Herbal Household Remedies

Many women feel dizzy during pregnancy. Avoid herbal remedies as well as herb teas while you are pregnant or nursing, as the effect of many herbs on your baby are not sufficiently researched.

If you feel dizzy during pregnancy, lie down immediately and turn onto your left side. Lying on your left side maximizes the blood flow to your heart and from there to your baby and your brain. This also works as a remedy against dizziness when you are not pregnant, of course.

Catnip tea is very good for overcoming dizziness of any kind, and besides helps you to sleep better if you drink it as a night cap. The following tea also reduces fever and the misery that comes with hay fever and nausea:

Bring 1/2 cup of water to a boil, add a tsp of freshly cut or dried catnip after removing the water from the heat and let steep for 20 minutes. Drink lukewarm, and you can add honey to taste.

This “Miracle Carrot Soup”, mixed with carob powder (2%), can fight even the E. coli bacteria in infants! Serves 6, or can be refrigerated and used for medicinal purposes when necessary.

• 5.5 washed, unpeeled carrots
• 8 cups water
• 1/2 tsp kelp
• 1/2 tsp sea salt
• 1/2 tsp honey
• 1/2 chopped onion
• 6 tbsps melted butter
• 6 tbsps flour
• 2 cups hot milk

Chop carrots fine. Combine them with water, kelp, sea salt and honey. Cook for 1 hour. Add chopped onions and simmer on low heat for 10 minutes longer. Melt butter in a skillet on medium-to-low heat. Slowly stir in flour, be careful not to brown it. Simmer for 10 minutes without burning, stirring frequently. The add hot milk to the skillet and whip smooth by hand with a wire whip. Add this to the soup, whipping thoroughly by hand until well mixed.