First-Aid Food for your Family
“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” This is according to Hippocrates, Father of Medicine some thousand plus years ago. During those times they really didn’t have the drugs we have today, so what they did was rely on natural and healthy fresh foods to cure sickness. And I’m sure a lot of us have experienced our elders giving us homemade herbal drinks and dishes that don’t taste so good but are very effective in relieving aches, pains, colds, and many other illnesses.
Take for example, cherries. In the old days, black cherries were used to treat gout, a very painful form of arthritis. It was observed in one study how a patient suffering from gout had the pain disappear by eating black cherries. Of course, this doesn’t mean we’re telling you to eat a bushel of black cherries if you do have gout. This only suggests that fresh foods amy help relieve pain and treat certain illnesses.
Another popular food that has healing powers is parsley. This natural breath-freshener has impressive nutritional and medicinal benefits. It’s a good source of antioxidant vitamins A and C, plus calcium, iron, and other vitamins and minerals. In traditional herbal medicine, bruised parsley leaves have been made into poultices for insect bites, contusions, and itchy or chapped skin; the leaves or seeds used to settle the stomach, decrease flatulence, and treat colic; and the leaves and roots employed as a diuretic.
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