Author: A Solitary Pagan

Folk Medicine and Remedies Hoarseness

Folk Medicine and Remedies Cold Prevention

Colds – bronchitis If you have mucus in your chest or bronchitis, two cups of Hyssop tea (hyssopus officinalis) a day may be beneficial. 3 tsp of Hyssop (dried) is left to sit in 1⁄4 l (~8.5 fl oz) of water for 10 minutes.

Children’s colds

Colds – Misc tips

Eczema

Diarrhea

Bad breath Against bad breath it’s recommended to chew fresh leaves of mint or parsley. It also helps to chew on fresh or dried seeds from cumin, caraway, fennel, lovage or fenugreek. Try chewing 2-3 fresh or dried peppermint leaves or 2-3 fresh or dried lemon balm leaves. Parsley is also a good thing when you’ve eaten garlic; it’s best if you chew it raw.

Cellulite Cellulite is fat tissue on the thighs, bottom and upper arms, and it’s a problem many women have. Many say that it helps to massage the skin daily with a hemp cloth. You can do it in the shower, and keep it up until the skin gets warm. After a while the skin gets smoother and firmer (it increases blood circulation) Alternating baths; Massage with a coarse cloth combined with alternating ...

Cystorrhea You get the best chance that this advice will work if you start at the moment the symptoms are noticed. If the problem continues, contact your physician. Cystorrhea is an infection and can develop into serious conditions if it isn’t stopped in time.

Soothing Warm chamomile tea, lemon balm tea and lavender tea is soothing. You can buy these as pure herbs at a health food store of a drug store and mix your own tea, either with all three or the one you prefer. Use one tsp of each with hot water in a cup or teapot.

Note! What ever you try of remedies, never stop using blood pressure medication without asking your doctor first. Make sure you go on regular check-ups, whether you take medication or not. Other general advice is; reduce your salt intake, loose weight if you’re overweight, stop smoking and don’t eat food with saturated fat.An extract of mistletoe has been used against headaches, high pulse and hea...