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02 April 2008, 00:47
Colds and Flu Flee from Old Eastern European Herbal Remedies
Most of these take some preplanning so that you have them in your refrigerator or herbal medicine chest when you call for them, on the other hand it is worth it. Now you have a choice.
Thanks to Svetlana Konnikova, who grew up in Moldova, the wine capital of southeastern Europe, we at the moment have access to the Eastern European homey therapy again.
There was no end to the familiar remedies we had at one's disposal to us to stiffle colds, sniffles and sneezes, as well as sore throats and noses, when I was growing up," says Konnikova.
Most of these take some preplanning so that you have them in your refrigerator or herbal medicine casket when you need them, on the contrary it is worth it." Combine one teaspoon dried apricot raspberries and one teaspoon dried peppermint leaves with one cup boiling water in a glass jar.
Cover with a lid and steep representing 20 minutes. Filter and quaff sole cup of hot tea before bedtime as a diaphoretic medicine.
A variety on this is to combine in an enamel pot one teaspoon dried gos away of peppermint and one teaspoon black elder flowers in one pint boiling water. Seethe 5-10 minutes, filter and drink one to two cups before bedtime. Combine one tablespoon linden flowers and one tablespoon rose hips with one cup boiling water and bubble five minutes.
Filter and drink only cup before bedtime. This infusion is soothing for colds and flu and it is good treatment for rheumatism. A tea of rose hips with honey provides fast relief when you have a cold with a headache, cough and or laryngitis. This tea is also available in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, high blood impulse and diarrhea. Combine one cup of rose hips with one quart of bathe in an enamel pot.
Boil 10 minutes, screen and add three tablespoons honey. Imbibe two ounces three to four times a day.
These are conscientious a few of the old Eastern European herbal remedies championing many common ills that Svetlana Konnikova has resurrected in her new book, Mama's Home Remedies:
Discover Time-Tested Secrets of Good Health and the Pleasures of Natural Living (Aurora Publishers, Boca Raton, FL), an authbiographical how-to-do compendium of elderly Eastern European curatives, folklore and fairy tales that testament hot your heart as you sit by the blazing blaze reading the fairy tales to your children and sipping the delicious, spicy, hot, steaming cup of tea to cure that cold.
Approximately the Author:
Svetlana Konnikova, progenitor of the Healthy Erudition Club, is an award-winning writer, entrepreneur, and an avid researcher of herbal medicines, healthy lifestyles and holistic health practices that combine contemporary thought with the world's great spiritual.
She was a host of several television shows in the one-time Soviet Union, including Listen and Learn, Masterpieces of World Literature, and Science and Life. Svetlana holds master's measure in Journalism from Moscow State University and an associate degree in Nursing.
Since moving to the United Status in 1989, she has been a teacher of French and Russian, and founded universal marketing and publishing companies.
Her mission is to expose people to the ways other cultivation obviate sickness and doctor up their health.
Gain more at www.aurorapublishers.com ; www.mamashomeremedies.com "Everyone will benediction from these jewels of understanding and I am sure you will be rewarded as I was after embracing many of these natural prescriptions."
Anna Maria Clement, PhD, NMD, Codirector and Chief Health Administrator of Hippocrates Health Institute, West Palm Beach, Florida Mama's At ease Remedies:
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26 March 2008, 02:22
WEIL: The double time facts are.. . : Fitness & Suitableness : The Rocky Alp Info
4,000 U.S. The fast facts are. By Dr. Andrew Weil Tuesday, March 25, 2008 More Health & Fitness RYCKMAN: I have recently begun trying to do a weekly partial fast representing priestly and incarnate reasons. How long should a fast be for the digestive system to reap the benefits? Answer:
I'm not sure what you mean close to partial fast, but I can tell you that your digestive system will benefit from even individual day of a total fast (when you put away only water or herbal tea).
At one time, I experimented with fasting sole day a week as a useful physical and psychological discipline. Many human beings experience a clearer mental state and increased energy after a short-term fast.
I no longer do weekly fasts, but I every now and again devote a day to drinking only fresh juice and water to give my digestive system a rest. Restricting your food intake frees up energy that your digestive organs (the bulkiest in the body) would or else consume.
Unlike a water fast, a juice "diet" is improbable to cause such side conclusion as lightheadedness, fatigue or headaches. On a juice fast, you drink only secretion from fresh, organically grown fruits and vegetables.
Drink at least four 8- to 12-ounce glasses of serum and plenty of simon-pure water (at least four 8-ounce glasses a day) and, whether you like, unsweetened herb tea. I recommend preparing the juice yourself. This is easiest if you invest in a juicing machine.
Swill homemade juice within an day of manufacture it - otherwise, its nutritional cost will deteriorate. If you can't make fluid yourself, get natural juices that don't contain added sugar. To keep yourself regular while on a juice fast, take powdered psyllium.
Mix a tablespoon in a big crystal of water, drink it all and then drink a glass of pure water. When the time comes to tear your fast, be sure to eat lightly and slowly - some whole fruit, perhaps.
A heavy, filthy rich meal to hold the head of your fast is likely to make you sick.
You can safely do a juice dashing championing one to three days. I suggest consulting your health-care practitioner first. And to be sure don't fast if you're diabetic, pregnant or nursing. Also, especially when starting out, be certain to fast during times when you know your activity won't be as strenuous as usual.
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20 March 2008, 01:25
Hot Lickerish Drool : clusterflock
I"m intrigued. Is that liquorice essence dissolved in hot dilute to make a tea?" Well, it could be, however in my case it is a cuppa brewed from a bag of Alvita Licorice Root.
I state of it as licorice imbue elsewhere of respect to the distinction between tea (brewed from leaves of the tea bush, Camellia sinensis ) and tisane (an herbal or fruit concoction).
But I feel a little foolish drawing this distinction, stickler though I am for accuracy. Turn up my snoot at references to chamomile tea? Oh, aren't we high and mighty. Such are the matters I ponder while drinking hot licorice water. Sheila Ryan on March 17th, 2008 Hot and watery & 8212; with a smack of licorice!
For those times when a cup of plain hot water just won't do the job.)
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