Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-04
SALT Is GOOD.
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IND HINDR ARTICLE.

1t Is Medicine-It VIII Answer as a
Dr't'f~.c" and Styptic-It Beats the
Be.' Hair Restorativrs-Is Good for
Toothache and dyspepsia.
sat is good II is the language of
Inspiration a, well as of therapeutics. In
all the range of the household materia
nled:ca there is no remedy half so valu-
able as common salt 10th because OF its
real curative properties and of its inn
mediate availability. And, moreover,
it has this advantage over more preten-
tous remedies, that seldom i'll case of
over zeal or mismanagement can it he
made to do mischief If it doesn't heal
it won't kill. at any rate. Here are some
of tie things it is good for:
Heated dry and applied to the outer
surface over the seat of inflammation or
congestion it will give almost instant
re ief, while applications of strong hot
solution of salt in water or vinegar acts
like ma ic upon toothache, earache, neu-
raj ;ic lie, ache and all that brood of
distre. sing Ills.
For ca AR ,al affs g,ions and sore throat
spray OF warm water and salt is al
mo a specific, and NJ one of the stand
ard prescriptions of the nose and throat
specialists. For hay fever and those
Other sli,ht'r forms of nasal sensitive
ness that inluce a constant snceZing
there is no remedy more quickly pallia-
tive and often curative than the vapor
of heated salt and alcohol.
Put b h in a tin vessel and heat over
~ 4, .l
of vapor place the vessel underneath a
covering that envelopes the head as we'll,
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 ; ID had never
been without one since" became as in
different to damp and draughts as a
sailor after years IL. Of salt baths.
For those who have sensitive gums in
clined to bleed on the slightest provoca-
ton, mouth wash Of salt and cold
water cd 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 gro ing much
less sensitive day 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.
"You see," she said, "the salt in the
water is stronger than the hair in your
head, and 80 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 to 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
a cupful of very hot salt water will some
times quiet the most persistent nausea
Anything more that salt will do? Yes,
the most grateful of all-cure the tooth
ache sometimes. Will it really do that?
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 l felt the naughty aching nerve
curl right down and go to sleep.
But there is one caution to offer. 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. 1t 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 a
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 a dead yell
low pallor of the skin, with blanching
of the lips and cheeks and a morbid
craving for the condiment which moth