Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1895-10-11
Medicinal Food.

writer, when no medicine will be adj
ainistered, except in accute and sud,
ZEN attacks, Disease will be cured BY
Gods.
TAe intelligent housemother is test.
ing the value of this assertion in hel
daily ordering of the meals of hel
household, for her lately acquired
knowledge of dietetics has put her on
the way to such enlightenment. A
list of lood remedies compiled by the
Housekeeper is condensed and sug.
gestive, AMI worth cutting out and
FASTING in the back of the family re.
ceipt book:
CeleryYs invaluable for food for those
suffering from any form of rheumatism
for diseases of the nerves and nervous
dyspepsia.
LettuceN is useful to those suffering
from insom. mia,
Water ckress is remedy for scurvy
'eanutIs for Indigestion; they are es
Ivy recommended for corpulent
tics. Peanuts are made into q
esome and nutritious soup, are
ned and used as coffee, are eaten
relish, simply baked, or are pre-.
ed and served as sailed almonds.
Salt to check bleeding at the lungs
i'd as nervine and tonic for weak
in-blooded invalids. Combined with
1t water is useful for certain forms OF
dyspepsia, liver complaint, etc.
Onions are almost the best nervine
own. No medicine is so useful in
Sc of nervous prostration, and there
nothing else that will so quickly re.
lieve and tone up WORKOUT system
Mons are useful in all cases of coughs
Ids and influenza; in consumption
somnia, hydrophobia, scurvy, gravel
d kindred liver complaints. Eaten
cry other day, they soon have 6
caring and whitening effect on the
mpleXion,
pinach is useful to those suffering
h gravel.
sparagus is used to induce perspira
arrots for sufferers from asthma.
urnips for nervous disorders and fol
rvy.
aw beef proves of great benefit t.
ons of frail constitution, and t.
sc suffering from consumption. L
,hopped fine, seasoned with salt, anC
sted by placing it i'm a dish in no
er. 1t assimilates rapidly and af
Is the best of nourishment.
eggs contain a large amount o.
triment i'm compact, quickly avail
form. Eggs, especially the yolks
eggs, are useful in jaundice. Beaten
raw with sugar are used to clear
| strengthen the voice. With sugar
d lemon juice the beaten white of
z is used to relieve hoarseness.
Honey is Wholesome, strengthening
insing, healing and nourishing.
h ripe fruits are excellent for
ng the blood and toning up
stem. As specific remedies,
are are highly recommended
umatism.
,rmelon for epilepsy and yellow
berries for erysipelas; are used
lily as well Us internally.
Ons for feverish thirst in sick
or hilOusness, low fevers, rheu-
n, colds, coughs, liver com
etc.
kberries as a tonic. Useful in
is of diarrhma.
toes are powerful aperient for
liver, a sovereign remedy for dys
psia and for Indigestion. Tomatoes
invaluable i'm all conditions of the
I'm i'm which the use of calomel is
ated.
are aperient and wholesome,
said to be valuable as a FOOD
e suffering from cancer; they
externally as well as inter.
as are useful as food for those
from chronic diarrh9a.
are useful i'm nervous dyspep.
are nutritious, medicinal and
z, they aid digestion, clear the
rrect the acidity Of the stom.
valuable in rheumatism, in.
and liver troubles. An apple
as much nutriment as potato
santer and wholesome form.
ira dilute thick blood, send the
eula.ion to the surface, remove OBJ
ructions from liver and lungs, dis
dive and dislodge gravel and calculi
md bring the stomach and bowels to q
~1Ithy condition.
Pie plant is wholesome and aperient,
excellent for rheumatism sufferers,
useful for purifying the blood,
here are some men whose failure ia
ceed in life is . problem to others as
as to themselves. They are in
trious, prudent, and economical; yet,
long life of striving, old age
them still poor. They complain
.uck. They say that fate is always
st them. But the fact is they
rry because they mistake mere
y for energy. Confounding two
essentially different, they have
ed that, if they were always
icy would he certain to be adj
a their fortunes. They have for
that misdirected labor Is but
of activity, The person who