BURNS

Arum lily

Apply a fresh leaf to the area.

Bulbinella (Bulbinefrutescens)

Squeeze out juice and apply to the burn.

Aloe

Apply the inner, jelly-like leaf to the painful area.

Potato

Place the inner side of the peel onto the burn.

Sour fig

Pulp a leaf and apply to the area. Bind in place with a crepe bandage.

CALLOUSES AND CORNS

Ivy

Soak a leafin vinegar and salt — 25 ml of each — overnight. The following night bind the leaf over the area and leave on for twelve hours. Repeat this procedure nightly until the area softens and peels away.

Herbal Beauty

Comfrey

Chop a piece of comfrey leaf finely and squeeze out as much juice as possible. Apply juice to the area nightly. Bind in place.

Sour fig

Work crushed leaves into the area every night in the bath, using a pumice stone. (Bulbinella or Aloe davyana are also effective.)

CANCER

Include the following in the diet: grated fresh carrots and a little chopped carrot leaves, fresh parsley, violet flowers and leaves (NB: Viola odorata, the common garden violet), grapes (including leaves and a few tendrils) and elder flowers.

CHAPPED SKIN, HANDS

Leek

Blend leek juice into your favourite handcream. Chop leek leaves and roots finely, put through a juice extractor.

Oats

Use soaked oats as a rub or blend with liquid soap as a wash.

Comfrey

Add the juice to your favourite handcream. Castor oil plant

Rub a little oil into the area every night. Olive oil, almond oil

Rub a little oil into the area every night.

CHEST AILMENTS

Include the following in the diet: oranges, lemons, naartjies, fresh carrots, elderberries, garlic, horseradish (freshly grated root), onions, chives, parsley, green pepper, spinach and watercress.

Make a standard brew tea of any of these herbs: Comfrey, Elder, Verbascum (mullein), Violet, Wilde als or Honeysuckle (flowers).

CHILBLAINS

Include the following in the diet: dandelion greens, figs and guavas.

Cayenne pepper

Include in the diet in winter. Add a little to talcum powder and dust the feet before going out on a bitterly cold day. Cayenne keeps the body warm.

Ginger

Use powdered ginger as a condiment. Add to talcum powder and dust the feet.

Onion

Roast and use as a poultice on the chilblain. Bind in place. If the skin is unbroken, use a slice of raw onion on the area.

Potato

Bake and mash the inside. Mix with a little medicinal olive oil or sunflower oil. Apply warm to the area.

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