SUN BATHS.

Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume XXVI, Issue 3365, 10 March 1915, Page 4

SUN BATHS.

By or. Carl strueh.

Sunlight is as essential for the welfare of a human being as it is for a living plant. It is the most powerful force in Nature, without which there is no healthy or natural development. You may try the experiment in your garden. Plant two flowers of the same species, age and size, but in different locations, one where it gets the sunlight all day long .and the other where it is shaded part of the day. Provide the two plants with the same rich soil aud take equally good care of bothThen study their further'growth. ' One will sprout into a healthy plant, while the other will shpw but a poo* growth and never reach the splendid development of the other. The same applies to the human body. The vne who lives in the light of the sun will develop a strong physique with its attributes of health and youth, while the one who is condemned to a sedentary life will wither-and soon begin to show signs of disease and premature age. The action of the sunlight increases the activity of every organ and every . cell, and the more perfectly and harmoniously these perform their func-. tions the closer we approach the state of health. Of particular importance is the action of the sunlight upon tho activity of the skin, the function of which as an eliminativc organ is as essential as that of the kidneys. Through its millions of pores it removes the impurities which, constantly accumulate in the system, and which often cause a condition of the blood which is called " toxaemia or autointoxication. An active skin means health ! .. t Therefore, every thing that improves the activity of the patient's, skin will at the same time - improve his general health.

From the aforesaid we learn how important sun bafhs" are for the treatment of any disease. Their effect upon patients suffering from rheumatism, nervousness, gout, diabetes, dyspepsia, anaemia, skin diseases, constipation, insomnia, sciatica, obesity, general dclibity, neuralgia, caV'rh, asthma, etc:\ is • simply astounding-. The ideal kind of sun baths is in the open under the blue sky, and not under a glass roof, which consumes the most important rays of the sunlight. ' . '