Health Hints.

Otago Witness, Issue 2685, 30 August 1905, Page 68

Health Hints.

To Cure Indigestion. —lf you suffer from indigestion, take one or two tea«poonfu!s of pure glyc-erine in about half a wineglass ef cold water, either before, with, or after food. Milk as a .Sleep-producer. —Drink a b'veatfastouphil of hot milk before retiring, and a peaceful night's rest will be obtained. This is a hint to those who suffer from insomnia. Embrocation for Sprains.—For an embrocation for cprains, take half a pint of turpoitino and two raw cgg"=; put both into a large bottle, cork it, and shpke till it becomes a thick cream; then add, gradually, one pint of vinegar and of ammonia. Shako all well together, and bottle for use. This mixturo will keep for year*. Don't Eat Between MeaJs. —lt is not good to eat between meals, and parents should! Lako oaro that they do net let their childicn fall into the habit, as it is one of she most frequent causes of ill-health in the young, and also in older persons. To Cure a Cold. —An excellent remedy that the Germans use for curing a cold is the yolk of an egg beaten in a pint of ivaler, a little biitter, three lumps of sugar, md a tablespoonful of whisky. "When it begins to boil, pour it back and forth from ?no saucepan to another until smooth and Frothy; allow it to ccol, then take a teaspoonful every half hour. Eating When Tired. —E\eryone should know that to eat when tired 1 is to place, upon tho digestive organs a burden which :hey aio wholly unable to bear. WJ'en, :ho body is in a state of fatigue the diges;ivo organs are unable to jerform their iietural functions; the glands of the stomachy will not form gastric juice; the ;aliva is' deficient in quantity, and tho whole. Jigostivo apparatus is incapable of doing iffieient woik. When exhausted one should csi before eating. If a faint or pinking sensation is experienced, relief may be ob;ained by drinking a o,!a-s of hot water H' diluted fruiu juice of some Laid.