Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-01
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fiat on the bed, the floor, any place
where the head may be low, and start
to take deep breaths. Do this very
slowly, filling the lungs until it seems
as though they would burst, and then
exhaling as slowly. 1t is needless to
say that the windows should be open
wide. Keep this up given length of
time, say for fifty exhalations, fixing
the mind upon counting them. At the
conclusion of this exercise the mind is
likely to be freed, for the time at least,
of the thoughts and worries that previ-
ously tired it, the additional air
in the lungs has invigorated the
tired, physically, so that one is
ready to rest, and usually to sleep.
Many times, in fact, the counting is
never finished, the patient falling
asleep before the fifty breaths have
been taken.
Brown spots on the face are apt to
make their appearance at this season
of the year, when the blood is in bad
condition and the liver is torpid This
last condition is largely responsible for
unsightly facial blemishes, and when
they take the form of 'liver" spots that
organ should be treated Immediately.
For instance, a cathartic must be re-
sorted to If the liver has been inactive.
Some kind of blood purifier should also
be taken. Many persons like sassafras
tea as a purifier 1t is made by sleeping
two tablespoonful of the dried root,
broken fine, in three pints of boiling
water for twenty minutes. 1t is drank
freely through the day and may be
sweetened if desired.
Eating pineapples is also recommend
ed, for their juice has a beneficial eff
feet upon the blood and skin, and it is
said that, rubbed on the discolored
ell mill tho hlopnich
Great care must be taken with the
diet that it shall contain only the
simplest and most nourishing food, at
the same time kinds that can be easily
digested. Fresh fruits may form part
of the meals, but any highly spiced or
fried dishes should be avoided.
Exercising in the open air must be
part of the daily routine, even If it
is necessary to get up earlier to ac-
complish it-for nothing will produce
such beneficial results as a brisk walk,
in rain or shine, for this kind of ex-
ercise produces rapid circulation,
brightens the eye, clears the skin and
makes for grace. The improvement
is not to be noted in a week, but at
done this regularly will have snap and
tone not to be achieved in any other
way.
While methods directed toward i'm
provement of the whole system must
be kept up, some external applications
may be found helpful.
In using whitening lotions there is
this to be considered, that any strong
bleach may injure the skin. On the
contrary a simple one will work so
slowly that the patient may think it is
not a success and so stop 1t.
One of the mild beaches is made
from sixty grains of salicylic acid and
four ounces of bay rum. 1t is applied
night and morning with a small bit of
linen and left to dry on. After few
days the skin will roughen, when the
application must be discontinued and
the place touched with oxide Of zinc
ointment until it heals. If the stain
is still in evidence the lotion may be
used again.
If the discoloration is not dark one
spirits of camphor may prove benefi-
cial This is applied to the dark flesh
several times a day and at night, dry
ing on. The roughness it creates may
be soothed by oxide of zinc ointment