The Cause and Cure of Chilblains

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23381, 24 June 1939, Page 7 (Supplement)

The Cause and Cure of Chilblains

1 Chilblains arc a mailer of general | health and circulation, but improper • shoes and stockings help to cause : these also. It should be remembered • that tight shoes, like tight gloves, j cause the feet and hands to be cold, j because the free circulation is inter' | jered with. The main cause is a I shortage of calcium (lime) in the j body, and this can be made up by i taking at least a pint and a-half of • milk each day. Cheese Is also valu- : able. There are also various forms of | calcium tablets which can be taken : with advantage. 7he calcium treatj ment is best undertaken some Weeks | before the cold weather begins. Rubj bing of the feet and keeping dry also 1 help to prevent chilblains. If a chilj blain develops, apply colodion. { As to diet, foods which contain j calcium in abundance arc oranges, j lemons, fish, raw cabbage, spinach, i'' lettuce, dates and figs, besides the cheese and milk already mentioned. ■■■■■■■!■■ II ll'llT**— "——