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| Horseradish root |
Horseradish has been used for centuries to treat various health complaints. The Greeks used it as a therapeutic rub for lower back pain, and also as an aphrodisiac. The American Indians used it to relieve headaches by rubbing it on the forehead. Some compounds in horseradish have antibacterial properties which explains why horseradish may help to treat boils, wounds and other skin infections.
Horseradish Remedies
Acne/Boils - Horseradish can help to calm down inflamation and treat minor skin infections. Add two teaspoons of grated horseradish to half a cup of honey and leave overnight. Apply mixture three to four times a day with cotton wool to the affected skin until healed.
Arthritis - Horseradish helps by irritating the skin which then encourages blood flow to relieve the inflamation. Boil a cup of milk and mix in two tablespoons of grated horseradish. Soak a clean cloth in the mixture ans apply to the affected area. The mixture when cooled to a tolerable temperature can also be massaged into the sore joint or muscle.
Aching feet - Take one or two horseradish leaves and gently blanch these. Remove any fibres running through the leaves and then strap to the bottom of the feet with a bandage. Leave for around thirty minutes. This may also help treat fungal foot infections.
Headaches - To one tablespoon of finely grated horseradish add half to one tablespoon of water. Wrap in a muslin cloth and apply to the area of the headache. Sniffing freshly grated horseradish can also help.
Itch skin - Make horseradish juice and apply to the affected parts of the skin.
Toothache - Grate horseradish and apply to the affected tooth and gum.
Stings. Grate horseradish and apply to the stung part of the body for around twenty minutes
Nasal Congestion and Sinus Infection - Sniffing grated horseradish can help nasal congestion and clearing of mucus from the chest.
Late Dr. Christopher, the famous medical herbalist recommended horseradish as a reliable remedy for sinus infections. Start with 1/4 teaspoon of the freshly grated root and hold it in your mouth until all the taste is gone. It will immediately start cutting the mucus loose from the sinuses to drain down the throat. This will relieve the pressure in your sinuses and help clear infection.
The root has also been used for indigestion and putrefaction in the digestive tract. Grate the root and squeeze out the juice. Take 15 to 20 drops of this juice three times a day between meals. Horseradish has long been taken with fish or meats to cut the fat and counteract spoilage. If a person were to eat horseradish with meat suspected to be spoiled (and all meat is in a degree of spoilage, beginning to putrefy as soon as the animal is slaughtered), by taking horseradish, you could ensure that the digestive tract would produce a protective mucous coat that could prevent further irritation, inflammation, nausea and possible absorb some of the putrefied substances in the meat.
Late Dr. Christopher, the famous medical herbalist recommended horseradish as a reliable remedy for sinus infections. Start with 1/4 teaspoon of the freshly grated root and hold it in your mouth until all the taste is gone. It will immediately start cutting the mucus loose from the sinuses to drain down the throat. This will relieve the pressure in your sinuses and help clear infection.
The root has also been used for indigestion and putrefaction in the digestive tract. Grate the root and squeeze out the juice. Take 15 to 20 drops of this juice three times a day between meals. Horseradish has long been taken with fish or meats to cut the fat and counteract spoilage. If a person were to eat horseradish with meat suspected to be spoiled (and all meat is in a degree of spoilage, beginning to putrefy as soon as the animal is slaughtered), by taking horseradish, you could ensure that the digestive tract would produce a protective mucous coat that could prevent further irritation, inflammation, nausea and possible absorb some of the putrefied substances in the meat.
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