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Thursday, November 12th, 2009
PREGNANCY | Herbal Remedies for Pregnant woman | Precautions to be taken while Pregnancy
Pregnancy and childbirth have to be the most natural things in the world but if you feel unwell do not try self-diagnosis or self-help but seek professional advice. It is not a good idea to take any potions, herbal or otherwise, when you are pregnant unless they have been specifically prescribed for you. The following remedies are merely external and will make you feel more comfortable. It is also essential that you eat the right foods when you are pregnant and most particularly that you avoid junk foods, alcohol and smoking.
It is a well known fact that pregnant women should look only on beautiful things and be at peace so that their child may be born contented.
Tea and a sweet plain biscuit before you sit up or move a foot out of bed in the morning will help prevent morning sickness.
Orange juice with honey or a few drops of orange flower water in warm water at night will help you sleep.
To prevent varicose veins do not stand still for long periods of time but do plenty of gently walking. Do not wear restrictive clothing. Do put your legs up- a pillow under the feet in bed at night and legs up on a stool or pouffe when sitting. Swim if you can.
Herbal Remedies for PREGNANCY
Herbal teas: The only, very mild, infusions that I would suggest are lime or camomile for insomnia and tension. They will also relieve morning sickness as will meadowsweet and peppermint. If you suffer from morning sickness consistently find out whether you are deficient in vitamin E or B but do nothing until advised by your practitioner.
Honey both for yourself and for your baby: It is believed that any baby brought up on honey from birth will avoid many of the problems associated with allergies and be strengthened against infection.
Massage oils: All through pregnancy and after the baby is born gently massage the stomach, breasts and thighs with olive or sunflower oil to ensure that stretch marks are kept to a minimum. Massage the legs upwards from the ankle to prevent varicose veins. Use the following therapeutic oil: 3 drops of essential oil of cypress and 2 drops of each of lavender and lemon mixed into 1 eggcupful of sunflower oil. Massage the soles of the feet for utter relaxation. A special formula to keep breasts firm is to add 1 drop each of essential oil of rose and orange to an eggcup of apricot oil and use this to massage with. It will also promote peacrful thoughts.
Apricot Massage Cream (for use after te baby is born)
1 tablespoon each anhydrous lanolin and cocoa butter
2 tablespoons apricot oil
1 tablespoon orange flower water
½ teaspoon borax
A few drops of essential oil of orange flower
Melt the lanolin and cocoa butter together in a bowl in a bain-marie then stir in the warm apricot oil. Warm the orange flower water to the same temperature in a separate bowl and dissolve the borax in it. Beat the water into the oils and continue beating until the mixture is cool. Add the essential oil and spoon this fluffy, gloriously scented cream into a dry, clean pot. Seal tightly. Apricot oil has an excellent softening effect on wrinkles and slightly sagging skin so make use of it where weight loss is great after the baby is born.
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Thursday, November 12th, 2009
What is THE MENOPAUSE | THE MENOPAUSE | Herbal Remedy for THE MENOPAUSE | Get rid of THE MENOPAUSE
How we fight against it and how we dread it. Our mothers spoke of ‘the change of life’ in husband whispers as though it were the plague itself come to visit us. Yet why should we dread it? The physical problems associated with the menopause are usually no more or less than those endured during our normal periods though more erratic. The physical changes can be counteracted by more advanced thinking on diet, cosmetics and lifestyle. Think how much happier you will be when you no longer have ‘ the curse’ or the fear of unwanted pregnancy and, unless you have a beady eye out for a toy boy, your husbands are ageing along with you. If you already have their love and respect you are not going to lose it overnight because you have one or two more wrinkles or the odd grey hair, and if bits do look in danger of dropping off or sagging beyond redemption that is probably your own fault for not having taken care in the past so you will have to work harder now.
What is unfair is that our own self-inflicted punishment and neurosis at this time can turn our loving families away from us because they just do not understand why a good and happy mother and partner has so suddenly changed. This can cause for greater unhappiness to everyone than is necessary. In this modern age women in their middle years are holding down high powered jobs, carving new careers for themselves, finding creative hobbies and travelling extensively because all these options are open to them and them and they do not have to think about putting their families first. It is the time of their life. To many women, no matter how much they miss the mixed blessings of motherhood, this is a new-found and welcome freedom.
Nowadays our diets can be boosted with mineral and vitamin supplements to ensure that our faculties are kept intact our bones strong. Looking and feeling good is not vanity: it is our right. Whilst we all have to work hard at it ourselves it is also worth examining hormone replacement therapy as an optional extra to boost good health and natural vitality once we have passed the so-called hurdle of the menopause.
To Help You Over the ‘Hurdle’ for THE MENOPAUSE
Sage tonic: ‘The desire of sage is to render man immortal’. Now whilst I cannot exactly guarantee the truth of this I can suggest that sage tea and the following tonic will make you feel much more chirpy: Take 100g(4oz) of fresh sage leaves and leave them to stand in a bottle of good white wine make by natural, not chemical, processes, for two weeks. Sweeten to taste with honey and leave for a further day. Press and strain through a cloth. Bottle and take 1 sherry glass before lunch and dinner.
Lemon balm: ‘I tell ‘ee boor I gave that old defoliated bird some of that there lemon stuff and blow me if ‘er didn’t grow new feathers and lay like no tomorrer.’ What is good enough for the countryman is good enough for me. Melissa or lemon balm is reputed to ease the pains of the menopause, physically and mentally as well as increase fertility. The tea will soothe and the leaves under the pillow will b ring tranquility. A few drops of essential oil in the bath would not come amiss either.
Oil of cypress: Barberry and cypress tea is an oil-fashioned remedy form France. The essential oil however, dropped into a warm bath or on to a hot compress to be held on the turn, is very soothing, and you might also like to add it to sunflower oil and massage with it. It will also reduce excess perspiration and foot odour
Meadowsweet tea or hop tea: Both are soothing and reduce tension.
Mugwort tea: Mugwort is the plant of the moon and of Artemisia, the patron saint of women. The tea drunk only in moderation will help you feel less hurt and weary. Carry a spray of the herb with you always to the same end.
Tansy tea or pennyroyal tea: These will stop the ‘flushes’.
Marigold tea: Drink the tea regularly to ease menopausal disorders. Infuse 75g(3oz) of the flower heads in 1 litre(1 ¾ pints) of boiling water for 10 minutes. Drink 3 to 4 cups daily. Calendula tincture may also prove helpful.
Motherwort: The oldest and gentlest of female herbs, this will rid you of a headache. Take after meals.
Melilot: this is the sweet yellow or bee’s clover. Take for headaches and wring out in a compress for aching eyes,
Vervain: Sip this tea for headache and tension.
Dandelion: Take dandelion tea to alleviate water retention and a heavy bloated feeling.
Cramp bark: Recommended for cramps and tension.
Fennel: This will ease pain, tension and digestive problems.
Camomile: Take for pain, stress and headache with a scanty period.
Pennyroyal: Another tea for a scanty period with pain.
Caraway: This tea relieves a cold bloated feeling and indigestion.
Angelica: Use to relieve pains, stress and digestive problems.
Yarrow: Take if you suffer from excessive bleeding, cramp and tension.
Strawberry leaf: This is another remedy for excessive bleeding.
Fresh fig leaves: An infusion of fresh fig leaves will improve the circulation.
Parsley and tarragon: Eat these herbs or make them into a tea.
Rose: Use the petals of the wild or white garden rose. One drop of essential oil in hot water is very soothing and tranquillizing.
Safflower or linseed: Steep 7g (¼ oz) of the seeds in 600ml(1 pint) of boiling water, stand for five minutes then strain and drink 1 teacupful every five hours to reduce pain.
Peppermint, fennel and liquorice: Infuse peppermint leaves and fennel seeds in liquorice water and drink. Alternatively make a tea of the first two and eat liquorice wood or sweets. If constipation and water retention are the cause of pain it will help.
A Tea to Ease Period Pains
15g (½oz) each melilot and camomile flowers
15g (½oz) each mint and orange leaves
15g (½oz) each lime flowers and
Valerian root
Mix the ingredients together and add 1 teaspoon to 500ml(17 fl oz) of boiling water. Stand for five minutes then strain. Starting eight days before and for the duration of the period drink three cups over 24 hours. It can be taken hot or cold, with or without honey. This will ease cramps and pain and help to reduce stress.
A Strengthening Tonic for Women
3 tablespoons juniper berries
700ml(1 ¾ pints) of water
1 teaspoon each camomile and comfrey tea
1 piece liquorice root
Soak the juniper berries in cold water for 15 minutes. Bring the water to the boil, add the drained berries to it and simmer until the liquid is reduced by one third. Discard the berries. Put the remaining ingredients into a warm china tea pot then reheat the juniper liquid to boiling point it into the pot. Cover and leave to stand for five minutes. Take ½ cup four times a day.
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Thursday, November 12th, 2009
What is PERIOD PAINS | PERIOD PAINS | Herbal remedy for PERIOD PAINS
Some fortunate women suffer no more than three days of minor inconvenience whilst others endure a week of miserable cramps, headaches, sickness and heavy bleeding. There are a great many reasons for feeling rotten, all of which have been thoroughly discussed in every magazine and book on the subject. Water retention leads to a bloated feeling, weight gain and swollen ankles and puts pressure on the liver and kidneys, stress, depression, sleeplessness and headaches not surprisingly follow in the wake of these miseries, especially if your face has sprouted its monthly crop of acne and the hair is lank and lifeless. Backache and cramp can also be caused by back problems so do not suffer needlessly but take the advice of an osteopath and ignore the concept popular amongst our male counterparts that woman is a menstruating biped with backache.
Bad temper is fairly understandable but this can flare into the unreasonable aggression associated with severe premenstrual tension. If you think that this is your problem find a sympathetic expert to advise you.
To bolster yourself against this monthly subversion from within take the following steps. Avoid coffee, tea, alcohol, stimulants, chocolate, junk food and unrefined carbohydrates. Eat a high-protein diet and lots of fresh fruit and vegetables, particularly spinach, dandelion leaves, carrots, apples and lady’s mantle which will replace lost minerals and vitamins. Iron-rich liver is also recommended. Drink lots of water.
Take plenty of exercise – walking, swimming and yoga are the best.
Take vitamin B6 or evening primrose in the eight to 10 days prior to a period but do extend the course further. Take marigold tisane for one week before a period is due.
Marigold tisane
Steep 25g(1oz) in l litre (1 ¾ pints) of boiling water
Magnesium, calcium and zinc may be taken as a supplement to relieve muscle tension whilst royal jelly, pollen and honey will further ease your tribulations. All of these sensible and gentle remedies are preferable to a dose of ergot of rye in water, opium and camphor or strong vinegar and horseradish sniffed up the nose to shake you out of your unseemly lethargy.
Effective Pain Killers for PERIOD PAINS
The following teas should all be made in the quantities of 1 teaspoon infused in 1 cup of boiling water for 10 minutes and taken three times a day unless stated otherwise.
Motherwort: The oldest and gentlest of female herbs, this will rid you of a headache. Take after meals.
Melilot: this is the sweet yellow or bee’s clover. Take for headaches and wring out in a compress for aching eyes,
Vervain: Sip this tea for headache and tension.
Dandelion: Take dandelion tea to alleviate water retention and a heavy bloated feeling.
Cramp bark: Recommended for cramps and tension.
Fennel: This will ease pain, tension and digestive problems.
Camomile: Take for pain, stress and headache with a scanty period.
Pennyroyal: Another tea for a scanty period with pain.
Caraway: This tea relieves a cold bloated feeling and indigestion.
Angelica: Use to relieve pains, stress and digestive problems.
Yarrow: Take if you suffer from excessive bleeding, cramp and tension.
Strawberry leaf: This is another remedy for excessive bleeding.
Fresh fig leaves: An infusion of fresh fig leaves will improve the circulation.
Parsley and tarragon: Eat these herbs or make them into a tea.
Rose: Use the petals of the wild or white garden rose. One drop of essential oil in hot water is very soothing and tranquillizing.
Safflower or linseed: Steep 7g (¼ oz) of the seeds in 600ml(1 pint) of boiling water, stand for five minutes then strain and drink 1 teacupful every five hours to reduce pain.
Peppermint, fennel and liquorice: Infuse peppermint leaves and fennel seeds in liquorice water and drink. Alternatively make a tea of the first two and eat liquorice wood or sweets. If constipation and water retention are the cause of pain it will help.
A Tea to Ease Period Pains
15g (½oz) each melilot and camomile flowers
15g (½oz) each mint and orange leaves
15g (½oz) each lime flowers and
Valerian root
Mix the ingredients together and add 1 teaspoon to 500ml(17 fl oz) of boiling water. Stand for five minutes then strain. Starting eight days before and for the duration of the period drink three cups over 24 hours. It can be taken hot or cold, with or without honey. This will ease cramps and pain and help to reduce stress.
A Strengthening Tonic for Women
3 tablespoons juniper berries
700ml(1 ¾ pints) of water
1 teaspoon each camomile and comfrey tea
1 piece liquorice root
Soak the juniper berries in cold water for 15 minutes. Bring the water to the boil, add the drained berries to it and simmer until the liquid is reduced by one third. Discard the berries. Put the remaining ingredients into a warm china tea pot then reheat the juniper liquid to boiling point it into the pot. Cover and leave to stand for five minutes. Take ½ cup four times a day.
A More Physical Approach for PERIOD PAINS
A forthright though not altogether practical suggestion comes from a very old herbal which advocates sitting over a bowl of steaming yarrow or tansy tea to relieve the pains and cramps of menstruation. A warm bath however, especially a warm sitz bath, will do much to ease the ‘torsions and screws’. Add essential oils of orange blossom or orange, camomile, Melissa or rose to the water. Also use them in a carrier oil to gently massage your aching tum, back and neck and the soles of your feet. Tell yourself that you love yourself, even if no one else does, and retire to bed with a hot-water bottle on your stomach, a pillow beneath your knees, a good book and the best but not very herbal remedy of gin and peppermint cordial in a splash of hot water. Port and brandy is another very therapeutic dram – but take no more than that! Great-grand-mothers may remember the alternatives of a hot compress and hot milk with grated nutmeg.
For more remedies you can see our health information site under Cramps, Anxiety, Constipation, Headache, Problems of Digestion, Skin Disorders and Irritations, and A Healthy Head of Hair.
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Thursday, November 12th, 2009
What is SHINGLES | Herbal remedy for SHINGLES | SHINGLES | Precautions to take for SHINGLES
Herpes zoster is the technical name for this skin condition which is though to be related to chicken pox and which appears to be brought on by extreme tiredness, emotional tension and being generally run down. It is an inflammation of the major sensory nerves and therefore confines itself to ‘quarters’ of the body but no description can accurately conjure up the sheer pain and irritation and the debilitating after effects. Shingles is very unpleasant and requires professional must be taken to protect the eyes. I have to take a somewhat defeatist attitude and say that all one can do about shingles is to try to relieve the discomfort, and to this end I know of many people who have used the services of an acupuncturist as an alternative to the time-honoured aspirin and calamine lotion. Many of the remedies suggested under Anxiety, Nervousness and skin Disorders and Irritations (our health information topic) can be used to bring strength and comfort.
Drink and Diet for SHINGLES
The most useful remedies are those which one might take for nervous disorders – vitamin B complex, a regular bowl of oats, a fruit juice fast, a daily tablespoon each of orange juice and castor oil, and nettle, sage, camomile, valerian or blackberry leaf tea.
Soothing Oils and Waters SHINGLES
The most comforting thing that I can remember using when I had shingles on my face was a cold compress which had been soaked in tincture of hypericum (St John’s wort) and this ws no mystical panacea but a very genuine relief. Infusions of calendula, camomile, horsetail and horehound can also be used to soothe the affected area. Essential oil of rose in the bath water will bring peace of mind and a hop pillow may help you to sleep.
Lemon, geranium, camomile or lavender: These soothing essential oils may be diluted in a base oil and rubbed on to the rash or alternatively into the soles of the feet.
Mullein and mallow compress: Take 25g(1oz) each of dried mullein, mallow roots and marsh mallow roots. Put them to simmer for three minutes in 3 litre(5¼ pints) of water. Strain and use on a compress throughout the day and night to reduce heat and irritation.
Vitamin E oil: This will reduce the pain the irritation of the rash and also help to prevent scarring if shingles is on the face.
Calendula or hypericum ointment: Both ointments will soothe and heal.
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Thursday, November 12th, 2009
What is PSORIASIS | Drinks and Lotions for PSORIASIS | Herbal Remedy for PSORIASIS
This not uncommon condition can be identified by scaly, dry blotches most generally on the soft inner side of elbows, knees, crotch and occasionally scalp and forehead. They become rough and red with a silvery soft, scabby appearance. It is often considered to be an indication of poor health and hygiene which at one time had unfortunate connotations. Fair-skinned people seem to suffer from it more than dark-skimmed and although it looks unpleasant it is not infectious and the victim should not be treated as a pariah. Psoriasis may be caused by using detergents and in some cases it is the result of an allergic reaction.
There was nothing mystical about the old-fashioned treatments for it which still hold good today. A diet of raw foods was recommended including whey milk for breakfast and slippery elm and honey at night. If the patient was of a nervous disposition either sage tea or golden rod tea were given to calm and strengthen. More up-to –date suggestions might include a vitamin A supplement, cod liver oil or evening primrose oil.
Drinks and Lotions for PSORIASIS
Burdock and Camomile Drink
25g(1oz) each dried burdock seed and dried camomile flowers
600ml(1 pint) water
Honey
Simmer the burdock seed and camomile flowers in the water in a covered pan for 15 minutes. Straub through a clean cloth and sweeten to taste with honey. Keep refrigerated. Take 3 tablespoons four times daily for two weeks. This will also strengthen the body against irritations of the skin, boils, styes and rheumatism.
Witch hazel, nettle extract or calendula extract: Swab each affected area with one of these lotions soaked into clean cotton wool.
Wheatgerm oil and castor oil: Mix 1 teaspoon each of wheatgerm oil and caster oil into 1 eggcup of sunflower oil. Rub gently into the affected area.
Calendula: Add 2 drops of calendula (marigold) oil and 1 drop of oregano oil to 1 small cup of olive oil. Rub into the area.
Marigold lotion for an irritated scalp: Boil 4 marigold heads in 4 cups of water for two minutes. Allow to coo then massage this lotion well into the scalp. Wash with a very mild shampoo or a solution of soapwort. Add lemon juice or cider vinegar to the rinsing water to ensure a thorough rinse.
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Thursday, November 12th, 2009
What is NETTLE RASH | Herbal Remedy for NETTLE RASH | NETTLE RASH | Treatment for NETTLE RASH
Although commonly believed to be a reactionary rash caused by nettles, urticaria can actually be the result of an allergy towards almost anything. In its mildest form it is aggravating and irritating but it can be serious if the reaction is violent enough to cause those areas surrounding the lips and eyes to swell and if the soft membranes inside the throat and mouth swell enough to make suffocation imminent.
The most common reaction suffered by the majority of us is that which is caused by a car scratch or insect bite and is instantly identifiable as a red weal which itches. Certain plants inflict the same kind of rash as a nettle sting and strong sunlight can have a similar effect.
Herbal Remedy for NETTLE RASH
Rubbing well with the astringent leaves of dock relieves the discomfort of nettle stings but it is probably safer to dab any irritations with calamine lotion. Nettle tea, on the basis of fighting fire with fire, has been known to effect a cure.
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Thursday, November 12th, 2009
What are ABSCESSES and CARBUNCLES | Herbal Remedy for ABSCESSES and CARBUNCLES | Treatment for ABSCESSES and CARBUNCLES
An abscess is a very severe boil which usually requires professional treatment.
A carbuncle is a many – headed or collection of boils in one place and that place is usually the posterior. The best old-fashioned advice that I can conjure up is to sit in a bowl of hot water into which one of the solutions given for Boils has been stirred. Carbuncles in any other place may be treated as a severe boil and any of those remedies used, especially a thick poultice of slippery elm.
Preventative Measures for CARBUNCLES
If you are prone to boils take sulphur regularly.
Drink plenty of water and avoid fatty foods, chocolate and stimulants.
Sunshine and a daily swim in unpolluted sea water are the best although not always the most practical solutions. Investigate sensible alternatives.
A three to four day fast on fruit juices will cleanse and purify when you feel your system becoming clogged.
Honey: Equal quantities of honey, fresh lemon juice, fresh orange juice and cod liver oil mixed and taken three times a day is an excellent tonic when you are feeling tired and run down.
Iodine: Swab and incipient boil with iodine three times a day to stop it developing further. Paint around a boil with rubbing alcohol or iodine to bring it to a neat head and prevent infection.
Red clover, nettle and sassafras tea: This brew purifies the system.
Emergency Measures for CARBUNCLES
Honey: Apply warm honey, honey and oil – wheatgerm for preference – or honey, fresh fog and thyme simmered together or dip half a fresh fig in honey and apply it cut side down.
Comfrey: Pulp the leaves with honey and garlic and apply.
Lemon: Apply half a lemon cut side down.
Wheatgerm and carrot: Grate a raw carrot into 1 tablespoon of wheatgerm oil. Apply as a thick poultice and leave over the boil.
Bread poultice: Soak bread in boiling water (you can add 1 good teaspoon of mustard powder if you like) until it is soft and apply still hot but not boiling as a poultice. This is a genuinely effective method of bringing a boil to a head.
Linseed poultice: Crush 1 good handful of fresh linseeds and add as much boiling water as you need to make a paste. Apply thickly and cover.
Fenugreek: Apply a poultice of crushed fenugreek seeds which have been boiled in water for 10 minutes.
Slippery elm eucalyptus oil: Mix the powdered bark of slippery elm with eucalyptus oil to make a thick, soothing poultice that is also effective on cuts, whitlows and carbuncles.
Yarrow, dock, chickweed, catnip, burdock or wild pansy (hearts’ ease): The leaves of any of these herbs steamed and softened may be used as a drawing, healing poultice but do make sure that they come from a clean source. Sorrel cooked and reduced to pulp is reputed to clear a boil overnight.
Essential oils of camomile, lavender, lemon, myrrh or thyme: Use either direct or on a hot compress to relieve pain and reduce infection.
Zinc: Take a daily course of zinc until the boil has healed.
Calendula extract: This is recommended as a safe and healing lotion.
Kaolin poultice followed by a dressing of Golden Lion ointment applied on cotton wool and taped into place was the treatment for every type of infected pustule and it did seem to clear them up quickly and without too much agony. However it did not, I suspect, get to the source of the problem.
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Thursday, November 12th, 2009
What are BOILS | Preventative Measures for BOILS | Emergency Measures for BOILS | Herbal Remedy for BOILS
Unless a boil is caused by an outside infection such as a splinter or picking with dirty fingers it is most probably the result of a poor state of health and can usually be taken as a pretty fair indicator that you need a change of either diet or scene. If you suffer from boils continuously you should take professional advice. Such advice many years ago would have comprised a blood purifier of black molasses or treacle and flowers of sulphur, hot compresses or ‘cupping’ – a process which it intrigues me to know is still carried out even today. The theory is that one takes a small-mouthed jar well rinsed in boiling water and, as soon as is feasible without scalding the patient, places the mouth of the jar over the boil then waits for it to cool. Suction does the rest and provided the boil is at a stage ready for treatment the core will come out neatly and without unnecessary pain.
One of the most constantly recommended methods of ‘drawing’ a boil that I have come across is to take the skin of a hard-boiled egg- that is the thin membrane between white and shell – and wrap it over the boil. I am told this never fails to work. A Madonna lily petal steeped in brandy and used rough side down will draw a boil to a head then when it has satisfactorily dispersed the smooth side should be used to heal it. Onions baked to a pulp and used in a poultice and leek, cabbage and rape treated in the same way or pounded with lard to make a healing unguent were all pressed into service, but I suspect that the problem might not have arisen if plenty of healthy green vegetables and foods rich in minerals and vitamins had been eaten in the first place.
When treating boils absolute cleanliness is essential for both your own sake and that of your patient. Make sure that your hands are well scrubbed in soap and water before and after dealing with it. Always use boiled water and sterile dressings and never, ever squeeze a boil for it is not only potentially dangerous but murderously painful. Hot compresses are the most sensible and safe method of bringing a boil to a head and giving relief from the pain.
There are a great many old-fashioned herbal remedies which I mention below but among the least complex and most satisfactory hot compresses are hot water or hot water and salt. Also recommended for both simplicity and efficacy is a solution of 1 tablespoon of Epson salts and 1 teaspoon each of bicarbonate of soda and boric acid powder in 4 cups of boiling water. Use a soft compress of cotton wool which should be burned of flushed away as soon as it is discarded.
Preventative Measures for BOILS
If you are prone to boils take sulphur regularly.
Drink plenty of water and avoid fatty foods, chocolate and stimulants.
Sunshine and a daily swim in unpolluted sea water are the best although not always the most practical solutions. Investigate sensible alternatives.
A three to four day fast on fruit juices will cleanse and purify when you feel your system becoming clogged.
Honey: Equal quantities of honey, fresh lemon juice, fresh orange juice and cod liver oil mixed and taken three times a day is an excellent tonic when you are feeling tired and run down.
Iodine: Swab and incipient boil with iodine three times a day to stop it developing further. Paint around a boil with rubbing alcohol or iodine to bring it to a neat head and prevent infection.
Red clover, nettle and sassafras tea: This brew purifies the system.
Emergency Measures for BOILS
Honey: Apply warm honey, honey and oil – wheatgerm for preference – or honey, fresh fog and thyme simmered together or dip half a fresh fig in honey and apply it cut side down.
Comfrey: Pulp the leaves with honey and garlic and apply.
Lemon: Apply half a lemon cut side down.
Wheatgerm and carrot: Grate a raw carrot into 1 tablespoon of wheatgerm oil. Apply as a thick poultice and leave over the boil.
Bread poultice: Soak bread in boiling water (you can add 1 good teaspoon of mustard powder if you like) until it is soft and apply still hot but not boiling as a poultice. This is a genuinely effective method of bringing a boil to a head.
Linseed poultice: Crush 1 good handful of fresh linseeds and add as much boiling water as you need to make a paste. Apply thickly and cover.
Fenugreek: Apply a poultice of crushed fenugreek seeds which have been boiled in water for 10 minutes.
Slippery elm eucalyptus oil: Mix the powdered bark of slippery elm with eucalyptus oil to make a thick, soothing poultice that is also effective on cuts, whitlows and carbuncles.
Yarrow, dock, chickweed, catnip, burdock or wild pansy (hearts’ ease): The leaves of any of these herbs steamed and softened may be used as a drawing, healing poultice but do make sure that they come from a clean source. Sorrel cooked and reduced to pulp is reputed to clear a boil overnight.
Essential oils of camomile, lavender, lemon, myrrh or thyme: Use either direct or on a hot compress to relieve pain and reduce infection.
Zinc: Take a daily course of zinc until the boil has healed.
Calendula extract: This is recommended as a safe and healing lotion.
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Thursday, November 12th, 2009
What is ACNE | Treatment for ACNE | Herbal Remedy for ACNE | Cleansing Lotions and Packs for ACNE
Acne is a few or a collection of pimples and pustules which erupt over the face and back and is caused by the sebaceous glands, which are attached to each side of the hair follicle, overproducing diet, allergic reaction and hormonal imbalances occurring mostly during adolescence, and occasionally during the menopause in women and also prior to periods, may create the conditions under which acne will erupt.
Contrary to popular belief greasy, dirty skin and hair do not cause acne but in order to prevent infection it is essential to maintain strict cleanliness externally and internally. Many sources advocate washing with pure soap and water but I believe that it is best to keep the face clean with warm water alone, using a small, slightly abrasive face sponge. I also believe strongly in the benefits of warm, healing face masks which will soften and cleanse the clogged pores without adding to the problem. It is when acne becomes infected by pressing and picking and thus allowing dirt to infiltrate the vulnerable areas that the major problems arise. Up until that point acne is just one of those aggravations which disappear after a while. I do not think that it is wise to use facial scrubs and peelers, heavy cleansing lotions and strong astringents, nor to try to cover the affected area with masking creams and powder. Fresh water, particularly sea water, fresh air and sunlight will do far more to improve the condition of the skin and so will looking to your diet and that euphemistic ‘inner cleanliness’.
Diet for ACNE
Cut out all fats and eat plenty of good greenstuff. An excellent breakfast time cocktail to be taken daily in times of crisis is a combination of beetroot, celery and tomato juice. When the condition has cleared reduce the dose to twice a week as a preventative. Blackstrap molasses taken daily is another essential as is honey or honey and lemon juice tea at night. Liquorice, either in a tea or as sweets, was the old-fashioned answer to spots and is considerably more palatable than cod liver oil and cold baths.
If you suffer frequently from these frustrating outbreaks try to pinpoint the times when they are most likely to occur and take evasive action beforehand by going on a three-day of grapes and water or fruit juice. However this should only be attempted when you are ‘resting’, otherwise you will become tired and even more stressed. Another preventative tonic to be taken before a period (if this is the time when acne begins to make itself felt) is made by simmering 25g(1oz) of fresh sorrel in 1 litre(1¾ pints) of water for 10 minutes.
A decoction of horsetail (Equisetaceae): Taken regularly this was considered to be the best possible tonic to cure acne and eczema. It also encourages the white spots on fingernails to disappear but I believe that this is because it improves the general state of health. Horsetail decoction also provides an excellent healing wash for most skin conditions.
Cleansing Lotions and Packs for ACNE
Witch hazel: Use this either by itself or mixed with rose water or cider apple vinegar. A very old-fashioned remedy was to use it in equal quantities with cabbage juice.
Lemon juice: Either dab it on neat which is especially valuable if you have been picking or with an equal quantity of water to wash a larger area.
Thyme and lemon lotion: Boil several springs of fresh thyme in 2 cups of water for two minutes and leave to infuse for five. Strain and add the juice of ½ lemon. Use this to rinse the face at least twice a day.
Nettle tea: Use nettle tea to wash with and to drink. Parsley juice and the expressed juice of comfrey leaves are also invaluable lotions.
Herbal lotions: Lady’s mantle, yarrow, marigold, lavender and camomile may all be useful as may any healing herbal vinegar diluted with water.
Soapwort: Wash with a soapwort solution if the skin is very greasy.
Camomile, lime, sage, thyme: Any one or a mixture of these herbs in a warm poultice will soothe and heal. Stand the herbs in a bowl of boiling water until they have softened and cool a little before applying. Many people prefer to use them as a ‘steamer’ to open the pores but this may cause infection to spread.
Comfrey: Both the powdered root and the leaves make a healing poultice and an excellent lotion.
Lettuce leaves: Boiled and applied warm these help to soothe overheated skin. They also work wonders on sunburn.
Grape skins: If you are feeling extravagant a poultice of grape skins is said to be the very best method of healing acne.
Quince: The mucilaginous juice from simmered quince seeds will help damaged skin to heal.
Marigold and wheatgerm oil: Pound 2 tablespoons of fresh or 1 tablespoon of dried marigold petals with 4 tablespoons of warm wheatgerm oil (a good source of vitamin E). Strain into a little bottle and use to heal those small scars or blemishes caused by acne, burns and thread veins. Vitamin E oil work wonders.
Sulphur Mask
1 teaspoon sulphur powder
2 tablespoons fuller’s earth
1 beaten egg white
Bottled water
Mix the ingredients together using enough bottled water to make a smooth paste, Although this id an efficient deep cleansing mask make an allergy test before using it because some skins may suffer an adverse reaction to sulphur. To do this spread a little of the mixture over the skin on the inside of the elbow. Leave for a few minutes then rinse off and pat dry. Check the skin for any reaction.
Plum mask: Mash 250g(8oz) of boiled plums with 1 teaspoon of almond oil to make a thick paste. Many acne sufferers also have the double problem of a dry skin and this mask, used cautiously, may help to alleviate it.
Tomato Paste Mask
4 good-sized tomatoes
Finely ground oatmeal
1 teaspoon clear honey
Puree and sieve the tomatoes. Mix the ingredients to make a smooth paste and rub it gently over the skin, concentrating on the worst affected areas. Leave on the skin for 10 minutes then rinse off with warm water. This remedy is more of a preventative for it cleanses and clears blackheads and blocked pores like magic.
Yoghurt and oatmeal: Mix natural yoghurt and fine oatmeal to a thick paste, apply and leave to dry. This paste can be used as a basic mask to which you can add herb, fruit and vegetable extracts to suit your skin type and problem.
Potato mask: Make a thick paste with 1tablespoon each of extracted potato juice and fuller’s earth. Use as a deep cleansing and healing mask for spotty skins.
Onion Mask
1tablespoon onion juice (extracted in a blender)
1 tablespoon kaolin powder
1 teaspoon clear honey
Mix the ingredients together to form a thick paste and use on blemished, oily skins.
Essential oils of camomile, lavender and myrrh: These oils may all be dabbed neat on to badly affected areas and are particularly useful if you have dry skin, although essential oils do become absorbed so rapidly into the skin that you may need a second dab.
Calendula oil, cream and lotion: Use any of these alternatives to heal and nourish acneous skin which is vey dry. It is a mistake to believe that only oily skins are prone to acne – people with dry skins have double trouble.
Aloe vera: Soaps and gels made from aloe vera purport to heal skin damaged by acne. The liquid obtained from the fleshy leaves certainly helps to soothe sunburn. It is probably worth trying as an alternative to the old-fashioned brimstone and lard treatment and it is certainly worth using an aloe vera shampoo if other types irritate your skin.
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Thursday, November 12th, 2009
What are SPOTS | Herbal Remedy for SPOTS | Treatment for SPOTS
One cause of these eruptions which we all know and love is using a face pack containing yeast. This will ultimately have a five effect but may, within a few hours of applying it, stir up the skin rather too well.
Herbal Remedies for SPOTS
Garlic: To kill spots instantly rub them with raw garlic.
Comfrey, honey and garlic: The following is a remedy for persistent pustules. Pound a handful of fresh comfrey leaves with enough honey to make a paste and for each tablespoon take 1 small well mashed garlic clove. Mix them together, apply on a small piece of warmed cabbage leaf and tie in place. Go to bed and do not open the door to anyone! It really does work and on quite nasty places.
A night-time ointment: Melt 25g(1oz) of beeswax in a bain-marie. Add 100g(4oz) of pure honey, stir until cool then pot. Seal tightly, keep in a cool place and apply to infected spots – it works best in the area is kept covered afterwards.
Wheatgerm and Honey Scrub
1 tablespoon wheatgerm
2 teaspoon clear honey
1 teaspoon sunflower oil
1 teaspoon fresh lemon jucie
Mix all the ingredients together to make a thick paste and apply it in small circular rubbing movements to the face and neck. Leave for five minutes then wash off with warm water. Splash with cold before patting dry. Use once or twice a week. In between times avoid soap and wash your face in clear water only.
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