HEALTH HINTS.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XI, Issue 50, 16 December 1893, Page 525

HEALTH HINTS.

A Gargle.—An excellent gargle is made of one tablespoonful of cayenne pepper, half a cup of boiling vinegar and three teaspoonfuls of salt. Mix well together, and when settled strain. Gargle the throat every half hour, or as often as relief is needed. Dr. Keeley says of the cigarette habit : It brings confusion to the brain and heart and a train of ills from which it is hard to recover, even though you stop the habit. 1 will not treat a man who persists in using the cigarette. It results in insanity and death.

Benefit may be derived from an ocean climate in persons suffering from nervous exhaustion and overwork, in impaired convalesence from an acute disease, and in diseases of bones and joints. To these may be added the early stages of hereditary phthisis, especially in a young person.