by Svetlana Konnikova

When I was a child my mama told me a story about one small and clever animal who used his instincts to survive by foraging for just the right “medicine” from Nature’s green pharmacy. I adapted this story that takes us back to our natural roots to my own words and told it to my children. They understood what it means to be in harmony with Nature and all she provides.

They admired how the small and clever animal successfully treated and healed his wounds. It became my children’s favorite and they requested it time and again. Sometimes you can see this small animal in our own backyards, depending on where you live. Each time the story is told by someone new, the words are bound to change, but the moral remains crystal clear. Trust in Nature to be healed.

As you see, even a small animal knows that Mother Nature is the best healer. How can we explore and make useful Nature’s green pharmacy? It is not difficult at all, as you might think. Look in your kitchen cupboard for yellow onion, garlic, cabbage, or ginger. You can make five amazing home remedies and treat headaches, acne pustules, stubborn cors, burns, travel sickness and other problems.

Remedy One: Rub the highly anticeptic cloves of garlic (peeled and cut open) on acne pustules and other infected pimples.

Remedy Two: Crush garlic and apply to stubborn corns to draw them out. Fold a bandage into three layers with the garlic in between and roll over the finger or toe.

Remedy Three: Cut one slice of yellow onion and put it on incsect stings–you’ll get rapid relief.

Remedy Four: Lie down and apply washed fresh cabbage leaves as a plaster to the forehead and temples for 15 minutes to soothe a burn or bruise or to relieve headaches.

Remedy Five: Chew a piece of crystallized ginger or eat ginger candy or cookies to prevent travel sickness such as nausea and vomiting during long journeys in a car or boat.

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