In the past, housewives used to have a box which served as a modern-day pharmacy with different types of fruit, leaves and dry roots inside. There are still such pharmacies in our regions and villages. Such treatment has no side effects and costs quite low. Here are some recipes to enrich your box: Do not throw peel when eating apples since the best quality vinegar is made from apple peel. Eat apples with their seeds. The apple seed is rich in iodine and anti-cancer substances.
When you see peach leaves, gather them and dry them in the shade. You can mix them in equal quantities with plum leaves and brew and drink before eating. It is useful for bile stagnation. When you see a crab cherry tree, remove the stalks from the tip of the tree and dry them. It is the most effective and soothing remedy against cold in winter. Don’t throw the stalks when you cook sweet cherry jam. As a good diuretic, the sweet cherry stalk both cleanses kidneys and the urinary tract from inflammation, as well as helps lose weight. For this, you just need to brew the stalks and drink them. The seeds of the crab cherries are collected and crushed into powder. Patients with diabetes (type 2 diabetes) should put half a teaspoon of this powder into their mouths 3 times a day and drink 1 cup of water over it. It lowers diabetes in a very effective way. Cancer patients, however, can take it as the antioxidant source as described above.
Brewing quince leaves is also very useful for dissolving uterine cysts. So, chop up dried quince leaves, brew 2 tablespoons of them in 3 glasses of water and drink a glass of it an hour before meals 3 times a day. The duration of treatment is 1 month. If you want to continue the treatment, you can take 15 days off and then start again. Quince leaf brewing is also useful for colds and cough. You can also use quince seeds for this purpose. As you eat a quince, take its seeds out, dry them out and brew the seeds in milk and drink it. Put half a teaspoon of quince seeds in a glass of cold water and wait for one day. Drink it before meals if you have stomach ulcers, gastritis and coughs.
Dried willow leaves are brewed in water and drunk during rheumatism. Brewing of dried willow leaves purifies the blood and it has an anti-inflammatory effect. For rheumatism, take 2 medium-sized tablespoons of dried willow leaves or dried bark of the young branches of that tree, brew them in 3 glasses of water and drink a glass of it 2 hours before meals 3 times a day.
Do not throw the stalks when preparing strawberry jam. Dry them in the shade. Brew and drink it if you have a liver disease and gallbladder.
Brewing chestnut shells drops kidney stones and acts against prostatitis. It is a very strong blood-purifier. For this, brew 2 tablespoons of chopped shells in 3 glasses of water and drink a glass of it an hour before eating 3 times a day.
Hazelnut leaves brewing restores the blood circulation. If your hands and feet constantly feel cold, add some honey to this mixture and drink one glass of it 3 times a day. Hazelnuts leaves are also helpful for prostate growth (hyperplasia).
Do not throw away the screens of walnuts. Collect them and grind them in a coffee grinder and make paste by mixing 200 grams of it with half a kilo of honey. Mix a teaspoon of this paste with a glass of water and drink it twice a day. It eliminates iodine deficiency, opens the blood vessels of the brain and increases the brain nourishment. When collecting walnut leaves, you should prefer the younger ones and dry them. Brew them, add some honey and drink it. It is useful for vitamin deficiency in children and adults. Grind dried walnut leaves in a coffee grinder, mix it with henna, brew it and put it on your hair. This way you will get your hair dark chestnut-coloured.
Do not throw away the peel of a pomegranate. Dry it and brew 2 tablespoons of it in a glass of water for 5 minutes, pour it and then add some honey. The use of such a brew during diarrhea is irreplaceable. Cleansing the mouth with the brewing of the pomegranate peel cures oral wounds and strengthens the gum.
The use of medlar stalk brewing stops bloody diarrhea.
If you have high blood pressure and diabetes, drink olive leaf brewing every day.
Onion sellers in markets throw the onion peels away. But, in fact, onion peels are quite useful. Boil 2 handfuls of onion peel in 2 liters of milk over an low fire. If the one suffering from hemorrhoids sits in this brewed remedy once a day for half an hour, the knots will shrink.
The most nutritious part of the cabbage is its outer peel which we always throw away. The amount of vitamins gets less and less as we peel it.
Most of us like drinking tea with lemon. However, do not waste the peel of it, but dry and store it. For dyspnea and indigestion, lemon peel should be brewed like tea and drunk. Lemon peel also has an anthelmintic effect.
Dry and store the orange peel. Make paste by mixing 100 grams of dried orange peel with 0.5 kg of honey. Eat a teaspoon of it before meals 3 times a day. It is a very anthelmintic remedy.