Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1905 — HEALTHFUL VEGETABLES. [ARTICLE]

HEALTHFUL VEGETABLES.

What -Medfoal 'Atd Ie Afforded byT . heir u#e -.,. ,• Celery is invaluable as a food for those suffering from any form of rheumatism, for diseases of nerves, and nervous dyspepsia. Lettuce for those suffering from insomnia. r Watercress is 9, remedy for scurvy. Peanuts for indigestion. They are especially recommended for corpulent diabetes. Peanuts are made Into a wholesome and nutritious soup, are browned and used as coffee, are eaten as a relish simply baked, or are prepared and served as salted almonds. Onions are almost the b&t nervine known. No medicine is so useful in teases of nervous prostration, .and there jis nothing else that will so quickly and tone up a wornout system. Onions are useful in all cases of coughs colds and influenza; in consumption, insomnia, hydrophobia, scuvy, gravel and kindred liyer complaints. Eaten every day they soon have a clearing and whitening effect on the complexion. Asparagus is used to induce perspiration. Carrots for nervous disorders and for scurvy. Raw beef proves or great benefit to persons of frail constitution, and to those suffering from consumption. It is chopped fine, seasoned with salt, and heated by placing It in a dish of hot water. It assimilates rapidly and affords the best of nourishment. Eggs contain a large amount of nutriment in a compact, quickly available form. Beaten up raw with sugar they are used to clear and strengthen the voice. With sugar and lemon juice the beaten white of eggs is to relieve hoarseness. Honey is wholesome, strengthening, cleansing, healing and nourishing. Fresh ripe fruits are excellent for purifying the blood and toning up the system. As specific remedies, oranges are aperient. Sour oranges are highly recommended for rheumatism. Cranberries for erysipelas are used externally as well as internally.' Lemons for feverish thirst in sickness, for biliousness, low fevers, rheumatism, coughs, colds, liver complaint, &c. Blackberries as a tonic. Useful In all forms of diarrhea. Tomatoes are a powerful aperient for the liver, a sovereign remedy for dyspepsia and indigestion. Tomatoes are invaluable In all conditions of the system in which the use of calomel is indicated. Figs are aperient and wholesome. They are said to be valuable as food for those suffering from cancer; they are used externally as well as internally. ' Apples are useful in nervous dyspepsia; they are nutritious, medicinal, and vitalizing; they aid acidity of the stomach, and are valuable In rheumatism, Insomnia and liver troubles. An apple contains as much nutriment as a potato, in a pleasanter and more wholesome form. —Albany. (N. Y.) Argus.