Health

eco preschools has a Healing Garden and children grow plants with proven medicinal properties. Children learn about herbal medicines, their ingredients and application. Permission is sought before we apply any herbal remedy.

Parents look forward to our regular newsletter which contains herbal remedies which can be useful for the entire family. Some examples include:

ANEMIA

Each day drink ¼ cup beet juice added to some fresh carrot juice.

ANTISEPTICS

Carrots

Boil carrots, mash them, and apply to sores to extract pus and heal the area. Carrots are a very strong antiseptic.

Garlic

Extracts of garlic buds contain allicin, a powerful antibacterial agent. In Russia during WWII, in the absence of penicillin and other antibiotics, garlic powder was used to treat wounds. For a tasty anti cold remedy, combine finely cut beefsteak tomatoes, red onions, mashed garlic buds, vegetable oil and lemon juice. Eat as much as you can stand!

Ginger

Wild ginger contains a broad spectrum antibiotic active against bacteria and fungi. Ginger root or powder added to herbal drinks at the onset of a cold causes perspiration and alleviates cold symptoms. Do not use in great amounts. Use a small amount in bath water too.

BEDWETTING

Marjoram

Wild marjoram tea is said to help bedwetting problems as well as nightmares.

St. John’s Wort

Also called hypericum: Prepare a tea with an ounce of flowers to a pint of boiling water to try to overcome night time bedwetting. The herb is also an exceptional first aid for wounds, bleeding and bruises. The flowers give off red juice. The oil can be obtained by suspending a tightly closed glass jar of the flowers in the sun.

Health-related tips

CHAPPED HANDS

Leek

Blend the juice of a fresh leek into your favourite cream, and use it to overcome chapped hands.

Aloe Vera

Apply the gel from the inside of the leaves of the house plant to heal chapped hands, skin lesion, or minor burns.

CYSTITIS

Cranberry Juice

Drink lots of cleansing cranberry juice. Douche with cranberry juice and water.

Bibliography
Buchman, D. 1979 “Herbal Medicine, The Natural Way to Stay Well”