HOW TO STAY HEALTHY!
By Margaret Roberts
The Super Foods:
Apples, dates, grapes, lemons,
mangoes, melon, pineapple, tomatoes, kale, almonds, chestnuts, garlic,
carrots, spinach, asparagus, beetroot, celery, onion, cabbage, oats,
fenugreek, barley and green barley, green wheat, guava, strawberries,
Bulgarian yoghurt. Good B vitamin supplement, zinc, vitamin B6 and
vitamin C essential.
The Whole Body Tonic:
The most important of all to be
taken 2 or 3 or 4 times a week. Kelp, alfalfa (Lucerne), cayenne,
pennywort (Centella asiatica), ginger, garlic, vitamin C, B, D and E
particularly, grapefruit (contains vitamin P), cinnamon, green tea.
Standard brew tea:
A quarter cup fresh leaves and
flowers, pour over this 1 cup boiling water, stand 5 minutes, strain,
sweeten with honey if liked, add a squeeze of fresh lemon juice if
liked.
THERAPEUTIC HERBS
Dandelion: High in Vitamin A,
potassium. Liver cleanser. Chlorophyll stimulates all glands. Eat fresh
leaves in salad daily.
Echinacea:
One of the best immune system builders. Tincture from chemist. Tea from
leaves and flowers 1 cup daily – but divide it up into quarter cup 4
times a day.
Thyme: Ordinary
Thymus vulgaris or lemon thyme, fresh on food and tea – has antiseptic
qualities.
Sage (Salvia officinalis): Excellent
action on throat, brain and kidneys.
Elder (Sambucus nigra): Elder
flowers in tea to build resistance – deeply cleansing and with
peppermint break the Herpes Simplex virus. Contains Vitamin A and C. Dry
flowers for winter use.
Peppermint (Mentha piperita
nigra): Stimulating, digestive,
an effective tonic for the whole system. Brain clarity and memory
retention.
Rosemary (Rosemarinus
officinalis): Tea used for
those who "fail to thrive" restorative, energising,
stimulating, a warming herb, improves concentration.
Tea Tree: Antiviral
– use in oil form, antiseptic, antibacterial, make into a cream: a
quarter cup good aqueous cream to 7 – 10 drops tea tree oil, mix well.
Apply to aching joints, etc.
St John’s Wort (Hypericum
perforatum): Tablet form. Pain
reliever, antiviral, contains hypericin – so powerful it is being used
to treat aids.
Eucalyptus:
Antiseptic, use as oil for fresh leaves in bath. Opens sinuses, clears
bacteria, inhale the fumes in hot water.
Celery and Parsley: Eat
both fresh daily – 1 tablespoon chopped. The high chlorophyll and the
antiseptic, tonic properties they contain and the detoxifying action
makes these 2 herbs essential for immune system boosting.
Garlic: as
much as you can bear! Eat with parsley. Nature’s own antibiotic.
Nature’s own immune system booster.
Yarrow (Achillea millefolium): Combines
well with the other herb teas – remedy for colds = yarrow, peppermint,
ginger, elder flower. Mix equal quantities, take 1 tablespoon, pour over
this 2 cups boiling water, allow to stand for 6 – 8 minutes, strain,
take a quarter cup at intervals throughout the day.
All the Mints: Which
relax tense muscles and enable the blood vessels to take up blood
building nutrients.
Cayenne Pepper: A
quarter teaspoon in warm milk or water taken daily, or sprinkle on food,
or use in cooking – the pure heat builds resistance.
Paprika and Green Peppers: Eat
fresh, or use dried, ground paprika on food - both have high Vitamin C
and beta carotenes.
Wheat Grass, Barley Grass and
Oat Straw: All build up bone,
blood and resistance to infection, all are energisers and are high in
minerals and vitamins. Sprinkle fresh onto food, or take in juices and
teas.
Horseradish: Grated
root is a stimulant and builds resistance and clears infections.
Ginger: Grated
or sliced root is a superb resistance builder. Make into a tea or used
grated in food. Preserve in honey for summer use.
Winter Savory: Standard
brew often mixed with fresh Lucerne. Used by doctors in France to build
resistance to ‘flu and pneumonia. Take 6 weeks daily before the onset
of winter.
Pennywort (Centella asiatica): A
tonic herb, an excellent circulatory herb and tones and nourishes skin,
circulation and brain. Possibly the 21st century’s most
necessary herb. Eat 1 leaf daily or tea of 3 leaves in 1 cup boiling
water 2 or 3 times a week.
Anise:
Clears infections, coughs, antiseptic, chew seeds, or tea of seeds or
fresh plant.
Chamomile: Anti-allergenic,
anti-inflammatory, relaxant, antispasmodic. Tea.
BIOCHEMIC TISSUE SALTS
For ‘flu: Ferrum phos., Natu. Sulph., Kali mur. Dissolve 4 tablets
of each in half a glass of hot water. Sip slowly. Do this every hour for
6 – 8 hours.
Calcium sulphate – blood purifier – builds tissues – prevents
colds and sore throats.
If you take aspirin – counter effect is to take calcium sulphate –
it clears the coal tar.
For fever blister, infections, anti-acid, irritability, double vision,
stomach ulcers, gumboils – eliminates waste and prevents new
infections.
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