QUESTIONS OF NUTRITION – WHOLE RICE (BROWN RICE) (CONCLUSION)

This experience provides a strong argument in favour of changing over to whole cereals, including whole wheat and whole rye. It is incomprehensible how students who have seen films or experiments showing what happens to pigeons when they are fed on refined rice can continue to eat the very food that is responsible for such [...]

THE CURATIVE EFFECTS OF WHEAT GERM OIL

In my discussion on wheat and wholegrain bread I highlight the merits of wholegrain products and how the various cereals grown in different parts of the earth are a useful source of food that does not perish easily. It was only a few decades ago when researchers discovered that wheat germ is, in fact, an [...]

VARIOUS DIETS AND TREATMENTS – THE SCHLENZ METHOD (BATHS OF INCREASING TEMPERATURE) – WATER TREATMENT IN JAPAN

Some time later I learned about the regenerative and curative effects of hot water treatments as used in Japan. The temperature of their baths surpasses that of blood temperature, and it is interesting to note that rheumatism and cancer are seldom heard of where these hot water baths are taken regularly. Some researchers even claim [...]

SEASONINGS – CULINARY HERBS ARE MEDICINES – CRESS

Some of the cress varieties used for food are garden cress {Lepidium sativum), watercress {Nasturtium officinale), nasturtium {Tropaeo-lum majus) and alpine cress {Hutchinsia alpina). In all, about 90 different varieties are known in the temperate zones of the earth. Some are used for flavouring, and most of them have a medicinal effect, although varying in [...]

A BRIEF GUIDE TO SELECTED HOMOEOPATHIC REMEDIES – ACONITUM NAPELLUS (ACONITE, MONKSHOOD) – CONCLUSION

Homoeopathic Aconitum and Belladonna should be in everyone’s medicine chest, for they are more frequently used than any other remedy for first aid. However, we do not recommend Aconitum tincture as it is dangerous, even though some doctors prescribe it for neuralgia caused by a cold, for gout and for rheumatism. There are other, safer [...]