Mama's Home Remedies: Discover Time-Tested Secrets of Good Health and the Pleasures of Natural Living

329 Pages·2008·11.95 MB·English

by  Svetlana Konnikova, Anna Maria Clement

IN PRAISE OF
Mama's Home Remedies
“The suggestions in this volume bring fruitful advice and invaluable
worth. Most people have forgotten that the simple things are at the center
of soulful nurturing and this health publication is an exemplary model
of such authentic knowledge. This book offers us an outline of happiness
and health. Everyone will benefit from these jewels of understanding
and I am sure that you will be as rewarded as I was after embracing
many of these natural prescriptions."
—Anna Maria Clement, PhD, NMD, codirector and chief health administrator
of Hippocrates Health Institute
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“I thoroughly enjoyed reading “Dialogue with the Trees of Strength and
Everlasting Life” in Mama’s Home Remedies. Svetlana Konnikova
fills this delightful essay on the importance of trees in our lives with
fascinating legends, appealing real-life personal and family stories,
poetry, home remedies, interesting nature facts, and motivating
aphorisms. She even includes a chart of the Trees of Life; mine is the
walnut, the tree of passion and power. Her descriptions of scenery paint
colorful pictures that make me want to go to the places she portrays.
I am proud that she quotes from my grandfather Joyce Kilmer’s poem,
“Trees.” I hope that her work will help to instill a deeper reverence
for the environment in readers everywhere.”
—Miriam A. Kilmer, artist and granddaughter of poet Joyce Kilmer, author of “Trees”
Mama's
Home Remedies
Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.
— Juvenal (A.D. 50-130), Roman Writer
A. K.
An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes
which can be made in a very narrow field.
—Niels Bohr (1885–1962), Danish physicist and Nobel Laureate
Mama's
Home Remedies
Discover Time-Tested Secrets of Good Health
and the Pleasures of Natural Living
Svetlana Konnikova, MA, AN
Foreword by Anna Maria Clement, PhD, NMD
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CONTENTS
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Foreword. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
Poem A Fine Mood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Chapter 1 — Rose Hips Tea Party. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Chapter 2 — “Even the Badger Knows…” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Chapter 3 — A Healthy Spirit Lives in a Healthy Body . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Chapter 4 — Stop Sneezes and Sniffles and Stifle a Cold . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Chapter 5 — A Sickness of the 21st Century . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Chapter 6 — Ourselves, Our Children, Allergens, and Happy Cells . . 111
Chapter 7 — Clever Remedies to Outsmart Headaches . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Chapter 8 — Sleeping Beauty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Chapter 9 — When Your Head Is Swimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Chapter 10 — Don’t Be Afraid of Good Stress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Chapter 11 — Trips to the Fairyland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Chapter 12 — Dialogue with the Trees of Strength and
Everlasting Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Chapter 13 — As Isis, So Is Mama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Chapter 14 — Nature’s Green Clinic: Useful Herbs,
Plants, Fruits and Vegetables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Endnotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Natural Health Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Useful Addresses/Herbal Suppliers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Acknowledgments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
A Note About the Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
About the Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
IMPORTANT NOTICE
he information and recommendations in this book have been practi-
cally tested and proven by many people. However, the information
Tcontained herein is to be used as a reference source only. The author
of this book is not a physician and the procedures, ideas, and suggestions in
this book are not intended as a substitute for the medical advice of a trained
health professional. Some herbs and plants used as remedies or food, internally
or externally, can cause allergic reactions in some individuals. These methods
should not be used for long-term problems and serious illness. Consult your
doctor or qualified health-care practitioner before adapting the suggestions in
this book. Always seek the advice of your physician about any condition that
may require diagnosis or medical treatment.
The statements made by the author regarding certain products and services
represent the views of the author alone, and do not constitute a recommenda-
tion or endorsement of any product or service by the publisher. The author and
publisher disclaim any liability arising directly or indirectly from the use of the
book. Neither the author nor the publisher can be held responsible for claims
arising from the inappropriate use of any remedy in this book or from the mis-
taken identity of any herbs or other components of the recipes herein.
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PREFACE
ama’s Home Remedies is an easy-to-read, learn-and-do practical
guide written for people unfamiliar with the basics of com-
Mmon herbal remedies but who wish to derive benefits from the
medicinal properties of herbs. These herbs have been healing peoples of the
world—Sumerians and Babylonians six thousand years before the Common
Era; Scythians (second and third centuries B.C.E.), the first and oldest tribes
of ancient Greece and Russia; and Egyptians four thousand years ago.
This book is written for everybody who has a desire to improve his or her
health naturally. Hundreds of natural treatments, small real-life anecdotes, and
inspirational notes are garnered from the personal observations, experience,
and life philosophy of several generations of women in one family and their
friends, passed down through centuries.
The therapeutic properties of more than 100 medicinal herbs, plants, and
trees are examined herein along with the true, lyrical and romantic memoirs of
a family who for many years supported each other. Life experience is paralleled
with ancient mythology and Grandma’s folk tales, fairy tales and legends.
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