The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-19
HOME HEALTH CLUB

BOWEL TROUBLE: During the hot summer months the suffering from bowel trouble is not only very great but many illnesses follow. flascl flasch season appears to have it's own parll- c11lar ailment., During the spring and fall months, changing conditions cause many colds, sore throats and bronchial troubles. while nid-winter furnishes La Grippe. Pneumonia andNother all nents due to the impure air Of our heated houses. When the hot days come many people who are not ln the habit of drinking water freely go ollen to the water cooler and drink great quantities of it or some other liquid that is as cold as ice. will make l.
 Nature always tries to protect us, even from the evil results Of our own foolish action. Whenever anything IS put into the stomach which IS eV1l ana will do us harm, unless it is or such a nature that paraIizes or Iupelles the nerves, a quick effort is made to throw off the harmful element. Work is to be done and the decks must De cleaned for action. A lot Of waste pr refuse matter has been lodged in yRhes bowels longer than it should and the irritation caused by the unaccustomed quantities of water as well as the shock caused by it's coldness cause the contents of the stomach and bowels to be. crowded outward at a rapid rate, pain follows. The contents or the bowels do not move on as rapidly as the vermicuIar motion of the bowels and the resulting irritation causes spasm odic cos1traction. griping is ire quent and finally when evacuation be- gins it continues until the contents of the bowels have all been passed out and then nature doesn't seem to know when to stop. The irritated and in flamed mucous lining of the intestines act as though they would keep on un- til they cast themselves out.
 Whats to be done? This severe in flammation and oyer-activity must be stopped or death from diarrhoea will surely follow. The old system of treatment was to give morphine to stop the pain. This it did and also stopped the action of the bowels so quickly that in many cases great dam age of a perenanent nature followed.
 A skilfu1. osteopathic physician will in a few moments inhibit the action of the nerves controlling the peristaltic action of the bowels and thus give inn mediate relief without harmful after effects. Abstinence from food and the uricious application of cold com presses will give the same satisfactory results but not so quickly.
 The free external application of the simple herb ointment, made from herbs described in the Home Health Club book, Vol. 5, gives the quickest relief and of the most satisfactory na- ture because it does nothing but re- move the inflammation and in no way flinders the outward progress of any waste matter which may still remain in the bowels. In this way the dan ger of Peritonitis or even Appendicitis is safely and easily overcome. Every family should make up and keep on hand for emergencies number of Sl1ch simple herbTem medieS thai con tain no poisonsa or opiates. whiskeys or coal tar preparations.
 The Home Health Club through it's books and by personal letters is al- ways glad to help any reader of this paper who suffers from bowel or any other ai1ment.