GINGER AND ITS USE
In. a hundred thousand farmhouses the essence of Jamaica ginger is regarded as one of the most valuable of family medicines. It is still used \yith in the cold water furnished to haying hands for drinking' It makes a wnolesome> beverage for any one in hot weather Persons of weak digestion will find a few drops of the essence useful if taken iu water before breakfast without sugar. Ginger tea, made from the root, is of service, like catnip tea, or sage tea, to produce perspiration in colds, or to stimulate the system after exposure. It is more palatable than the decoctions of sage and catnip. In toothache a bit of root ginger chewed slowly will remove the pain and make one! comfortable till a dentist can be consulted. Nearly all the good effects of alcoholic stimulants can be secured, from ginger. But the so-called ginger habit has to be guarded against So has the cayenne pepper habit.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1508, 24 January 1901, Page 24
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162GINGER AND ITS USE New Zealand Mail, Issue 1508, 24 January 1901, Page 24
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