) to which
senna leaves and German camomile flowers (very little) have been
steeped to infuse; or a cupful of dandelion coffee could be taken if
the bowels are regularly acting.

LONG-STANDING GASTRIC TROUBLE.

W.T. writes:--Having tried a diet, recommended in _The Healthy
Life_, for a month I find the nuts and cheese are far too heavy
for the apparent weak condition of my stomach, also that the
salads and casserole-baked vegetables are too irritating to the
membrane of the stomach. I have no desire to return to flesh food
and ordinary feeding, which I feel would not be good for me. From
eggs I cannot obtain any good results. The continuance of loss of
weight is worrying me, being down to eight stone from eleven
stone in twelve months. I feel satisfied it is only a question of
diet, if I could only strike the correct one. I am naturally most
anxious to regain some of my lost strength and weight. I am at
present taking bread and butter, cooked fruit, and occasionally
an egg, boiled rice, vegetables and a little dried fruit. No
matter how light I make my diet I still suffer after every meal
with dilated stomach and irregular working of the heart. Blood
circulation is still bad and constipation is gradually getting
worse. As before stated, I am anxious to succeed with the
reformed diet, but I am really at a loss to know which way to
proceed to make any progress. As I was in South Africa twenty
years, and only returned to England just before this catarrh set
in, is the climate here against my progress, do you think? I am
so sorry to take up so much of your time, but shall be grateful
for any help you can give me which will be greatly appreciated.

It is difficult to advise how best to proceed in this case as our
correspondent really ought to seek medical advice. Only in this way
can he obtain really satisfactory guidance. For without knowing the
state of his blood and the organs generally it is impossible to advise
correctly. Speaking generally, until salads and casserole-cooked
vegetables can be taken freely there can be no possible permanent
cure.

In many such cases the best way to train the digestive organs into a
healthy state is to keep to a diet consisting chiefly of dextrinised
cereals, which must be eaten dry, with some vegetables and as little
fresh fruit as possible. This to be continued until little by little
the