Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-02-09
ArorHzcAaY's GARDEN.

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nasty medicines in lifetime would
take him on holiday trip once or
twice around the world or start one
of his children 10 life. Aud al .hs
time he has natures own simple
remediss. better than any chemists
connections, outside his door.
In the lily OF tie VALLEY. for in
stance, he has ne Of the best cures
kaown Cor dfopsy. Most ofien
dfopsy results ffoU ~sAk I,esrt.
aud the medicinal properties Of lily
af the valley brace up this organ TO
pitch Of the highest efficiency.
In the odoroas col,sfoot We have
nother splendid remedy. Moth
ing can beat il in caring cough,
and even consumption sometimes
Yields TO it. Tho G-rmaus-who
know more OF medicine than any
other people on earth--say that O
pipeful OF coltsfoot smoked occas.
ionally will inevitably kill the con-
sumption bicillus.
Foxgloye is one of those old rem.
edies which have stood she test Of
competition With the most n.odern
remedies. Il has never been sur
passed rs q heart tonic aud is the
sheet anchor of the physician in all
cases of flAbby and enlarged heart
muscle.
Then, in horse chestnuts, we
have q remedy for both rheu matism
AND whooping cough. One seldom
hears of their use, no doabt. but
that is because people have become
so impressed with the high sound
ing titles OF new discoveries.
Dsndelinn. however, holds il own
in popular favor as a tonic for chill
dren, and Q most effectual liver
medicine for their parents.
Hops are also coming to the fore
again. For dyspe psia and general
weakness they are splendid cure.
And IL people who cannot sleep
used them instead of chloral hy-
drate. sulphonal and other danger
ous drugs. there would be consider
ably fewer mysteriously sudden
deaths.
For reliever Of pain one need
look for nothing better than ordi-
nary poppy heads, aud. in fact,
they are extensively used for this
purpose.
The expensive bark for which We
go all the way tn Peru is said to be
not q whit better az q tonic than
the woodbine that grows ontside
our own windows. And celery 10,
as most people are aware, q splen.
did nerve tonic.
Horse rsddish is one Of those few
things which doctors themselves
take for their health. Il 10 a safe
guard against dyspepsia, as well as
q highly stimulant brain drug.
The root OF the humble black
berry, taken when cholera is about,
acts like q charm in keeping of
that terrible disease. Many doc
tors OF even the modern school pin
their faith to parsley root in pref
erence to the expensive qninine,
and nistletoe helps the tired heart
to do ITS work. as we'll as acting 40
q sure preventive OF bleeding.
The modest violet has its own
medicinal properties. IL cannot
be surpassed Is q lung healer. and
u Is also Of great service 10 many
skin dIseases.
Wild cherry has many good qsal-
ities. II yon are greatly excited,
It calms You like magic " your
nerves are shak v, it fones them up,
and il you are sfraid Of consumpt-
ion you could not use ANYTHING
better as q prophylactic. Sage is
not much uses- nov, but it 10 an
excellent thing for pain ia the
stomach, acting somewhat like
ginger. Red rose leaves. princi.
pallY used 10 make medicines look
and smell nicr. are tbemselses a
tonic OF no mean power. and elder
flowers, berries and bark have a
great variety Of uses. They are
said to be good for rbeumasism ard
epilepsy. When feyerish. thew
make you perspire. aud they are q
pleasant substitute for seidlitz pow.
ders and things Of that sort.
Beliadonna, or the we'll known
deadly nightshsde. 10 sfill recog-
nizrd by doctors I'll over the world
as . plant OF many medicinal ef-
fects. IL is . terrible poison. bat
in a plaster it cures the ps Of
cholera I; it reduces boiIs when used
IN the form Of . Eminent; it
strengthens the heart when taken
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