Herbal Household Remedies

Bananas are great fatigue fighters, and so is this delicious banana bread

Ingredients:

• 1.5 cups all purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
• 2 egg whites
• 3/4 cup dark honey
• 1/4 cup blackstrap molasses
• 1 cup mashed ripe banana
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1/2 cup chopped, pitted dates
• liquid lecithin from any health food store to oil the bread pan

Stir together all dry ingredients, then blend well egg whites, honey, molasses, and the banana.  Add oil while stirring continually, then turn the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients.  Add dates last.  Oil loaf pan (8×4x2) with lecithin and pour the batter into the pan.  Bake at 355F for 55 minutes.  Let cool for 10 minutes inside the pan, then remove from the pan.

banana, carrot, peppers, parsnip, tomato

• Bananas are the perfect mid-morning snack that keeps adults cheerful and attentive, overall less tired, at work.
• A glass of carrot juice will give you a surge of energy, probably because carrots have a high natural sugar content. If you mix pineapple juice and carrot juice equally, you get a good drink for those who have to deal with hypoglycemia.
• Capsicum and paprika both increase energy levels. Eating different kinds of peppers, including cayenne peppers, regularly gives you additional vitality and vigor.
• Parsnips are great fatigue fighters, and also help the body to cleanse itself. For those with hypoglycemia, their diet should include parsnip once a day or at least every other day. The same counts for those recovering from serious illness or surgery.
• A diet that contains plenty of tomatoes can also help in fighting hypoglycemia, fatigue and lack of energy in general.

cucumber, elderberries, fennel seed and barley

• A slice of cucumber over each eye soothes tired, inflamed eyes. If you suffer from bloodshot eyes, eye itching and eye inflammation because of hay fever and similar allergies, mash cucumber and apply the poultice, in a cheesecloth, on the eyelids for half an hour.
• A tea from elderberries makes a soothing eye lotion for sore eyes. Just cook the berries lightly.
• To get rid of eye strain and irritation of the eyes, cook some barley in plenty of water, then strain. Then bring 1 pint of barley water to a boil and add 1.5 tsp fennel seed. Let simmer for 5 minutes, then steep for exactly 20 minutes.