Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-02-05
Home Treatment for Catarrh
From The { ommoner.

From The ommouer.
We get so MANY requests Tor cures Tor
catarrhal troubles that it may, perhaps,
hc well to give several recommended treat
mcnts, and would suggest that they be
either copied, or pasted into your recipe
book for further refercncc Al this time
of year. catarrh is very prevalent, 1t
must be remembered, however, that the
disease will return and make itself more
or less disagreeably manifest every time
one takes cold, and the severity OF the
disease will largely depend upon the con-
dition of the general health and the
state of ones vitality. Here are the
recipes, many of them strongly recon-
mended:
With nasal sprayer, costing perhaps
fifty cents, use treatment made OF Siler S
solution, which is standard preparation
to he procured AT any drugstore, and
ten cents worth should last YOU six
months. The druggist will tell You how
to prepare the spray. The nasalsprayer
can also be had OF most druggists.
This treatment is said never to fail of
benefit: Boiled lnseed oil, one ounce;
oil OF tar, half ounce; tincturc golden
seal, forty drops; oil of sassalras, tweny
drops; tincture of wild cherry one. fourth
ounce. Put altogether in two ounce
bottle and spakc we'll before using Take
a small wire and bend short loop on
one end. wrap cotton on this dip it i'll
the mixture and with it swab out the
nasal passage night and morning
Another remedy, which is said to be
good for several things, is given Put
bit OF sponge in wide'mouthed
emtt, bottle, and on it pour five cents
wosti, each of oil OF horseradish and
oil of mustard. Take the cork partly
out, when wanted to use, inhalc
little at time as you canstand 1t;
it will sting if the throat or lungs
are inflamed but it will cure; can nc
usedsa often as you want to use 1t,
For headache, inlale through the nos
trils: it will cure in half a minute; use
as often as YOU choose. For weak and
granulated cyelids. take the cork out,
shut the eye, put the mouth OF the bot
tic over the eye and keep it there as long
as il can be borne-of course, bending
the head over the bottle, rs only the as
cending yapor is used. Keep tightly
corked when not in use.
If the nasal passage is scabbed and
full of painful sores, one OF the most ei
fective treatments is to swab the nostrils
out as far back as possible with carbo
lated yaselinc-a five cent bottle will
last YOU long time. II is not painful
and if little of it is snrtied back into
the throat, it will be all the better
Equally as good is mixture OF fifteen
drops of carbolc acid to an ounce OF
glycerine, we'll mixed. used in the same
manner as the above. The swab may
be made of anv soft material, but bit
of very fine sponge is best. The carbolic
acid is stimulating, antiseptic' and the
soothing qualities OF the vase'ine or
slycerine are we'll known. The eject is
immediate, and very satisfactory, ana
can be used as often as needed.
Another remedy, which is highly recon-
mendcd by well-known physician, is
daily cleansing of the nasal passages by
the use of a douche and a solution made
of one drop of carbolic acid toone ounce
of water; using a pint OF water at a
time. If this is too strong, use twice as
much water. Wash the head out wei
with this two or three times day. a
lotion composed OF five to ten grains o
permanganate OF potash, dissolved in
mint of water used with the douche n
above, is also recommended.