Montu was a very good badminton player and had been selected to represent his school in the interstate school championships. Unfortunately, he got a sudden fit of depression at the time he was supposed to leave by train. He was perforce left out of the team squad. He was so upset that he lost every [...]

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 [...]

Toxins in the system, which stem from infectious disease, must be eliminated or they will lead to future ill health. A case of mumps that has been neglected or not fully cured can lead to pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas) in later life. An inflammation of the middle ear may be a result of suppressed [...]

Nasal catarrh or a cold, accompanied by a pus-like sticky discharge, may be cured in its acute stage by sipping a glass of hot water to which have been added five drops of iodine tincture. A person allergic to iodine, especially in cases of exophthalmic goitre, may obtain the same quick result by using five [...]

As a control centre of paramount importance, the pituitary should receive extra care and attention. Because of its important functions, it is well protected in an inaccessible bony hollow at the base of the skull. The only way to care for it is by looking after one’s general health. Thus, it is worthwhile supplying the [...]

This is another frequent but usually harmless childhood disease. The commonest site of trouble is in the parotid glands, but in the case of boys, the testicles and epididymis may also be affected. Serious complications can ensue when the disease is contracted by an adult male and the essential tissue of the testicles is destroyed, [...]