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Bad Breath from Constipation

When the breath is affected by constipation of the bowels, the following mixture will be useful: Take 4 drachms Epsom salts, 8 ally swallowed in so doing. Charcoal in tea- drachms tincture of columba, 6 ounces inspoonful doses of the powder, or as charcoal fusion of roses; well shake the phial each biscuits, or the use of prepared chalk as a time you take the draught, which should be tooth-powder. A frequent cause of foul every other morning for a month or six breath is a torpidity of some of the excre- weeks, a wine-glassful each time. tory organs, such as the skin, kidneys, bow- 5864. To Remove the Smell of els, liver, lungs. When these cease perform- Onions from the Breath. Parsley eaten ing their functions one of the others will be with vinegar will remove the unpleasant called upon to perform an extra office. In effects of eating onions. this way, when the bowels or skin become 5865. Το Correct the Odor of Decayaffected, the lungs, being an excretory organ, ed Teeth. To correct the odor of decayed will be called upon to throw off an additional teeth, 2 drops of a concentrated solution of waste from the system. If so, the breath permanganate of potash may be used in a becomes tainted. Should the foul breath be glass of water as a wash, or a few drops of a depending upon the stomach, it must be cor- weak solution may be introduced in the rected by some skillful physician. cavity of the tooth on a small piece of cot-