the ounce Do not let the ONT
ment touch the healthy skin. IL the morn
ing wash 1t off WITH CASTLE soap and warm
water, and battle the spot six times day
with the juice of large lemon in half a tea
cup of soft water boiled. There are lotions
TO prevent the return OF the discolorations,
which are commended by the faculty, but it
is really cruel to delude people with such
recipes as some which friend sends from a
family paper.-Shirley Dare.