VEGETABLES
Spinaoh has a direct effect on complaint of the kldneya. The common dandelion, used as greens, fs excellent for the same trouble. Asparagus purges the blood. Celery acts admirably on the nervoaa system, and 1b a cure for rheumatism anc v nenralgi. Tomatoes act on the liver. Beet and turnips are excellent appetisers. Lettuces and ououmbers are oooling m their effects on she system. Onions, garlio, leeks, olives and eschalots, all of which are similar, .possess medicinal virtues of a marked character, stimulating the ciroulatory system and the consequent increase of the taliva and the gastr.'o juices, and promoting digestion. Red o lions are au excellent diuretic, and white ones are recommended to be eaten raw as a remedy for insomnia They are a tonic and nutritious. A aoup made of onions is regarded by the French nt an exoellent restorative m debility of the digestive organs.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1565, 23 May 1887, Page 3
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148VEGETABLES Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1565, 23 May 1887, Page 3
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