Wouldn’t you love to give a great gift this Christmas? I have three suggestions this year. They’re homemade and delicious, but don’t worry, that doesn’t mean you’ll be slaving over a hot stove!
These are easy, but beware.
You’ll want to make a couple extra batches for yourself.
Or how about oranges with chili peppers? There are countless variations. Pour your finished product into clean, glass canning jars and for a personalized touch, make your own labels. Here’s a basic recipe for Cherry Chutney from Sally Fallon’s book, Nourishing Traditions:
4 cups ripe cherries, pitted and quartered
½ teaspoon coriander seeds
½ teaspoon whole cloves
Grated rind and juice of 1 orange
1/8 cup Sucanat
¼ cup whey
2 teaspoons sea salt
½ cup filtered water
Mix cherries with spices and orange rind, place in a quart-sized, wide-mouth mason jar and press down lightly. Mix remaining ingredients and pour into jar, adding more water if necessary to cover the cherries. The top of the chutney should be at least 1 inch below the top of the jar. Cover tightly and keep at room temperature for 2 days before transferring to refrigerator. This should be eaten within 2 months.
Enjoy!
Over the river and through the woods, to Grandmother’s house we go! And to your sister’s and brother’s and maybe another’s and stuffing and eggnog and pies, oh my…before you know it, the holiday becomes a time of over eating and over drinking. So what can we do to prepare? Keep these must-have remedies on hand and be prepared for unending feasting.
The best way to use these homeopathic remedies is to take one dose every 3-4 hours over the period of 1-2 days. When improved, stop.
1) When over eating has caused nausea that you wish would just produce vomiting to get it over with, then your remedy is Nux vomica 30.
2) Nux vomica is also a capitol choice for the proverbial hangover. It will end nausea and vomiting in relatively short order.
3) When relentless vomiting is the main symptom, try Ipecac 30.
4) When there is simple indigestion and over acidity, then Nat phos 6x can be taken every hour. Use in place of antacids.
5) For true food poisoning such that causes chills, stomach pains and anxiety then Arsenicum album 30 should be taken. This is best saved for when your turkey is tainted.
6) And one more tip for good measure! For indigestion, add a splash of vinegar to a glass of water and drink. It will bring soothing relief.
Try these tried and true homeopathic remedies this year and you might just find it easier to enjoy yourself – Happy Thanksgiving!
Do you know how you felt on the first Christmas when you learned that there was no Santa? That feeling of exhilaration because of the festivities, family and gifts, but then a let down from the reminder that the kindly old fellow didn’t really exist.
Well, that’s the way I felt at the Weston A. Price Conference last weekend in Dallas.
The camaraderie, the astute and inspiring speakers, and then the recollection of the cold reality that we have a mountain to move to get our voices heard regarding food and health freedom.
Then again, the pure delight of meeting so many able people. This was often followed by sadness when my glance met the eyes of moms who were suffering remorse when they realized they had previously made questionable choices for their families.
Up, down, up down.
It was almost dizzying with intellectual and arousing shifts. I needed to put it all straight in my head.
After pondering it on my flight home, I came away from it all with three ideas:
1) That this freedom movement will be arduous, but possible and even quite probable.
2) That what we had given our children and what we had allowed them to be subjected to, compared to what we give them now involves an important path that is practically necessary to a newly acquired thought process. For, we’d probably not be interested in any of this, if it hadn’t been for someone we love who has suffered at the hand of industrialized foods and chemical medical methods.
3) That we’re not alone; each in our own cities and towns, with joined hands around the world in one of the most riveting movements of our times.
I met and dined with a wonderful 70+ year old architect from Australia, a young father from England and a woman from South America. I met Conservative Jews, Amish, Bible-based Christians, Roman Catholics, New- Agers, Conservatives, Liberals, and Libertarians. And we all agreed on one thing…..health freedom is a commanding movement in our world.
I’ve been interested and involved in this philosophy for nearly 30 years. It has shaped the posturing of my mothering skills, professional choices and political positions…. even my religious affiliation.
Yet, until I experienced the depth and breadth of this conference with over 1500 participants, it had never occurred to me in most of those years that this could be a full-fledged faction of such proportion.
Surely there is a Santa. I know, because I’ve met his elves.
They were all bustling at the Weston A. Price Conference in Dallas and they’re making their place in American and world history.
Real food, family farms, drug free medicine and empowerment to families is real.
Santa lives!
I recently came across an article that described what the original Thanksgiving dinner would have been like. It
seemed to look down its long aquiline nose at the simpler fare of 1621, as if our modern smorgasbord actually could boast a superior culinary position. Today, typical meals include lavish, sweet pies made with vegetable oils as folks smear margarines across their white, yeasty, refined rolls. The vaccinated, domesticated, farm raised turkeys sit satiated with nutritionally vacant stuffing…often from a box.
Let me take you back to the feast that started it all. I’m grateful that we can imitate that 17th century wisdom and enjoy humble, pilgrim foods, even now, centuries later.
The Pilgrim’s spread would have included organic venison, wild turkey, goose and duck. They had dibs on local seafood and cod, bass, lobster and clams could have been served, too.
Their thanksgiving feast wasn’t infused with white sugars or corn syrup so don’t expect to see bowls filled with cranberry jelly in the shape of the can or bright yellow, sweet corn. Instead, they munched on toothsome flint corn, which the Indians toasted.
Instead of rolls and breads made with from bleached and processed flours, expect to see hearty cornbread and sourdough bread.
Smart moms make these breads to this very day!
Pilgrims hadn’t yet filled their gardens with potatoes, so instead they stewed and boiled their pumpkin with cinnamon, ginger, butter and vinegar. Wholesome vegetables like radishes, carrots, beans, lettuces, parsnips and leaks would have been on their menu, too.
Likely, their seasonal and regional fruits, such as grapes and plums would have made a satisfying tart, seasoned with rosemary and cinnamon.
Yes, their foods were simple. Their foods were safe. They were not finessed and fussed, but they were wholesome, local, organic and smart. Animal fats and proteins were plentiful, tart flavors were added to the bland and their wheat was fermented.
Time may have provided us with convenient kitchen aids like the oven and Cuisinart, but good, nutrient dense, whole foods are not a fad.
Thank God.
May you and your family enjoy a happy and wholesome Thanksgiving.
Love,
Who am I?
I am fearful and anxious
I am restless and pace around the room
I have burning pain, but feel much better with warmth!
I am nauseous from food poisoning
I am Arsenicum album
Who am I?
I am over the top and over-indulge
I have gastro-intestinal disturbances
I am impatient and irritable
I am cold and chilly and want to stay under the covers
I am Nux vomica
So, just remember us especially when you have a gastro intestinal problem.
Do you clamor for simple, inexpensive, cartel-free medicine? …….Medicine of the values of old? 
I did. But it wasn’t until after suffering from chronic fatigue, debilitating allergies and anxiety attacks, that I found this genuine medicine. How unlike my ancestors, I was!
My Sicilian grandmothers believed you went to the hospital to die. They birthed their babies at home, treated colds and flu’s with a good dose of sweat, sleep and garlic and nursed their big families through many ills without the aid of doctors, clinics, hospitals and drugs.
As for me, after relying too long on modern day McMedicine, I finally grasped that drugs dole out detrimental side effects that made me sick.
The reason for this is that they suppress our body’s ability to address the problem and drive the disease to a deeper level.
What hypocrites!
Yes, conventional drugs cause illness instead of removing it.
So, how could I re-gain robust health and confidently treat my family, while avoiding the dangers of drugs?
The answer was simple.
I learned homeopathy.
I came to this by way of my illness and I finally realized that the only person looking out for my family and me is Me!
The human body is a miraculous machine. It’s capable of great resilience and healing ability, often in spite of our abuses. Once I experienced the gentle, yet powerful curative action of homeopathy, I was hooked.
At first, I learned enough to treat my family with homeopathy and then I committed to going to school to become a homeopath.
Now I’ve been helping others for over 16 years, I’ve been able to bring robust health to my family and teach others how to do the same.
We’re a drug-free family. No, I don’t mean we sometimes use them, I mean that my family of 5 has never ever used an antibiotic, analgesics or any other allopathic drug in over 24 years!
Bronchitis? No problem: Antimonium tart.
Knee injury? Why, it’s just Arnica montana.
Flu? Oscillococcinum.
It’s often that easy.
I want all moms to be hooked! Because whoever you are, you too, can cure your family with homeopathy.
And you will not be alone. Homeopathy is used throughout the world by millions: doctors, hospitals, monasteries, moms at home and all those are who tired of medications that only and most certainly cause further ailments.
So what is homeopathy? It’s a well-established form of medicine, dating back to an 18th century. It’s based on the principle called the “Law of Similars”, that “like heals like”.
It’s simple. If a substance, poison ivy, for example, causes a certain type of rash for a healthy person, then homeopathic poison ivy, Rhus tox (which is a highly diluted and concussed version), can bring about a cure for a sick person who is experiencing a similar rash. So, it’s a perfect choice for similar illnesses such as chicken pox or an eczematous rash.
Like heals like.
The compelling premise behind homeopathy is that there is a mechanism in each of us which is capable of coming to balance if given the correct stimulus. This is achieved by using a homeopathic remedy that is chosen not for the disease, but rather the person who is experiencing the disease.
Homeopathy treats the individual and not the pathology.
Symptoms are the outward expression on the inner disease; hence, symptoms are of value in determining the remedy. And once the symptoms are gathered, a remedy is chosen using the symptoms as indicators. You don’t treat the symptoms. You don’t manage illness, you resolve it.
Another way to put it? You cure the person. You uproot the propensity for the return of the illness.
Moreover, it’s inexpensive medicine.
So, if you pride yourself in being frugal, tenacious and autonomous, if you love being in control of taking care of your family’s well being, if you get a thrill out of learning a skill that will serve you and your family for generations, then this medicine, called homeopathy, is the method of care for you.
I have too much information to keep to myself.
Stay close by and I’ll teach as much as I can about what I’ve learned.
If you’re just starting out with homeopathy, you’ve probably discovered just how well it brings swift relief to injuries and illnesses. But don’t stop there!
Did you know about two easy cell salts, which when combined, help the weakened body during convalescence?
Calc phos 6x and Ferr phos 6x are two remedies, which do amazing work after an illness has taken its toll. They rebuild, replenish and rejuvenate!
I like to recommend taking them together in water. Drop 4 pellets of each, together in 4 ounces of water. Take a sip (approx. 1 tsp), every 3-4 hours, for several days after an illness. Keep this aqueous solution nearby in a glass bottle or mug but they may also be taken by simply tossing 3-4 pills in the mouth until they dissolve.
Either way, it works in the same fashion…..by restoring wellness to its full capacity.
I designed it especially to provide a framework to guide you through your remedy choices. It is perfect for busy mothers and others who love curing their families themselves.
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