Medical Vegetables.
Spinach has a direct effect upon the kidneys. Beets and turnips are excellent appetizers. Tomatoes act upon the liver and asparagus purges the blood. Lettuce and cucumbers are cooling in their effects upon the system. Common dandelion used as greens is excellent for kidney troubles. Celery acts admirably upon the nervous system, and is a cure for rheumatism and neuralgia. A soup made from onions is regarded by the French as an excellent restorative in debility of the digestive organs. Red onions are an excellent diuretic, and the white ones are recommended to be eaten raw as a remedy for insomnia. Onions, garlic, leeks, olives and shallots possess medicinal virtue of a very marked character, stimulating the musculatory system, and the consequent increase in the saliva and the gastric juice, promoting digestion.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 998, 17 April 1891, Page 9
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134Medical Vegetables. New Zealand Mail, Issue 998, 17 April 1891, Page 9
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