5.  La Grippe.  Poor Man’s Herb Vapor Bath for.—­“Give a Turkish or vapor bath every other day.  A pail of hot water, with a hot brick thrown into it and placed under a cane-seated chair is the poor man’s vapor bath.  The patient should be covered.  Then take the following herb tea: 

Yarrow      2 ounces
Vervain     2 ounces
Mullein     2 ounces
Boneset     1 ounce
Red Sage    2 ounces

Add two quarts of water and boil down to three pints; strain, and then add one ounce fluid extract of ginger; sweeten with honey or syrup; take a wine glassful three times a day, hot.  Keep the bowels open and let the diet be light.”

6.  La Grippe, Red Pepper Treatment From Canada for.—­“Take a bottle of alcohol and put enough red peppers in it so that when four drops of this liquid are put in a half cup of water it tastes strong.  This is what I always break up my grippe with.”  Peppers thus prepared stimulates and warms up the stomach and bowels, and increases the circulation.

[194 Mothers’ remedies]

Physicians’ treatment for La Grippe.—­All discharges from the nose, throat and lungs should be disinfected, for the disease is contagious.  Go to bed and stay there.  You have no business to be around if you value your health.  I am not writing of common cold.  A great many people say they have had this disease when they have not had it.  One who has had this disease is sick enough to go to bed, and there is where he should be.  For the chill a sweat should be produced by putting hot water in fruit jars, wrapping them and placing them around the patient’s feet, legs and body.  Hot tea drinks can be given; hot lemonade, teas made from hoarhound, ginger, hops and catnip are good.

Corn Sweat.—­The corn sweat can be used.  Put from ten to twenty-five ears of corn in a boiler, boil thoroughly until the boiled corn smell appears, then put the corn ears into five packs, putting from two to five ears in a pack, according to the age of the patient.  Use cloths or towels, but do not put the ears in contact, wrap the cloth between them.  Put one pack to the feet and one at each side of the hips, and in each armpit.  This will soon cause sweating and restore the external (capillary) circulation.  It will generally produce a grateful sweat.  Keep the clothes on the patient.  After the patient has perspired enough you can remove one pack at a time.  Have fresh aired sheets and night dress ready, and after bathing the patient slowly and carefully under the clothes with tepid water and drying all of the body put on the new night-dress and sheets.  This remedy is also good for colds and inflammatory diseases of all kinds and when used carefully and thoroughly is always good.  Of course, if there is great weakness it cannot be used, for it weakens a patient somewhat.  I have saved lives with this sweat, and I know I have cut short many colds and inflammatory diseases.  After the sweat the patient should have enough covering to keep comfortably warm and care must be taken to keep from the cold.