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Overcoming Colds and Flu..........The Witches Way
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Long before there were Doctors Urgent Care Centers. Before Medical Doctors and Large Hospitals, there were Old Wives Tales, Home Remedies, Midwives and Medicine Men aka Witch Doctors using natures own and things from the kitchen, to treat everything from a bee string to colds, flu, headaches and female issues.
The inspiration for this article comes from my own recent ailments. My daughter developed this year's string of the new flu. To say the least it burned through our house like wild fire. Leaving only one of us, my youngest to good health. The rest of us, were a flu commercial. We were coughing, sneezing, had stuffy heads and a fever. There certainly was no rest in store for us. As I suffered and watched my little one's dealing with their symptoms I thought about those who came before us and how differently they treated their illnesses
The mother in me took over and immediately took my kids to the doctor and got the regular cough syrups and cold pills. However, I am not one to visit the hospital for myself. This is not to say that I am afraid of them or believe they do not serve a purpose, as I never hesitate to take my kids.
I believe in the old ways, nature heals. After all where does all the medicines come from? That's right, a bit of this, and pinch of that, Witches brew..... bubble, bubble, toil. Trouble..... Maybe no eye of newt or bat wings but a witches brew just the same.
I have found that not everyone has a local witch stop down the street. I have listed things that are usually in everyone's kitchen. Down below are items that can be found at your regular grocery store. Happy shopping
Catnip not just for your feline familiar. This herb has benefits for us too. Its flowers and leaves have often been used to treat colds and insomnia. It lowers fevers, dries up postnasal drip, gets rid of bad headaches and relieves sore aching bones due to colds and flu, when taken in tea form, 2-3 times daily.
CHAMOMILE
Uses: Is an excellent herb both internally and externally for calming. Great for digestion, fevers, burns, anti-inflammatory for wounds, and sedative for nervous disorders. And relieves stomachaches and diarrhea in infants and small children (always using in diluted form). In tea form, made of 2 teaspoons of the herb steeped for 5 minutes in a cup of boiling water is a gentle sleep inducer. Chamomile also makes an excellent insect repellent, simply splash some tea on face arms and feet. It is also a good hair rinse for blondes. Plant chamomile in your garden to be the guardian of the land, and you will have certain success.
CLOVE
Uses: It has a mild antiseptic quality for toothaches (chew), or in tea form it is an expectorant for colds, also good foe nausea or vomiting. It is an antibacterial, antiseptic, and analgesic, which means it helps prevent disease and infection.
GARLIC
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Uses: Lowers tension, ease colds, and improve circulation. Garlic vinegar can be used to disinfect wounds and soothe rheumatic pain and any common pain (made from one liter of vinegar and ten cloves of crushed garlic steeped for at least 10 days). Shrinks warts, relieves pain from teeth and earaches. Good for high and low blood pressure and removing parasites and infections. To ease the pain of aching joints, a toothache or an earache, place a crushed raw bulb of garlic on a piece of gauze and place over the area of pain. For joints, try using garlic paste
LEMON.
Uses: Sweetens breath. Antiseptic, antibacterial and hypotensive. For chills and sore throat, the juice of a lemon mixed in a glass of honey and warm water, taken 3 times daily should help. For nosebleeds, apply a small piece of cotton, soaked in lemon juice. In oil form it is used for treating warts, insect bites, tension headaches, eliminates cellulite, and is an anti-wrinkle tonic.. Stimulates the digestive system. Also makes a good skin cleanser, hair rinse for blondes, and cleaning agent for brass and silver.
ROSE.
Uses: Conserves of roses or rose petals in honey are often recommended for nausea and sore throats. Roses are high in vitamin C.
ROSEMARY.
Uses: Promotes healing of wounds, acts as an antiseptic, and can be a mild stimulant. Good in teas for treating flu, stress, and headaches or body aches. Mental and physical booster. Used for treating (oil form) muscular sprains, arthritis, rheumatism, depression, fatigue, memory loss, migraine headaches, coughs, flu and diabetes. Excellent remedy for acne or cellulite. When the leaves are soaked in wine for two weeks, small glasses may be taken as a digestive aid. Oil of rosemary is excellent in hair conditioners, and the flowers of this herb may be added to lotion recipes to improve the complexion. Add to all purification bath sachets, love incenses, and protection incenses. Make a simple of rosemary and use it to cleanse the hands before working magic, if you have no time for a regular ritual bath. Burn rosemary and juniper as a healing and recuperation incense.
SAGE.
Uses: Can be used in an infusion to aid digestion, or as part of a honey wine to fight colds and fever. When applied in compresses it can ease many skin discomforts, including dandruff. If made into cream it is good for muscular pain, and if dried and smoked sometimes gives relief to asthma.
THYME
Uses: Powerful antibiotic, and diuretic properties. It helps eliminate wastes from the body. It is used in treating whooping coughs, warts, rheumatism and acne. A strong antiseptic which when prepared by infusion is useful for poor digestion, exhastion, colds, and infections, and with honey is an effective treatment for sore throats. Also used in tea form as a fever breaker, headache reducer and to be rid of intestinal worms, and can be used as a mouthwash. Also, a great insect repellent. Use both the leaves and flowers. This tea works best for headaches when taken cold. Take a magical cleansing bath in the spring of thyme and marjoram (used in tea form or whole herbs). A pillow stuffed with it cures nightmares.
If you are a nature purist and want to heal thyself this list will surely be the place to start.
Blessed Be
Fyre
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A Wiccan, a loving mother and perpetual student of life, Fyre's background is a rich mixture of the Metaphysics, Sociology and Psychology.
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