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HEALTHY FOOD · AUGUST 2017
HERBS
WITH
HEALING
PROPERTIES
H
erbal remedies are all the rage, and there’s
good reason for that. Long ago, people in
society relied solely on what they could
harvest from the earth. Science has proven
that people were healthier than we are
now. They had no processed foods or added nutrients or
additives or harmful substances. All they had were good
old fashioned and powerful herbs. They are what fed us as
a society, what nurtured and replenished us and allowed
us to survive harsh conditions, catastrophic storms, and
changes in our ecosystem.
CALENDULA
Calendula is wonderful for wounds and
skin irritation. It can also help ease pain
from minor burns and cramping. Use it
as a salve or in tea.
Now that people—scientists, nutritionists, lay people—
have taken stock, read the studies, seen the long-lasting
effects of poor food choices, unhealthy diets, and virtual
immobility, they’ve embraced a return to healthier ways
of eating. The best part of eating is the healing properties
associated with some of Mother Earth’s most bountiful
herbs.
Herbs like ginger, parsley, and even the ubiquitous
dandelion that many of us wore in our hair as a child
contain natural healing properties. Who knew! Those
examples are some of the simplest products to find
almost anywhere in the world. Thankfully, you don’t have
to have a green thumb or a degree in horticulture to find
them, grow them, and reap all the healing benefits from
them.
Check out the list of readily available herbs that contain
medicinal and healing properties that you can eat, drink,
or grow right in your very own garden, or even in a potted
plant garden inside your home. Do yourself a favor, save
money, and more importantly, nurture your body with
natural substances.
DANDELION
Dandelion root helps keep your
liver, kidneys, spleen, and gallbladder
running properly. Eat them in a salad, turn
them into wine, or eat just as they are.
ECHINACEA
Echinacea helps stimulate your
immune system and does
wonders to prevent colds.
ALOE
FENNEL
Aloe is the perfect soothing
agent for treating sunburn, skin
eruptions like scrapes and cuts,
bug bites and for treating minor
burns. All you have to do is break
off a leaf and squeeze its contents
directly to the affected area. It’s that
easy! It’s even safe to ingest to help
ease heartburn and constipation.
Fennel treats coughs, gas, indigestion,
arthritis and so much more. Drink it. Eat
it. Heal from it.
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