Herbs Healings

Herbs Healings - What I found out

What is a HERB:

Dictionary definitions:

Herb - A soft stemmed plant that dies down to the ground after flowering. Parts of the plants used as herbs are leaves, seeds or stems. Herbs that are used for food for flavouring or in traditional and alternative medicine for herbs healings .

Spice - A substance (obtained from plants) with a strong taste or smell, used for flavouring.

Herbs contain real powers and energies which work on both the physical and spiritual realm.

Herbs Magics are rituals which direct natural forces toward bringing about needed change in the natural powers of the world

Herbs magics are used to utilise and harness natures powers to cause a needed change. (boosting your immunesystem during a cold with garlic, ingesting vitamin C-in oranges,drinking hot milk with honey)

Herbs can become a daily part of your life, especially when taken in the form of Tisanes - or herbal teas.
To cleanse your body, to help eliminate waste products and stimulate a healthy weight and wellbeing is one of the main reasons I have switched to incorporating herbal teas into my life. I love green tea and have recently found the wonderful Herbal White Tea
Its antioxidant properties are combined with a lovely variety of flavours, a great way to start the day.

Tools for Herbs Healings and Herbs Magics

mortor&pestle
incense burner
candles in various sizes & colours
bowls to mix ground herbs in
sharp knife or scissors to cut sprigs of herbs,from the mother plant
positive focused energy with honorable intent

Herbs Healings and Remedies I swear by:

Something that is always in my pocket is Rescue Remedy that stuff is truly magic. Just a few drops are necessary and it will instantly relieve symptoms of panic, stess, trauma, terror and hopelesness in stressful situations. Excellent during childbirth, for exams, in emergency accidents, during panic attacks etc.

Recipes from a Modern Herbal

Dandelion Tea

---Bilious AffectionsInfuse 1 oz of Dandelion in a pint of boiling water for 10 minutes; decant, sweeten with honey, and drink several glasses in the course of the day.
The use of this tea is efficacious in bilious affections, and is also much approved of in the treatment of dropsy.

--- Sluggish Liver---Or take 2 oz. of freshly-sliced Dandelion root, and boil in 2 pints of water until it comes to 1 pint; then add 1 OZ. of compound tincture of Horseradish. Dose, from 2 to 4 OZ. Use in a sluggish state of the liver.

---Dizziness--- Or 1 oz Dandelion root, 1 OZ. Black Horehound herb, 1/2 OZ. Sweet Flag root, 1/4 OZ. Mountain Flax. Simmer the whole in 3 pints of water down to 1 1/2 pint, strain and take a wineglassful after meals for biliousness and dizziness.

---For Gall Stones--- 1 oz Dandelion root, 1 oz Parsley root, 1 oz Balm herb, 1/2 oz Ginger root, 1/2 oz Liquorice root. Place in 2 quarts of water and gently simmer down to 1 quart, strain and take a wineglassful every two hours.

For a young child suffering from jaundice: 1 oz Dandelion root, 1/2 oz Ginger root, 1/2 oz Caraway seed, 1/2 oz Cinnamon bark, 1/4 oz. Senna leaves. Gently boil in 3 pints of water down to 1 1/2 pint, strain, dissolve 1/2 lb. sugar in hot liquid, bring to a boil again, skim all impurities that come to the surface when clear, put on one side to cool, and give frequently in teaspoonful doses.

---A Liver and Kidney Mixture--- 1 oz Broom tops, 1/2 oz Juniper berries, 1/2 oz. Dandelion root, 1 1/2 pint water. Boil in gredients for 10 minutes, then strain and adda small quantity of cayenne. Dose, 1 tablespoonful, three times a day.

---A Medicine for Piles--- 1 oz Long-leaved Plantain, 1 oz Dandelion root, 1/2 oz. Polypody root, 1 OZ. Shepherd's Purse. Add 3 pints of water, boil down to half the quantity, strain, and add 1 oz of tincture of Rhubarb. Dose, a wineglassful three times a day. Celandine ointment to be applied at same time.

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Resources For Herbs Healings

Herbal Tisane Teas

Herb Magic - for herbs healings

A Modern Herbal

Naturopathy- extensive indepth list of herb healings

Herbs Healings and Flower remedies can be used along side traditional medicines to wonderful effect. As always a reminder to check with your physician before attempting any herbal healing you are unsure off.