A Beginners guide to Herbalism part2

By Cheryl Croce Culver on Thursday, February 5, 2015 at 12:10am

A Beginners guide to Herbalism part2
Sage Tea:
 
 
Take equal parts of sage, rosemary, honeysuckle, and plantain. Boil these herbs in sufficient water
to cover. Add a small tablespoonful of honey to each pint of liquid and use as required.
 
 
Yerba Mansa Root:
 
 
This root, chewed slowly, will ease the pain of sore throats.
 
 
Colds & Coughs-
 
 
Teas for Colds and Coughs:
 
 
To help eliminate mucus in the respiratory passage, mix together equal parts of the following
ingredients:
 
 
comfrey root
 
 
hyssop
 
 
balm of gilead
 
 
chamomile or coltsfoot
 
 
elecampane or wintergreen leaf*
 
 
For either tea steep 1 heaping teaspoon of the herbs in 1 cup of boiling water. Cover the pot and
steep for 10-20 minutes. Strain. Drink this tea as often as you like. You can add lemon and honey.
 
 
(*: Potentially dangerous. Can cause irritation, allergic reaction, gastric distress or other discomfort.)
 
 
Tea for Coughs:
 
 
Mix together equal parts of pennyroyal, licorice, and horehound and make a tea by steeping 1
heaping teaspoon per cup of boiling water for 10-20 minutes. Strain. Drink with lemon and honey as
often as you like.
 
 
Tea for Colds in the Chest:
 
 
Mix together equal quantities of birch leaf, horehound, and licorice. Steep 1 heaping teaspoon of
herbs per cup of boiling water for 10-20 minutes. Strain. Drink with lemon and honey as often as you
like.
 
 
Sleep Tea for Colds:
 
 
Mix together equal quantities of dandelion root, chamomile, and valerian. Steep 1 heaping teaspoon
of herbs per cup of boiling water for 10-20 minutes. Strain. Drink with lemon and honey to relax you
and help you sleep when you have a bad cold.
 
 
Tooth Aches-
 
 
Garlic:
 
 
Put a piece of a garlic clove inside the cavity. It kills the pain and seems to slow up the infection
process. At night place a peeled garlic between your teeth and your cheek. This is also good to keep
a cold from becoming severe. (Make sure you wash out your mouth in the morning
though!)Marshmallow Root Poultice:
 
 
If you have an abscessed tooth and a swollen jaw, place pieces of dried marshmallow root between
the tooth and cheek. Renew the poultices in the morning and night. This greatly reduces the
inflammation and keeps the pain in check.
 
 
Bad Backs-
 
 
Chamomile Oil:
 
 
This is an old Egyptian formula. Take flowers of chamomile and beat them up with pure olive oil.
Leave to stand until the virtues of the flowers have been extracted. Then with the oil rub over the
whole body, especially the back. Go to bed, cover up. Good for over-strained muscles, cramps,
strains and stitches.
 
 
Super Massage Cream:
 
 
1 « oz. of coconut oil
 
 
1 « oz. of turtle oil
 
 
1 dropper sweet clover oil
 
 
Mix all the ingredients together. This is an excellent cream, useful for all sore and aching muscles.
According to the therapist the author consulted, this cream is superior to anything supplied by the
hospital.
 
 
Lavender Oil:
 
 
Mix 1 part oil of lavender with 3 parts olive oil, or 1 part oil of lavender with 1 part coconut oil, and
use to massage the muscles of the lower back. Use sparingly.
 
 
Aching Joints-
 
 
Parsley Tea to Stimulate the Kidneys:
 
 
Take a handful of fresh parsley and pour over it 2 cups of boiling water. Steep until cold then strain.
Drink 1 cup of this tea before every meal and before going to bed.
 
 
Indian Tea:
 
 
The indians drink a tea of rose petals, peppermint, lemon peel, and liden leaves for arthritis.
 
 
Rheumatism Tea:
 
 
An excellent tea to take daily for the treatment of rheumatism and arthritis is a mixture of cascara
sagrada, poke root, cimicfuga, uva ursi leaves, chamomile and sassafras. Take 1 T. of this mixture
and pour it over 2 cups of boiling water. Let it steep for about 10 minutes and strain. Make it fresh
in the evening and drink 1 cup, with lemon and honey if you like. Drink the other cup, cold, in the
morning.
 
 
Bites-
 
 
Insect Bite Ointment:
 
 
Beat some frankincense to a powder and mix it with oil of bay. Use it to anoint the body to ease the
itch of insect bites. For the sting, a little oil of cajeput offers relief.
 
 
Dog Bites:
 
 
Four oz. rue, 4 oz. treacle, 4 oz. garlic, 4 large spoonfuls of scraped pewter. Boil all of the
ingredients with a bottle of strong ale. (Beer will do.) Strain. Apply the sediment to the wound and
drink the clear liquid 9 spoonfuls every day for 9 days. - a seventeenth-century recipe.
 
 
Athlete's Foot-
 
 
Soap & Powder:
 
 
Mix together 1 oz. powdered gum, benzoin with 4 oz. starch. When washing your feet, use soap
bark, a useful detergent, especially good for athlete's foot.
 
 
Apple Cider Vinegar Bath:
 
 
Steep 1 oz. sage and agronomy in 2 cups of hot apple cider vinegar for 15 minutes. Keep it covered.
When cool enough put your feet in and soak for as long as you can. Repeat two or three times a
day.Hair-
 
 
Olive Hair Oil:
 
 
To 4 oz. olive oil, add 1 t. oil of rosemary, and 5 drops oil of lemon grass. Rub a tiny bit into the hair
each night. This is version of an old time recipe that helps hair grow.
 
 
Yucca Root Shampoo:
 
 
Boil 4 oz. yucca root or soap bark in 2 cups of fresh water until it is reduced to 1 cup. Strain and
cool. If not sudsy enough for you, add castille shampoo. Brunettes can substitute rosemary water,
and blondes chamomile water, for the 2 cups of liquid-both cleanses and deodorized the scalp.
 
 
To thicken the hair, and to keep it from falling out:
 
 
Put 4 lbs. pure organic honey into a still with 4-6 oz grapevine tendrils and 2-4 oz. tender rosemary
tops. Distill as cool and as slowly as possible. Allow the liquid to drop until it begins to taste sour.
Rub this into the hair roots daily.
 
 
Sage Tea:
 
 
Drink sage tea daily and rub the infusion onto the roots of your hair to retain its rich, dark color.
 
 
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TABLE OF HERBS THAT REPEL ANIMALS AND INSECTS
 
 
REPELLENTS
 
 
FLIES: Clover flower, oil of sassafras, mixture of clove, bay, and eucalyptus
 
 
INSECTS: Oil of mint, feverfew, oil of citronella, pennyroyal, and oil of pennyroyal
 
 
MICE: peppermint pennyroyal
 
 
BODY LICE: oil of bergamot, oil of pennyroyal
 
 
FLEAS: rue, chamomile, savory, and pennyroyal
 
 
CATS: rue, lavender, and ginger
 
 
DOGS: Ginger