The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-09
HOME HEALTH CLUB
edited by vDr. David H. Reeder,
Chicago.)


Emergencies: For many months
I have been telling you of various
ways to serve during the war by
keeping we'll. incidentally also, how
to get well without calling on the
overworked doctor in case sickness
should occur.
I think that every home should be
prepared for emergencies of all kinds
so far as it is humanity possible to
prepare. You may not be able to
continuously keep on hand all of the
various remedies that might be
available. A practical knowledge Of
the various uses to which water may
be put may be the means of saving
life, if you will apply that knowl-
edge. .--.-
I told you some weeks ago about
some of the most effective remedies
that are to be found in nearly every
kitchen and yet l daily get many let
tiers asking the very questions that
have already been answered. OF
course I know that this is due to the
fact that all of you do not read every
copy of the paper as carefully as
you would like to do and therefore
you miss some of the articles.
One letter which came in this
morning tells about a bad taste in
the mouth, the food feels like lead
in the stomach and the bowels are
very inactive.
Go to the kitchen and away back
in the corner of the cupboard, where
it is not used as often as it should
be, you will probably find some red
pepper. Now, if you want real
dynamic effect that will stimulate
every. part of your body, take half a
teaspoonful and put it into a tea
| cupful of boiling water, stir it well,
then strain it through a fine cloth.
Take teaspoonful doses three or four
| times daily. By drinking a spoonful
of milk before and half a cupful
after, there will be no disagreeable
| burning from this red pepper tea, but
there will be a tremendous stimula-
| ton.
If the desire is to get action of the
right sore in the bowels and it is be-
lieved that the liver is not at fault
| then you should take the red pepper
itself instead of the tea-a quantity
about the size of navy bean is
about right for a dose. 1t can be
| taken in milk or in a wafer made of
| thin slices of fruit and swallowed
whole, or better still, you can keep on
hand a supply of soluble capsules,
costing about Is cents per hundred
at the local drug store, and the
druggist will show you how to fill
| Iii, l. rr1o 81 {or
while taking it in this way, and there
will be little if any burning felt in
| the stomach. The result of this sim
pie, safe and inexpensive remedy will
| be very satisfactory indeed, if you
| keep it up for a week or so. The
peristaltic action of the bowels will
be greatly increased. Let US turn to
page 35 of the Home Health Club
book, Vol 5, or Medicinal Plants OF
America" and just quote what is says
about the effect of using red pepper
and some other ways of using it:
at is one of the most pronounced
and at the same time one of the
purest and strongest stimulants OF
the materia medica, and is unequaled
for use when a powerful and prolong-
| Gu Sl1II1ultLlll 10 ISSuCu do III SOHS Cok-
i've chills, heart failure, etc. 1t is
carminative, tonic, and dirutic. The
whole circulation is affected by the
agent, and it can be used externally
as well as internally. Liniments fol-
neuralgia, sciatica, paralysis, etc.
should contain capsicum. 1t is goo6
to use in cases of fiatulency arising
from eating vegetable foods and like
wise to warm the stomach. 1t is useG
with good results, in rheumatism an6
! GOODNESS of the system. In congest
ed, liberated, or infectious sore
throat it is most excellent, especially
combined with myrrh. 1t is anti
septic in character and a most suita
BILE gargle in diphtheria.
1.-TWO tablespoonfuls of the small
red pepper, or three of the common
cayenne pepper, and two teaspoonful:
of fine salt, to be beaten into paste
on which half pint of boiling water
| is to be poured, and strained off whe1
cold on equal quantity of very sharI
vinegar being added to this infusion
A tablespoonful every hour is proper
dose for an adult. 1t may be en-
| ployed in the form of a powder. il
one-fourth teaspoonful doses, givel
in molasses, or may be taken in cap
sules. One grain is considered full
dose except in rare cases, as in con
gestive chills. Capsicum plasters ar
valuable for pneumonia and othe
conditions, but should not be allowed
to remain over an hour on the parts
The West Indian or African capsi
cum is considered the best.