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Transcriber's Note: Obvious errors in spelling and punctuation have been silently corrected. Similarly errors listed in the Errata at the end have also been corrected.
About This Book
A practical health manual offers concise guidance on maintaining bodily well‑being and preventing common ailments. It opens with general principles—definitions of health, body care, air, water, diet, meal frequency, exercise, dress and sexual conduct—then provides simple, hands‑on treatments for environmental therapies, water cures, use of earth, fever management, digestive complaints, contagious diseases, maternity and child care, and emergency remedies for drowning, burns, snakebite and scorpion stings. Dietary counsel favors whole grains over rice, advises caution with pulses, spices and salt, and emphasizes simplicity, self‑discipline and remedies grounded in observation and personal experience.