The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-11
HOME HEALTH CLUB,
(Edited by Dr. David H. Reedcr, l..
 Porte, Indiana.)

SWEATING FEET:-So many aG verse conditions appear to follow at tacks of the Influenza that it is dii ficult to determine which is most inl portant to attend to first. So man. complaints are of excessive sweatin= of the feet. Next in the number O complaints is itching of the skin an, a condition like hives.
 I will first tell you of the HOME HEALTH CLUB method for curing sweating feet and next time will tel! YOU how to treat the hives. So faI have not heard of a single case o. the Flu that has resulted in death or even pneumonia where the Home Health Club method of treatment has been used.
 In cases of sweating feet, heat k the element lacking. Many who have been troubled with sweating feet have found immediate relief by simp ly placing them in a moderately hot bath. Instead of allowing heat to pass off, this replenishes the feeble supply, causing pleasant and beneficial re- suits. So long as the feet remain damp and cold with sweat this result is not present. This bath should not be very hot, nor should it include any part of the body but the feet q first. By gradually adding hot water the temperature is raised and the bath takes in more and more of the limb. The importance of supplying heat to the feet and limbs is now readily recognized.
 There are various causes for pro- fuse precipitation. All anatomisCs know that the severing of certain or ganic nerves causes sweating which would not otherwise exist. The reason for this is that the nerve which has heretofore been controlling the ac- ton of the pores located in this par tlcular portion of the skin, because of bsing severed, is deprived of it's ability to longer exert that control. Relaxation of these pores is the nat ural consequence, and excessive per spiration follows.
 There are two natural causes for the pores relaxing temporarily and permitting precipitation to flow in the grosser form of sweat. These two are well known to all, being cxerton and excessive heat. Of course these are virtually identical, as the eNertion merely creates excessive heat in the body, which causes precipitation. But the trouble comes when the pores lose their tension and permit this ac- ton to continue without either eX- ertion or excessive heat. In sweating feet there Is a loss of vitality In the nerve centers that supply the skin of the feet. This must be restored. The question is-How can this be accom- plished?
 I will now give a solution which is invaluable in treating this trouble Take a tablespoonful of common tab le salt a tablespoonful of cayenne pepper, half an imperial pint of good white wine vinegar; mix these thor oughly and add a pint of boiling water. After this has stood for few minutes strain out the pepper. But this solution unaided is not suf- ficient. Therefore, let us see if there is not something which can be done in conjunction with this which will add sufficient power to make 1t cap able of performing the difficult task required of it.
 Place tie feet in the hot bath as directed above. Be very careful to give this bath correctly, exercising great caution so as not to increase the temperature too rapidly. Leave the feet in the water for about thirty minutes. As soon as they are re- moved from this hot bath apply the preparation above described. Rub well with this and the desired effect will soon begin to manifest itself.
 After the feet and limbs have been well rubbed with this valuable so- lution, then our ola friend, hot olive oil, Is applied, well up to the knees Continue the rubbing just as long as 1t it felt to be comfortable, after which retire.
 There are few cases which are So T001IPh as a second application of this treat ment In this way the difficulty it. self is not only overcome, but new vigor is added to the whole sys- tenn.