322 FTPTFY YEARS AMONG THE BEES 



Honey for Erysipelas is used locally by spreading it on a suitable 

 cloth and applying to the parts. The application ia renewed every 3 or 4 

 hours. In all cases in which the remedy has been employed, entire, relief 

 from the pain followed immediately, asd convalescence was brought aliout 

 in B or -I da> s. 



HoxKY FOR Dyspepsia. — A young man who was troubled with dyspep- 

 sia, and the more, medicine he took the worse he became, was advised to try 

 honey and graham gems for breakfast. He did so, and commenced to gain, 

 and now en.io;, s as good health as the average man, and he does not take 

 medicine, either j Honay is the only food taken into the stomach that leaves 

 no residue; it requires no action of the stomach whatever to digest it, as it 

 'is merely atsoi'bed and taken up into the system by the action olthe blood. 

 Honey is the natural foe to dyspepsia and indigestion, as well as a food 

 for the human s^'stem. 



HoxiiY FOR Old Fkople's Coughs. — Old people's coughs are as dis- 

 tinct as" tliose of ciiildreu, and require remedies especially adapted to them. 

 It is known by the constant tickling in the pit of the throat — just where 

 the Adam's a^ple projects — and is caused by phlegm that accumulates there, 

 which, in their weakened condition, they are unable to expectorate. 



Take a fair-sized onion — a good strong one — and let it simmer in a 

 quart of honey lor several hours, after which strain and take a teaspoonful 

 frequently. It eases the cough wondea-fuUy, though it may not cure. 



Honey for Stomach Cough. — All mothers know what a stomach 

 cough is — caused by an irritation of that organ, frequently attended with 

 indigestion. The child often "throws up" after coughing. 



Dig down to tbe roots of a wild-cherry tree, and peel off a handful of 

 the bark, put it into a pint of water, and boil down to a teacupful. Put this 

 tea into a quart of honey, and give a teaspoonful every hour or two. It is 

 pleasant, and if the child should also have worms, which often happens, they 

 are pretty apt to be disposed of, as they have no love for the -wild-cherry 

 flavor 



HoNEv AND Tar Cough Candy. — ^Boil a, double handful of gre^n hoai- 

 Ibound in two quarts of water down to one quart; strain, and add to this 

 tea two cups of extracted honey and a tablespoonful each of lard and tar. 

 Boil down to a candy, but not enough tO' make it brittle. Begin to eat this, 

 iiu'i'ease from a piecei the size of a pea to as much as can be relished. It 

 is an excellent cough candy, and always gives reliei in a short time. 



Swiss Remedy I'oa a Cold Settling on the Chest. — Boil a quart 

 of pure spring water ; add as much camomile as can be grasped in three 

 fingers, and three, teaspoonfuls of honey, and cover tight. The vessel is 

 then to be quickly removed from the fire and set on table at which the 

 patient can comfortably seat himself. Throwing a woolen cloth over the 

 patient's head so as to includa the vessel, he is to remove the cover and 

 inhale the vapors as deeply as possible through the mouth and nose, occa- 



