Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-09-11
SOUR MILK.



miss Good for Weak Persons.
In eastern countries sour milk which
has undergone species Of farnenta-
ton is regular article of diet. The
Arabs are very fond of IL, and consume
daily preparation Of sour milk called
koumiss. The virtues of koumiss have
come to be recognized in our own
country by the medical faculty, and it
is ordered 10y them in eases of low fever
and frequently with very successful re-
suits. koumiss is very easy of diges-
tion, and is exceedingly useful in cases
of dyspepsia without acidiry; il is also
useful where there Is a torpor of the
functions of the liver, and many
patients who can digest hardly any
sort of food assimiate it with ease.
Buttermilk is recognized ms a rene
dial adjunct in the relief of stomach
and liver troubles, and many physicians
attest its virtues in typhoid fevers. A
buttermilk diet il is claimed, will do
wonders toward the relief of gastritis,
but when undertaken the patient must
not add other articles 10 lis dietary,
but coniine himself strictly To the but
tennilk, never eating during its course
anything solid. unless Il may be bit
of dry bread at least tweniy-four hours
old. The buttermilk diet must be he
roically persisted in for a month To six
weeks, according To the urgency or OBJ
stinacy Of the ease, \ learned divine
in New York, WHO suffered from gas
tric trouble, rcsolutely kept himself ON
/ this diet thuttcrnilk only for over n
month. AMI cured himself completely;
nor did this regimen interfere with his
labors al the desk. To avoid tcu!pta-
tim he stayed away from the table,
and when hc felt the need of nourislI-
ment slipped buttermilk. taking from
two TO four quarts per day. Says a
writer un tie subject; The philosophy
is simple. While buttermilk is inferior
10 skirnedlail,i in nutritive properties,
il is >iill valuable article of food 1t
is already sourcd and in partially di-
gestcd condition, So that the stomach
has little 10 do in taking care of it, Be
sides this il furnishes its own Juices
in large measure, So that the digestive
apparatus is excused from much of the
trouble Ia n word, the Tactic acid
seems to meet want. As food and
medicine it is simple and within the
reach of ALL
koumiss is more agreeable to many
persons than butterinilk, but one could
hardly imbibe two or three quarts of it
daily. as il would be too stimulating.
II might, however, be taken to vary
the routine of a simple buttermilk diet,
and would be found very refreshing II
it had previously been kept in a cool
place. The writer knows the virtues
of koumiss from experience, and can
attest its property Of being easy Of
digestion, and its mildly exhilarating
influence. which is not at all like that
of any other drink, combining with
stimulation. as it does, tonic effect
which makes il so desirable Koumiss
may be made at home by adding a
little sugar and yeast to milk and cork.
ing il up tightly in bottles. The mix
ture must be shaken up several times
daily for three or four days to incor-
porate the solid and liquid portions
thoroughly. The corks should be wired
down, as quantities Of gas are evolved,
and they would otherwise fly out.
Keep the bottles on the floor of cool
cellar. Koumiss may be drank by very
weak persons, and generally is found
very refreshing and strengthening. -
Ladies' World.