Mama's Home Remedies: Discover Time-Tested Secrets of Good Health and the Pleasures of Natural Livin by Svetlana Konnikova (best fiction novels of all time .txt) 📕

colds or food allergies. Quince juice can help rid the system of toxins and is also effective when applied externally to skin disorders.

r 18. Add two cups of boiling water to one tablespoon of dried agrimony leaves. Infuse for 8–10 minutes. Strain and pour into a glass jar. Use this infusion to wash sores, wounds, eczema or soak a sterile pad in the infusion and apply to the affected area. This herb provides an effective treatment for children suffering from diathesis and eczema.

r 19. To four cups boiling water, add one tablespoon licorice root, 1½

tablespoons dandelion root, and 1½ tablespoons burdock root. Steep for 30 minutes and strain. Children may take two to four ounces twice a day. Adults may take 8–16 ounces twice a day, in the morning and in the evening.

r 20. To ½ quart of boiling water, add one teaspoon each of elecampane root, gentian herb, and yarrow and steep for 30 minutes. Take one tablespoon three times a day for one to two months before meals.

r 21. Prepare this natural medicine, using the same method as in

#18. Add the water to ½ tablespoon diced licorice root and ½

tablespoon diced heartsease. Drink up to one cup a day. Always remember to complement al treatments with fresh organic fruit or vegetable salads after dinner.

r 22. To one quart of boiling water, add one teaspoon heartsease (aerial parts) and one teaspoon chamomile flowers and steep for two hours covered with a towel to keep it warm. Strain and drink. Children may take only ⅓ of this infusion; adults may drink three times a day.

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r 23. Make strawberry liquor (for age one and up). Combine eight ounces of dried or fresh strawberries with one pint of water and one tablespoon of honey or unrefined sugar in a saucepan. Stir constantly over medium heat until dissolved. Boil it to reduce by half, cool, and pour into a dark glass bottle. Seal with a cork stopper. Do not use a screw-capped lid because liquors and syrups ferment in closed bottles and can explode. Children may take one teaspoon two or three times a day.

r 24. Make a chamomile infusion. Add eight ounces boiling water to one tablespoon chamomile flowers. Steep in a glass pitcher for 20

minutes. Take one tablespoon three to four times daily.

r 25. Try a peppermint infusion. Add one tablespoon peppermint leaves to ½ cup boiling water. Cover and steep for 20 minutes. Take one tablespoon three times a day.

r 26. To make a simple calendula (pot marigold) infusion, add one tablespoon calendula flowers to four ounces boiling water. Steep for one hour. Take one tablespoon two to three times daily. r 27. Eggshel powder. Carefuly and thoroughly wash three to four eggs (organic/free-range chicken eggs). Boil them for 10 minutes. Cool and peel eggshel from membrane, then grind into powder in glass, stone, or ceramic bowl. Use a mortar and pestle. Never use a metal bowl. Before you give one pinch of eggshell powder to your child, add five drops of natural lemon juice.

^ A baby six months to one year old takes ¼ teaspoon of

eggshel powder.

^ A child 1–1½ years old takes ⅓ teaspoon.

^ Children from 1½–2 years take ½ teaspoon.

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The eggshell powder healing process is a long one, but there is another benefit; it contains a significant amount of calcium. In any case, it can be taken from several weeks to a month until the allergy is eliminated, but even over time the method is harmless.

r 28. Young nettle usualy bears juicy leaves in April or May, depending on its geographical location. Cut the upper 10 inches of nettle stem with leaves. Wash wel and dice, then place the pieces in a one-quart glass jar fil ed to the top with cold boiled water. Leave it to infuse for eight hours. Give a child this infusion blended with various juices or compotes of fresh cherries, cranberries, or gooseberries. This effective and tasty treatment cleans al ergens from the blood and calms the digestive and nervous systems.

I believe in miracles! Herbal baths effectively treat almost all allergic reactions that you or your children might have. As I mentioned earlier, a bath with a tiny addition of potassium permanganate has effectively treated many generations of children.

Herbal infusions positively affect the skin and the whole body through it. If you use the appropriate herbs in the correct dosage, a bath with an herbal addition is a true blessing. It wil restore the normal function of the skin and destroy pathogenic microbes. It helps rid the body of toxins. Herbal baths can soothe a child’s and an adult’s nervous system.

Rejuvenating baths for children and adults include such dried herbs and plants as chamomile (flowers), thyme or wild

Key:

marjoram (aerial parts), nettle (aerial parts,

roots), oats (grain), horsetail (aerial parts),

Children up to 15 years

strawberry (leaves), and rose hips (berries).

old: ½ pound of herbs

A special tonic/herbal series of bath

to one gallon of cold

therapies: six to eight baths for 10–20 minwater and ½ pound of utes each will restore, nourish, and support

herbs for a decoction.

the entire body and protect it from germs and

Adults: two gallons

allergens. Bath time should be no longer than

of cold water and 1½

15–20 minutes. When you take an herbal bath,

pounds