* 1 gallon of white vinegar.
* 1 cup of table salt.
* 1 tablespoon of liquid dish soap.

Mix everything together making sure the salt is completely dissolved. You can then pour this into a spray bottle or one of those weed sprayers you can get at any garden center. You spray this solution directly on the weeds you want to get rid of preferably on a hot day. One thing to remember with this solution is to not get it on anything you don’t want to kill and don’t spray it on the soil. It is non-selective in what it kills meaning it will kill any plant life it comes in contact with and it will sterilize the soil for up to two years depending on how much you get on the soil.

Herbal Tea: Elder Flower Tea

Elder flowers have a bitter and pungent taste with a cooling tendency. They cleanse the blood, encourage the elimination of wastes through the skin, and are a diuretic.

Ingredients:
1 tsp elder flowers
1 cup boiling water
1/2 tsp maple syrup

Directions:
Steep flowers in boiling water for 5 minutes; strain and add maple syrup. (Flowers may also be steeped in 1 cup of hot cow’s milk or soy milk, for occasional use only.)

Serves 1

My nephew tried to stick a penny into a plug.

Whoever said a penny doesn’t go far didn’t see him shoot across that floor.

I told him he was grounded.
Tim Allen

Garlic the Stinkin Rose

Pets

Veterinarians call it the “poor man’s penicillin”. It is an essential part of the daily diet of some of the world’s most highly prized racehorses. You guessed it The Stinkin Rose, the natural way to keep your pets at their best.

Many veterinarians commonly prescribes garlic as part of there flea prevention program and for treating and preventing allergy flare-ups. They also believe it may help prevent certain cancers in pets. Researchers attribute garlic’s ability to control parasites to its powerful antibacterial action. They say it controls the growth of microorganisms.

Several top priced thoroughbreds consume buckets of the Stinkin Rose everyday. breeders found that modern medicines were not always effective against the various diseases that used to cripple horses. Lord John Fitzgerald was the first of the local trainers to experiment with the garlic. He used it to prevent viruses, eliminate worms and keep the blood thin, which protects the heart.

Garlic has had its brush with celebrity pets, as well. When actress June Lockhart started losing the battle with her dog Tony’s fleas, she was told to mix garlic extract with his food. ” The flea problem just disappeared,” she said. In fact Lockhart, who became a spokesperson for International Hearing Dog Inc., after staring in the Lassie TV series, was so excited by garlic’s power that she arranged for the extract to be sent out with every newly trained dog.

You should try to use fresh garlic, but if you can’t then granulated or extracts will suffice if you have no choice. Just grate or mince a little into your pet’s food at every meal. About 1/2 to 3 cloves depending on the size of your pet.

I use garlic when I get a cold or flu, to fight off the bugs.  If you can keep from using the common antibiotic when you can avoid it, then when you really need to take them they are more likely to work for you.  I get garlic in pill form to up the amount I ingest when I am sick.

Numerous modern studies confirm that garlic has definite antibiotic properties and is effective against many bacteria, fungi and viruses.

One significant advantage of garlic is that the body does not seem to build up a resistance to it as it does too many modern antibiotics. This also makes it potentially effective against hospital superbugs

Syrup of Garlic

Syrup of Garlic is an invaluable medicine for asthma, hoarseness, coughs, difficulty of breathing, and most other disorders of the lungs, being of particular virtue in chronic bronchitis, on account of its powers of promoting expectoration.

It is made by pouring a quart of water, boiled hot, upon a pound of the fresh root, cut into slices, and allowed to stand in a closed vessel for twelve hours, sugar then being added to make it of the consistency of syrup. Vinegar and honey greatly improve this syrup as a medicine. A little caraway and sweet fennel seed bruised and boiled for a short time in the vinegar before it is added to the Garlic, will cover the pungent smell of the latter.

OR

A remedy for asthma, that was formerly most popular, is a syrup of Garlic, made by boiling the bulbs till soft and adding an equal quantity of vinegar to the water in which they have been boiled, and then sugared and boiled down to a syrup. The syrup is then poured over the boiled bulbs, which have been allowed to dry meanwhile, and kept in a jar. Each morning a bulb or two is to be taken, with a spoonful of the syrup.

An infusion of the bruised bulbs, given before and after every meal, has been considered of good effect in epilepsy.

A clove or two of Garlic, pounded with honey and taken two or three nights successively, is good in rheumatism.

There are a few side effects to taking garlic

Side effects include breath and body odor, heartburn, upset stomach, and allergic reactions. These side effects are more common with raw garlic.  

 Garlic can thin the blood (reduce the ability of blood to clot) in a manner similar to aspirin. This effect may be a problem during or after surgery.

Garlic has been found to interfere with the effectiveness of saquinavir, a drug used to treat HIV infection. Its effect on other drugs has not been well studied

Tell your health care providers about any complementary and alternative practices you use. Give them a full picture of what you do to manage your health. This will help ensure coordinated and safe care.

Herbal Tea: Elder Flower Tea

Elder flowers have a bitter and pungent taste with a cooling tendency. They cleanse the blood, encourage the elimination of wastes through the skin, and are a diuretic.

Ingredients:
1 tsp elder flowers
1 cup boiling water
1/2 tsp maple syrup

Directions:
Steep flowers in boiling water for 5 minutes; strain and add maple syrup. (Flowers may also be steeped in 1 cup of hot cow’s milk or soy milk, for occasional use only.)

Serves 1

1/4 pound seedless raisins

3 ounces ginger root

3 cups of honey

6 lemons

4 oranges
1 gallon of distilled water

Put the water in a large pan. Add the softened ginger root, honey, and seedless raisins. Bring to a boil and simmer for about an hour. Skim the top as needed. Cool, strain and place in a tightly closed container overnight in the refrigerator.

The next day, squeeze 6 lemons and 4 oranges and add to the mixture. Mix well.

Drink 2-3 glasses per day.

Ginger Tea
The Best Cold Remedy from the Orient

In both ayurvedic and traditional Chinese medicine, ginger is considered the best home remedy for colds. Drink a cup of ginger tea several times (at least 3 times) a day. Ginger contains a dozen antiviral compounds. And it tastes good.

To make a tea, add 1 heaping teaspoon of grated fresh ginger root to 1 cup of boiled water. Allow it to steep for 10 minutes. If you use dried ginger powder use 1/3 to 1/2 teaspoon of powdered ginger per cup. Drink warm.

Sip the tea slowly. Don’t gulp it down. Swish it around the mouth before swallowing. This helps the liquid to mix with the enzymes in the saliva and rapidly assimilates the herbs into the blood stream.