Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-11-05
SOUR MILK.
Dattermiik Coed for Dyspepsia and Koo
miss Good for Weak Persons.

DQttermlik Gsod Tor Dyvpepese ana NOV
miss Good for Weak Persons.
In eastern countries sour milk which
has undergone a species OF fermentar
ton is a regular article Of diet. The
Arabs are very fond Of it, and consume
Tally "A preparation Of soul milk called
koumiss. The virtues of koumiss have
come TO be recognized In our W
country 10y the medical faculty, and 1t
is ordered by them in cases of low fever
and frequently with very successful re-
suits. Koumiss is very easy of diges-
ton, and is exceedingly useful in cases
Of dyspepsia without acidity; it Is also
useful where there is u torpor of the
functions Of the liver, and many
patients who can digest hardly any
sort of food assimilate II with ease.
Buttermilk is recognized as a rene
dial adjunct in the relief of stomach
and liver troubles, and many physicians
attest It's virtues in typhoid feves. A
buttermilk diet, it is claimed, will do
wonders toward the relief of gastritis,
but when undertaken the patient must
not add other articles TO his dietary,
but confine himself strictly TO the but
termilk, never eating during its course
anything solid, unless it may be n bit
of dry bread at least twenty-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 case. A learned divine
In New York, who suffered from gas.
trio trouble, ~resolutely kept himself on
this diet (buttermilk only for over a
month, and cured himself completely;
nor did this regimen interfere with his
labors at the desk. To avoid temptn-
ton he stayed away from the table,
and when he felt the need Of nourish-
ment slipped buttermilk, taking from
two to four quarts per day. Says a
writer on the subject: The philosophy
is simple. While buttcrmilk is inferior
to SKINNED milk in nutritive properties,
Il is still n valuable article of food. Ii
IL already snured and in a partially d.
gested condition, so that the stomach
has little TODD in taking care of it. Be
sides this il furnishes lis own Juices"
in a large measure, So that the digestive
| apparatus is excused from much Of the
trouble. In a word, the Tactic acid
seems t. meet a want. As food and
medicine it is simple and within the
reach of all.
koumiss is more agreeable To many
persons than buttermilk, but one could
hardly imbibe two or three quarts Of il
daily. a. il would be too stimulating.
IL might, however, he taken 10 vary
the routine of a simple buttermilk diet,
and would I've found very refreshing il
il had previously been kept in n cool
place. The writer knows the virtues
Of kouiniss from experience, and can
attest iCs 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, a tonic effect
which makes. il 70 desirable. Koumis
may be made at home by adding .
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 a cool
cellar. koumiss may he drank by very
weak persons, and generally is found
very refreshing and strengthening
Ladies' World.