When the black death, the plague, raged in the Middle Ages, terrified people scoured the woods and marshes for medicinal herbs. They dug up angelica by the running streams and in damp clearings, for they felt certain that this plant would help them. Next to a plant called butterbur (in German, ‘plague root’), angelica was [...]

Athlete’s foot and nail mycosis are stubborn infections. It is easy to acquire the fungus from infected scales of skin dropped on the floor of changing rooms in public swimming baths, or through contact with persons who suffer from the infection. If you want to treat these infections successfully you will have to cut the [...]

A healthy, unrefined diet will supply sufficient calcium, fluoride and other important elements to keep the dentine and enamel in perfect condition. Primitive people have such beautiful teeth because their crude diet supplies all the elements they need to preserve their teeth in a healthy condition, whereas we, with our denatured food, suffer from all [...]

I have noticed many times that we cannot be too careful with birthmarks. Take care not to scratch them; they are best left alone, for to try and get rid of them by means of remedies or surgery is not without danger. In fact, it can mean that cancer cells, which might be present, begin [...]

Externally, apply crushed comfrey root to the affected parts and you will find that the pain will gradually subside. Tincture of comfrey (Symphosan) is excellent also, and butterbur (Petasites officinalis) is a good supporting remedy. For further supportive medicine you can prepare an infusion made of birch leaves, imperial masterwort (Imperatoria), restharrow (Ononis spinosa), anise [...]