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doctors won’t tell of herbal remedies cause they wont make any money & end up not being around anymore! i use sum remidies, & am in better shape than a friend is! have tried to get him to start sum of them & how he’d be healthier. but he won’t. it a shame people don’t listen!:eek:
i take a garlic capsil everyday & i don’t get sick as bad as others can do. garlic helps with ur blood pressure & helps fight bacteria infections in ur body. but people don’t listen.
🙂 hello all hope everyone’s well here’s one thats been used in my family as long as i can remember making sassafrass tea for fevers ,remember it should only be harvested in the fall the root is best but bark can also be used boil water & then let root sit until water is deep reddish in color ……also my father used to tell stories of being sent by grandma when he was a child to collect clay that she would later eat for the minerals it contained i also have read kevin treaudeau’s book & wish i knew more cures & remidies
Hi Malisa, Judith here, I agree, I wish people would stop blindly following their Dr.s that push pills for every little thing. I have used natural remedies for many many years, and am far more healthier than any one I know. Keep it up don’t give up on your friend, one day she will see that your right, or start using natural remedies just to shut you up, and again she will see that you were right.
Judith
From message #33 above:
my father used to tell stories of being sent by grandma when he was a child to collect clay that she would later eat for the minerals it contained
This practice is called “geophagy” by anthropologists. It was, and I think still is, widespread in Africa. In the US it has been practiced very recently, at least into the 1960s if not later, by African Americans in Mississippi. Not to say it wasn’t practiced also by Indian people — I don’t know. It has gone out of fashion mostly because people tend to get their vitamin and mineral supplements at the drugstore, etc.
Pappy , your information is right on, as a child growing up in northern Granville County, NC along the Virginia border many of the women ate clay. Most of the time they had found specific deposits and would go there to dig it . There were some that ate a commercial starch called Argo Starch. I know these folk were not starving or going without food but they actually craved the clay or the starch. I remember trying it but it wasn’t my thing. Interesting, I had a cousin who would eat the red dust off the tire rims. In those days the roads were not paved and we could be playing and she would disappear and sure enough she would be on the other side of a car. She would lik her finger and much like children eat the powdered sour or sweet stuff she would pull her wet finger around the rim , and then eat the red dust and repeat this until she was satisfied. ED
I was born a half mile from the Argo Corn Starch plant in Argo, Illinois. (Southwest suburb of Chicago.) It was a pretty stinky plant, so no one was thrilled to be living under its cloud. There was a girl in Junior high who ate it. I told my mother and she clucked her tongue. She said that was something poor people ate who couldn’t afford better food. The girl did appear to be living a pretty hard scrabble life. She later stole my gym suit and caused me to get the only F I ever got.
Hi Tom:
This is a great thread. I am in the process of doing some research with the elders in my family on my Mother’s side for information and old home remedies. I remember my Mother would fill a mason jar with tea, (I use peppermint tea now) rock candy, (I use honey now) some kind of alcohol, like brandy, and lots of fresh lemon, put it up in the cabinet in a dark, dry place and let it sit all Winter. And whenever one of us caught cold, we would sip on this mixture and it would open up the air passages and the stuffy head that comes with a cold so we could breathe better.
Will share whatever I find out.
Take Care
This is a great topic!!!
I couldn’t really find anything in the store to help my youngest son with his constant use of steroid creams will damage skin (or in a small child mess with their own cortisol production) so I made something for him. Plus, even when those store bought moisturizing creams and lotions say that they are hypo-allergenic, the majority of them are loaded with major sensitizers still–especially if they contain any kind of fragrance.
I made the cream from burdock root and comfrey infused in 3 different oils and used rooibos tea infused in goat milk and distilled water for the water fraction. I also put powered honey and carrot powder in, too. Regular black tea and licorice root is good for eczema, too, but it’s hard to get a 2-year-old to drink licorice root (he’ll drink iced tea and it helps). I’d’ve put blue chamomile in there, too, if I could afford it–it works wonders on skin problems.
Oregano oil is one of the strongest anti bacterial/fungal agents ever. The tea will do A LOT of good…if you can stomach drinking it. Mixing it in vegetable juice 😮 helps. Oregano water will make a wart go away pretty quickly–even plantar’s warts. I use the water to clean wounds with and also as a gargle.
From my own childhood: a daily tablespoon of raw honey, a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar–those two were supposed to treat anything. Clove oil (bleck) for tooth aches and gentian violet for thrush. Had to snuff garlic oil for sinus infections, too.
BTW, a drop of breast milk in the eye will wipe out pink eye–viral or bacterial and save you from having to go to the doctor. It usually takes no more than a day to clear it up vs. a week with the antibiotic. Now, I guess the trick is finding a nursing mother kind enough to give a drop or two…:D
My grandfather’s aunt, Georgeann, was the person to go to in the neighborhood for herbal remedies and teas.
This is a great topic!!!
I couldn’t really find anything in the store to help my youngest son with his constant use of steroid creams will damage skin (or in a small child mess with their own cortisol production) so I made something for him. Plus, even when those store bought moisturizing creams and lotions say that they are hypo-allergenic, the majority of them are loaded with major sensitizers still–especially if they contain any kind of fragrance.
Red Metis,
Thanks for posting this, I am going to try it as 4 of my 6 children have my skin, which is dry, dry, dry and if not kept well lubed can turn into ecema. For myself I a apricot seed oil, with sandalwood essential oils added, right after shower, when still wet. My children, the oldest being 23 are not so attentative to their skin and I usually end up getting Hydrocorizone for the ecema. I will put this together and try it. Thanks again:)
Shirley
This is a great topic!!!
I couldn’t really find anything in the store to help my youngest son with his constant use of steroid creams will damage skin (or in a small child mess with their own cortisol production) so I made something for him. Plus, even when those store bought moisturizing creams and lotions say that they are hypo-allergenic, the majority of them are loaded with major sensitizers still–especially if they contain any kind of fragrance.
Red Metis,
Thanks for posting this, I am going to try it as 4 of my 6 children have my skin, which is dry, dry, dry and if not kept well lubed can turn into ecema. For myself I a apricot seed oil, with sandalwood essential oils added, right after shower, when still wet. My children, the oldest being 23 are not so attentative to their skin and I usually end up getting Hydrocorizone for the ecema. I will put this together and try it. Thanks again:)
Shirley
Hi Shirley,
You are welcome! There is no such thing as ‘too much’ moisturizer. Apricot seed oil and sandalwood??? You must smell wonderful!!!! I’d use that, too, but that costs even more than chamomile (wouldn’t waste it on the kids either!). I can PM the whole formula to you.
How are you today?
Thank you. My oldest Granddaughter has ezcema (excuse the spelling) and
your info is very helpful. My children are not as naturally inclined as I am. They’ll go to the Doctor or Pharmacist as soon as they get a symtom. I’m not knocking Doctors, but i have learned to rely more so on what Nature has to offer when it comes to some ailments. I believe that is the purpose for herbs, plants, etc., to heal us, among other things
More to follow.
Peace and a Happy Day to you
Red Metis wrote:
This is a great topic!!!
I couldn’t really find anything in the store to help my youngest son with his constant use of steroid creams will damage skin (or in a small child mess with their own cortisol production) so I made something for him. Plus, even when those store bought moisturizing creams and lotions say that they are hypo-allergenic, the majority of them are loaded with major sensitizers still–especially if they contain any kind of fragrance.
Hi Shirley,
You are welcome! There is no such thing as ‘too much’ moisturizer. Apricot seed oil and sandalwood??? You must smell wonderful!!!! I’d use that, too, but that costs even more than chamomile (wouldn’t waste it on the kids either!). I can PM the whole formula to you.
Red Metis,
Yes, please PM me the formula, I would appreciate it very much. Sandalwood is a little spendy, but the oil goes a long way…only buy it once a year…I love the smell of sandalwood. The apricotseed oil has no smell, however is very light so it doesn’t leave you feeling greasy:eek: . The real trick I have found is to use them after bath/shower and apply when still wet and then pat dry. Thanks again.
Shirley
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