CAUTION PLAY IT SAFE : The preparations of this site are given for information, in case of doubt consult your doctor. Infusions of broom, anise, hedge hyssop, couch-grass, cherries stalks, hawthorn, hemp agrimony, elder, lady's mantle, mouse ear, borage or meadowsweet. Out of infusion 2 to 3 cups a day : 1 part of broom, 1 part of hedge hyssop, 1 part of elder, 1 part of hemp agrimony. Let soak one night, 1 caffee spoon of elder bark in 1 cup of cold water ; drink half a cup after each meal. Decoction of couch-grass, Indian corn, cherries stalks, hawthorn, hemp agrimony, english holly : 50 g of mixture for 1 liter of water ; to drink in the day. Cataplasm of Solomon's seal powder to be applied during several hours. Oedema of legs and feet : Decoction of broom, asparagus, hemp agrimony, elder, lady's mantle, mouse ear, hawthorn : 5 g of mixture per cup, several cups a day. or Feet bath with a decoction of mint, elder and borage. Oedema of legs and feet Drink 3 cups per day : Decoction of Indian corn, 40 g of beard for 1 liter of water, boil 10 minutes, let infuse 10 minutes. or Infusion of parsley, 20 g of seeds for 1 liter of boiling water, let infuse 10 minutes. Oedema of legs and feet Drink 2 cups a day : Decoction of goosegrass, 30 g of plant for 1 liter of water, boil 10 minutes, let infuse 10 minutes. Oedema of legs and feet Drink only 1 cup by small mouthful during the day : Infusion of hedge hyssop, 10 g of dried plant for 1 liter of boiling water, let infuse 5 minutes. Oedema of legs and feet drink by soup spoon up to 20 per day (not to exceed) : Infusion of broom, 25 g of flowers for 1 liter of boiling water. Oedema of legs and feet Wine to drink a small glass every morning : Wine mof winter cherry, let soak 10 days, 30 g of stems leaves and berries in 1 liter of red wine, filter. or Wine of birtch, let soak 8 days, 50 g of bark in 1 liter of red wine, filter. or Wine of juniper, throw in 1 liter of red wine, 50 g of crushed berries: boil 1 minutes and let macerate 48 h, filter. or Wine of mistletoe, let soak 8 days, 30 g of leaves in 1 liter of white wine, filter. or Wine of onion, Put 500 g of raw crushed onions in 1 liter of white wine, add 100 g of sugar syrup ; 2 soup spoons before each meal. or Wine of leek, throw in 1 glass of boiling white wine, 3 g of seeds, let infuse and drink immediately. For swollen legs: Tepid bath, 10 minutes, then rinse with cold water, then lengthen with slightly elevated legs : Bath of walnuttree, decoction of 500 g of leaves in 4 liters of cold water, boil 10 minutes and filter. or Bath of sage 300 g of leaves in 4 liters of boiling water, let infuse 10 minutes and filter. or Bath of rosemary, 60 g of leaves for 3 liters of water with 20 g of salt, boil 10 minutes and filter. For the swollen ankles : Compress with a decoction of climbing ivy : 100 g of fresh leaves for 1 liter of water, boil 10 minutes and filter. For swollen eyelids : Compress of noisetier : infusion of 20 g of leaves for 1 liter of boiling water, let infuse 10 hours, filter. WARNING Preparations of this site are given for information, in case of doubt consult your doctor. |