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My Favorite: Dr. Christopher’s Gum and Tooth Powder recipe
For severe cases place this powder combination between the lips and gums (up and lower) around entire tooth area and leave on all night, six nights a week (as well as brushing regularly) until improvement is evident. Then continue on with regular tooth brushing with this herbal food combination.
Ingredients:
3 parts oak bark
1 part oat straw
6 parts comfrey root
3 parts horsetail grass
one part lobelia
one part cloves
3 parts peppermint
(powdered stevia – optional)
Chose a measuring device like a tsp, tbs, tea cup, cup, bowl etc depending on how much herbs you have and how much formula you are making and combine them all into a bowl and then bottle it. I would buy cut and sifted herbs if you have a vitamix to powder them or maybe a mortar and pestle or hammer to crush them over powdered as the powdered lose the volatile herbs but you might want powdered. It is up to you I guess..then apply between gums and teeth and leave on overnight 6 days a week, one day off and then repeat. Also herbs work best if used 6 weeks on and one week off.
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Tags: cinnamon, clove, comfrey, diy recipe, Echinacea Tincture, food, herbal tooth paste, herbal tooth powder, horsetail, inflammation, inflammed gums, Note Dropperful, Oak Gall, oral hygiene, recipe, tea, teeth, tooth, Tooth Gum Oil
Chronic Aphtosis and Sodium Lauryl Sulface
It is also called Aphta and Chronic aphtosis. Normally you should not experience a mouth ulcer very often, but if you do (like I did for a while), there may be something in your toothpaste triggering this unpleasant response in your body.
First I thought it was something with my teeth, throat, immune system or the food I am eating… But after being in a foreign country for a few weeks and returning to my old toothpaste back home, it flared up in an hour. So I realized the inevitable toothpaste-mouth ulcer connection right there and then. I started researching and surprisingly, I am not the only one affected. For most sensitive people Sodium Lauryl Sulfate is causing similar issues.
Sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) is a highly effective surfactant and is used in any task requiring the removal of oily stains and residues. For example, it is found in higher concentrations with industrial products including engine degreasers, floor cleaners, and car wash soaps. It is found in toothpastes, shampoos, shaving foams, and bubble bath formulations in part for its thickening effect and its ability to create a lather.
So what can you do?
Switch to a toothpaste that is free of SLS. I am currently using Herbal Tooth & Gum Powder
from dr. Christopher and for me it is wonderful. You can also make your own toothpaste – more details in the following post.
Tags: cinnamon, detergent, Echinacea Tincture, food, Forever Aloe, horsetail, immune system, mouth ulcer, Note Dropperful, Oak Gall, recipe, SLS, Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, tea, teeth, tooth, Tooth Gum Oil
How to stop nasty vomiting when a child can’t even hold water down?
My 4 year old daughter became ill recently due to stomach flu. She could not hold anything down, not even water. After she emptied her stomach completely and the situation did not resolve itself (sometimes it does), I gave her a little teaspoonful of honey – I remembered Juliette talking about how honey soothes the upset stomach but I never tried it. I used raw organic honey and to my surprise, it worked like a charm… My daughter seemed to get better quickly and she took one more little teaspoonful of honey and 10 minutes later she was ready to drink some warm chamomile tea with honey and ground nutmeg. And it did not come back! For the slight diarrhea that followed I made her some Raspberry leaf tea (which is a great tasting astringent, even kids love it), Carob balls and Slippery Elm balls.
I always use organic, raw honey
, hopefully you can buy something similar locally. Slippery Elm
is available on amazon or from Mountain Rose Herbs.
Foods to eat after diarrhea
Throughout my childhood the first food I got after recovering from stomach flu was baked (and salted) potatoes along with chamomile tea. Chamomile is a great anti-spasmodic and anti-inflammatory and the taste isn’t too bad either if you don’t make the tea too strong. Cooked carrots, mashed potatoes, white rice, bananas and cooked apples are also mild enough on your recovering digestive tract. If you feel up to eating solid foods, soups containing bland vegetables and/or chicken breast can add helpful nutrients and protein, which supports lean tissue repair and energy.
Tags: astringent, carob balls, diarrhea, digestive upset, flu, Mountain Rose Herbs, Slippery Elm, stomach, stomach flu, tea, vomiting
Make a strong tea of Echinacea root and Burdock root to help move the Poison Oak through your system faster. Put two tablespoons of Echinacea root and one tablespoon of Burdock root into a quart jar and pour boiling water over the herbs. Let the herbs steep in the water for four hours and then strain the herbs out. Make a fresh quart each day and drink three to four cups a day for several days. Also make sure you drink lots of plain water.
Tags: Poison Oak, tea
A small group of international magnesium researchers proved the importance of magnesium not only as a nutrient for thousands of body processes but also as a medicine to treat magnesium-depleted health conditions. Drs. Bella and Burton Altura have performed laboratory research and clinical research to the tune of about 1,000 studies over the past 40 years. The Alturas personally confirmed 22 magnesium-related conditions.
Nuts are rich in Magnesium
SYMPTOMS OF MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY
The first symptoms of magnesium deficiency can be subtle. Most magnesium is stored in the tissues, so leg cramps, foot pain or muscle ‘twitches’ are usually the first signs. Insomnia, migraine headaches are also very common magnesium deficiency symptoms. And if ignored, some of the other more serious symptoms of Magnesium deficiency (low energy, fatigue, weakness, hormonal imbalances, inability to sleep, weakening of the bones, muscle tension, spasms and cramps, abnormal heart rhythm, headaches, anxiousness, nervousness, irritability, kidney stones) can develop.
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Tags: abnormal heart rhythm, anxiousness, fatigue, food, headaches, hormonal imbalances, inability to sleep, irritability, kidney stones, muscle tension, nervousness, ow energy, spasms and cramps, tea, weakening of the bones, weakness
Cherries lower bad cholesterol which contributes to the development of atherosclerosis and causes heart attack and stroke.
Lower you cholesterol naturally - with Cherries
Cherries have always been used as a cure for arthritis and food for good sleep.
All cherries—sweet and sour—are a folk remedy for aches and pain. But recent medical research validates that sour cherries are superior to sweet varieties in their medicinal properties. This resonates with our common sense. Sweeter fruits are higher in carbohydrates and, therefore, lower in micronutrients with pharmaceutically healing properties.
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Tags: alternative to aspirin, anti-inflammatory fruit, cancer, cherry stem tea, cholesterol, colon cancer, eliminate mental fatigue, fruit that lowers cholesterol, heart diseases, herbal alternative for treating gout, kidney stones, lumbago, Miraculous B17, sleep better naturally, spleen, tea, weight loss
Common names: Long Plantain, Ribble Grass, Snake Weed, Lamb’sTongue
These are excerpts from Maria Treben’s herbal heritage which I find very useful and informative.
Herb Details:
Today we need medicinal plants like Plantain which is so much esteemed in herbals. Its relative, the Common Plantain or Broad-leaved Plantain (Plantago major) has the same medicinal value and is used in the same way. Both grow by roadsides, in ditches, meadows, moist wastelands and may be found all over the world.
Primarily Plantain is used for all disorders of the respiratory organs, especially for phlegm in the lungs, whooping cough, bronchial asthma, even for tuberculosis of the lungs.
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Tags: DIRECTIONS, Herb Details, tea, wounds
Linden flower (Tiliae Flos) tea is my all time favorite. It was introduced to me during my early childhood by my Hungarian grandmother, who cured all the common colds occurring in the family during the cold season with Linden Tea and honey.
Linden Flower (Tiliae Flos)
It helps your immune system and even prevents you from getting colds. It is a powerful perspirant, so it will make you sweat, but that’s how the miracle is done. It will help your body cleanse itself and will leave you will feel like born again or as if you just came out of invigorating, cleansing sauna. After a good night of sweating, change your clothes and bed sheets upon waking to get rid of the substances that just left your body.
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Tags: astringent, cleansing, delicious, diuretic, flu, linden tea, lower bloodpressure, powerful perspirant, remedy for common colds, sedative, sore throat remedy, tea
A steaming cup of cinnamon tea is a great way to start the day in cold weather helping to dispel all sorts of conditions associated with the cold – poor circulation, colds, coughs, fevers and catarrh as well as the lethargy that tends to plague us in cold damp weather.
Drinking Cinnamon Tea eases cold symptomes and promotes digestive health
Cinnamon is one of the oldest known spices, is mentioned in the Bible and in one of the earliest Chinese botanical medicine books, dated around 2,700 B.C.
Cinnamon tea contains manganese, calcium and iron. It has a warming effect, improves the blood circulation throughout the body and increases the energy flow to the abdomen, helping the digestive organs work more effectively. It is know to relieve constipation, and reduce blood sugar.
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Tags: arthritis, cinnamon, Cinnamon Tea, cold, cold remedy, constipation, diabetes, digestive health, improves circulation, lower blood sugar, tea, warming drink
