The Republican., 1895-10-03
REMEDIAL VALUE OF FOOD.
Choose Menus Wisely and Throw Physi,
to the Dogs.

There will come a time, says re-
cent writer, when no medicine will be
administered, except in acute and sud
den attacks. Disease will be cured by
foods.
The intelligent house mother is test.
ing the value of this assertion in her
daily ordering of the meals of her
household, for her lately acquired
knowledge of dietetics has put her on
the way to such enlightenment. A
list of food remedies compiled by the
Housekeeper is condensed and sug-
gestive, and worth cutting out and
pasting in the back of the family re
ceipt book:
Celery is invaluable as food for
those suffering from any form of rheu.
matism; for diseases of the nerves and
nervous dyspepsia.
Lettuce is useful to those suffering.
from insomnia.
Water cress Is a remedy for scurvy
Peanuts for Indigestion; they are es
pecially recommended for corpulent
diabetes. Peanuts are made into a
wholesome and nutritious soup, are
Drowned and used as coffee, are eaten
as relish. simply baked or are prey
pared ana served suitca almonds
salt to check bleeding at the lungs,
and as a nervine and tonic for weak,
thin-blooded invalids. Combined with
hot water is useful for certain forms of
dyspepsia, liver complaint, etc.
Onions are almost the best nervine
known. No medicine is so useful in
cases of nervous prostration, and there
Is nothing else that will so quickly re-
lieve and tone up. a Worn-out system.
Onions are useful in all eases of coughs,
colds and influenza; in consumption,
insomnia, hydrophobia, scurvy, gravel
and kindred liver complaints. Eaten
every day. they soon have a clearing
and whitening effect on the complex
ion.
Spinach is useful to those suffering
with gravel.
Asparagus is used to induce perspir-
alton.
Carrots for sufferers from asthma.
Turnips for nervous disorders and
for scurvy.
Raw beef proves of great benefit to
persons of frail constitution and to
those suffering from consumption. 1t
is chopped fine, seasoned with salt and
heated by placing it in a dish in hot
water. 1t assimilates rapidly and af-
fords the best of nourishment
Eggs contain large amount of nu-
triment in compact, quickly availa-
bic form. Eggs, especially the yollls
of eggs, are useful in jaundice. Beaten
up raw with sugar are used to clear
and strengthen the voice With sugar
and lemon juice the beaten white OF
egg is used to relieve hoarseness.
Honey is wholesome, strengthening,
cleansing, healing and nourishing.
Fresh ripe fruits are excellent for
purifying the blood and toning up the
system AS specific remedies, oranges
are aperient. Sour oranges are highly
recommended for rheumatism. r.
Watermelon for epilepsy and for yell
low fever
Cranberries For erysipelas; are used
externally as well as internally.
Lemons for feverish thirst in sick
ness, for biliousness, low fevers, rheu-
matism, colds, coughs, liver complaint,
etc.
Blackberries as tonic. Useful in
all forms of diarrhea.
Tomatoes are a powerful aperient for
the liver, a sovereign remedy for dys-
pepsia and for indigestion, Tomatoes
are Invaluable in all conditions of the
system in which the use of calomel is
indicated.
Figs are aperient and wholesome.
They are said to be valuable as a food
for those suffering from cancer; they
are used externally as we'll as inter.
nally.
Bananas are useful as a food for
those suffering from chronic diarrhea
Apples are useful in nervous dyspep-
sia; they are nutritious, medicinal and
vitalizing; they aid digestion, clear the
voice, correct the acidity of the stom-
ach, are valuable in rheumatism, in
somnia and liver troubles An apple
contains as much nutriment as a potato
in a pleasanter and more wholesome
form.
Grapes dilute thick blood, send the
circulation to the surface, remove OBJ
structions from liver and lungs, dis
solve and dislodge gravel and calculi,
and bring the stomach and bowels to
healthy condition.
Pieplant is wholesome and aperient,
is excellent for rheumatic sufferers,
and useful for purifying the blood
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