Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-09-22
SALT is GOOD.
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DentIfrics aud styptic-It beats the
Best HsfIr RsstOratives-Is Good for
Toothache and DysPepsia.
"Salt is good. 1t is the language of
inspiration as well as of therapeutics. In
all the range of the household materia
medica there is no remedy half so valu-
able as common salt, both because OF its
real curative properties and of its inn
mediate availability. And, moreover,
1t has this advantage over more preten-
tious remedies, that seldom in case of
over zeal or mismanagement can it be
made to do mischief. If it doesn't heal
it won't kill, at any rate. Here are some
of the things it is good for:
Heated dry and applied to the outer
surface over the seat of inflammc lion or
congestion it will give almost instant
relief, while applications of strong hot
solution of salt in water or vinegar acts
like magic upon .toothache, earache. neu-
ralgic headache, and all that brood of
distressing ills.
For catarrhal affections and sore throat
spray Of warm water and salt is all
most a specific, and is one of the stand
ard prescriptions of the nose and throat" y.
other slighter forms of nasal sensitive
ness that induce constant sneezing
there is no remedy more quickly pallia-
tive and often curative than the vapor
of heated salt and alcohol.
Put both in a tin vessel and heat over
flame. When there is good showing
of vapor place the vessel underneath
covering that envelopes the head as well,
and inhale the vapor through both nose
and throat. For influenza and ordinary
colds this treatment is also excellent.
Salt water baths are an excellent tonic;
taken warm they are delightfully."- re-
freshing when one is heated or tired, and
taken cold they are the best preventive
in all the world of too great suscepti-
bility to colds. One delicate woman who
used to insist that she caught cold on
coming into the world and had never
been without one since" became as In
different to damp and draughts as a
sailor after years trial of salt baths
For those who have sensitive gums in-
clined to bleed on the slightest provoca-
ton, a mouth wash of salt and cold
water used once or twice day will har-
den the gums and prevent soreness AS
salt is a styptic any slight bleeding may
usually be checked by treating the part
with salt and water. Persons who have
tender feet will find them growing much
less sensitive dsy by day if treated to a
daily brisk rubbing with cold salt and
water
There is an old belief that salt water
Injuries the hair, and delightful old lady
once explained to the writer the reason
therefor.
"Yon see, she said, the salt in the
water is stronger than the hair in your
head, and 50 the salt just draws the hair
right out Assuming this to be true,
that salt water will draw the hair out OF
the head when it isn't otherwise spe-
cially inclined toward coming out, by good
homeopathic reasoning we come Co the
conclusion that when the hair insists
upon coming out of its own accord
vigorous treating with salt and water
will put stop to it. Whether the rea-
soning be true or not, the fact is. Not
all the tonics you can buy at the hair
dresser's will do your hair half the good,
if it manifests tendency toward falling
out, that daily scalp bath of strong salt
and water will
Besides all this, salt is good for the
stomach. A pinch of it in hot water,
taken either just before or just after
meal, is valuable aid to digestion, and
cupful of very hot salt water viii some
times quiet the most persistent nausea
Anything more that salt viii do9 Yes,
the most grateful of all-cure the tooth
ache sometimes. VIII it really do that9
A little girl who was told to put some in
an aching tooth says so. II just put in
little salt, she said, @and in few
minutes felt the naughty aching nerve
curl right down and go to sleep.
But there is one caution tooffer. How
ever beneficial the therapeutic action of
salt may be, there is no question but salt
taken into the system with the food in
too great quantities is extremely harm
full II was the excessive use of salt,
quite as much as the nervous strain of
his campaign, that killed Horace Gree
lev, and there be those who declare that
with many women the use Of salt is .
species of dissipation. Too much salt in
the system dries up the blood and the
healthy moisture of the membranous
surfaces, and is evidenced by dead yel-
low paIlor of the skin, with o blanching
Of the lips and cheeks and morbid
craving for the condiment which moth
ing but its use in enormous quantities
viii satisfy.