The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-23
Your Health By pr. William Brady

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 William Brady, National News paper Service, 32O West Madison
 Street, Chicago, III.
 CITRATE OF SODA FOR COUGH
 You may get fair idea of the harmlessness of citrate of soda from the fact that 1t. has been wide- ly used in the modification of cow1 milk for infant feeding. for the pur' pose of preventing formation o' large hard curds-from one-half h one teaspoonful being added to tho pint of milk. Not that advise tilii for modifying nilk-I believe thI addition of some oatmeal gruel or barley gruel or oatmeal water or barley water is better for that pur- pose.
 Tn the booklet Call It Cri" (for copy send 25 cents and stamped en- velope bearing your address) there is chapter telling What to Do About the Cri. If you're a new reader that is a coined word-in- itial letters of the cumbersome term Common Respiratory Infection = pronounced kree. It may and should be applied in the early stage of any such illness or indiSposition, whether the cri proves to be diph- theria, simple coryza, meningitis, measles, flu, grip, tonsillitis, pneu- monia, scarlet fever-nobody knows what it may prove to be, in the early stage.
 Foolproof Cough Medicine is strictly home made medicine, and I'd prefer it myself if I had cri accompanied with cough which called for a remedy. Chief ir- gredient is citrate of soda.
 To prepare the cough medicine you use the following materials: CD Water. CD Oh-oh; discovered only yesterday that this is out, too mo glycerin without prescription, I learned, so for the present we'll have to use molasses, honey, table syrup, sorghum syrup or maple syrup instead of glycerin. t3) 4 lemon. (D Flaxseed-not meal, the unground seeds. (5) Citrate of soda, white crystalline powder. (6 Es- Sence, extract or oil of peppermint, or other aromatic flavor as pre- ferred.
 Now, then, folks, I shall not be responsible for any typographical errors, but if you want to take chance the printers are not holding out, or contributing anything of their own to the recipe, here's how 1t cooks:
 Steep for 20 to 30 minutes
 heaping teaspoonful of whole
 fiaxseeds in a pint of water. Dis
 solve in this haxseed tea ono
 ounce (two rounded tablespoon
 fuls) of citrate of soda, two table
 soonfuls of glycerin or any of the
 substitutes above mentioned, add the juice of one lemon. finally
 three or four drops of peppermint
 or whatever aromatic flavor you
 prefer, and strain through a
 piece of muslin.
 There you are, all set to Soothe, ease, relieve and help cough due to any respiratory tract trouble, in infant, child or adult, and the med- icine can do no serious harm in any circumstance.
 Dose for infant or young child, teaspoonful every two hours for day or two. For older child or adult, tablespoonful every hour or every two hours for a day or two. No particular harm in continuing the medicine longer than a day or two If you wish. but generally it works most effectively in the first day or two.