Alzheimer’s disease, 177;
parsley, as blood purifier, 96
potatoes: benefits from, 31, 32–vitamin B complex, 73, 137; passionflower, 163
35; compress for headaches,
vitamin C for flu or colds,
Pascal, Blaise, 51
138; for congestion, 31, 82,
72, 73, 137; vitamin P, 179;
Pavlov, Ivan, 69
216; for dizziness, 176; for
vitamin teas, 96–97, 169,
peanut allergies, 86, 89
headaches, 137; history of,
238–39
penicillin, 11–12, 86
31–32
Index @ 305
potato starch, 35
relaxation: aromatherapy for,
S
prescription drugs: chemicals
193, 280; baths for, 166–67,
sage: for colds/cleansing, 76;
in, 26, 154–55, 167; cost of,
223; colors blue or green
essential oil from, 223; for
21–22
for, 107; communing with
insomnia, 168; purifying
preservation action of bogs,
Mother Nature as, 209
environment with, 222; for
15–16
respiratory health support: aloe,
rejuvenating bath, 120; in tea
preventive medicine, 28
220; aromatherapy, 212;
with thyme and linden, 191
preventive natural remedies:
garlic, 220; grapes, 43; linden
Saint-Exupery, Antoine de, 83
for allergies, 87, 95–98; for
and oregano, 210; nettle
salad dressing, 87
Alzheimer’s disease, 177; for
mixture, 102; pine bath, 217;
salicine, 77
asthmatic attacks, 217; for
rosemary, 214
salty bath, 60, 115
atherosclerosis, 18, 80; citrus
rheumatism remedies: birch
sandalwood, 193, 212
fruits, 80–81; potato juice,
vodka or tincture, 58;
sauerkraut, for healthy gums,
33; rose hips, 64–65.
buckwheat, 179; cyclamen,
30
See also exercise; garlic
245; garden radish juice, 29;
sauna baths, 156–57, 238
primrose, 137
grapes, 38; lilac-based, 206;
scarlet flower story, 122–25
Pushkin, Alexander, 237, 238
linden, 57
sclerosis, buckwheat for, 179
pustules, garlic cloves for, 9
rhinitis, 85, 86, 91, 103–4.
sea salt, in lotion for allergyQ
See also sinus problems
related colds, 115
rice powder massage, 215
quince, 210
sedatives, 162–64, 166; about,
Riesling grapes, 44–45
R
167; chemical drugs, 26;
Romance drink for colds or
colors navy blue and green,
radiation, buckwheat for, 179
flu, 74
107; Greater celandine, 83;
raisins: benefits from, 46, 47,
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 126
honey, 61; hops-filled pillow,
210; warning about, 45
rose hips: for allergic
213; lemon balm, 145;
raspberries, for colds/cleansing,
reactions, 119; for asthma,
linden, 137; primrose, 137.
56–57, 68, 77, 79
219; for cleansing, 96; for
See also valerian
raspberry leaves and root, 70,
colds or flu, 57, 59, 73,
Self-Heal, 10, 104
138, 219
74, 76; for dermatitis, 100;
Semillon grapes, 44–45
reading books, 200, 224–25,
for energy, 186, 188; for
Seneca, 151, 184
273
flu, 70, 82; preserves from,
senna, for colds or flu, 73
“Reasons for Visiting
187; rose hips, 64–65, 66,
Shakespeare, William, 53, 150,
Physicians” (DHHS), 175
74; in vitamin teas, 169,
184, 202, 227
recipes: for buckwheat,
238–39
Shaw, Bernard, 56
180–81; Cleansing Maid, 87;
rose hips liqueur with vodka,
shepherd’s purse, for bleeding,
Cold Punch, 170; farmer’s
65–66
10
cheese, 95; grape compote,
rosemary, 164, 193, 214
shingles, grapevine tears for, 50
48; Mama’s Onion Salad,
rose oil, 192
Siberian elder. See black elder
98; Mary’s Root powder,
rose petals, 122
silver fir besoms, 238
103; Milk Punch, 170; for
roses, 122, 193, 214, 223
sinus problems, 103–4; allergic
preserves, 187; Red Wheels
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 198
rhinitis, 85, 86, 91; beets for,
salads, 19; salad dressing,
rowan trees, 243–44, 251
18, 60; chronic sinusitis, 85;
87; stuffed grape leaves, 49;
rue, for insomnia, 165
headaches, 145–46; onion
Sunny Berry Punch, 170
rum, for healthy hair, 30
drops for, 63; sources of, 88,
red bilberries, 58, 216
“Ruslan and Ludmila,” 152–53
89; symptoms of, 91
red onions, for headaches, 146
Russian proverbs, 20, 71, 111,
skin disorders. See dermatitis
red wine. See wine
150, 184, 259
remedies
redwood trees, 258
rutin, 179
skin health, singing for, 121
rejuvenating baths for children,
rye flowers for rejuvenating
sleep: allergies from lack of,
119–20
bath, 119, 120
90; chemicals for, 26; for
306 ^ Mama’s Home Remedies
cleansing, 55, 98; greater
lemon balm, 144–45; milk,
tiredness. See fatigue
celandine for, 83; herbal bath
69; oat straw, 83. See also
Tolstoi, Alexei, 51
for, 60; honey in warm water
managing stress; sedatives
Tolstoy, Leo, 84
for, 61; milk for, 178; modes
stroke, buckwheat for, 179
tomato slices, for corns, 30
(categories) of, 154. See also
strychnine poisoning, grapes
tonsillitis, 61
insomnia
for, 37
toxins: accumulation of, 53, 87,
sleeping pills, 154–55
stuffed grape leaves, 49
133, 238; air pollution, 108–smoking, allergic reactions
success, rules for attaining,
9, 211, 216, 236; irritants
to, 89
262–64
that provoke allergies, 88–89;
snakeskin, 130
sundew, for asthma, 219
rose water for clearing, 122.
“Snowdrop” (Andersen), 194,
sunflower oil, for respiratory
See also entries beginning with
195
system, 59
“cleansing”
socks, soaking in water, 139
sunlight and colors, 106–7
traditional medicine: about,
soldiers’ wounds heal with
sunlight, for throat, 68
7–8; for allergies, 93,
sphagnum moss, 14–15
Sunny Berry Punch recipe, 170
94–95; chemical drugs, 26,
sore throat, 33, 68–69, 81, 89
sweet clover, for insomnia, 164
154–55, 167; consulting
Southern Night balm, 168
Sweet Kiss drink, 68
with, 111; faith vs., 13;
sphagnum (peat moss), for
swollen glands, sources of, 89
medical irritants, 88; medical
wounds, 14–16
symptoms: of allergies, 91–93;
mistakes, 26–27; natural
Spinoza, Baruch, 51
of anemia, 138; of colds or
medicine and, 11, 16–17
spirits of ammonia vapors for
flu, 53, 72; of food allergies,
tranquilizers, 154
headache, 136
89; headache triggers and,
travel sickness, crystallized
spiritual health, 6
132–33; of stress, 37, 189
ginger for, 10
Spock, Benjamin, 126
T
trees: about, 258; healing power
sprains, daisies for, 10
talc massage, 215
of, 240–41, 245–46; human
Starfield, Barbara, 26–27
“Tale of the Firebird, Tsarevich
aspects of, 244; Latin names
Steinbeck, John, 84
Ivan and the Gray Wolf,”
for, 276–81; as talismans,
stimulating aromas, list of,
170, 171–72
230–38, 248, 254–57
193, 280
Talmud, 17
Trees (Kilmer), 247
St. John’s Wort: about,
tangerines, 81
tree soldiers of the emerald
142; for colds or flu, 73;
tannins, 61
forest, 108–9, 238
for dermatitis, 100; for
tea parties, 3–4
trembling, cause of, 190
insomnia, 164; for nervous
teas: calming, 168–69; vitamin,
Trio drink for colds or flu, 76
disorders, 143
96–97, 169, 238–39
tuberculosis, remedies for, 33,
stomach. See digestive system
tension-type headaches, 133
37, 210, 220
stories, list of, 294
terminology, 288–90
tuberose, 33
storks, stories about, 45–46
tetracycline, 12–13
Tuckerman, Henry Theodore,
strawberries, 68, 117, 144
Theophrastus, 275–76
202
strawberry leaves, 98, 102,
Thoreau, Henry David, 21, 51,
tumors, remedies for, 18, 19,
138, 219
110, 246
34
stress as distress: about,
“Three Daughters, Three Trees”
Turgenev, Ivan, 259
185; author’s experience
(Grandma), 241, 242–43
turnip, 29, 162, 218
of, 186–89, 193–94;
thyme: for allergic reactions,
“Twelve Months,” 53–54
differentiating healthy stress
119; for asthma, 219;
from, 189–90; sources of,
as disinfectant, 222; for
U
26, 190; symptoms of, 37,
headaches, 64, 146; for
ulcers, beets for, 18
132–33, 189
insomnia, 164, 168; for
“Under the Willow Tree”
stress, remedies for: chamomile
rejuvenating bath, 120; in tea
(Anderson), 77, 78
bath, 166–67; grape juice,
with sage and linden, 191
urinary tract health, 37, 102
37; Greater celandine, 83;
Tibetan remedy for fatigue, 210
uterine bleeding, 48
Index @ 307
V
vitamin B complex, 73, 137
dill, for sleep, 160, 168; from
valerian: about, 142; for allergic
vitamin C for flu or colds, 72,
elderberries, 82; in herbal
reactions, 105; in calming
73, 137
bath, 73; for insomnia, 160;
tea, 168, 169; essential oil
vitamin P, 179
for longevity and vitality,
from, 223; for headaches,
vitamin teas, 96–97, 169,
141; for mucus dilution, 216;
141; for insomnia, 163, 164,
238–39
in punch recipes, 170; for
165, 166, 168; for insomnia
Vitis-Isabella grapes, 44
respiratory disorders, 220; for
or nervousness, 141–42, 157;
vodka, 102, 115, 168, 176. See
Sweet Kiss recovery drink, 68
for relaxing bath, 166
also nastoykas
winter in Moldova, Russia,
“Valley of Flowers,” 268,
Vogel, H. C. A., 88
223–25
269–72
Vostokov, Victor F., 245
Wolfe, Thomas, 84
vanilla extract, 81, 170
W
women: stress levels of, 185;
vapors. See inhalation therapy
working away from home,
walnuts: for cleansing, 177;
varicose eczema, 92
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