Make a standard brew tea and drink three times a day. Include comfrey daily in the diet. Pulp the comfrey leaf and piece of root and pour hot water over it. Spread the mixture onto a bandage and bind in place over the area.
Sesame seeds
Include sesame seeds in your daily diet. Sunflower seeds can also be included.
Calcium
Take 2-3 bone flour and dolomite tablets daily to strengthen and help bones knit.
GALLBLADDER DISORDERS Home Herbal Remedies
GLANDS
Include the following in the diet: oats, melons, kelp, artichoke, broccoli, pears, apples and vitamin C.
To reduce glandular swellings, dip a clean cloth in apple cider vinegar and apply to the area as a compress. Keep it warm and covered.
Burdock
Bruise a leaf and warm it in hot water. Apply to the area.
Cumin
Soak 250 ml cumin seeds in brandy overnight. Apply to the area and bind in place.
Fennel
Apply fennel leaves, warmed and bruised, to swollen glands.
Hydrangea
Make a compress ofleaves, warmed and bruised, and apply to the area. Ivy leaves can be used in the same way (externally only).
GOUT Home Herbal Remedies
Include the following in the diet: cabbage, carrots, celery, cucumbers, grapes, lettuce, fresh sliced mushrooms, parsley, figs, strawberries, tomatoes, cauliflower and grated, fresh, raw beetroot, nettles and asparagus.
Make a standard brew tea using either Parsley, Rosemary or Sage and drink daily.
Make a strong sage tea and apply as a compress.
Mash and pulp the leaf and root and apply as a compress.
GRAZES Home Herbal Remedies
Make a strong brew (125 ml herb to 250 ml boiling water) from Rosemary, Salad burnet, Thyme or Yarrow and use as a wash.
Bulbinella (Bulbine Frutescens)
Apply the juicy leaf to the grazed area. Sourfig or Waterlily (stem and leaf) are also soothing.
GUMS Home Herbal Remedies
Include the following in the diet: broccoli, Brussels sprouts, guavas, grapefruit, horseradish (freshly grated root on bread), lemons, oranges, parsley, green peppers, spinach, tomatoes, watercress, and nasturtium leaves.
For all mouth problems, make a strong tea using either Sage, Thyme, Oregano, Comfrey, Lucerneor Carrot leaves. Use to gargle or dab onto sore gums.
Sour fig
Apply the juice to sore gums.
Dilute and rinse the mouth with the liquid.
Peaches
Boil up 8 peach pips in 1 litre water for 20 minutes. Using small quantities, rinse the mouth several times a day.
