The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-04-18
EATING YOUR MEDICINE
EASY WAY TO KEEP WELL


bles and fruits. They understand in.
stinctiyely the healing properties that
are contained in the storeh0use of Ma
ture If man understood and applied
the same laws they do he would need
no doctor.
The pineapple is a sort Of complete
medicine chest in itself for derange-
ments of the stomach. 1t has been re-
garded as an indigestible food, but this
was because it was not known that no
particle of the pulp should ever be
swallowed, for this cellular mass is in
truth completely indigestible and
should not be permitted to pass to the
stomach. The juice only should be
swallowed, and the cellular pulp re-
moved from the mouth 1t should never
be eaten with sugar, but always with
salt. The sugar with the acid makes
bad combination.
Scientists have discovered of late
that the juice of the pineapple contains
a digestive principle very much like
pepsin, the action being the same, and
1t is recommended as a cure for dys-
pepsia. 1t has been found that the
juice acts upon the casein of milk just
as rennet does, and the experiment has
been tried of placing slice of raw
beef between two thick slices of fresh
ripe pineapple, and the character of
the beef has been completely changed
within three to four hours. The &C.
ton of the juice, like pepsin, is diges-
tive.
Pineapple juice is now being made
use of by physicians in cases of diph-
thereto sore throat and Group, the
false membrane being dissolved by the
powerful, insidious acid of the tropic
fruit 1t brings quick relief.
Cranberries are now regarded as one
of the best cures for malaria and for
erysipelas The best way to take them
incidentally is raw; the chemical prop
critics of the acid are then complete,
whereas in cooking they are somewhat
weakened. There are two delicious
ways of eating cranberries raw-in a
I'D and in beverage. AS salad
Ae largest, ripest berries are selected,
washed and cut in halves and served
on crisp lettuce leaves with a dressing
of olive oil, lemon juice and egg. AS a
beverage the cranberries are crushed
and left to soak in water overnight.
The acid in the water is extremely re-
freshing and cooling to the blood
The cooked cranberries are excel
lent for clearing the system and blood
and should be eaten in large quaint
ties.
Watermelon has been found of great
value in cases of yellow fever and is
also recommended for epilepsy. The
pulp should never be eaten, however,
for it's cellular structure is as tough
as that of the pineapple and as indi-
gestible.
Lemons have been appreciated medi-
cinally more than other fruits and for
feVers, rheumatism, liver troubles, sore
threats, low fever, biliousness and
colds they have been used for years.
A doctor once said that if lemons cost
a dollar apiece they would be regarded
as the greatest remedy in the world
for a variety of ills, but as they are so
cheap and so common, no one will heed
the doctors recommendation of them.
They are of great value, and should
always be in the household and par
taken of freely. They should never,
however, be used in combination with
cane sugar, as the effect of the one
upon the other is very bad for the
human interior. The entire medicinal
value of the lemon is Immediately de-
stroyed by combining it with sugar or
any cane product such as syrup or
molasses.
Onions are one of the most potent OF
the vegetables For nervous troubles
they are like tonic and should be
eaten in great quantities, either raw
or cooked very simply, and eaten with.
out any other vegetable. Baking tho
roughly is the best method of cooking
onions when they are to be used as a
medicine. They should then be eaten
with butter and avery little. salt Il
is better to use no salt at all. Cases
of nervous prostration have been cured
by a persistent diet of onions, whole
wheat bread and butter and raw eggs
varied with few simple desserts anG
pineapple eaten with salt.
Onions also cure sleeplessness. A
wel[known lecturer, who was nervous
and high strung, always made a mea
of baked onions and bread and butter