Show Diet Health rJ I I Lulu Hunt COLDS AND CATARRH I know that many and among them some doctors deride the idea that drafts can produce a cold the doctors saying that colds are due to germs and the tho so-called so physical culturists saying that if It the diet is is right and the blood is pure it impossible to tOV to catch anything Both have hae a large element of truth on I their side but not the whole truth There are too many thousands who have hae experienced colds simply from drafts to make their position wholly true V But the drafts must cause some chilling to cause colds There is no Do doubt at all there are acute infectious colds which us if we come in too close contact with a person who h has s such sucha a apparently no matter how pure our blood Then there is no doubt either that an incorrect diet over any period of time can and does weaken weaken the mucous membranes membranes membranes mem mem- branes and amid the germs which are arc always alwa's present cannot be held Incheck in incheck check and these get get- busy and a cold results Other things also may weaken the mucous membranes membranes- too dry air all Irritating vapors or dust etc Now ow about these drafts and chill chill- Ings ing bringing on colds How How do they get in their handiwork Gleason Gleason Gleason Glea- Glea son one of the authorities on nose and throat troubles states that the chilling produces an uneven distribution distribution distribution dis dis- of the blood in the capillaries with a a. constriction of the skin capillaries and an over- over dilation of ot those of the mucous membranes causing swelling Then I I I I the present ever germs of ot cold d their bit V j CHRONIC CATARRH 4 If It colds are frequent one sho 1 look to his entire hygiene for Jl such cases there Is no doubt doubt 1 chronic lowered resistance in t th t mucous membranes and anel other o or gans Of course if it one lives in co con continuously dusty or otherwise air we could expect this mecha cal factor to keep the mucous me mem membrane brane continuously Irritated A Ani An of course if there are in the th throat oat such as adenoids adenoids' V o 0 polyps they will continue to im tate 1 If colds are frequent then chro l catarrh may result t The w wog catarrh means a flow Clow Sooner Si later unless there Is relief the mucous mu mi membrane becomes thickened ma making the condition difficult JO cure V ft 2 A cold acute or acu f may be aborted by a hobath ho hot bath or by a good heating of sonie some sort Turkish sort Turkish or hot net bath followed by a hot lemo ad ade and going to bed so as not 9 y be chilled again If U one has be bee overeating the he diet must be q down do and nothing but fruit or 01 fru juices or milk or 01 greens or combination of these taken fort few days lays Even though one ha h. been underweight this preliminary may be taken also but diet should be brought to norma norm in either case very ery soon J 1 The local treatment recommended by some nasal specialists is T cleansing of the nose with an alkaline alkaline alkaline alka alka- line solution solution one one teaspoon of sa and one of or baking soda to the pint pin of water slightly warmed befog using is Js a simple and effective o n After Atter the cleansing the use of SO sonje sone E antiseptic oily preparation A 1 good formula for this is menthol 5 grains camphor 5 grains liquid petrolatum 5 ounces These arf 1 best sprayed in with an atomizer j A sufferer from chronic catar should have treatment by a nose nos specialist The ultra violet r ra l treatment has proved pro effective among other treatments ber bel what I said about the tho gen general genrl l hygiene and remember that an u ui balanced diet does lower lowel the r rG of the mucous membrane J We Ve have an article on balance balanc diet from which we ha have ve had mans good responses Send a self ad dressed stamped envelope with r f quest V V Tomorrow Tomorrow Ozena |