Herbal Tips

Hemorrhoids:

Cayenne will stimulate circulation. Nettles and Irish Moss increase blood circulation. A potato suppository (raw potato) inserted overnight brings healing to hemorrhoids. Slippery Elm or Flax Seed will do the same.

Diarrhea:

Barley or rice water stop diarrhea. Boil one cup of rice or barley in 8 cups of water for on hour. Celery juice, coconut milk or lime juice can be added to cool colon. Blackberry root, Bush Monkey Flower or White Oak are antiseptic herbs.

Pain:

3 parts Confrey, 1 part Lobelia and 1 part Cayenne.

Garlic:

Externally for skin disorders such as ringworm, scabies, and lice. Make a strong tea 3 times a day for 2 weeks to ingest.

Syrup of Garlic for catarrh, asthma, tuberculosis, regulating blood pressure, heart weakness and internal ulceration.

To cover odor or tast of Garlic, use Oil of Anise, Caraway, Fennel Cinnamon or Peppermint.

Golden Seal:

Removes B Vitamins from the body.

Stress:

1 ounce Bayberry Bark, 2 ounces Ginger, 1 ounce White Pine, 1 dram Clover, 1 dram of Cayenne. Mix all together under stress. Put one teaspoon in a cup of boiling water for 15 minutes.

Antispasmodic Tincture:

1 ounce Lobelia Seed, 1 ounce Skullcap, 1 ounce Skunk Cabbage Root, 1 ounce Black Cohosh, ½ ounce Cayenne.

Ad above to one pint of boiling water for ½ hour. Add 1 pint of Apple Cider Vinegar and bottle for use. Dose: 8 to 15 drops in cup of hot water every hour. For shock, cramps, epilepsy, hysteria, lock jaw, poisonous bites and stings.

Homemade Toothpaste:

1 pinch powdered Sage

1 ounce powdered Myrrh

1 pound powdered Arrow Root

20 drops Oil of Clover

12 drops Oil of Bergamot

½ ounce powdered chalk

3 ounces powdered Oris Root

4 teaspoons tincture of Vanilla

15 drops Oil of Rose Geranium

Add honey to get desired consistency

Nerve Tonic:

1 part Black Cohos Root

1 part Cayenne

1 part Hops

1 part Ladys Slipper Root

Powder and mix. Place in gelatin capsules. Take two capsules three times a day.

First Aid Kit:

Charcoal for external drawing of poisons

Oil of Garlic

Antispasmodic tincture

Peppermint Oil for nausea

Sweating Herbs – ½ Elder Flower and ½ Peppermint

Liniment:

2 ounces powdered Myrrh

1 ounce powdered Golden Seal

½ ounce Cayenne

1 quart Apple Cider Vinegar

Mix together, shake each day for seven days then strain and bottle.

Gout:

Eat a minimum of four ounces of fresh Bing Cherries each day. If fresh cherries are not in season drink bottled or buy concentrate and have on tablespoon three times a day.

Hangover:

Rub a wedge of lemon in each armpit.

Migraine Headache:

At the first sign, dip a toothpick in Cayenne Pepper and sniff in each nostril.

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