Food Remedies - Facts About Foods And Their Medicinal Uses

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the skin.

A raw potato scraped or powdered to a pulp is an excellent remedy for
burns and scalds.

Dr. Fernie recommends the following decoction with which to bathe the
swollen and inflamed joints of rheumatic sufferers. Take 1 lb.
potatoes, cut each into four, but do not peel them. Boil in 2 pints of
water until stewed down to 1 pint. Strain, and use the liquid.

Eaten to excess potatoes are apt to cause dullness and laziness.


_Radish._

The radish is commonly cited as indigestible, but for all that it is
commended by old writers as a potent remedy for stone. If not too old,