Sage tea is recommended for pulmonary consumption and for excessive perspiration of the feet. A teaspoonful of dried sage, or rather more if the fresh leaves be used, is steeped in half a pint of water for twenty-four hours. A teacupful is to be taken night and morning. Sage, like so many of the fragrant herbs, is antiseptic. _Strawberry._ The strawberry is exceptionally wholesome on account of its being so easily digested. It is recommended for gout, rheumatism, and the stone. Also for anaemic patients on account of the iron it contains. H. Benjafield, M.B., advises anaemic girls to take 1 quart of strawberries per day, and when these are not obtainable several ripe bananas. _Spinach._ Professor Bunge declared that iron should never be taken in its mineral form, but that those who are in need of an iron tonic should take it as it exists in vegetables and fruit. To this end he especially commends spinach. Dr. Luff puts spinach first on a list of vegetables recommended to those who suffer from gouty tendencies. Spinach is very easily digested, and so juicy that no added water is needed in which to cook it. _Tomato._ The tomato, according to an American physician, is one of the most powerful _deobstruents_ (remover of disease particles, and opener of the natural channels of the body) of the _materia medica_. It should be used in all affections of the liver, etc., where calomel is indicated. The superstition that tomatoes are a cause of cancer is absolutely without foundation. Vegetarian cancer patients who have recovered after being given up as "hopeless" by the orthodox faculty eat tomatoes freely. Another belief, strongly supported by some otherwise "advanced" scientific men, is that tomatoes are bad for those who suffer from a tendency to gout, or uric acid disease. But this has been contradicted by others. The evil agency in the tomato is supposed to be the oxalic salt which it undoubtedly contains. But it has been shown by experiment how certain chemical compounds as obtained from plants act quite differently to the same compounds artificially prepared in the laboratory. So that the contention of those who assert that the tomato is not only harmless, but even beneficial to gouty subjects, is not unreasonable. Speaking from experience, I can only say that one of the goutiest subjects I know eats tomatoes nearly every day of his life, and continues to progress rapidly towards health. A tomato poultice is said to cleanse foul ulcers, and promote their healing. It should be renewed frequently, and applied hot. _Turnip._ Turnips are anti-scorbutic. An old remedy for chronic coughs was turnip juice boiled with sugar. The turnips were grated, the juice pressed out, and 21/2 ozs. candied sugar were allowed to 1 pint of juice. This was boiled until it slightly thickened. A teaspoonful to be taken several times a day. The green turnip tops, steamed until tender, are a good "spring medicine." _Thyme._