SIMPLE REMEDY FOR WHOOPING COUGH.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2358, 20 August 1887, Page 2 (Supplement)

SIMPLE REMEDY FOR WHOOPING COUGH.

Tiik, following paragraph should be read with attention by all parents : “The seed of the common sunflower is the best remedy for whooping cough that I have ever known. Brown the seed slightly, like coffee, then grind and steep ; when sufficiently steeped, drain clear of the dregs, and sweeten with rock candy or lump sugar. Let tho little ones drink freely at it at intervals throughout the day, and especially before retiring at night. In all ordinary cases, whore children are properly cared for and kept in in had weather, no other medicine will bo required. It also has a loosening effect on a hard, tight cough; and thus it seems that even the poor despised siinflowci is good for something. To any who arc inclined to be sceptical I would only say this : Please try it before you condemn. I consider it so excellent a remedy that last summer I devoted a considerable portion of my kitchen garden to the raising of sunflowers, that I might gather the seeds for inndhva! nm-poses.”