CAUTION PLAY IT SAFE : The preparations of this site are given for information, in case of doubt consult your doctor. Bath : 200 g of ivy leaves : decoction in 1 liter of water to be added in the water of the bath. Make a thick pulp with 2 to 3 handfuls of wheat bran cooked in 1 little of water, add 2 to 3 chopped cabbage leaves, put the cataplasm on a gauze, and apply. To eliminate cellulitis, to relieve back pains, to look after rheumatisms. Decoction of artichoke, pellitory, meadowsweet, field eryngo roots, burdock : 5 g of mixture per cup, 3 cups a day. Infusion of elder, borage : 5 g of mixture per cup, 1 cup a day. Cataplasm of ivy powder + fenugreek + fucus alga. Eat watercress, parsley, chervil, pine seed. Apply 2 to 3 times a day a compress as hot as possible soaked in a decoction of ivy, 100 g of fresh leaves for 1 liter of water, boil 15 minutes. Apply 3 times a week on the cellulitis : Cataplasm of fenugreek, cook 50 g of seeds in a little water. or Cataplasm of ivy fresh crushed leaves. or Cataplasm of dried varech, 1 handful of dried varech, boil in water; apply as hot as possible. or Cataplasm of dried varech, cook in a small quantity of water 50 g of dried varech, 100g of wheat bran, 100g of grey salt. or Cataplasm 50 g of fresh flowered vervain cooked in vinegar, let evaporate, spread out between 2 linens. To rub with : Fresh varech or Common privet oil : 150 g of dried flowers in 1 liter of oil, let macerate 1 month. Calm the pain of cellulitis with sedative herb teas to take during 3 weeks : Infusion of hawthorn, 10 g of dried flowers for 1 liter of boiling water, let infuse 10 minutes; 3 cups a day. or Maceration of valerian, 10 g of fresh root, let soak 1 night in a cup of cold water, filter, 2 cups a day. Juice of couch-grass fresh rhizome, 4 spoons a day. Lemon juice in water, 1 glass before breakfast. or Infusion of dandelion, 30 g of leaves for 1 liter of boiling water; drink cold. Take 2 cups a day of : Mixed decoction of couch-grass, 20 g of dried rhizome and 20 g of dried cherry stalks for 1 liter of water, boil 10 minutes. or Infusion of wild marjoram, 10 g of flowered tops for 1 liter of boiling water, let infuse 10 minutes or Infusion of mouse-ear, 60 g of fresh plant for 1 liter of ebulient water, let infuse 10 minutes. To take 3 cups a day, between the meals, in which 1 before breakfast : Infusion of yarrow, 50 g of flowered tops for 1 liter of boiling water, let infuse 10 minutes. or Infusion of artichoke, 10 g of dried leaves for 1 liter of boiling water let infuse 5 minutes. or Mixed infusion of blackcurrant and ash, 10 g of each plant, for 1 liter of boiling water, let infuse 15 minutes. Infusion of ivy, 50 g of dried crushed leaves for 1 liter of boiling water, let infuse 10 minutes Quantity prepared in advance for 2 days : Decoction of vine, 50 g of dried leaves for 1 liter of water, boil, let infuse 15 minutes Mixed decoction of vine leaves and dried varech, 40 g of each plant for 1 liter of water, boil 5 minutes, let infuse 10 minutes. Infusion of meadowsweet, 50 g of dried leaves for 1 liter of boiling water, 4 cups a day. Infusion of white horehound, 35 g of dried flowered tops, for 1 liter of boiling water, let infuse 10 minutes and let it cool before filter, drink 1 liter a day. WARNING Preparations of this site are given for information, in case of doubt consult your doctor. |