COUGH AND GOLD WRINKLES.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 16, Issue 93, 2 December 1902, Page 2

COUGH AND GOLD WRINKLES.

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| Colds are more easily prevented i than cured and there is no better i preventive than fresh air from the ! great out-of-doors. A close, stuffy j atmosphere is a very hotbed for ail- : meats of the throat and lungs. Do ; not be afraid of night air. It is all i the air there is from dusk to dawn, I and bedroom windows should be ad- | justed so as to admit air through at • least one inch at the top, the lifej giving cold-resisting ozone, from i January to December. Keep the ! feet warm and dry. Far better than i Cinderella’s fairy shoon are the i warm hosen and stout leather footI gear of to-day. With these and due i changes for day and night of senI siblo woollens next the skin ; daily I outdoor exercise, make yourself coldi proof, and bid the doctors go packI ing. A COMMON COLD. ; When a chilly miserable, all-over ! aching comes on, and a general feeling of gopd-for-nothingness admonI ishes you that a cold has been caught, put the feet into hot water, with a tcaspoonful of mustard and : two of salt in it. Keep up the heat and let them stay from ten to fifteen minutes in it. Then get into bed, pile on the blankets, and stay there 36 hours.

Throe or four drops of eucalyptus or camphor on loaf sugar every two hours and a basin of hot gruel will help to induce perspiration. ” I have five doctors in my family,” remarked a vigorous old lady of 84 the other day. ‘‘ and all put together they can not beat this old-fashioned way ot killing or curing a cold. But there must be two nights and a day in bed.” TO WARD OFF COLDS.

Quarter pint best vinegar, 1 teaspoonful of salt, 1 tcaspoohful of cayenne pepper. Mix together and cork in a bottle. For dose put 1 teaspoonful in half a tumbler of hot water, with two teaspoonfuls of Dcmerara sugar and drink. Tins is much used in America to ward oil' yellow fever, is good for biliousness and taken cold will check inflammation. FOR BRONCHITIS AND CHEST TROUBLES. Half a teaspoonful of milk of sulphur, mixed gradually with glycerine till of the consistancy of cream. Stir into half a glass of milk, and take throe mornings in succession, then miss one or two. LINSEED TEA. One teaspoonful of linseed boiled in a quart of water quickly for an hour. Add a teacup of honey and a sliced lemon and boil up. Drink a wineglassful or more two or three times a day. This is a fine old remedy. SORE THROAT. There are numerous cures advocated" for this, from the stocking tied round at bed-time to the cooked bloater applied as a poultice and worn all night. Probably most people would prefer the malady to the remedy in this case. Common salt and water—a tablespoonful of pure salt to half a tumblerful of hot water used as a gargle is excellent in all cases of loss of voice or hoarseness. Use three times a day. FOR RELAXED SORE THROAT. Make a mixture of glycerine and tannin in equal parts. Shake well

together and apply with a camel’s) hair brush to the throat and tonsils. Two applications are generally sufficient. ULCERATED SORE THROAT. In cases of this kind there is nothing better than common groundsel to be found —alas —in every garden. Take several plants and bruise a little. Put in a cup and pour boiling water over, and. let it stand an hour ®r two. This groundsel tea be used frequently as a gargle, and a poultice of bruised groundsel, not steeped, placed between muslin and applied outwardly, will relieve immediately. GOOD COUGH MIXTURE. Take as much laudanum as can bo bought for three half pence, the same of aniseed, two pennyworth o i essence of pepporment and half a pound of treacle. Boil one quart of water and pour on treacle and stir well. When cold add the other ingredients and bottle closely. Take a wineglassful two or three times a ' day after meals. This will allay and often cure the most obstinate cough. W'HOOPING COUGH. Two pennyworth of syrup of rhubarb and two pennyworth of castor , oil mixed, and given twice a day— 1 half a teaspoonful at a time —wdi often effect a cure. Another good remedy is powdered alum. Give four grains of this in a teaspo.mful of I sugar and water three times a day, i one hour before food. This dose may be given to a child one year old and upwards increasing the dose till eight grains are given. For a child of ten begin with eight drops and increase to sixteen. Lot the child be as much in the open air as possible. A change to the sea will often cure when medicines .have failed—" Peoples Friend.”