BONDAGE OF "NERVES."

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18381, 23 April 1923, Page 12

BONDAGE OF "NERVES."

The woman : with highly-strung nerves should take as much rest in tranquil surrounding as she is able, make good meals of wholesome food, and refuse to allow her nerves to vbe tried or set on edge by small and negligible ; incidents. Worry is the worst: enemy of the woman with a nervy temperament. : She is inclined to see molehills where none are, and to magnify real molehills into great mountains. Any amount of cream, fresh-butter and eggs should be ■ included in the nervy woman's diet. A glass of milk in the middle of the' morning is to be recommended, ' while she will benefit;. if she goes back to the nursery fare of bread and milk and milk puddings. ' She , should try to eat a good breakfast, and must not on ; any, account miss - her lunch.. It is the meagre diet indulged in by many busy women in these days which so often is ; the beginning of nerve trouble. A cup of co#;oa and a biscuit if ever she feels hungry between meals, and milk and ; biscuits by her bedside at night, are - wise precautions. The less tea and coffee drunk the better. Lack of sufficient rest and sleep is often a cause of an outbreak of nerviness. Early to Bed cannot be too highly recommended, but it does little good if the patient persists in reading far into the night. Lying with closed eyes and tranquil mind even for hours until sleep comes 'is benefitting to frayed nerves.