Digestion

Edited from a Video Cassette tape with the subject:

Top Ten Herbs for Medical Emergencies (C1998),
Lecture by Dr. Richard Schulze.
Published by:

The University of Natural Healing, Inc.
355 West Rio Road, Suite 201,
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902
(804) 973-0262

Digestive Herbs, Ginger, Peppermint and Fennel. Latin name and genus: Zingiber officinallis, Mentha piperita, and Foeniculium vulgare. Use the root for ginger, the leaf for peppermint, and the seed for
fennel.

Uses: Relieve gas, digestive cramps, colic, heartburn, nausea, and vomiting. They are also a wonderful aid to digestion. This is where the idea of "after dinner mint" came from.

Few people would think that digestive herbs would make the top ten, but digestive distress is one of the most common reasons people go to hospital emergency rooms. It can lead to diseases such as stomach ulcers, colitis, intestinal bleeding and cause severe lack of nutrient assimilation, which causes all disease. It can also kill.

Emergency internal dosage: For tincture and tea blend use 33% ginger root, 33% peppermint leaf, and 33% fennel seed, although you can use the herbs individually by themselves. For tincture use 1 to 5 dropperfuls mixed with water.

Maintenance dose: 1 dropperful mixed with 2 ounces of water 3 times daily.

Tea: To 16 ounces of water add one of the following herbs or mix. If used by themselves, then use the following amounts: Ginger root, 1 tablespoon fresh or 1 teaspoon dried root and simmer 15 minutes. Fennel seed, 1 tablespoon of seed and simmer 15 minutes. Peppermint leaf, 1 heaping tablespoon of dried leaf or 2 tablespoons of fresh leaf.

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