Vegetable and Fruit Juices
for Specific Disorders.
Compiled
by Ivor Hughes.
Fresh
vegetable and fruit juices are full of vitamins, minerals and fresh
enzymes, see the article by Kat Morgenstern entitled
Kitchen Medicine.
And also check out Harry
Benjamin ND on the bookshelf of this site.
Use the site search engine, you will be surprised with what you may unearth.
Never mix fruit with vegetable juices .. they
are at different ends of the alkaline/acid spectrums. Such combinations
play havoc with the pH (acidity/alkalinity) of the digestive juices.
Apple is an exception it contains malic acid and not citric. It takes a
stronger acid to
digest a hamburger than it does to digest a vegetable. To maintain
health then juices of the season is the way to go. The bottled variety
are better than nothing .. but
only just because the pasteurization process destroys the life giving
enzymes. Fresh unpasteurised are the best
and they produce quite rapid results. Make your own!
There are no
instant cures one must work at it, but the
improvement can be felt and seen within a few hours of drinking one of
these natural power packs. In fact a glass before leaving for work lends
wings to the day. A chilled glass when arriving home from work will perk
you up. The genesis of many serious conditions is when ones
sodium/potassium balance is unbalanced. The answer lies not in pills and
potions. It lies in good sound nutrition and common sense.
If you take the juice road to health then obviously the other items of
your personal dietary must also be brought into line.
The
fresh raw juice therapy is a specific for most eating disorders
including obesity. Regular use of fresh unpasteurised juices will flush
the liver with the resulting improvement in the hair, skin and nails. To
that end a handful of fresh dandelion leaves juiced along with your
chosen combination will greatly assist a liver cleanse. Adjust the
amount of dandelion leaves to taste.
Raw juices are used because they are taken concentrated. It would be a
physical impossibility to ingest the amount of vegetables represented by
500 ml (aprox. 1 pint) of juice in one sitting. It is the concentrated vitamins,
minerals (bio-chelated) and the enzymes which are the curative factor.
Before Juicing always top and tail the fruit
or vegetables and wash them well in running water. Discard the fibre
after juicing.
The reason is that the fibres although essential as part of a healthy
diet, tend to bio-accumulate systemically, the sprays, toxins and
chemical fertilizer heavy metals with which they are grown. If used in the quantities
represented by the juices they can be harmful. For example to get the
amount of fibre represented by an average serving of cereal fibre for breakfast
.. you would need to consume about
40Kg or 88 lbs of grains.
A regular glass of fresh vegetable juice will keep you regular without
resort to the laxatives. Excessive use of laxatives will cause further
problems further down the track.
For a good all round tonic and corrective then I recommend the Potassium
Pick me up. Parts by weight will do the trick
Carrot
1 Part
Celery 1 Part
Spinach 1 Part
Parsley 0.25 Part
Medicinal herbs have a completely different mode of action to the
nutrients provided by the juices. Herbs do not cure � they correct a
condition. If the diet is wrong the condition will re-occur. Only diet
can cure a condition because faulty diet, chemically grown, processed
food, coupled with domestic and environmental toxins lies at the rootthe cancers and other degenerative disease. You may bank
on that. One may opt out of the Pharmaceutical shill game by leaving the
Medical House of Horrors, going home, and applying some common sense.
The juices mentioned may be used alone or in combinations according to
personal taste. Do not mix fruit and vegetables.
ACNE. (Blackheads)
Carrot and Spinach, Celery and Watercress, Cucumber, Grapefruit.
ADENOIDS. Carrot and
Spinach.
ANEMIA. Carrot and Spinach,
Carrot and Beet, Celery and Parsley, Turnip Leaf, Lettuce, Beet, Apple,
Peach, Raisin, Grape, Raspberry, Strawberry, Prune, Fig, Watercress.
APPENDICITIS. Celery,
Carrot, Carrot and Cucumber.
APPETITE enhancer. Dandelion, Celery, Turnip Leaf, Apple, Grapefruit, Radish.
ARTHRITIS. Celery and
Cucumber, Celery and Watercress, Carrot, Spinach, Tomato, Parsley.
ASTHMA. Carrot and
Spinach, Celery and Carrot.
BLOOD, fortifier. Spinach, Beet, Carrot, Celery, Pomegranate, Grape, Raspberry.
BLOOD
cleanser. Celery
and Cabbage, Dandelion, Burdock, Watercress, Parsley, Beet, Tomato, Plum,
Carrot, Turnip Leaf, Orange,
Lemon.
BLOOD PRESSURE (High)
Celery and Parsley, Celery and Cucumber,
dandelion. Raisin, Grapefruit, Lemon.
BLOOD PRESSURE (Low)
Beet, Grape.
BOILS
and CARBUNCLES. Carrot and Spinach, Carrot and Cucumber, Carrot.
BRONCHITIS. Carrot and
Dandelion, Carrot, Grape,
Orange
,
Lemon, Pineapple.
CATARRH. Carrot,
Carrot and Lettuce, Radish.
Apricot, Raisin, Lemon,
Orange
,
Pear.
CIRCULATION.
(poor) Carrot, Lettuce.
Grape. Watercress.
COLDS. Carrot,
Grapefruit, Lemon,
Orange
.
COLITIS. Carrot,
Spinach, Pineapple.
CONSTIPATION. Carrot
and Spinach.
Cabbage. Beet, Dandelion,
Apricot, Pear, Prune,
Plum
,
Banana, Strawberry, Raspberry, Grape, Grapefruit,
Orange
.
Lemon.
COUGHS. (lingering) Carrot and
Spinach, Blackberry, Grape fruit.
Lemon, Pineapple.
DIABETES. Carrot and Spinach,
Dandelion, Cabbage. Type 2 Diabetes is completely cured by
diet.
DIARRHOEA. Carrot,
Banana, Blackberry, Raspberry.
DIPHTHERIA. Carrot and
Spinach.
Celery and Parsley.
DROPSY.
Celery
Dandelion, Carrot and Spinach.
Parsley, Lettuce, Lemon.
DYSENTERY. Blackberry.
Blackberry Leaf tea is also good.
ECZEMA. Carrot, Carrot
and Cucumber, Dandelion,
Orange
,
Strawberry, Watercress.
EYE. TIRED or WEAK.
Carrot, Celery and Parsley as a combination.
FEVERS.
Cucumber, Parsley, Blackberry, Raspberry
Orange
,
Grapefruit,
FLATULENCE. Celery,
Carrot.
GALLSTONES. Celery and
Parsley.
Tomato, Beet, Carrot, Radish, Carrot and Spinach,
Grapefruit, Lemon, Apple, Apricot, Watercress.
GOITRE. Spinach,
Radish, Lettuce, Watercress, Tomato.
GOUT.
Celery and
Cucumber, Carrot and Spinach, Tomato, Beet, Lemon, Apple.
HEMORRHOIDS.
(Piles) Carrot, Watercress, Turnip Leaf, Celery, Potassium pick
me up.
HALITOSIS. (Bad Breath)
Parsley.
INFLUENZA.
Carrot, Spinach,
Orange
,
Lemon, Ginger
INSOMNIA. Lettuce,
Celery, Banana, Apple, Grape, Grapefruit.
JAUNDICE. Dandelion, Carrot, Spinach, Fennel, Apple, Lemon, Beet.
KIDNEY & BLADDER
PROBLEMS. Cucumber, Parsley, Carrot Parsley, Beet, Dandelion, Fennel. Water cress.
LIVER Tonics.
Beetroot, Carrot, Cucumber.
Parsley, Apple, Dandelion,
Lemon, Water cress.
MENSTRUAL
PROBLEMS. Beet, Celery, Celery, Parsley.
These problems are of an ever increasing incidence. Beet juice is
effective with many of problems encountered. Beet juice makes some women
feel very nauseous because of the state of the liver. Adjust the amount
and persevere.
MENSTRUAL CRAMPS. Raspberry, Blackberry.
(also raspberry leaf tea)
Obviously this list could be extended almost indefinitely
however it is to be hoped that
this short article is enough to give you a handle on the situation .. so
the sooner you start investigating .. the
sooner you will be right. Some conditions are very deep seated and need
time, patience and common sense. If you have no access to power and
modern appliances then simply grate the vegetables .. and compress them
.. then collect the juice.
Perhaps
the most powerful of all the cleansers is beetroot juice however it
makes many people feel nauseous, the reason of this is the condition of
the persons liver. The fresh raw beetroot juice flushes the
accumulated toxins into the blood stream giving rise to symptoms such as
nausea and even headache. The situation can be likened to a dam break
releasing stored toxins. The body needs time to eliminate them. The
answer is to cut down the amount of beetroot juice ingested in one
sitting until the cleansing is complete. Beetroot juice will stain the
urine red so do not become alarmed.
Take
a look at the Harry Benjamin article here http://www.herbdatanz.com/fasting.htm
that will give you and idea of the type of symptoms to expect as the
body throws off accumulated toxins. Remember that these symptoms are
temporary and fade as the body is cleansed. The physical and mental
rejuvenation that follows such a cleanse has to be experienced to
understand how powerful Nature is, and this in contrast to the poverty
of orthodox medicines risk/benefit approach. The first observable
condition of suppressing symptoms is a lightness of purse or wallet.
Followed by more serious conditions further down the track.
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