Rosemary's Simple and Old-Fashioned Herbal Recipes

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Rosemary's Simple and Old-Fashioned Herbal Recipes

 

PEPPERMINT & SPEARMINT - These cooling herbs are pungent and dry and have been

taken as a digestive tonic. I make a tea and take a cup for nausea, indigestion,

and travel sickness. Some people have taken these herbs for colic, flatulence,

feverish conditions and migraines. Peppermint's soothing quality is relaxing to

the nerves

and very stimulating to the circulatory system. Fresh and tasty.

 

Tired Feet

Soak in warm Mint or Rosemary tea for 15 to 20 minutes. Sponge bath is helpful

for the elderly or bed-confined.

 

Working Hands

A few drops of lavender oil put in a bottle of jojoba oil near the kitchen sink

works wonders after the dishes.

 

ROSEMARY - Helps stimulate digestion and invigorates circulation; for

exhaustion, weakness and depression; used in ancient times to improve memory; a

stimulating drink for fatigue or head- aches; is regarded as uplifting and

energizing; made into a light tea and taken for colds, flu, indigestion and for

rheumatic pains; also used as a

cleansing incense; is a symbol of remembrance.

 

Motion-Sickness

Carry some candied Ginger with you when traveling. This snappy-zesty treat is

delicious and can help digest meals, quell stomach jitters, upsets, nausea and

motion sickness.

 

HIBISCUS - Rich in vitamin C, it adds a beautiful rosy color to tea and contains

mucilage properties that can soften the skin. It's a common drink in many places

including Egypt, Sudan and Mexico. The German Commission E reports it's use for

shingles.

 

Rumbling Stomachs

Candied Fennel is a lovely way to freshen one's breath, allay hunger and aid

stomachs fraught with 'the wind'. A good travel remedy on the road.

 

CLOVE - Can be an immediate relief for many types of pain. Besides being a pain

killer it is strongly antiseptic and a stimulant to circulation. Cloves break up

mucous and gets sluggish organs moving. It's been said to soothe nausea and

vomiting. Clove increases the action of others herbs in combinations.

 

Sore-Throat

To 1/3 C. honey add 1 T. of clove powder. (Opt. add ginger & cayenne)

 

Sore-Throat Gargle

To 2/3 C. of salty water add pinch of clove, ginger, cayenne and slippery elm

plus a drop of clove and peppermint oil. Tooth-aches: Chew on a clove.

 

GINGER - This aromatic spice is sensually delightful. She's a carrier herb and

helps to bind with other herbs to increase their activity and carry them more

efficiently on their way. Ginger helps to cleanse the body of toxins. It has

antiseptic, lymph cleansing, circulation-stimulating, constipation-relieving

qualities. Used in a tea or the bath, Ginger runs and dances all through the

night to your health.

 

Soothing and Healing Bath

Boil 1-2 teaspoons of Ginger powder in 3-4 cups of water for several minutes.

Clean your body, rinse, then run a bath. Add the brew and 4-6 drops of Lavender

oil. Let your skin revive and soak for 20 or more minutes. Good for flu, aches,

pains, blues and bruises.

 

Our 'Natural Garden Sangria', is a blend of Spearmint, Peppermint, Rosemary,

Hibiscus, Cloves and Ginger. To this we add orange juice and strawberries.

Refreshing~uplifting!

 

Sleep

A drop of Lavender oil on your wrist, pillow, bath or aroma-therapy vessel can

calm and relax. Chamomile tea helps with insomnia during stress.

 

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> Rosemary's Simple and Old-Fashioned Herbal Recipes

 

> Sore-Throat

> To 1/3 C. honey add 1 T. of clove powder. (Opt. add ginger & cayenne)<

 

OUCH!! Are you trying to make the sore throat feel better by making

the person have so much pain in their mouth, esophagus and stomach that

they forget about their throat?

 

Where, may I ask, did you study herbal medicine? Because this would

stop me from breathing!!

 

Sue - plain old local honey ALONE for me thanks!!

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Clove powder will numb your tonsils (they used to use clove oil for sores

inside the mouth.)

 

If it's numb it's not sore anymore... Although anyone using an anesthetic

like clove should know do not use said throat because you'll have a false

sense of security and blow a vocal chord... I think Chloraseptic has clove

oil in it...

 

Jennifer

 

I love reading old recipes like these because it helps me learn more about

why people did the things they did...

 

 

I admit a Tablespoon of clove will probably make more sensitive people numb

to their toes for a while..

 

Ginger and cayenne added to a soup would help open up your pores and get ya

sweating.

 

 

 

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CT HERB

11/14/2006 4:38:54 PM

 

Re: Rosemary's Simple and Old-Fashioned Herbal

Recipes

 

> Rosemary's Simple and Old-Fashioned Herbal Recipes

 

> Sore-Throat

> To 1/3 C. honey add 1 T. of clove powder. (Opt. add ginger & cayenne)<

 

OUCH!! Are you trying to make the sore throat feel better by making

the person have so much pain in their mouth, esophagus and stomach that

they forget about their throat?

 

Where, may I ask, did you study herbal medicine? Because this would

stop me from breathing!!

 

Sue - plain old local honey ALONE for me thanks!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Sue wrote:

< Sore-Throat

> To 1/3 C. honey add 1 T. of clove powder. (Opt. add ginger & cayenne)<

 

OUCH!! Are you trying to make the sore throat feel better by making

the person have so much pain in their mouth, esophagus and stomach that

they forget about their throat?

 

Where, may I ask, did you study herbal medicine? Because this would

stop me from breathing!!

 

Sue - plain old local honey ALONE for me thanks!!>

 

Sue,

I don't have any experience with the clove

powder, but honey/lemon juice/cayenne

pepper in combination has cured many a

sore throat when my daughter was small.

 

She was prone to tonsillitis. It always worked

like a charm, and the more cayenne she could

handle, the better it worked.

 

Ien in the Kootenays

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