Herbal Household Remedies

cucumber, oatmeal

• Aching feet can be soothed with a mush of cucumber. Cut up several large cucumbers, whip them into a thick mush in a blender and refrigerate the mush until cold. Find two pans that accommodate your feet, one each, put the mush in the pans and put your bare feet in the mush, squishing it between your toes. Relax and enjoy the soothing cooling sensation.
• If your feet are hot, tired and aching and you long for a hot treatment instead, cook up a large pot of oatmeal, make the consistency soupy. Stick your feet in the pan while the oatmeal is still as hot as you can tolerate it and let your feet soak for an hour. Do not discard the oatmeal solution after using it, it can be used several times if reheated.

cherry, eggplant

• Tea from cherry bark, and other ingredients, counteracts the effect of spoiled fish in general.  Bring to a boil 1 pint of water and add 1 tsp of cherry bark, 1 tsp of fresh, grated ginger root, and 1tsp of Bermuda onion, finely chopped, then cover and reduce heat,  Let simmer for 7 minutes.  Remove from the stove and let steep for another 20 minutes to half hour.  While still lukewarm, drink both cups.
• The calyx of an eggplant, turned into a tea, neutralized the side effects of certain berry and mushroom poisonings, and also stops smoker’s hacking coughs.  in 2 cups pf water, simmer 2.5 tsp of chopped eggplant calyx for 20 minutes and drink while still warm.

basil, pumpkin / squash

• Basil tea is a multi-purpose healing tea. To reduce fever, inhale the steam from hot basil tea by placing your head over a bowl filled with the hot tea, and cover your head with a heavy towel while doing so. To make the tea, use fresh basil leaves and unground seed: Bring 2 pints of water to a boil, add 15 basil seeds. Cover, reduce heat, and let simmer slowly for 45 minutes. Remove from head and add 1-1/2 handfuls of fresh or half-dried basil, steep for another 25 minutes.
• Tea made of pumpkin or squash leaves or equal parts for both reduce fever, too: Bring 2 quarts of water to a boil, snip in a couple of double handfuls of pumpkin and/ or squash leaves with a pair of shears or scissors. Cover, remove from heat, let steep for 35 minutes, then drink a cup of the tea every couple of hours. The same tea also helps to fight diarrhea.