Symptoms of Tonsillitis

Tonsillitis can easily be confused with sore throat. Tonsillitis differs in symptoms from sore throat in there are while spots on the tonsils. The following are some of the symptoms of tonsillitis that you need to look out for:-

• white spots on the tonsils
• Difficulties in swallowing food.
• High body temperature
• There could also be bad smelling breath
• Body aches 

There a variety of herbal treatments for treating tonsillitis. The best is an antibacterial mix. The antibacterial mix is composed of equal parts of thyme tincture, propolis tincture, mountain grape and one and half garlic juice. These should mixed together and put in a clean, dark glass bottle and stored at room temperature.

Dosage: Take at least 5 ml of the antibacterial mix diluted with some water and taken three times a day

Lack of Appetite in Children

In the book Health Through God's Pharmacy, the author Maria Treben gives a testimony on how some herbs helped a mother who had a 2 year old baby with a chronic loss of appetite. The baby developed dark rings under the eyes as a result and hardly ever ventured out. Maria Treben says she advised the mother to give the child a Thyme bath which was prepared from 50gm of herbs. To prepare such a bath the cut Thyme leaves are first put in boiling water with 1 heaped teaspoon of cut leaves per cup of healing water. The water is then allowed to cool to the level that a patient normally prefers. The amount of leaves can be doubled for a strong decoction.

Maria Treben further says she advised the woman with a child with chronic loss of appetite to start giving the child I cup of Stinging Nettle tea daily. To cut the story short the happy mother later returned with the good news that the child had soon after the treatment  showed a good appetite and enjoyed going outdoors.

Thyme Herb Remedies

Thyme is one of the most effective herbs when it comes to treating ringworms, thrush, and athlete's foot. It is an antifungal and antiseptic herb.  The ancient Egyptians used thyme during the embalming process and the Greeks used it in their baths.

How To Use

Dilute the essential oil in a base oil to apply to ringworms, thrush, athlete's foot and other fungal skin diseases. It can also be used as a lotion to prevent infection in wounds, ulcers or gum disease.

Thyme is also antiseptic and boiling in water and gargling it 3 times a day after cooling it is very effective against inflamation of the throat. The inflamation normally disappears after two to five days.

Variagated Lemon Thyme

Head Lice Home Remedies

Head lice

Studies have recently shown that liberal use of some medicinal pesticidal lotions we get from the chemist to combat head lice have resulted in cases of toxicity. There are however some home remedies from the herbal and plant that are as effective without being toxic that can help in treating head lice.

Head lice home remedies

•  Add two or three drops of Essential oil of Thyme to a table spoon of a bland shampoo and mix well. Massage into the wet hair and scalp. Leave for 5 minutes and afterwards rinse thoroughly with warm water
• After the above treatment rinse the hair with equal parts of warm water and cider vinegar to deal with the lice eggs that may be embedded in the pores of the scalp
• Repeat this treatment everyday until the lice is gone.
• Make sure you apply tea tree oil to the comb for safe keeping.