VEGETABLES AS MEDICINE.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 19 June 1914, Page 7

VEGETABLES AS MEDICINE.

Fruit and vegetables are not only wholesome, but absolutely essenti.i", to man. A half-century ago, no ,011 c, broadly speaking, knew of just what elements our bodies and foods were composed, nor could explain how the ditlerent nutritive ingredients of foc&c served their purposes in nutrition. Yet intuition, gleaned from experience, taught those wise women —om? grandmothers—how to glean from the garden, the woodland, the meadov." and orchards the seasonable' food; and medicaments that enabled them to "slam the door on the doctor's nose" for years at a time. The on;.-.n they regarded as one of the mo t. beneficial of all vegetables fitted I > cope with nearly all the ills tbnt flesh is heir to. They deemed it as a great beautifier, clearing the s\ii. stimulating the liver, brightening. !).•» eyes, and ultimately clearing t!i-> breath. For colds, croup, and influenza, for diphtheria and pneumonia, earache, insomnia and . membrano ■■- croup, nervousness and debility, t ■-..-! onion stood and stands unexcelh\l. with this also in its fiivcmr that the onion treatment loaves none of Iho injurious after-effects of drugs. In cases of aeneraia', cabbage, cauliflower, and /spinach have proved distinctly beneficial, and the more modem tomato stimulates the^ healthy action of the liver. Asparagus is bvyner-.-i-l in kidney troubles. Celery is vsei-'-A in cases of rheumatism a nd neurair^ and carrots form blood, arw ] a^P *■-, the velvety smoothness of the si'mi

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