Ever wonder in the middle of the night what to do to treat an illness when the doctor in unable to be seen? This handout can provide some answers as to what can be used from the kitchen.
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Food
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Symptom
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Remedy
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| Apples: | For constipation; for styes | Grated and as a poultice |
| Apple Cider Vinegar: | Sore Throats | 4 tsp to 1 pint hot water, gargle |
| Apricots: | Diarrhea Constipation |
Fresh,chopped & eaten strained, for babies |
| Baking Soda: | Itching due to urticariaBee stings |
½ cup per neutral bathtubMix with water and use as a paste |
| Barley: | Diarrhea | Barley and water |
| Bran: | Constipation | ½ tsp in foods, make sure there is enough fluid being taken in |
| Cabbage: | Gastric or peptic ulcers | 1 quart of juice/day for 2 weeks |
| Cayenne Pepper: | Bleeding Tickling Coughs Peptic or gastric ulcer |
Mix powder with water and apply to wound 1/8 tsp. In ½ cup water, swallow and follow with plain water if needed, 3 times/day ½ tsp in one-cup water for pain relief. Can be mixed with buttermilk @ ½ tsp. To quart of milk. Can be taken in a capsule |
| Carob Powder: |
Diarrhea | 2 tsp./ 3 ½ oz of water |
| Celery: | To replace sodium Good for bladder infections, especially the leaf portion |
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| Charcoal: | Diarrhea Toxicity/food poisoning |
2 capsules every 2 to 4 hours. Can also burn toast and eat Same as above |
| Caraway Seed: | Gas and bloating | Chewed whole or as a tea |
| Carrot: | Sore throats Styes Diarrhea in infants & children |
Grate,place between 2 layers of cotton cloth and use as a poultice over the throat or stye Cooked or mashed |
| Cloves: | Toothaches | As a decoction on cloth which is sucked in the mouth |
| Dill: | Gas and bloating | Chewed whole or as a tea |
| Epsom Salts: | Muscle pain, soreness & aching Colds & flu’s with deep bone pains Insomnia, nervous tension |
1 cup per bath |
| Garbanzo Beans: | Severe weakness after a bout of the flu | |
| Garlic: | Sore throats, coughs Abscesses, boils, ulcerations Earaches Runny nose Pinworms Blood pressure |
Slice & simmer with tea Poultice; Chopped & swallowed with water Poultice or as drops in olive oil Tea or chopped & swallowed Clove peeled but not cut placed in the rectum after every bowel movement for 3 days |
| Horseradish: | Sore throats Sinus congestion Coughs |
Grate & use raw or in vinegar or tea |
| Honey: | Dehydration | Honey and salt together in water to restore fluids |
| Lemon: | Colds Coughs Constipation Arthritis |
Fresh lemon in warm water, from 1 to 5 tsp.; take ½ hour before eating if used for constipation |
| Mint: | Coughs Constipation Nausea |
Use as a tea |
| Milk: | Conjunctivitis InsomniaItching/skin rash |
Breast milk as it has immune properties ½ hour before bed, taken warm Raw milk, goats milk, applied topically |
| Mustard: | Bronchitis CoughsPneumonia |
Mustard plaster: – Take 1 part mustard to 3 parts flour (4 for babies). Add enough egg white to form a paste then place between 2 layers of cloth and leave on the skin for 15 to 20 minutes. Follow with a heating compress after the skin has turned red, wait 1 to 2 hours and repeat on back. Be sure to check with person to make sure they are not being burned. |
| Nutmeg: | Gas and Bloating Fainting, hysteria |
Capsules or tea; may be toxic so be cautious |
| Onion: | Bee stings | Slice of raw onion on the sting |
| Olive Oil: | Constipation | 1 to 2 tsp., may be given with lemon |
| Parsley: | Cystitis Urethritis Diuretic |
As a tea or juice; 1 cup 3 to 4 times/day |
| Rice: | Diarrhea | Cook with extra water, use rice water |
| Potato: | Conjunctivitis Styes Abscesses |
Grate and use as a poultice or directly over the eye or abscess |
| Salt: | Constipation Sore throat Sinusitis |
2 tsp to 1 quart water as an enema ½ tsp to 4 oz of water, gargle Same as sore throat except 1 to 3 drops in each nostril |
| Sage: | Sore throat Sinus drainage Hayfever |
1 tsp/cup of warm water, gargle & swallow |
| Rubbing Alcohol: |
Fevers | Topically to cool down high temperatures |
| Oatmeal: | Urticaria/itching | 1 up to a tub of neutral temp. water or place in a sock and wet, then dab affected area |
| Thyme: | Sore throat | 1 tsp./cup water gargle & swallow |
| Water: | Burns Caustic burns Cramps Colic Fever Punctures |
Warm water Flush with water Hot water bottle Hot water bottle Bath at 1 degree less than temperature – gradually lowering the temperature of the bath Clean with soap & water Ice packs Steam inhalation Ice packs |
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