Some common herbs and foods for familiar ailments

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Some Common Herbs and Foods For Familiar Ailments

 

Remedies like Grandma used to make with herbs are usually used in teas

unless otherwise specified and foods are eaten. Foods should be eaten as

usual, continuing until problem is gone. Raw food may be

pureed in blender and eaten pureed.

 

Apples - In brandy for coughs (mix pureed apples with brandy and use

as cough syrup), digestive disorders.

 

Basil - Stops excessive vomiting, good for poultices for insect

bites.

 

Bay Leaves - Expels gas from intestines and bowels, eliminates

cramps.

 

Caraway - Useful for colic in infants boiled in milk or water, good

for digestion, poultice for bruises.

 

Carrots - Liver, kidneys, expelling worms, poultices for boils and

ulcers (external) - eaten raw, made into tea or juiced raw.

 

Cauliflower - Reduces blood pressure.

 

Celery - Nervine, neuralgia headaches and rheumatic disorders.

 

Chamomile Flowers - Teething babies, colic, upset stomach.

 

Clover Blossoms - Blood cleansing, quieting to the nerves, bronchial

problems, whopping cough and cancer.

 

Coconut - Laxative, Colon Cleanser.

 

Cranberries - Fevers, kidney disorders, gas.

 

Dandelion Root - Liver Problems.

 

Dates - Stimulates nerves, laxative, improves circulation.

 

Eggs - Builds muscle and bones.

 

Elderberries - Sore throats, colds and cough.

 

Figs - Blood circulation, nourishing, laxative, syrup of figs for

coughs and sore throats

 

Garlic - Sore throats, high blood pressure, colon cleanser

 

Ginger - Sore throat, sugared for nausea.

 

Graham Flour - Builds muscle.

 

Grapefruit - Weight loss, fevers, eliminate mucous.

 

Grapes - Blood builder, upset stomach, fevers and rheumatic

disorders, eliminates mucous from body - eat grapes whole or drink

juice.

 

Honey - Take by the tablespoon for asthma, digestion, sore throats,

coughs, intestinal mucous, laxative.

 

Horse Radish - (Eat - not for tea) Nerve stimulant.

 

Juniper Berries - Urine stimulator.

 

Lemons - Aids in nausea, blood purifier, rheumatic disorders,

laxative, weight loss.

 

Lettuce - Insomnia, restlessness, upset stomach.

 

Marjoram - Coughs, sour stomach, spleen problems, insect and snake

bites, dropsy, jaundice, toothache, headache, indigestion.

 

Olive Oil - Skin, anemia, weight gain.

 

Onions - Mucous, coughs and colds, nervousness and sleeplessness.

 

Oranges - Upset stomach, fever.

 

Parsley - Difficult urination, dropsy, jaundice, fevers, obstruction

of liver and spleen, expels gallstones, poultice applied to breast

will dry up milk.

 

Peaches - Blood purifying.

 

Pears - Laxative.

 

Pineapples - Weight reducer, sore throat, upset stomach

 

Plums - Liver, laxative.

 

Prunes - Laxative, mucous eliminator

 

Red Raspberry Tea - Laxative, removes cankers from mucous membranes,

stops diarrhea in infants, allays nausea, helps prevent miscarriage,

reduces labor pains.

 

Rhubarb - (Fruit Only) Laxative and blood cleanser.

 

Rice - (Brown) Diarrhea, weight gain.

 

Rosemary - For colds, nervousness, headaches, mouth wash.

 

Sage - Stomach problems, gargle for sore throat expel worms, stops

bleeding gums, good for liver and kidneys, removes dandruff (rinse

hair in sage tea), will dry up milk in mothers when drunk cold.

 

Sauerkraut - Indigestion, weight loss, reduces high blood pressure.

 

Spinach - Blood cleanser, reduces swelling of piles.

 

Strawberries - Diuretic, fever reducer.

 

Thyme - Suppresses menstruation, fevers, good for nightmares,

reliable nervine, asthma. With equal parts of sage and rosemary will

break the fever of flu.

 

Tomatoes - Liver remedy

 

Turnips - Stimulant, blood cleanser

 

Violet - Headache

 

Watercress - Rashes, anemia, blood cleanser.

 

Wintergreen - Kidneys, stomach upsets, headache, rheumatism, colic

in the bowels, gargle for sore throat, also good for poultices for

inflamed area and boils. The tea can be used as a douche for vaginal

discharges.

 

Fruit Medicines

 

Astringents - (Contracts Tissues) Blackberries, cherries,

cranberries, pomegranates, pears and raspberries.

 

Diuretics - (Urine Stimulant) Black Currants, grapes, melon seeds

and melons, peaches and prickly pears, strawberries.

 

Refrigerants - (Cooling) Gooseberries, currants, pumpkins, melons.

 

Stomach Relaxers - Apples, lemons, lime.

 

Pomegranates - In Decoction, repel tapeworm.

 

Figs - Poultice for boils. (Split open and apply directly.)

 

Diana

 

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thank you... very interesting...

Ingrid

 

--- On Sat, 8/2/08, Kimmy <kilauea6 wrote:

Kimmy <kilauea6

Some common herbs and foods for familiar ailments

Undisclosed-Recipient

Saturday, August 2, 2008, 10:11 AM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some Common Herbs and Foods For Familiar Ailments

 

 

 

Remedies like Grandma used to make with herbs are usually used in teas

 

unless otherwise specified and foods are eaten. Foods should be eaten as

 

usual, continuing until problem is gone. Raw food may be

 

pureed in blender and eaten pureed.

 

 

 

Apples - In brandy for coughs (mix pureed apples with brandy and use

 

as cough syrup), digestive disorders.

 

 

 

Basil - Stops excessive vomiting, good for poultices for insect

 

bites.

 

 

 

Bay Leaves - Expels gas from intestines and bowels, eliminates

 

cramps.

 

 

 

Caraway - Useful for colic in infants boiled in milk or water, good

 

for digestion, poultice for bruises.

 

 

 

Carrots - Liver, kidneys, expelling worms, poultices for boils and

 

ulcers (external) - eaten raw, made into tea or juiced raw.

 

 

 

Cauliflower - Reduces blood pressure.

 

 

 

Celery - Nervine, neuralgia headaches and rheumatic disorders.

 

 

 

Chamomile Flowers - Teething babies, colic, upset stomach.

 

 

 

Clover Blossoms - Blood cleansing, quieting to the nerves, bronchial

 

problems, whopping cough and cancer.

 

 

 

Coconut - Laxative, Colon Cleanser.

 

 

 

Cranberries - Fevers, kidney disorders, gas.

 

 

 

Dandelion Root - Liver Problems.

 

 

 

Dates - Stimulates nerves, laxative, improves circulation.

 

 

 

Eggs - Builds muscle and bones.

 

 

 

Elderberries - Sore throats, colds and cough.

 

 

 

Figs - Blood circulation, nourishing, laxative, syrup of figs for

 

coughs and sore throats

 

 

 

Garlic - Sore throats, high blood pressure, colon cleanser

 

 

 

Ginger - Sore throat, sugared for nausea.

 

 

 

Graham Flour - Builds muscle.

 

 

 

Grapefruit - Weight loss, fevers, eliminate mucous.

 

 

 

Grapes - Blood builder, upset stomach, fevers and rheumatic

 

disorders, eliminates mucous from body - eat grapes whole or drink

 

juice.

 

 

 

Honey - Take by the tablespoon for asthma, digestion, sore throats,

 

coughs, intestinal mucous, laxative.

 

 

 

Horse Radish - (Eat - not for tea) Nerve stimulant.

 

 

 

Juniper Berries - Urine stimulator.

 

 

 

Lemons - Aids in nausea, blood purifier, rheumatic disorders,

 

laxative, weight loss.

 

 

 

Lettuce - Insomnia, restlessness, upset stomach.

 

 

 

Marjoram - Coughs, sour stomach, spleen problems, insect and snake

 

bites, dropsy, jaundice, toothache, headache, indigestion.

 

 

 

Olive Oil - Skin, anemia, weight gain.

 

 

 

Onions - Mucous, coughs and colds, nervousness and sleeplessness.

 

 

 

Oranges - Upset stomach, fever.

 

 

 

Parsley - Difficult urination, dropsy, jaundice, fevers, obstruction

 

of liver and spleen, expels gallstones, poultice applied to breast

 

will dry up milk.

 

 

 

Peaches - Blood purifying.

 

 

 

Pears - Laxative.

 

 

 

Pineapples - Weight reducer, sore throat, upset stomach

 

 

 

Plums - Liver, laxative.

 

 

 

Prunes - Laxative, mucous eliminator

 

 

 

Red Raspberry Tea - Laxative, removes cankers from mucous membranes,

 

stops diarrhea in infants, allays nausea, helps prevent miscarriage,

 

reduces labor pains.

 

 

 

Rhubarb - (Fruit Only) Laxative and blood cleanser.

 

 

 

Rice - (Brown) Diarrhea, weight gain.

 

 

 

Rosemary - For colds, nervousness, headaches, mouth wash.

 

 

 

Sage - Stomach problems, gargle for sore throat expel worms, stops

 

bleeding gums, good for liver and kidneys, removes dandruff (rinse

 

hair in sage tea), will dry up milk in mothers when drunk cold.

 

 

 

Sauerkraut - Indigestion, weight loss, reduces high blood pressure.

 

 

 

Spinach - Blood cleanser, reduces swelling of piles.

 

 

 

Strawberries - Diuretic, fever reducer.

 

 

 

Thyme - Suppresses menstruation, fevers, good for nightmares,

 

reliable nervine, asthma. With equal parts of sage and rosemary will

 

break the fever of flu.

 

 

 

Tomatoes - Liver remedy

 

 

 

Turnips - Stimulant, blood cleanser

 

 

 

Violet - Headache

 

 

 

Watercress - Rashes, anemia, blood cleanser.

 

 

 

Wintergreen - Kidneys, stomach upsets, headache, rheumatism, colic

 

in the bowels, gargle for sore throat, also good for poultices for

 

inflamed area and boils. The tea can be used as a douche for vaginal

 

discharges.

 

 

 

Fruit Medicines

 

 

 

Astringents - (Contracts Tissues) Blackberries, cherries,

 

cranberries, pomegranates, pears and raspberries.

 

 

 

Diuretics - (Urine Stimulant) Black Currants, grapes, melon seeds

 

and melons, peaches and prickly pears, strawberries.

 

 

 

Refrigerants - (Cooling) Gooseberries, currants, pumpkins, melons.

 

 

 

Stomach Relaxers - Apples, lemons, lime.

 

 

 

Pomegranates - In Decoction, repel tapeworm.

 

 

 

Figs - Poultice for boils. (Split open and apply directly.)

 

 

 

Diana

 

 

 

Palmarosa Hand Crafts

 

 

 

palmarosa.etsy. com

 

confessionsofacraft aholic.blogspot. com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Great list thanks

 

Trivia

 

Figs - Poultice for boils. (Split open and apply directly.)

Trivia: This is right from the Old Testament of the bible;

 

Hezikiah used a poultice of figs on a boil

 

Hezikiah was a king who built water ways and tunnels and under jeruselem

that can be seen and walked through to this very day

 

Fresh Figs also have a special Enzyme helpful for digestion...a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

, " Kimmy " <kilauea6 wrote:

>

>

> Some Common Herbs and Foods For Familiar Ailments

>

> Remedies like Grandma used to make with herbs are usually used in teas

> unless otherwise specified and foods are eaten. Foods should be eaten

as

> usual, continuing until problem is gone. Raw food may be

> pureed in blender and eaten pureed.

>

> Apples - In brandy for coughs (mix pureed apples with brandy and use

> as cough syrup), digestive disorders.

>

> Basil - Stops excessive vomiting, good for poultices for insect

> bites.

>

> Bay Leaves - Expels gas from intestines and bowels, eliminates

> cramps.

>

> Caraway - Useful for colic in infants boiled in milk or water, good

> for digestion, poultice for bruises.

>

> Carrots - Liver, kidneys, expelling worms, poultices for boils and

> ulcers (external) - eaten raw, made into tea or juiced raw.

>

> Cauliflower - Reduces blood pressure.

>

> Celery - Nervine, neuralgia headaches and rheumatic disorders.

>

> Chamomile Flowers - Teething babies, colic, upset stomach.

>

> Clover Blossoms - Blood cleansing, quieting to the nerves, bronchial

> problems, whopping cough and cancer.

>

> Coconut - Laxative, Colon Cleanser.

>

> Cranberries - Fevers, kidney disorders, gas.

>

> Dandelion Root - Liver Problems.

>

> Dates - Stimulates nerves, laxative, improves circulation.

>

> Eggs - Builds muscle and bones.

>

> Elderberries - Sore throats, colds and cough.

>

> Figs - Blood circulation, nourishing, laxative, syrup of figs for

> coughs and sore throats

>

> Garlic - Sore throats, high blood pressure, colon cleanser

>

> Ginger - Sore throat, sugared for nausea.

>

> Graham Flour - Builds muscle.

>

> Grapefruit - Weight loss, fevers, eliminate mucous.

>

> Grapes - Blood builder, upset stomach, fevers and rheumatic

> disorders, eliminates mucous from body - eat grapes whole or drink

> juice.

>

> Honey - Take by the tablespoon for asthma, digestion, sore throats,

> coughs, intestinal mucous, laxative.

>

> Horse Radish - (Eat - not for tea) Nerve stimulant.

>

> Juniper Berries - Urine stimulator.

>

> Lemons - Aids in nausea, blood purifier, rheumatic disorders,

> laxative, weight loss.

>

> Lettuce - Insomnia, restlessness, upset stomach.

>

> Marjoram - Coughs, sour stomach, spleen problems, insect and snake

> bites, dropsy, jaundice, toothache, headache, indigestion.

>

> Olive Oil - Skin, anemia, weight gain.

>

> Onions - Mucous, coughs and colds, nervousness and sleeplessness.

>

> Oranges - Upset stomach, fever.

>

> Parsley - Difficult urination, dropsy, jaundice, fevers, obstruction

> of liver and spleen, expels gallstones, poultice applied to breast

> will dry up milk.

>

> Peaches - Blood purifying.

>

> Pears - Laxative.

>

> Pineapples - Weight reducer, sore throat, upset stomach

>

> Plums - Liver, laxative.

>

> Prunes - Laxative, mucous eliminator

>

> Red Raspberry Tea - Laxative, removes cankers from mucous membranes,

> stops diarrhea in infants, allays nausea, helps prevent miscarriage,

> reduces labor pains.

>

> Rhubarb - (Fruit Only) Laxative and blood cleanser.

>

> Rice - (Brown) Diarrhea, weight gain.

>

> Rosemary - For colds, nervousness, headaches, mouth wash.

>

> Sage - Stomach problems, gargle for sore throat expel worms, stops

> bleeding gums, good for liver and kidneys, removes dandruff (rinse

> hair in sage tea), will dry up milk in mothers when drunk cold.

>

> Sauerkraut - Indigestion, weight loss, reduces high blood pressure.

>

> Spinach - Blood cleanser, reduces swelling of piles.

>

> Strawberries - Diuretic, fever reducer.

>

> Thyme - Suppresses menstruation, fevers, good for nightmares,

> reliable nervine, asthma. With equal parts of sage and rosemary will

> break the fever of flu.

>

> Tomatoes - Liver remedy

>

> Turnips - Stimulant, blood cleanser

>

> Violet - Headache

>

> Watercress - Rashes, anemia, blood cleanser.

>

> Wintergreen - Kidneys, stomach upsets, headache, rheumatism, colic

> in the bowels, gargle for sore throat, also good for poultices for

> inflamed area and boils. The tea can be used as a douche for vaginal

> discharges.

>

> Fruit Medicines

>

> Astringents - (Contracts Tissues) Blackberries, cherries,

> cranberries, pomegranates, pears and raspberries.

>

> Diuretics - (Urine Stimulant) Black Currants, grapes, melon seeds

> and melons, peaches and prickly pears, strawberries.

>

> Refrigerants - (Cooling) Gooseberries, currants, pumpkins, melons.

>

> Stomach Relaxers - Apples, lemons, lime.

>

> Pomegranates - In Decoction, repel tapeworm.

>

> Figs - Poultice for boils. (Split open and apply directly.)

>

> Diana

>

> Palmarosa Hand Crafts

>

> palmarosa.etsy.com

> confessionsofacraftaholic.blogspot.com

>