18
Feb

Cramps

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cabbage, cumin, ginger, marjoram, oregano, thyme

For external usage:

  • Cut out the midribs from several large green cabbage leaves and iron them with a steam iron until they are soft as velvet. Rub a little olive oil on one side and put them on the area of pain, covering them with a heavy towel. Leave for a while before changing again. GUARANTEED relief, every single time.
  • For a cumin poultice that relieves stomach cramps, gall bladder and liver pains, soak 2.5 tbsps of cumin seed in hot water for two hours, then crush them with a rolling pin or something else heavy. Then add some drops of peppermint oil to some hot water, and mix a little white flour, the crushed cumin seeds and hot water to form a thin paste. Spread the paste on a piece of clean cloth and apply to the abdomen.
  • Hot ginger compresses relief pains of many sorts, abdominal cramps, muscular aches and pains, even neuralgia and kidney stone attacks: 1.5 grated unpeeled ginger roots need to be tied in a small cloth, then hung for 7 minutes into a gallon of hot water that just stopped boiling. The ginger juice colors the water golden. Towels dipped in the still very hot water, then gently squeezed and applied to the aching spot, should stay warm for 15-20 minutes and grant relief. The procedure might be repeated for a total treatment of about 45 minutes, and repeated after 4-6 hours.

For internal usage:

  • A tea made of cumin seeds relieves muscle spasms: Steep 1 tsp of cumin seeds in 1 pint of water for half an hour, strain and drink as warm as you wish.
  • Warm or slightly coolish tea from marjoram and oregano, a tsp each added to a pint of water that just stopped boiling, and let stew for half an hour and strained, relieves cramps too.
  • Thyme tea relieves stomach cramps as well as migraines. Drink one cup of warm thyme tea on an empty stomach before lying down for a while. Here is how you brew thyme tea: Bring 1-3/4 pints f water to a boil and steep a dozen sprigs of fresh or dried thyme in it. Remove from heat, cover, and let steep for half an hour.

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Category : Cabbage / cumin / ginger / marjoram / oregano / thyme