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- Drink homemade barley water (see chapter 4 for recipe).
- Raw foods and juices are alkaline, so concentrate on them; they will
also strengthen your overall immune system if you are not a “cold”
type of person and underweight. If you have diffi culty consuming
excess roughage because of bowel problems, consult a natural healer
for alternative suggestions. - To help fi ght the bacterial infection, include garlic and thyme in your
cooking.
f Every two hours, drink a tea containing equal amounts of yarrow leaf,
dandelion root, cleavers leaf, and marshmallow root. Should there be
blood in the urine (and even if not), add corn silk because this will
encourage rapid water release as well as soothing the infl ammation
and consequent bleeding. An equal part of juniper berry will help
disinfect the area and act as a diuretic.
f Take antimicrobial herbs like olive leaf, echinacea root tincture, and
turmeric rhizome for fourteen days, depending on the severity of the
cystitis. In the case of prostatitis, add saw palmetto berry.
~ Have regular baths and showers to keep yourself clean. Apple cider
vinegar in the bathwater will help, plus a few drops of any or all of the
following essential oils: cedar wood, eucalyptus, bergamot, lavender,
or juniper. Don’t stay in the bath too long; keep the water warm
rather than hot.
~ Wear a long skirt or baggy trousers and no underwear, if possible.
Alternatively, wear loose-fi tting cotton or silk underwear. Avoid tight,
constricting clothing made from manmade fi bers.
~ Make sure your bowels are moving at least two or three times daily
because your carefully selected fl uid intake will disinfect and cleanse
the bacteria from the system. If these harmful toxins are left to stay in
the system too long, reinfection will occur, and healing will be a slow
process.
~ Avoid being cold and chilled. Take time for yourself to heal, and
spend time in bed, if possible with natural-fi ber bedding.
dandruff
Dandruff is commonly caused by an imbalance in the oil-secreting glands
or by a slight fungal infection, so check that you don’t have candidiasis or
oral thrush. A hormone or endocrine imbalance may also cause dandruff.
- No coffee, tea, sugar, or junk food should be consumed.
- Switch to a whole-food diet.
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