Medicinal Recipes.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XX, Issue 1428, 11 February 1888, Page 2 (Supplement)

Medicinal Recipes.

By Gkrtie May.

Sick Headache — A diet of bread and butter, with ripe fruit or berries, with moderate and continuous exercise in tbe open air sufficient to keep up a gentle perspiration, would cure almost every case in a short time. Two teaspoonfiils of powdered charcoal in a haif glas3 of water aud drank often gives instant relief.

Warm mustard water should be given one who has accidentally swallowed poison. This will cause vomiting, after which a cup of strong coffee should be given to counteract the remaining effects.

Well ventilated bedrooms will prevent morning headaches and lassitude.

Hints for Sunstroke Cases — Lay the patient on. his back, loosen the clothing, so as to encourage a free flow of blood ; expose the chest, especially over the region of the heart, and with a large cloth, towel.or sponge freely bathe the head, face, neck, and chest with hot salt water, as hot as can be handled, continually adding more hot water and applying it until the patient is easy. Use one teaspoonful of salt to every quart of hot water. Have the feet made bare and rubbed or slapped, aud in extreme cases apply mustard 'poultices. If soon after a meal, put a teaspoonful of yellow mustard into a glass" of warm water and hnve the patient drink it, following up with more until he vomits freely. As he convalesces give at first lime water and milk (one-fonrth lime water and three-fourths milk), afterward a liquid diet until tho stomach is strong enough for solids. If baby is teething it is well to give small quantities of lime water, three or four teaspoonfuls in the milk, during the day. Do not give large quantities of it. If troubled with summer complaint the use of part red raspberry leaf tea, to reduce the milk, will often prove efficacious in preventing the running into anything more serious.

There is no better food for hot weather than well-cooked rice. Avoid heavy soups and too much meat and pastry. Do not drink ice water at your meats, nor much o£ it ac any other lime.