Prickly Pear Cactus

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Prickly Pear Cactus

 

 

 

 

 

 

We’ve all heard about and hopefully

experienced, the

great wonders of Aloe Vera. When it comes to putting the fire out, Aloe

Vera is

second to none, and can be used internally as a drink or as an enema. It can also be applied externally, directly

on the skin to handle burns and scrapes.

 

But did you know there is another desert

plant that

works absolute wonders in handling skin conditions of every kind? This is the Prickly Pear Cactus. This

is one of those “Gotta see it, to

believe it”, kind of remedies that I learned from an old Arizona desert

dweller

named Peter Bigfoot.

Many of you may have heard that you can make

“jam”

from the “pear” of the Prickly Pear and that it is an Arizonan delicacy. I’ve tried it and it is delicious. However,

Peter taught me that you use the

flat pad of the plant to handle all kinds of insect and poisonous snake

bites. Furthermore, you can drink the juice of

this

marvelous plant to cool body temperature down and lower fevers that

rare time

when it’s needed. The desert Indians

have used this remedy for centuries to do exactly that.

This is an easy plant to grow outdoors or in

a pot (they get very big) and can be cultivated inside.

As the sections grow, you can break off a

pad, with a pair of pliers (avoid the small barbs), skin it with a

sharp knife

and use the inside part as a poultice or just massage the pulp into

your

skin. It’ll permanently handle Fire Ant

bites in a little under 3 seconds.

One day, many years ago, Valorie came

down with a rash on her leg and

I picked up a serious bout of Athlete’s Foot at the gym.

We both applied the Prickly Pear to our

affected areas and by the next day Valorie’s rash had almost

disappeared. My Athlete’s Foot was completely

healed, and

was just a little itchy. By the third

day, you’d never have known there was anything wrong with either of us. Both conditions were totally handled and completely

disappeared.

You’ll love this simple, inexpensive remedy.

 

 

Best regards,

Doc

 

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