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eucalyptus, stir it up well, and take whenever the cough comes on. I
have had considerable trouble with my throat, but whenever I use this I
overcome the difficulty very quickly. I have to use it only a few times,
and the cough is removed. If you will use this prescription, you may
be your own physician. If the first trial does not effect a cure, try it
again. The best time to take it is before retiring.—
Letter 348, 1908
(To
a worker).
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I have already told you the remedy I use when suffering from
difficulties with my throat. I take a glass of boiled honey, and into this
I put a few drops of eucalyptus oil, stirring it in well. When the cough
comes on, I take a teaspoonful of this mixture, and relief comes almost
immediately. I have always used this with the best of results. I ask you
to use the same remedy when you are troubled with the cough. This
prescription may seem so simple that you feel no confidence in it, but
I have tried it for a number of years and can highly recommend it.
Again, take warm footbaths into which have been put the leaves
from the eucalyptus tree. There is great virtue in these leaves, and if
you will try this, you will prove my words to be true. The oil of the
eucalyptus is especially beneficial in cases of cough and pains in the
chest and lungs. I want you to make a trial of this remedy which is so
simple, and which costs you nothing.—
Letter 20, 1909
(To the worker
addressed in the preceding item).
Trees With Medicinal Properties—The Lord has been giving me
light in regard to many things. He has shown me that our sanitariums
should be erected on as high an elevation as is necessary to secure the
best results, and that they are to be surrounded by extensive tracts of
land, beautified by flowers and ornamental trees.
In a certain place, preparations were being made to clear the land
for the erection of a sanitarium. Light was given that there is health
in the fragrance of the pine, the cedar, and the fir. And there are
several other kinds of trees that have medicinal properties that are
health promoting. Let not such trees be ruthlessly cut down Let them
live.—
Letter 95, 1902
(To workers in the South).
“My herb drink.”—We need not go to China for our tea, or to
Java for our coffee. Some have said: “Sister White uses tea, she keeps
it in her house;” and that she has placed it before them to drink. They
have not told the truth because I do not use it, neither do I keep it
in my house. Once when crossing the waters I was sick and could