Herbal Healing Recipes

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Herbal Healing Recipes

 

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Acid Indigestion: Warm a cup of milk and steep four or

five eucalyptus leaves in it. Drink this to ease

discomfort

Aqua Vitae: Considered and excellent elixir of health

for hundreds of years, this liqueur may be prepared

and taken once a day, like a vitamin. To a liter of

brandy add five or six bay leaves, a teaspoon of

cardamon seed, a teaspoon of clove, two teaspoons each

of angelica, camomile, lemon rind, fennel seed,

licorice, nutmeg, cinnamon, several slices of ginger

root (to your taste), and a handful of juniper berries

along with sugar or honey to sweeten. This may be

warmed to incorporate the herbs, or left in a sunny

window, then strained after about a month.

Athlete's Foot: Besides keeping your feet dry and

powedered with orris root, try a vinegar rinse (one

cup water, one teaspoon cider vinegar) to which one

tablespoon thyme and red clover have been added. Soak

for 15 minutes.

Bee/Wasp Stings: A drop each of tincture or myrrh or

onion juice will help draw out the poison

Boils: Paint the sore with a tincture of iodine,

caster oil, cohosh root and sasafras root mixed with

one half pint of whiskey.

Bruises: Take one pound of almond oil with one cup

each arnica flowers, Balm of Gilead and St John's

Wort, all of which should be bruised, and warm over a

low flame. When the oil has taken all the color out of

the buds, cool and strain the liquid, applying as

needed to the bruised area.

Burns: A poultice made from wheat flour, molasses and

baking soda will relieve a burn and often hasten the

healing process.

Chancre Sore: Sorrel soaked in warm water until soft,

then strained as a tea should help clear them up more

quickly.

Chapped Skin: To one ounce wax add four ounces of

glycerine and four to five drops of oil of roses (or

other scent you like). Warm until well mixed and apply

as needed.

Coughs: In three pints of boiling water, place

peppermint leaves, one cup of rum, one half cup lemon

juice, one once cinnamon bark and one ounce comfrey

root. After these are well blended, strain and add

half a pound of sugar and two ounces of honey,

bringing the entire mixture to a rolling boil. Cool

and store in an air tight container for use as a cough

syrup.

Dandruff: An excellent after shampoo rinse for

dandruff can be made by taking one cup each violet

leaves, peppermint, nettle, red clover, witch hazel,

and rosemary. Mix them together. Before shampooing,

warm a quarter cup of the dried herbs in two cups of

water for your rinse.

Earache: Use ten drops of anise oil, sweet almond oil,

onion juice and a pinch of pepper tied in a small

cloth and placed in the ear (carefully). Then wrap

your head in a warm towel for 15-20 minutes as you lay

on the opposite side of your body.

Eye Rinse: In a half pint of water, warm one ounce of

elder flowers and a half teaspoon of salt. Strain and

use as needed to refresh eyes or relieve itching.

Fever: Warm one quart of whiskey with the peels of two

oranges and one lemon. Take two teaspoons after each

meal.

Heart Burn: To four ounces of water add two teaspoons

each of cinnamon, lavender flower, baking soda,

peppermint leaves and one half teaspoon ground ginger

and allow to steep like a tea. Strain and drink warn

in half-cup quantities after meals.

Infections: To ten ounces petroleum jelly add two

sliced onions and two ounces each beeswax, honey and

elder leaver. Warm over a low flme for about 30

minutes. Strain and apply to the wound with a clean

dressing.

Itching: Blood root pulverized and steeped in apple

vinegar until well incorporated will ease the itch.

Lotions made from aloe, lanolin, coconut oil, and/or

cocoa butter also help greatly. Another alternative is

a poultice made from two tablespoons each tansy,

catnip, horehound and hops mixed with vinegar.

Linament: To one pint of cider vinegar add one ounce

of aconite root, and a teaspoon each tincture of

myrrh, oil of cedar, peppermint, clove, wormwood and

thyme. If you do not have the herbs in oil form, the

whole herb may be warmed in the cider then strained

for use. For a lineament whcih will be warm to the

skin, add two teapsoons camphor, one teaspoon bayberry

and one teaspoon cayenne pepper to increase

circulation.

Nose Bleed: It is said that if you make chewing

motions with your mouth while your fingers are in your

ears, this will stop the bleeding

Poison Ivy: Tincture of one pint black alder bark to

one quarter water and one cup olive oil. Wash

frequently. A viable and easier alternative is to make

a poultice of clay mud.

Sleeplessness: Two raw onions eaten before bed with a

healthy portion of bread and butter is said to aid

sleep. However, due to the sensitive nature of many

sotmachs, I would recommend valerian, catnip and

peppermint tea as a good substitute.

Sore Throat: A gargle made from black tea with a

teaspoon of lavender flowers, a quarter teaspoon salt

and a quarter teaspoon vinegar will help reduce pain.

An alternative to this is sage tea mixed with honey

and lemon.

Stomach Ache: A tea of mint, strawberry leaf, catnip

and blackberry with one tablespoon of brandy should

ease the stomach. An alternative is brown rice which

is pulverized and allowed to stand in warm water for

15 minutes. To this add a dash of sugar, nutmeg and an

uqual quantity of boiled mulk is added then drunk. An

elixir said to ease sour stomachs is made from two

pints of brandy, a half teaspoon of clove, two

teaspoons cinnamon, and a pound of blackcurrant. Soak

all together for two weeks and aff sugar to taste.

Take by the teaspoon after meals.

Sty: A used tea bag which is still warm, applied to

the sty overnight will help greatly

Toothache: Oils of peppermint and clove mixed with a

bit of rum and applied directly to the tooth should

ease the pain until you can get to a dentist.

Warts: A wild turnip or slicd potato rubbed on the

wart for 3 days and then burried is supposed to be a

sure cure. While I cannot say if this actually works,

there are many reports to indicate that it does!

 

 

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