Traditional Food Remedies

It's not a science to stay healthy. Treating yourself with love and respect is all you need. If you truly love and respect yourself, you will eat right and exercise/take care of your body. Eating right means eating your power foods, eating healthy foods prepared in healthy way and eating appropriate amounts of foods. Exercise is simple. You don't have to do sit ups or push ups to exercise; walk if you can instead of driving or emailing someone, cleaning your house and it's environs (I swear that's exercise, at least when I do it), playing with your children or pets for example all constitute great, easy ways to keep active. Don't just work work work, have time to play also.

My dad has this book entitled "The Top 100 Traditional Remedies: Home Remedies for Health and Well Being." I wanted to share a few with you to help you naturally boost your immune system and make positive change in your life.

Grapefruit
Originatin in Jamaica in 1814, grapefruit shares with other citrus fruits a high level of vitamin C and plenty potassium.
Properties/Actions: boots immunity, lowers cholesterol and supports digestion.
Parts used: whole fruit, peeled.

Chickpea
Chickpeas are grown from the equatorial tropics to the temperate northern latitues of Russia, and are among the most nutritious of pulses.
Properties/Actions: mimics oestrogen, antiseptic, diuretic.
Parts used: whole pulse

Oats
Oats are highly nutritious and are a traditional rememdy for soothing nervous conditions and aiding digestive complaints.
Properties/Actions: nerve tonic, eases digestive problems, anti-depressant, prevents heart disease, anti-spasmodic, emollient.
Parts used: whole grain

Rosemary
A potent, stimulating herb, rosemary is an old-fashioned rememdy for everything from colds and colic, to nervousness and eczema.
Properties/Actions: astringent, anti-spasmodic, invigorating, nervine.
Parts used: leaves
Extra tid bit: used in shampoos, rosemary is also reputed to prevent premature baldness.

Tumeric
Grown for its root, tumeric is the most common flavour and colour present in Far Eastern cooking, and the root has a host of medicinal properties.
Properties/Actions: treats liver, stimulates secretion of bile, analgesic, fights cancer, lowers cholesterol.
Parts used: root

Seaweed
Seaweed is a mrine algae, the oldest form of life on the planet, and it contains a host of health-giving properties, particularly minerals.
Properties/Actions: high in iodine, supports thyroid and metabolism, mucilaginous, clears liver stagnation, lymphatic cleanser.
Parts used: whole plant

Oyster
Oysters are a type of shellfish that is not only a renowed aphrodisiac, but also full of health-promoting vitamins, minerals and other nutrients.
Properties/Actions: high in iodine, enhances the reproductive system, rich in zinc, high in vitamin E and omega-3 fats.
Parts used: oyster.
Extra tid bit: Oysters are bisexual, or inter-sexual, changing from males to females.

Yoghurt
A cultured milk product, yoghurt is positively brimming with "friendly" bacteria and many health-promoting nutrients.
Properties/Actions: contains "friendly" bacteria, fights infections, helps stomach ulcers, rich in calcium.
Parts used: fermented milk
Extra tid bit: Ancient Bedouins discovered that heat and movement fermented the milk to create yoghurt.

Honey
Ancient societies around the world used honey as an energy food. It has evoled as a unique and powerful remedy for a wide variety of complaints.
Properties/Actions: helps insomnia, treats fungla infections, aids healing.
Parts used: bee's honey.
Extra tid bit: In ancient Greece the alcoholic honey drink mead was regarded as the drink of the gods.