THE VALUE OF SALT.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 1124, 18 December 1914, Page 7

THE VALUE OF SALT.

' • Salt a natural and necessary stimulant of the digestive organs, and is essential to good health. No parent •honld check a child'in the eating of salt. There have been some'wonderful instances of its utility in being adminiitered to young infants who are fed ■''•riiicially. Personally, I behave m •adding a small quantity of salt to every hottle of food given to a, baby. When a, child is fed naturally it obtains the necessary .quantity of salt from tho mother, but the proportion of cow's milk used is so small to the amount of water mixed with it that a i- : ule additional is absolutely essential. Mothers are' 'apt "'to he sparing with the salt, p-rhaps because it is so cheap, but, salt is- a most valuable substance, and is positively : necessary to life. It is.the principal t mineral const'tue'it in the blood, and . if the sumly in the system i« deficient [ the health suffers considerably. ' C'onvv'on salt ha" a effvt upon the action of the tWat } e-tnmach, promotes the secretion of sali iya and fh« srietric juice'-, and thus ,faI c : !itat:es Tt has Mso a | action upmi the walls of the stomach I a"d b-v-pls, and p'-vsnns suffer from I wk wi" ''n well to j the quantity of salt thev use with their f ? od, -;<= +W -ill help .action of +h*> elective juices, and inww their (low. A heaped' teasnoon- ' ful of common salt in a of either j cold or I easily p'-rienrcd for »■ sore or tuj *I.T-.-.,»d t'l-nat. Tt, is •an old ', but vreful for a cut or I bad but as this apnlic.at'on cans' 3 * > v t. few I people have the courage to apply it. J U TIIK OF IMPERIAL TRADE, «—^_ Buyers who desire to be placed ! directly in touch with manufacturers who can supply BRITISH MADE GOODS, in place of goods ■ hitherto: supplied from GEII.UANY or AUSTRIA, may send their inquiries to the Export Bureau of Messrs C. Mitchell and Co., I Ltd., Snow Hall, London, E.C (Cable ! Address —Pubiicite, London), who will ! g : ve such inquiries widespread circulation among manufacturers. No charge ! whatever will be made for this service, providing the letter or cablegram Mentions— The Cbristchurch "Star." Buyers availing themselves of this service are requested to state full par--1 tictihirs, so that their requirements ! amy be supplied without delay-