Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-09-13


OF the blood. the face should be bathedi
in witch-hazel extract after shaving. |
Colorado DR.. David H. Reeder, Lc,|
porte, Ind Dear Sir: AS my hus, |
band Is subscriber to this paper. l !
have been constant reader Of the |
Home Health Club department and not
long ago saw an account Of "Plantian"
leaves helping women at certain ages,
but it did not explain very fully. Will
you please tell US just how it should
be used? When it should be picked.
and size of dose, how often to take
1t, etc, and oblige. Very respectfully,
Mrs. T. v. <s' *S psf 81
In the use Of plantain, one must use
good judgment and each one must ex-
pertinent to some extent. have fire..
quently given the formula for making
infusions of all kinds from various
herbs, which is one ounce of the herbs
to one pint Of water, sleeping usually
for about half an hour. The dose or
nearly all infusions will vary from a
teaspoonful to two or three dessert
spoonfuls, three or four times daily.
A dose Of the tincture varies from five
drops to Is drops. 1t is a popular
remedy for all kinds of hemorrhages
and the bruised leaves are excellent
for burns, bruises, stings Of insects,
bites Of mosquitoes, etc. 1t is also re-
markably effcacious in poisons Of all
kinds. An old negro now living in
the south obtained his freedom by dis
closing nostrum for the bites of
snakes, the basis of which was plain
tian.. 1t consisted in giving the ex-
pressed juice of plaintian and bore
hound, equal parts; a tablespoonful to
be repeated as often as the stomach
would bear, and the same to be applied
to the wound. The plaintain is, like
most herbs, best when in blossom.
would like to have some one who has
used the herb extensively, write full
description of their method for Club
Notes.
Washington.-Dr. D. III. Reeder, La
porte, Ind. Dear Doctor: have al
ways been greatly interested in the
Home Health Club department in our
paper, and would like to ask you few
questions about whooping cough.
How long does it take after one has
been exposed, before he will take it?
At what stage Of the whooping cough
does it become contagious? How does
it~become so? Can it be caught from
the clothing. Kindly give us a simple
home remedy for it. Sincerely yours,
p. D. E.
The disease has period of incuba-
ton of from four to ii days, that is,
one may come down with. it at any
time from four to IA days, after being
exposed. It, would become contagious
at any time after the inflammatory
condition of the throat is noted. The
best medical works admit that there
has never been found any specific
germ which would be declared guilty
Of carrying the disease and in the alb
sence of any positive knowledge to be
obtained from books, don't object to
saying that I believe it is communi-
Gated from one to another by the mois-'
ture thrown out from the throat while
coughing. For this reason it may be
carried in the clothes by one who does
not have it, to child who soon after
ward comes in contact with the ex-
posed clothing. -.
The simplest and safest home rem
edy is Kali. Muir. and Mag. Phos six
ounces Of the tissue elements. :; The
former for the accumulation Of the
thick white phlegm and the latter to
overcome the spasmodic cough. The
two remedies should be- given alter
nately about three times each, daily.
All readers of this publication are
| at liberty to write for information per-
tanning to the subject of health: All
communications should be addressed
| to the Home Health Club or DR.. David
H. Reeder, Laporte, Ind, and should
contain four cents in postage and
| en- n~1 n1awoac in full