The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-12-11

Cure for Cold Feel.

Cola ndnuS ana Ieel Is one q
the most uncomfortable an'
common complaints anon:
women to-day. and one that j.
neglected too frequently /,
suffer from chilled eXtremitiei
seems slight matter. more
unpleasant than serious, and yet
like the proverbial stitch taker
in time, if treated promptly anC
properly, an oftentimes chronic
affection is escaped.
Thus just because of those
too often sighted cold toes ano
fingers frequent headaches arise,
early twinges of rheumatism are
felt. and that most dreadful Of all
habits, insomnia. contracted.
OF course, it seems too small a
matter to worry the family
doctor about and a hot-water
bath at night brings relief, but
the trouble is not local. as so
many persons think, and the
warm foot flannel and hot bottle
fail TO create a cure.
Cold eXtremities arise from
poor circulation, and to touch
the root of the matter a simple
course of treatment for stirring
sluggish blood ought TO be put in
progress. One way, and
undoubtedly the best. most es-
pecially for persons who are
obliged to lead rather sedentary
lives is with clear cold water.
Nothing, except, perhaps, a
fifteen mile run across country on
snowshoes, will stir the blood
like cod water properly applied,
for cold water acts as tonic and
liniment, and, if its aid is
constantly invoked. it will in
time almost cure an obstinate
case of insomnia.
Delicate persons, who suffer
f ON overfullness of the head.
moist hands and feet. chilbiains
and nerves, must court Its
blessings cautiously and first by
he morning bath. On getting
out Of bed the teeth ought to be
pushed in a cup of cold water
and the throat repeatedly gar
gled. Then it is wise to drink a
nalf-glass OF the fluid, or as much
as can be taken with comparative
relish The bath ought then to
follow, in a room where the
temperature Is equable. but
distinctly fresh and before touch
ing water a few ca isthenic
exercises should be taken.
TrS ten movements the first
morning. fifteen the next.
twenty the third and so on until
fifteen to eighteen minutes every
day are spent in bending from
the hips, expending the chest,
etc. By this time a considerable
glow is aroused. and the bath
should be turned on, a fourth
full Of tepid water. This is a
proper temperature to soap and
generally scrub in, but whel the
lather is to be washed off turn
on the cold water faucet.
Let it run, and, kneeling in
the tub, vigorously dash the
slowly cooling water over tbs
shoulders, back and arms
Don't attempt too cold a BATH
the first day, but little by little
permit the chill to grow stronger
as the mornings go on, until il
the course of ten days you car
let the tub run full of friglc
water as you dash about and fee
that you keenly regret leaving
the bracing bath.
From the water you shoulC
step to a bath mat, and ther
with an unbleached Turkish
towel rub down from neck t,
heels. If there is NJ reaction
of languor and chilliness hal
an hour after such a bath it
effects are beneficial. One sen
sation sure to be noticed will b.
great itching of the feet anC
limbs, produced by the blooc
forcing its. way through long
unused channels,to the surface
In course of time this will dis
appear. and after a week or NOR,
of such baths a rubber tube anC
spray nozzle ought to be pur
chased. On going through the
warm and then cold splashino
fix this tube to the cold-watei
faucet and spray the body. TINS
will so excite the blood as 70