The homoeopathic treatment of indigestion, constipation, and haemorrhoids / by William Morgan ; edited with notes and annotations by A.E. Small.

  • Morgan, William, M.D.
Date:
1854
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    are to be recommended, except in cases, in which, as before mentioned, they may be found to disagree. Vegetables.—The majority of vegetables Avhich do not possess some decidedly medicinal, aromatic princi- ple, (as is the case with herbs, eschalots, garlic, onions, capsicums,) when plainly boiled, constitute the most wholesome description of food. It is,however, more particularly necessary to caution the patient against exceeding the limits which are properly allowable in quantity, as it not unfrequently happens, that when the appetite is a little craving, it is not until some time after having eaten purely vegetable food, that it is apparently satisfied. Potatoes, are, perhaps, the least Avholesome of the vegetables in ordinary use, unless, indeed, they be very good ; and at the best, they should be eaten only with great caution. This rule is, nevertheless, not without exceptions, as potatoes are found to agree better than any other vegetable, with some persons. [Sweet Potatoes cooked in an oven, so as to be drv and easily mashed, may be allowed in moderation to those naturally fond of them, provided they are found not to disagree with the patient; or they may be thoroughly cooked by boiling, and served up in milk, subject to the same restrictions.—Ed.] [Tomatoes made into a plain sauce by being cooked, without seasoning, may be allowable, if they are found to agree with the patient, or they may be stewed down with a moderate quantity of sugar.—Ed.] Raw Vegetables are said to be uniformly objectionable. The truth is, however, that all those which are usually so eaten (that is in salads),—such as lettuce, cucumbers, eschalots, horsc-raddish, radishes, onions, celery, &c, 3*