Gypsies have a deep and abiding respect for creation – for Mother Earth, and for life everywhere, in all its variety. Therefore, gather only those leaves and flowers or only those portions of a root, bark or fruit, that is really needed.
If every part of the plant is needed, leave some portion in the ground to insure its new growth. Thank the plant for the gift it has given you and for its efforts to keep our planet alive.
Although many species in the plant kingdom have miraculous healing properties, some are poisonous. (Mistletoe berries and jimsonweed in particular). Also, some plants may cause allergic reactions. Consult a physician for any serious ailment.
Fountain of Youth Insomnia and Nervous Stress
Warts Nervousness
Freckles Headaches
Age Spots Soul-Refreshing Tonic
Bride-of-the-Sun Salve Migraines
Digestive System Faintness
Appetizer Lack of Appetite
Appetite Suppressant Intestinal Parasites
Blood Cleansing Tea Constipation
Purification Chronic Constipation
Love Potions Colds
INSOMNIA AND NERVOUS STRESS
Fear is part of life. Don't be ashamed of it, or it will result in depression, insomnia and hopelessness. You cannot escape these unless you face fear. Fears should be discussed openly – with anyone you trust. This might give the listener the courage to talk about his or her own fears. Both of you will become stronger.
Fear has to be approached positively. Fear is not your enemy, it can be your friend. Doesn't it make animals more attentive and careful? Depending on their disposition, they will either run or fight to save themselves. But we have to face fear. Say "yes" to yourself, accept the good parts and the bad parts. This is the first step to healing. Every thought has psychological and physical effects. Force yourself to think positively. Find whats positive in everything on a piece of paper – negative emotion and thoughts that you want to change. Then burn the paper, lie down, close your eyes and listen to music.
NERVOUSNESS
Valerian Wine
2 handfuls valerian roots
1 clove
1 orange rind
1 rosemary twig
1 liter of dry white wine
Cut valerian root into small pieces, and place them on a large clear glass container. Add the clove, the grated orange rind and rosemary twig. Pour the dry white wine over the dry mixture. Seal the container tightly and allow to steep for one moon cycle (28 days). Then strain through gauze cloth, store in a bottle and seal tightly. Drink 1 liqueur glass three times daily.
Also recommended for faintness.
HEADACHES
Pain Tonic
Willow Bark, St. John's Wort
Pulverize willow bark with mortar and pestle, and cut St. John's Wort into small pieces. For each cup of tonic, mix 2 teaspoons of willow bark powder and ј teaspoon of St. John's Wort. Prepare a few cups ahead of time. Place mixture in pot, cover with water and simmer for 13 minutes. Strain. Drink a cup daily. Sweeten with honey if desired.
For migraine headaches sip 3 to 4 cups daily.
SOUL-REFRESHING TONIC
St. John's Wort leaves and blossoms
90 proof alcohol
Gather the fresh shoots of St. John's Wort between the summer solstice and St. John's Day (June 21 and June 24) at sunrise. Remove the blossoms and leaves and place them in a dark glass container that can be sealed tightly.
Cover with 90 proof alcohol. Steep for one moon cycle (28 days) in a dark place. Shake every third day. After one moon, strain the contents through a gauze cloth and fill dark dropper bottles. Close lid tightly. Take 10 to 20 drops daily.
St. John's Wort herb flows through the whole body, making it receptive to cosmic energies. After taking the tonic, do not expose yourself to intense sunlight.
Take soul-refreshing tonic for fear, emotional pain, melancholy, depression and for calming nerves.
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
Our well-being depends upon our digestive system. We usually get stomachaches when we feel overextended, or the opposite, when we are not challenged enough –
when we cannot fulfill our dreams and ambitions.
The following remedies may alleviate some symptoms, but the person's inner struggle must also be faced. If you get a knot in the stomach just thinking about work, or the boss, you can't just quit! Some situations have to be endured. But make sure that you have a place and time where you can be yourself, where you can be allowed to fun "free".
We all know what gives us joy. This will be different for you as it is for me. You may enjoy listening to classical music, or watching hockey or playing hockey, whatever it is, make sure you allow yourself time to be "free".
Everyone of us has a weak point in our constitution. Find yours and tailor you approach accordingly.
Let your language be your guide. Liver means life. Avoid toxins for one month and your liver will be as good as new. But since we all are guilty at times of enjoying the 'good life', I enclose some recipes that are helpful to stimulate the digestive system and therefore your feeling of well-being.
APPETIZER
Bitter Orange Syrup
Bitter oranges
White wine
Brown sugar
Wash 3 organically grown bitter oranges. Peel the skin as thin as possible so that most of the white portion remains on the fruit. Cut the skin into small pieces and cover with 1 liter of white wine. Boil for 13 minutes. Peel the white portion of the skin of the fruit. Cut up the fruit and add to the wine mixture. Add 13 seeds from the fruit and stir in 13 tablespoons of brown sugar. Boil for 30 minutes, stirring frequently. Remove the seeds, and put the syrup into glass jars. Cover tightly. Take 1 tablespoon in the morning and at night. Bitter orange syrup is also a mild laxative.
LACK OF APPETITE
Dandelion Tonic
Centaury root
Dandelion leaves
Red wine
Juniper berries
Cut 1 handful of European centaury root into small pieces and mix with one handful of dandelion leaves. Pour 1 liter of red wine over the plants and cover. Steep overnight. The next morning bring to a boil and simmer for 13 minutes.
Grind 3 juniper berries with mortar and pestle, add to the mixture and simmer for 3 more minutes. Allow to cool, strain and fill bottles that can be closed tightly. Drink 1 liqueur glass of the tonic twice daily before a meal. This tonic is an excellent appetite stimulant and helpful for anorexia.
FOR WEIGHT LOSS
Appetite Suppressants
Bran Breakfast
Fragrant valerian root
Handful of wheat bran
1 tablespoon of dog rose hips
1 teaspoon of honey
Harvest fragrant valerian root in the spring or in the fall (not summer). Clean well with a root brush and let it air-dry in the shade. Store in a linen sack in a place where air can circulate. When needed, cut enough root into small pieces to make 1 heaping tablespoon. Cover with water, cover and steep overnight. Warm the liquid to body temperature and strain through gauze cloth. Soak 1 handful of wheat bran in this liquid, add 1 tablespoon of dog rose hips (or 1 teaspoon of dog rose hips and 1 teaspoon of honey). Eat in the morning on an empty stomach. This appetite suppressant is a proven Gypsy recipe for losing weight.
BLOOD-CLEANSING TEA
Dandelion root
Artichoke leaves
Grind up a dandelion root to make dandelion root powder. Cut up a few artichoke leaves. Mix 1 heaping teaspoon of dandelion root powder and 1/2 teaspoon of artichoke leaves. Cover with boiling water. Let steep in a covered pot for 13 minutes, and strain through gauze.
Sip 2 to 3 cups of this tea, not too hot, daily. Add a little honey if it is too bitter for you. Drink this tea with Bran Breakfast to stimulate the liver and gallbladder.
PURIFICATION
Weight Loss tea
1 handful of hibiscus blossoms
1 handful of fennel seeds
Ѕ handful of peppermint leaves
3 tablespoons of rosemary
3 tablespoons of lady's mantle (dewcup)
4 tablespoons of yarrow
4 tablespoons meliot
1 tablespoon of lemon balm
2 tablespoons of birch leaves
2 tablespoons of nettle leaves
2 tablespoons horsetail
2 tablespoons sandalwood
1 tablespoon hops
1 tablespoon of dandelions leaves and blossoms
1 tablespoon of wormwood (absinthe)
1 teaspoon of chamomile
1 tablespoon of linden blossoms
1 tablespoon of mulberry leaves
Mix and use one tablespoon for each cup of tea. Pour the dry tea into earthenware of enamel pot, add boiling water. Quickly bring to boil, then remove from heat. Let steep, covered, for 5 minutes. Strain. Sip the tea lukewarm; take
2 to 4 cups daily. Sweeten with honey or brown sugar if you wish. This tea will detoxify the system without causing hunger sensations.
INTESTINAL PARASITES
Pomegranate Juice
Mix the juice of one ripe pomegranate and the juice of 2 garlic cloves. Add 1 to
2 teaspoons of honey and stir. You may increase the amount of honey to suit your tastebuds.
Drink the juice before lunch for 13 days. Children love this effective remedy!
CONSTIPATION
Plum Jam
4 pounds 6 ounces ripe plums
3-1/2 ounces honey
1 tablespoon apple vinegar
3-1/2 ounces tamarind jam
Put pitted plums and 1/3 of the pits into large pot. Fill the pot with water and boil for one hour, uncovered. Stir occasionally and add more water if necessary. After an hour, remove the pits and continue to let the mixture simmer for another 15 minutes. After the jam has cooled, add honey, apple vinegar and tamarind jam. Pour the jam into glass containers that can be tightly sealed.
Take one tablespoon of plum jam in the morning on an empty stomach. Continue this treatment until you overcome constipation.
CHRONIC CONSTIPATION
Herbal Oil
1 pint cold-pressed (extra virgin) olive oil
1 handful black elderberries
Ѕ handful rosemary blossoms
1 tablespoon senna
1 tablespoon flax seed
1 valerian root
Mix olive oil with rosemary blossoms, senna and black elderberries. Shake well, and set aside in a dark place in a tightly sealed container for three days. On the fourth day, crush flax seeds with mortar and pestle; add to the olive oil mixture. Crush valerian root and add to the oil. Shake the container vigorously. Seal tightly and set aside for 7 days, shaking the container twice a day, mornings and evenings. On the eighth day, strain the oil through a gauze cloth, pour into dark bottles and store in a dark place. Take one tablespoon of the herbal oil in the morning on an empty stomach. If need be, take an additional tablespoon before supper. Take it until you are regular and therefore happier again.
FOREHEAD AND NECK WRINKLES
Quince Compress
Remove the fuzz of the quince fruit, cut into thin slices and air dry in the shade. Place the dried fruit with 2 twigs of rosemary with blossoms and 1 twig of lavender with blossoms in a clear bottle. Fill the bottle with alcohol and seal tightly. Place the bottle fore 13 days in the sun, shake 3-5 times daily, strain through gauze and store in dark bottles.
Apply in a compress to the forehead and neck for 13 minutes. Enjoy the experience. Listen to the birds, the wind, some music and remember wonderful moments of you life or think about wonderful moments yet to come.
FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH
Wild Garlic (Allium usinum)
This herb was well known to the Celts, Teutonic tribes and ancient Romans. They gave this unassuming, wild plant of the lily family the name herba salutaris,
"healing herb".
Wild Garlic should be eaten fresh in the spring, before the plant starts to bloom. Take a handful to eat with bread or add it to your salad.
Wild Garlic cleanses the blood and intestines. It improves the intestinal flora and is effective against acne, fungus and eczema. It also lowers high blood pressure, fights arteriosclerosis, and increases the body's immune system.
Wild Garlic in Olive Oil
To have your Fountain of Youth available all through the year, harvest the leaves prior to blooming.
Cut leaves into small pieces, put them in a bottle with a wide neck and add cold-pressed olive oil.
Close and protect from light. Take one tablespoon daily.
WARTS
Wild Garlic Juice
During full moon at midnight, apply fresh wild garlic juice to the wart. You can substitute freshly squeezed juice from a domestic garlic clove if necessary.
Apply the juice several times. Make sure the warts are exposed to direct moonlight in open air for at least 3 minutes. During these 3 minutes, tell you body to stop nurturing these warts, tell the warts to leave. A simple charm is sometimes helpful:
Wart, wart, go away
You can't stay or disobey
Wart, wart, do away.
FRECKLES
Garlic Vinegar Paste
Crush 3 garlic cloves with mortar and pestle, add fruit vinegar one drop at a time to make spreadable paste. Apply the paste mornings and evenings to affected areas for 13 minutes, remove and apply Bride-of-the-Sun Salve. This past works well against age spots also.
Bride-of-the-Sun Salve
1 handful wild garlic
1 cup marigold blossoms
9 rosemary blossoms
9 lavender blossoms
1 cup goat butter, olive oil, or neutral base
Use olive oil or goat butter over a low flame for a base. (Or purchase neutral salve base at your health store or a pharmacy). Over low flame carefully mix in an earthenware or an enamel pot, marigold blossoms, rosemary blossoms and lavender blossoms with a wooden spoon. Simmer for 3 minutes. Remove and allow to cool. Cover and store in a cool place. The next day heat again over low flame, gently stirring for 7 minutes. Cool to body temperature and strain through gauze cloth. Fill glass or earthenware container, cover tightly and store in cool, dark place. Apply thin film of the salve to affected area. Do not use heavy application, rather repeat treatment more often. This salve is also recommended for boils, scar tissue and insect bites.
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