The Healing Remedies Sourcebook: Over 1,000 Natural Remedies to Prevent and Cure Common Ailments. C. Shealy Norman
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Название: The Healing Remedies Sourcebook: Over 1,000 Natural Remedies to Prevent and Cure Common Ailments
Автор: C. Shealy Norman
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Здоровье
isbn: 9780007550937
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Fresh walnuts and walnut oil can encourage circulation, and because they are rich in potassium, will keep the heart healthy.
to Add walnut bark to the bath for rheumatism, and sore and aching muscles and joints.
Apply walnut bark tincture, in a little carrier oil, to swellings and skin problems, in order to encourage healing.
Eat walnuts for heartburn and diarrhea.
Fresh walnuts can help to soothe colic and dispel gas in the abdomen.
Walnut oil, added to salads and vegetables, will help to ease the discomfort of irritable bowel syndrome and act as a mild laxative.
PROPERTIES
The bark of the walnut tree is astringent and cleansing
Walnut bark strengthens the gums and acts as an anti-inflammatory
The bark discourages milk flow in nursing mothers
The nuts are aphrodisiac and mildly laxative
The nuts prevent worms
The nuts are soothing and a natural digestive
LACTOBACILLUS
YOGURT
Yogurt is a fermented, slightly acidic food product made from milk. Its origins are unknown (although the name is Turkish), and it resembles the many other fermented milk foods made throughout the world, such as kefir and kumiss. Unlike many of these foods, however, yogurt is usually made from a concentrated milk and is soured by a specific bacillus, Lactobacillus bulgaricus. As a food, yogurt is a rich source of protein, and contains all of the vitamins and minerals found in milk.
USES
Live yogurt should be eaten to increase beneficial bacteria following a course of antibiotics. Eat daily for two to three weeks.
Make your own yogurt. Add 3 teaspoons of live yogurt to 1 pt. (600ml) of milk. Leave to set.
Apply live yogurt to areas affected by thrush; it can also be used internally as a douche.
Daily intake of yogurt may prevent heart disease.
Cleanse the skin with yogurt, which is a natural moisturizer.
PROPERTIES
Live yogurt is antifungal, and can be used in the treatment of thrush
Live yogurt may help to reduce cholesterol levels
Encourages the growth of healthy bacteria in the bowels, which aids absorption of nutrients and helps to prevent infection
Helps to produce vitamin B
Yogurt stimulates bowel movements
Helps to prevent and control the growth of cancerous cells
CAUTION
Live yogurt is not effective when mixed with sweeteners, for best effect make your own yogurt and flavor with a little unpasteurized honey and banana.
LINUM USITATISSIMUM
FLAXSEED
Flax is a group of annual and perennial plants from the Linaceae family. Several varieties of one species, L. usitatissimum, are grown primarily for their fiber, used in making linen, or for their seeds, the source of linseed oil. The seeds contain a remarkable healing oil which can be used both internally and externally. Flaxseed is also known as linseed, but should not be confused with the “boiled” linseed oil available from building merchants. As far back as Hippocrates, flaxseed tea has been used to treat sore throats, hoarseness, and bronchial spasms.
USES
Apply the oil to sprains to reduce inflammation and ease the pain.
Mix flaxseed with lime water to reduce the pain of burns.
Flaxseed (linseed) tea can be used for mild constipation, and to encourage kidney function. The tea also works to ease kidney pains and cramping.
The tea can be drunk during bouts of bronchitis to reduce inflammation of the lungs and prevent spasm.
Add lemon and honey to flaxseed tea to encourage its action and improve taste.
PROPERTIES
Mildly laxative
Tonic for the kidneys and encourages their action
Encourages healing
Analgesic
Antispasmodic
CAUTION
Commercially produced linseed oil is used in protective coatings such as paints and varnishes because it has a drying action. It is not suitable for human consumption.
MALUS SPECIES
APPLE
The apple has many uses in traditional medicine, and the old adage “To eat an apple going to bed will make the physician beg his bread” has been justified by its many health-giving properties. Research shows that apples are excellent detoxifiers, and apple juice—even store bought—can destroy viruses in the body.
USES
Eat raw apples regularly, as a detoxificant, for gout and rheumatism.
To prevent viruses from settling in, and to reduce their duration, eat an apple (or drink a glass of apple juice) three times a day.
Raw, peeled, and grated apples can be used as a poultice for sprains.
For indigestion, heartburn, and other digestive disorders, eat an apple with meals.
Use an apple poultice for treating rheumatic and weak eyes.
Two apples a day can reduce cholesterol levels by up to 10 percent.
As a treatment for intestinal infections, hoarseness, rheumatism, and fatigue, increase your daily intake to as much as 2lb. (1kg).
For curative purposes, as an alternative to eating the whole fruit, drink 2 cups (500ml) of naturally sweet apple juice a day.
PROPERTIES
Cleans teeth and strengthens gums
Lowers СКАЧАТЬ