Some Old Time Remedies For The NEW THREAT

This is not a cure for carona.

I actually dont want to write this because I am extremely upset about the way the world is reacting to the new Caronavires.

But I already did the research so I may as well share it.

This is not a cure, and now I will go back to the top and write it there as well.

But here are a list of foods and herbs that are known to have anti virus actions and afterwards I will explain why these in specific and link my sources.

Chamomile 

Citrus peels

Passion flowers 

Hony 

Propolis 

Parsley 

Celery

Spinach 

Kale

Tea

Broccoli 

Cucumber 

Red onions 

Clover blossom 

Peppermint 

Rosemary 

Oregano 

Dandelion 

Carrots 

Now before you get upset and say, what a bunch of foods and herbs are the answer to this world wide epademic? And this guy also spells things wrong? 

Yeah well had to write this from my phone so sorry about that.

SO IS THERE A MEDICAL  CURE FOR THE CORONAVIRUS?

I think so

I think that its Remdesivir but it is not yet aproved by the FDA.

Why do I think this here are the two reasons in the links below 

Here is the story showing how it was used as a last resort in California

And here is the first article that I found it mentioned in

So before I go into why I think we are not hearing about this yet.

This is why I think the above list was worth my time.

If you read about how the Remdesivir works its a nucleoside analogue which means it stops the virus from being able to reproduce by messing with how it produces its energy, I think , but you can go back and see for yourself if you would like. 

Flavonoids are a petrochemical in plants that are known to kill certain viruses.

Now there was an extensive research done on how a number of them work and you may read it here.

link to article on flavonoids

So the list above is of the common foods and herbs that contain the flavonoids from the study which if you read the whole thing work similarly to the drug Remdesivir.

Ok so then whats the problem why are we in a world wide panic?

Well it could be that remedesivir is not safe, there probably is not enough of it if too many people are infected.

Maybe I am wrong, just ask my wife it happens a lot. 

But in my opinion we all spend way too much time looking at our phones and being scared.

How I Built My Own Bio Filter For My Gray Water System

When we bought our home a few years back we knew that there was a problem with the plumbing, three drainage pipes from three kitchen sink were too small and would keep on greeting clogged. 

Eventually I just had to drill a hole in the wall and let the water dragon into the garden. 

The trees and flower bushes really loved it. 

But it was a bit nasty. 

Finally I put together this bio filter and it seems to work great. 

Here is how I did it...

I cut a plastic barrel in half and drilled a drainage hole half way up one of the sides. 

Then the bottom up to the drainage hole with wood chips inside a steel screen. 

I feed the pipe from the sink through an older planter pot with more steel screen and some old astroterf for a filter.

Then I added some alovera and gravel. 

Covered it up with stone to look nice and done. 

Just some green thinking..

Spirulina - So Is It Really Good For You?

With my last order of dry herbs from my supplier I received a complimentary bottle of Spirulina capsules.

Be then I never took the stuff on a regular basis.

But after taking it for a while I did feel an overall effect of better health.

So was it all in my head? 

After reading up on the research it seems not. 

There is some good proof that Spirulina helps with allergies and heart disease, as will as a number of other things. 

Also it is safe to take and is a good source of vitamins and other goodies for the body, so why not? 

Here is a link to a great article that sums up the research. 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3136577/

Digestive Tonic Syrup

So after years of success with my winter herbal formulas for colds and couphs I really wanted to create a new formula for some thing different. 

So after a few tims of my kids complaning about stomach aiches I decided that it was time for a syrup for digestional discomforts. 

The formula I put together was actually really simple.

It consisted of four herbs. 

• Pepper mint 

• Spiramint

• Sage

• Ginger

In order for the syrup to be tasty I only used a small amount of the sage in comparison to the other three herbs. 

I started off by boiling 30 grams of fresh Ginger in one liter of water for about 15 minutes, then I added 30 grams of dry spiramint, 30 grams of dry pepper mint and ten grams of sage and let it steep for about an hour.

After straining and pressing the concenrated extract and filtering it through a cheese cloth I added 1.5 grams of sugar for every ml of liquid and heated over a low flam until all the sugar was disolved. 

It came out good, the tast is good and also the effect. What is really nice about it is that the strong mint has a fast cooling efect on the stomach as soon as you take it.   

Fast Tincture Making Using 98% Alcohol

How to make a tincture in a day.

Its is always best to make your tinctures by letting the herbs sit in the alcohol for at least a week, but what to do when you need to make a tincture now, like today. 

I have been making a winter cold syrup for many years now using a great formula that really works well. It is a really simple one also. I know that Ihave written about it in the past but I'll write it out here as well. 

It is made by adding equal parts of the six plants listed below.

• Elder flowers
• Elderberries
• Chamomile
• Linden
• Yarrow
• Catnip

About a year ago I started to offer it in tincture form as well. 

The problem is the time it takes to make and well I guess that is also my problem of not preparing enough in advance.

So at the beginning of the winter when someone asked for the tincture form and I had not been prepared I used 98% alcohol mixed with a high concentrated water base extract to make a quick fix tincture that worked out pretty well. 

This is how I did it and the out come worked well.

But still I would suggest being better prepared and not having to go this route. 

I blended 25 grams of the mixed dry herbs until it was a fine powder.

Then I added 200 ml of boiling water and left it to steep for about an hour. 

After pressing and filtering I had about 100 ml of a very dark water based extract that I added an equivalent amount of the 98% alcohol to. 

There was some sort of congeling that happened as a reaction to the alcohol so I needed to run it through a cheesecloth again, but still the resulting 49% alcohol herbal extract that I had as a finished product was perfect for what I needed. 

I had a bottle for myself that I used and it worked great.

Why Doesn't Black Cohosh Work?

If you have been taking Black Cohosh for hot flashes or PMS and it is not working, here are a few of the possible reasons. 

Maybe it's not right for you:

studies show that Black Cohosh is shown to help 20-50% of women by decreasing the unwanted symptoms of PMS.

This means that it doesn't help 50-80% of them 

You have not been taking it for long enough:

The endocrine system is not easily manipulated. 

Hot flashes and PMS are hormonal issues. The system that controls all the release and reuptake of hormones is called the endocrine system.  

The endocrine system is very well balanced and well protected.

Trust me you don't want to drastically alter this one, any changes made should be slow and gradual so that all of the important parts have time to adjust. 

This means that anything that is going to make a positive change needs to be taken regularly for an appropriate amount of time. 

You are not taking enough:

proper dosage is a huge factor in taking any herbal medicine, even more so when you are trying to affect something as complicated as the endocrine system. 

Other reasons:

Truth be told, any other reasons would fall under the first thing that I said. 

It may just be that black cohosh is not the herb your body needs to help balance it out. 

other herbal options can be vetex and cramp bark.

Peppermint Leaf - Uses In Chinese Medicine

Latin Name - Mentha x piperita

pharmaceutical name : folium menthae piperitae 

Parts Used - Leaf

Functions And Indications

Promotes sweating, dispels wind cold and opens the sinuses, relieves pain and congestion.

External wind cold- sneezing, fatigue, headache, chills, possible feverishness and cold and flu onset.

Head damp cold and lung wind cold - sinus congestion and pain, sneezing coughing and watery nasal discharge, chilliness - acute sinusitis, rhinitis, otitis, laryngitis and bronchitis.

Stimulates digestion, promotes secretion, reduces liver congestion and relieves gas, settles the stomach and stops vomiting, reduces infection and clears parasites.

Gallbladder and stomach Qi stagnation - ingestion, growling stomach, gas, appetite loss, biliary, gastric, and pancreatic dyspepsia

Liver Qi stagnation - sever frontal or occipital headache, indigestion, nausea, abdominal and right flank pain and distension, liver congestion and chronic hepatitis.

Nausea and vomiting from stomach Qi reflux.

Viral and bacterial infection.
Peptic ulcer, ulcerative colitis.

Intestinal parasites - scabies, ringworm.

Circulates the Qi, releases constraint and relieves pain.

Intestines Qi constraint - painful and gassy digestion with cramps, worse with stress.

Gallbladder/gallstone colic.

Uterus Qi constraint - painful menses with clots and cramps.

Spasmodic dysmenorrhea.
Migraine, headache.
Neuralgia, sciatica.

Stimulates and balances the nerves,relieves dizziness and benefits vision.

Liver yang rising (liver/endocrine disharmony) - dizziness, headache and tremors.

Dizziness, concentration loss, vertigo, coma.

Hypotension.

Vision imparment.

Stops lactation and reduces breast congestion.

Excessive lactation - for weaning.

Curtailed or congested breast milk.

Reduces inflammation, relieves pain and itching, repels insects.

Skin inflammation and pruritus, burns, scalds, acne, boils and eczema.

Rheumatic pain, fibromialgie, toothache, pruritus.

Mosquito and gnat repellent.