TO TEA DRINKERS by Editor

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Nov 16, 1888

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 14, No. 44.

TO TEA DRINKERS.

By Editor

WHOEVER drinks tea, let him do so in moderation. Do not take it between meals on an empty stomach. Allow it to form a part of the regular meal. Make the infusion by steeping—never by boiling. Those who are troubled with insomnia should not use it in any form. Brain-workers cannot afford to overwork on the stimulus of strong tea. The poor and scantily fed cannot afford to touch it. To dyspeptics we say, tea aggravates your trouble, and many cases are cured by disusing it. Persons troubled with constipation should not use it, either weak or strong.—Table Talk.

[The fact is that it would be much better not to use tea at all as a beverage; as a medicine it is probably sometimes beneficial.—Ed.]