| Show for the NEWS HERBS THE NATURAL MEDICINE OF MAN 1 last conference president B YOUA 1 urged the necessity of the study of vi rious sciences among which he mer met tinned botany the history of medical botany bernot strates that the natural medicine man is to be found in herbs and tb lord in a revl revelation atlon on this subject subject I 1 joseph smith says allwoo all ail whole sori soui herbs god hath ordained for the co col 1 ution nature and use of man evet even herb in the season season thereof to be us with prudence and thanksgiving A other quotation sa says s those that ha hw not faith to be h healed e aie afe d but believe shi be nourished with all an tenderness wi herbs and mild food and that not the hand of an enemy the follow ii quotation from the book of on scarcely less explicit and t there ere wi some who died with fevers which some seasons of the year were very is quent in the land but not BO so with fever because of the ex excelle celli 1 qualities of the many plants and rot roe I 1 which god had prepared to remove J cause of diseases to which men were subject by nature of the climate in the beginning man lived on vegetable diet consisting of fruits and herbs then the age of man was much greater than at present the psalmist david also remarks that herbs are for the service of man and john the revelator rev Bev elator in caking making speaking of the future remarks that t the e leaves of certain trees will be for the healing of the nations from these portions of revelation given in different ages it is plain that we ought to study the uses and properties of herbs in order to be able to administer such of them as shall be adapted to the cure of those diseases to which our climate is incident herbert says herbs gladly cure our flesh because they find their acquaintance there in consequence of neglect in the study of this department of nature some among us have suffered themselves to become the victims of medical rums arums and have thereby found a premature grave all botanists agree that god provides ldes ides those herbs roots and plants that are best suited to diseases in every country where those diseases exist having lived in springville Spring ville 11 years and having been a close observer in these matters I 1 I 1 am prepared to say that there is a far greater variety of herbs growing here now than there was when I 1 first came here the common wild sage is an excellent medicine for a variety of dl diseases seass for gains pains in the head and bowels put the leaves eaves in hot water and apply them warm until a cure is effected A strong amstrong decoction of it taken in the morning ia is the best remedy for worms that I 1 have yet discovered it is excellent for canker and is also good for sore lips which are so common here the leaves of it put on are a certain cure the yarrow growing here is an excellent cure for colds and fevers raspberry leaves are good for female complaints also for ilar glar diarrhea rhea I 1 might mention the useful properties of many other herbs but merely allude to these to incite a desire for this kind of study I 1 have used no other medicine than herbs for thirty years dr connin coffin says all herbs should be gathered when in flower leaves when full fall grown barks in the spring when they will peel easily and the root when the plants have done growing they should be dried out of the sun and not exposed to the night air and when dry kept in a dry place free from the air the system here laid down is cheap it costs nothing but the time spent in gathering the herbs and taking care of them yours ac tiros CHILD 0 o |
