Home Remedies

Home Remedies 13

Chilblains

Calundula	use ointment.
Vaalbos	Use ointment. [Tarchonanthus camphoratus.]
Dandelion	Use young green leaves in salads.
Figs	Use in diet.
Cayenne Pepper	Include in diet, add to baby powder and dust feet with the mixture.
Guavas	Use in diet.
Ginger	Use in diet, use powdered ginger mixed with baby powder and dust feet.
Onion	Roast and use as a poultice on the chilblain.
Potato	Bake, then mash the inside 7 mix with a little oil, apply warm and bind in place.
Banana Peel	Apply inner side and bind in place.

COLIC, STOMACH CRAMPS

Lemon Balm	Tea.
Mint	Tea.
Tarragon	Tea.
Blackjack	As tea, 2 handfuls of young leaves per large cup of boiling water.
Wild Sage	Tea of root.
Wilde Als	Brandy tincture, or a sprig per cup.
Basil	Tea.
Feverfew	Tea.
Coriander	1 teaspoon per cup, infusion.
Dill	Seeds or leaves as tea.
Caraway Seeds	Tea.
Comfrey	Tea.
Rice Water	Add a pat of butter, a squeeze of lemon and some chopped mint and drink.
Corn Meal	Pour a cup of boiling water over the corn meal, [teaspoon] add salt and a touch of butter, stir and drink.
Parsley	Tea.
Onion and Milk	Boil onion in half a pint of milk and drink.
Ginger Ale	Half a glass at room temperature.
Coke	Flat coke, use warm not cold.
Licorice	Tea from root. [Glycyrrhiza globra.]
Jamica Ginger	Half to 1 teaspoon in half a glss of water, add honey to taste.
Savoury	One teaspoon of herb per cup of boiling water as tea.
Milk	Boil 1 glass of milk and add a teaspoon of nutmeg, drink while warm.
Violets	Use flowers or leaves to make tea, add honey. Repeat at 4 hourly intervals.
Buchu Brandy	Tot taken.
Buchu Brandy and Bicarbonate of Soda	Add a pinch of bicarb to tot of brandy.
Blessed Thistle	Steep a heaped teaspoon of the dried herb in a bottle of brandy. 1 tot per dose, have some honey handy as it is extremely bitter in taste. [Cnius benedictus.]
French Sorrel	Tea.
Curry Leaf Tree	A few leaves per cup, use as tea.
Thyme	Tea.
Lavender	Tea.
Beetroot Tops	Cooked and served with salt and butter.
Calundula	Tea.
Carrot Seed	1 teaspoon per cup, as tea.
Valerian Root	Tea.

HERB TEA MIX FOR CRAMP

1 thumb length of Ginger, 250 ml Chamomile, 250ml Lemon Balm, 250ml Hypericum flowers. Boil herbs in 3l of water, for 5-10 minutes, keep pot covered. Stand, steep, strain. Add a pinch of Cayenne pepper and drink 250 ml during the attack and then daily for 3-6 days. Keep accessible in fridge.

HERB MIX FOR STOMACH ACHE.

125ml Peppermint leaves,, 12,5ml Fennel seeds and leaves, 250ml Lemon Balm leaves, 1 piece of Ginger in 1l water, boil for 5 minutes, stand, steep and strain. Take 125ml every 15 minutes.

RECIPE FOR SPASMS and INTERNAL PAIN

Take a handful of cloves, 1 tablespoon Allspice, some Ginger, 1 tablespoon of Cinnamon and place in a quart bottle of brandy. Let stand in the Sun for a few days. Dose 1 teaspoon in a glass of water.

HOME REMEDIES, INTRODUCTION and SOURCES

The following notes were researched and compiled by Amalthea of Coven of the Wheel during the years 1979-1996.

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