The Royal Road to Health; or, the Secret of Health Without Drugs

by Chas. A. Tyrrell

HEADACHE.

There are many causes for this distressing complaint. Generally the cause is to be found in the stomach. Something that has no right there is in that organ, and irritating the pneumogastric nerve that connects the stomach with the brain. It is a common symptom of dyspepsia.

An engorged colon is one of the most common causes, on the same principle that it causes paralysis and apoplexy. Stimulants invariably promote headache.

To prevent the attacks, live regularly, avoid late hours and excessive brain work, shun alcoholic beverages and tea and coffee, avoid sweets and pastries, and anything fried in fat. Eat good, plain food, including fruit (especially oranges), but never eat late at night. Develop the lungs. Never let a day pass without gently exercising all the muscles. Massage the abdomen each night before retiring. Keep the colon clean by the use of the “Cascade,” and bathe at least three times a week.

To relieve an attack, flush the colon thoroughly. Take a hot foot-bath, and while taking it, take a cup of hot lemonade—without sugar—so hot that you have to sip it.

DROPSY.

In this disease the outlet to the intestinal canal has become clogged. The kidneys wear out trying to evacuate the bowels through their delicate tubular network and the capillaries have become helpless through misuse in trying to do the work of others. So the tissues and muscles of the extremities are loaded with this cast off material, and we call it bloat. This is dropsy.

TREATMENT.

Use the “Cascade” at least twice a week, making the flushings thorough and complete. In addition, I would earnestly recommend a daily application of the Turkish bath, to open up the pores of the skin and induce perspiration. If the patient is too weak to take the Turkish bath, the hot wet-sheet pack, the same as prescribed for Scarlet Fever, will accomplish the same purpose. The Turkish bath, however, is by far the best, for the system is loaded with too much water, for which the profuse perspiration induced by this dry sweating process affords marked relief.