St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-12-15
FOR THE COMPLICATION
Chamomile Now Used To
Beauty It.

plenty Of it." tie old doctor eaid.
cycling the young woman's muddy
skin, and lack -luster eyes. Don't
sniff" lie we 1t on III wanteG
to h,umbug you. l would pre-
scribe it learneily As anthems no
bills. Blu: l have, hope, got be-
yond humbugginx people. Yes, it
il an old woman's remedy but let
me tell you the only doctors n""a-
DAYS who sneev At old woman's
remedies are those vino know 50
little they think they know evciy-
thing.
.'Back in the time OF your grand
mother. young nomen drank chsmo-
mile tea rs matter of course. Not
every night. understand, but three
nights running some time in the
month, either at the new moon Or
the full. Making the tea was no
hspllsz1rd process either. The
flowers for il we're carefully picked,
just as they opened, and dried eep-
arately from the mass OF the herb,
KEEP. for general medicament. You
see. it's famous bitter and stom-
ACHE, rs we'll Us tonic. To this day
It is grown commercially At the
pretty English town Of H,tchin. aud
cultiyators there have developed
the plant go, the flowers arc -
double as the new-flangled China
asters. The common garden sort
has white hay-pe.als around 4 yell
low center, just like the single wild
asters. II is every bit rs good
incidentally Ms the double sort, but
since the dou BILE wei2bs more after
drying, the chaI1omile farmers
strive to produce it.
The flowers, gathered at about
eleven o'clock in The morning, were
spread thinly upon q sheet, and
dried in the shade, then they were
put into their own special bag. and
kept dark and dry. When CHAMP.
mile tea-time came around, gener-
Gus handful Of dried f)wers was
put into china bowl, covered with
boiling water, then set 10 steep in =
warm place for maybe three hours.
Just before bed time the bowl was
filled with water little below boil
ing. An infusion, understand, il
one thing, . decoction another,
Sleeping makes the infusion. The
properties Of it vary il the water
is warm or cold. Boiling makes Z
decoction aud brings out very
different properties fiOm the same
substance.
THE RESULT.
What was wanted for the cllainO-
mile complexion was gentle but
thorough rousiDg OF every deere
ton particularly Of the glands Of
the skin. The tea did this end M
more. It was slipped froE tue edge
II TIC. lie BOWL as hot IS it could be
swallowed, then the slipper went u
bed and slept the sleep Of youth and
happiness. She got up in The
morning feeling ~ fine rs silk,
bathed her face aud shoulders in
fresh spring water, and looked a
herself approvingly in the mirror.
Well che might. She had skin like
velvet, with . peach blossom pink
| in tie cheeks, the eyes Of the live
hest luster. After the third night
she could BID defiance to headache.
languor and lsssit0ae, and wss
ready to work all day, aud frolic all
night when she had The chance.
This for Young women in ordi-
binary health. Those whom colds
or fevers had left weakened, sallow.
and emaciated. needed different
treatment. Where pronounced sal.
lowness showed . very torpid liver.
dande!iom root, boiled to = very
strung decoctiOn, was added to the
chamomile tea. After drinking the
mixture Il aud it was = hitter one,
YOU may take my word : for every
night for u week, the patient was
put upon bitters compounded Of
thyme, cham0mile, dandeli0n and
spice wood bark. Ali were enfused
for twenty-four hours in hot water
enough to cover them we'll, then
twice their bulk Of good whisky was
ad6rd. The dose Was y wine glass
full three times day, before meals.
In case uf sleeplessnese hops were
added 70 the bitters and the patient
slept upon hot pillow.
A PATRIOTIC PLANT.
NO doubt all the other things
helped but chamOnile got the credit
of the cures. 1t may interest YOU
to know that aside from its virtues
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