EUCALYPTUS TEA.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2584, 19 April 1877, Page 3

EUCALYPTUS TEA.

Theleditorof the San fiiego "Woridg^es the ■ following 'personal .experience :--t " Some 1 ttgo the writer read in an Englishipftper -of :a disobT^ry made by some physiciansVin Europe of the value of the eucalyptus "—our- well known gum tree—"in early stagesTof cold and fever. Some weekf!agp; : l>eiing-ta.ken,^y.,.a:j.se,yere cold we made a decoction of eucalyptus leaves and dran;k. it; on, retiring to bed! The result;was that it brought on-agentle perspiration and. .sleep, and in the.-mprning all aymptpmsiO.f the ;,cold had disappeared; "fortnight agO: a: frjend jof "pura^was ♦seized with cold; > and fever. He had .^ching,,ipains : ;< all over his bod^ and^to. every appearance bade fair to be confined:tp his room r ,iSVe- thought of the eucalyptus, and told him of our experience., >; Ho : ;went hom^ had & strong decoction made, and. drank freely op going to bed,:; It worked like a charm^ for he was in perfect. ;health next-morning, only a little weajcifrom profuse •perspiration. His wife, was suffering from cold at the time, and twed the remedy, and found it a perfect and immediate cure.,, One in-* stance more in pur"own case., Xiast,night|

just before retiring to bed, we ; were Seized with i violent: chill,.; accompanied.^with pains in the back and legs. ;, This; was followed by a littl&feiex. These symptoms had presaged a-yery seriotts/iillnes a year or two ago, and ominously on the subject. We sent out to the street, : and. had "some 'leaves plucked* and bur . faYorite.;t&a, was at once made. "We drank about-aipint and soon fell asle.ep, and to > theJcreditioLeucalyptus we are as^well to-day as ever we were in our life. -Our o])iniQn:is that the,t<ea is perfectly ha^ ? less-tQ drink even in a large quantity. j;or Sf medicine tree we can recommend eirerybody to'grqw.euoalyptus."

Foot Eule.-—Avoid tight shoes.