The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-14
KOME HEALTH CLUB
edited by DR.. David FL. Reeder'
ChicagO.l

subject but l know that many, especl-
ally now readers will profit by learn
ing how to use certain foods as eIIecI-
remedies More and more every
day the Home Health Club is finding
reasons for self-graduation that lts
constant urgings are having erect
that is as widespread as the pubic
| prints: Many special articles are APP
! pearing in the newspapers endorsing
| and emphasizing our theories ana
| methods in the use of natures RENE
dies for ills and the prevention OF
| disease. An example of this IS
| prominent article in a late Chicago
! daily headed Making What You Eat
| Your Medicine This speaks of how
| primitive people and animals cured
all their ills by eating curative vege-
tables and fruits and how they in
stinctively understand the healing
properties that are contained in the
great storehous of nature. 1t re-
peats what the Home Health Club so
often says: eff civilized men under
stood and applied the same laws that
these savages and other animals do,
he would need no DOCTOR" and ADDS:
but food specialists are now study
ing the question of natural vegetable
cures and are teaching people the
value of the common fruits and vege-
tables when used as medicine for
various ills"
The article under considerable goes
| on to repeat the beneficial character
| istics of a few of the hundreds of dl-
| rections given in the Home Health
| Club books concerning fruits, vegeta-
| bles and herbs and their curative
| properties. The Home Health Club
book, Vol. 5, especially and exclu-
sively treats of these facts. This ar
| ticle particularly mentions the follow
ing: Pineapple that is discovered to
be "a sort of complete medicine chest
IN itself for arrangements of the
| stomach
Pineapple has been regarded as an
indigestible food and it is, when the
pulp is swallowed. The juice alone
contains the medicinal quality and
this should not be sweetened but
slightly sailed. This juice has a di-
gestive principle much like pepsin. In
diphtheria, sore throat and Group, it
acts quickly and most favorably, the
n powerful and penetrating acid serving
q to dissolve the false membrane to the
e great relief of the patient.
e Beets help to make new. good
e blood and should be eaten raw for
q this purpose and served as salad
with oil and lemon juice. Celery is
strong in medicinal effect, helpful in
nervousness, nervous dyspepsia, rheu-
matism and neuralgia 1t should >be
chewed until the juices are extracted
and none Of the pulp should be swal-
lowed. The green leaves and the
roots boiled make an excellent soup
for the purposes mentioned Lettuce
cools the system and is good for
Il sleeplessness and it should be eaten
N green. When it is white it has been
bleached and much of it's medicinal
quality is taken from it.
Carrots are excellent for the blood
S for asthma and nervousness. They
should be eaten raw, finely chopped
and served, as a salad with lettuce
and dressing: TheyL should ah always 1,saS;
t. be eaten raw when used as a med1-
N cine. Heat destroys the vegetable
calomel in them. The skin is indi-
" gestible and should never be eaten
lie Spinach, dandelion and asparagus are
ly all good for the kidneys. Asparagus
If should be used only in spring AND
summer. Spinach is efficac iOus al
&; the time.
=, The onion is the king of vegetable
- medicines. 1t is excellent for ner-
~ vousness, sleeplessness and as bind
70 ing to sore threats. Onion syrup is
"A potent in the cure for coughs, colds
hoarseness and as well known as an
Is oldzfashioned and perfect remedy
Re- The prejudice against the odor is
at more or less a fad, and is not half as
" bad as many of the fashionable per-
1t fumes. For nervous troubles onion:
should be eaten raw in large quaint
s. ties, though they are beneficial cook
ed especially well baked and served
,r with butter, pepper and salt. Cases
r Of nervous prostration have been en-.
l. tirely cure by a persistent diet OF
IF onions, hole wheat bread and butter
n raw eggs and a simple dessert Of pine
n apple and salt.
IS OF lemons a great doctor has said
that if they cost dollar piece they
n would be the greatest remedy known
IF for numerous ills. For fevers, liver
IS troubles, sore throat, biliousness and
n cold, they are without rival. Never
% combine the lemon with sugar or
l. other. cane products molasses and the
le like. Sugar instantly destroys the
" medicinal value of lemon juice.
e Watermelon is of great value in yell
J. low f\ver cases and in erysipelas. IN
d der circumstances of general nature,
o they are good for kidney and especi-
e ally bladder troubles, but the pulp
l. should never be swallowed when the
d watermelon is used incidentally.
n Cranberries are excellent for ma
laria and erysipelas when used raw.
r Cooking them weakens the medicinal
It properties. Used as a beverage or a
e salad, raw, they may be rade delic-
: ious as we'll effective. For a salad
: take the largest and ripest berries,
+ wash them thoroughly, cut them in
O halves and serve with lettuce and a
dressing of olive OIL lemon juice and
a raw egg. AS beverage, crush the
n berries and leave them to soak in
S a covering of water over night. Serve
= in turnblers of added pure water. The
n acid is particularly cooling to the
0 blood and refreshing.
0 This list of helpful fruits and vege-
tables could be extended greatly.
I Nearly all vegetables properly prepar-
ed have their medicinal qualities, but
s the best are those mentioned here in
9 the matters of both food and medi-
cine.
Club Notes.