Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-12
SAFE COUCH REMEplEs.

Editor Social Corner: These are. safe, cough remedies for your afflicted read CTS to try:
 For chronic cough that, has resulted from cold that has settled upon the lungs or bronchial tubes. These coughs are generally the result of bronchitis. There is a catarrhal condition of the larger bronchial tubes, sometimes go- ing down completely into the lungs. The cough is often accompanied with eKpecteration quite free A coughing spell is almost sure to follow She in troductiOn of food into the stomach Chronic bronchitis, it is called. Some times called winter cough. Old people are especially prone to acquire this. One of the best simple remedies, espe- cially good for old people. is rum and molaSSeS.
 Get pint bottle. Fill it half full of Jamaica rum. Be sure to get the rum where you are positive it is pure
 rum. Then fill the bottle half full of
 dark molasses Orleans cooking tie full of mixture of rum and mo
 lasses, half and half, The longer you
 keep the mixture, the better it be-
 comes. The rum is derived from mo- lasses originally, and it blends well with molasses. It is better to take this remedy in teaspoonful doses every | two hours. But if it is incohvenie1t to take it frequently, it may be taken I in tablespoon doses, a dose half afi
 hour before each meal and at bed l time.
 The smaller dose oftener repeated, l however is more effective, and with I people confined to the house it is bet | ter to take it that way. This remedy | l e1,h | time the cough, will be Eessened. It
 operates slightly upon the bowels. The
 sleep and appetite are improved also.
 A very excellent cough medicine can ] be made from a ten cent package of :, horehound which can be purchased at
 any drug store. Steep up the hore- hound thoroughly in a quart, of water. | Cool, strain and set aside to be added to the following ingredients: Take three eggs and place them in a pint of vinegar. The eggs should be entirely
 covered by the vinegar. Allow them
 to stay there for three or, four hours,
 when it will be found that the hard part of the eggshell has been dissolved
 by the vinegar. Carefully remove the
 soft part of the eggs from the vinegar
 which if handled carefully will remain intact, as the soft membrane next to | tH6 Skll1 VIII IIOI O4SSOIV0NlL HI lIf6 N1IIC- gar. The eggs can be then used for any other purpose for which an egg is to be used. But the hard part of the
 shell has dissolved in the vinegar This
 vinegar is to be added to the hore- hound tea. A tablespoon of celery seed may also De added. A half pound oi
 strained honey should be added. The l whole is steeped slowly for half ar hour in a covered dish. This will pro- | duce an excellent cough remedy, pleas
 ant to take, effective, especially in chronic cough A great many cases o1
 chronic bronchitis, ,such as old people
 have, can be cured with this remedy
 In fact, it is good remedy for any ordinary cough.
 Licorice root steeped slowly for an hour and strained; to one pint of this add the juice of two lemons and a ilali pint of molasses. This makes 8 cougf
 remedy for babies or small children that anyone may use with perfeci safety. After the mixture is made Il
 is good plan to add a few drops oi
 anise oil to it. Ten drops to the pint 1 The ordinary extract of licorice is a very good remedy for some conditions | People who are tHoubIed with i hacking cough the first thing in the
 morning, with stringy mucous clingine
 far down into the throat, producing 8 gagging sensation, will experience re- lief by taking small piece of 1icorice | into the mouth when they get up. The
 action of the 1icorice upon the mucous
 membrane of the throat is soothing
 and frequently prevents that exaspef- l ating stomach cough.
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