Extracts from A.Vogel’s Gesundheits-Nachrichten and from the classic work, The Nature Doctor.
The principle of totality which modern biological medicine aspires to
is also applicable to nutrition. It is well known that
medications from fresh plants are superior to those from dried sources.
The same applies for food remedies and above all for seasonings which
are made from fresh plants since they are far superior in taste and
nutritional value and have more active ingredients than those prepared
from normal dried spices.
Not everyone has their own herb garden. It is therefore good to
know that Herbamare is made in this completely different way and is of
the highest quality. Cooking amateurs and experts are very impressed by and
enthusiastic about the natural rich aroma, taste and delicacy of this
seasoning.
Extract from: “A.Vogel Gesundheits-Nachrichten”, May 1964
Salt is a
remedy for many ailments, but not in the form in which it is usually
ingested. Bathing in sea water is recommended for glandular
disturbances, which so often result in obesity. The thyroid also
benefits from sea-bathing, and anyone who suffers from goitre or
similar thyroid problems (hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism) will
obtain good results from it too. If you live in a landlocked area
and do not have access to the sea, you can use dry or moist salt packs
at home to draw away water from the tissues. For this reason,
anyone suffering from oedema, swellings of a dropsical nature, will
find salt packs an answer to his problem.
Gargling with salt
water is an excellent substitute for the more expensive antiseptics and
herbal mouthwashes sold over the counter – the effect is just as
good. In cases of catarrh or inflammation of the mucosa, tepid
salt water should be sniffed up the nostrils, which should then be
rinsed with clear water. This simple treatment, when practised
regularly, will reduce any susceptibility to respiratory ailments, that
is, catarrh and sore throats. Naturally, if you do live by the
sea, it would be better to use sea water, provided that it is
uncontaminated. Use cooking salt instead, if that is all you have
available.
Salt has a good effect when used externally and it is
also beneficial when taken orally. However, for internal use
common cooking salt, iodised or fluorinated salt should not be used if
at all possible, only sea salt or herbal salt, which are much
better. The trace elements found in sea salt and herbal salt
benefit the endocrine glands and normalise both hypofunction and
hyperfunction.
Obesity is often the result of insufficient
glandular function, and in such cases ordinary salt will aggravate the
condition by increasing the body weight still more. On the other
hand, a herbal salt containing seaweed has the opposite effect.
In fact, if Herbamare seasoning salt is used regularly, quite a few
pounds of excess weight will be lost in a natural way. With high
blood pressure, avoid excess salt intake. Salt is an excellent
preservative, even for fresh plant extracts, and does not reduce their
therapeutic value. Salt is widely used in homoeopathy too where
it is known by the name Natrum muriaticum.
Where surgery is necessary, it should not be considered as a complete
cure, making further treatment unnecessary. On the contrary,
post-operative treatment is essential in order to eradicate the cause
of the disease. Iodine remedies, especially in the case of
exophthalmic goitre, are not all indicated and should be carefully
avoided. Instead, choose foods that contain traces of organic
iodine, for these definitely serve to cure goitre.
Once again,
the two herbal seasoning salts Herbamare and Herbamare Zesty, both made
with sea salt, are recommended first of all. Furthermore,
effective post-operative treatment of goitre includes plant products
rich in fibre and iodine. Watercress is high in iodine and should
eaten in salads when it is in season. It is also good for
exophthalmic goitre and will not harm the patient. In addition,
homoeopathic and herbal remedies and herbal remedies can used to good
effect.
Cabbage poultices, alternating with clay poultices, preferably prepared
with a decoction of oak bark, have been found excellent for the
treatment of goitre. If the cabbage poultices prove too strong in
their effect, leave them on only as long as the patient is able to
stand them. In time, the period of application may be extended as
the patient becomes accustomed to them. Let me add that kelp in
combination with Urticalcin have given good results in post-operative
treatment too.
Extracts from: Alfred Vogel, The Nature Doctor, A.Vogel Publishing House, Teufen (first published 1952) and Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh (Jubilee Edition 2003).
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