Food Remedies - Facts About Foods And Their Medicinal Uses

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flowers in a muslin bag is even cheaper to buy, inoffensive to
smell--which is more than can be said of cheap manufactured scents--and
possesses medicinal properties.

Lavender flowers were formerly used for their curative virtues in all
disorders of the head and nerves.

An oil, prepared by infusing the crushed lavender flowers in olive oil,
is recommended for anointing palsied limbs, and at one time a spirit was
prepared from lavender flowers which was known as "palsy drops."

A tea made with hot water and lavender tops will relieve the headache
that comes from fatigue.

Dr. Fernie advises 1 dessertspoonful per day of pure lavender water for
eczema.