BOTANICALS USED IN DIETS 
Agar Agar. Used in China and Japan in 
jellies, soaps, sauces, etc. In the United 
States it is much used in cream fillings, 
frostings, etc., in bakeries. Used in manu- 
facture of ice cream, candy, cheese, may- 
onnaise, jellies, desserts as well as many 
industrial uses. 
Arrow Root, powder. For children after 
weaning and for delicate persons during 
convalescence in the form of a jelly made 
by boiling a little and flavoring with 
sugar, lemon juice, fruit jellies, ete., 
Excellent in diet during recovery from 
bowel complaints, fevers, etc. 
Iceland Moss. Used like bread by Ice- 
landers. Rich in lichen starch. An easily 
digested gelatinous broth is made by boil- 
ing in milk or water. Iceland Moss has 
tonic properties, if first water or milk in 
which it is boiled is used. Second boiling 
renders it merely nutritious. 
Irish Moss. (cut) Boiled in water, it 
forms a stiff mucilage containing consider- 
able vegetable sulphur, traces of iodine 
and other minerals. As Irish Moss con- 
tains no sugar or starch it is a valuable 
nutritive for diets. The pectin of Irish 
Moss is useful in soups, custards, pud- 
dings, cold sweets, jellies and where 
thickening is desired. 
Kelp. Used like salt or in tablet form 
for its rich vegetable mineral and iodine 
content. 
Sago Root (pwd.). A nutritious starch 
obtained from certain palms and cycads. 
Saint Johnsbread or Carob Flour. Used 
as an ingredient in candies, cakes and 
bread, for its delicious date-like flavor. 
Carob flour mixed with starch is used asa 
“home remedy” for babies with diarrhea. 
Slippery Elm powd. <An excellent tea 
for irritation of mucous membrane of the 
stomach and intestines, gastritis, gastric 
catarrh, mucous colitis and enteritis, being 
tolerated by the stomach when all other 
foods fail. The tea is soothing for ¢oughs 
in bronchitis, bleeding from the lungs and 
consumption. 
SIMPLE INSOMNIA 
Cut out tea and coffee and take the fol- 
lowing herbal mixture: A half ounce of 
Passion Flower to one ounce each of Scull- 
cap, Mistletoe and Valerian. Pour on these 
herbs three pints of boiling water. When 
cold strain. Drink a wineglassful after 
meals and at bedtime. Sleeplessness may 
soon vanish and better nerve balance be 
restored, 
All plain herbs sold in 35e and $1.00 
size boxes. 
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