Tip 191. Go Bananas to Treat Chronic Disease
Bananas are also valu
a
ble in nephritis beca
u
se
of their low
protein and
salt content
and high carbohydrates content.
I
n this con
d
ition, a diet of
bananas only should be taken for th
r
ee or
four days, consuming eight to nine
b
ananas a d
a
y.
Smoking and drinking,
where habitual, must be com
p
letely given up. Studies have shown that smoking impairs kidney
function. T
h
e patient s
h
ould avoid white bread, sugar, cakes,
pastries, puddings, r
e
fined cereals, greasy, heavy or fried
foods. He should also
av
oid tea, coffee, all
flesh
foods,
condiments,
pickl
e
s
,
and
sauces.
Tip 192. Gro
w
i
ng Your O
w
n Sprouts
The simple bean sprout
is a fountain of nutrition.
The growing cotyledon concentrates
all manner of minerals and transforms carbohydrates into their
most easily assimilated
f
orm. Ancient medical systems both in India and China made the bean sprout a critic
a
l
food for
treating persons of defic
i
ent energy and long-t
e
r
m debility. The bean sp
r
out is an exceptionally wholesome food.
Here is a critical rule
f
or
the efficaci
o
us use of s
p
routs:
Ensure that seeds and
d
ried beans
a
re purchas
e
d from a store where they are fresh,
unsprayed and packag
e
d as food.
S
eeds that a
r
e packaged
for planting
purposes may contain mercury c
o
mpounds or other toxic chemicals
Tip 193. J
a
mbul for Diabetes
Another effective home remedy is jambul fruit k
n
own as jamun in the vernacular. It is regarded
in traditional medicine
a
s
a specific
against dia
b
etes because of its eff
e
ct on the pa
n
creas. The fruits as
such, the seeds and fruit juice are all
us
eful in the t
r
eatment of this dise
a
s
e.
The seeds contain a glycoside "ja
m
boline" is b
e
lieved to have power to
check the
p
athological conversion
of starch in
t
o sugar in cases of i
n
c
r
eased prod
u
ction of gl
uc
ose. They should be
dried and p
o
wdered. This powder s
h
ould be tak
e
n mixed in milk, curd,
o
r water.
Tip 194. Kidn
e
y
Bea
n
s for Kidney Problems
Kidney beans, also
known as French
beans or c
o
mmon bea
n
s, are rega
r
ded as a very
effective remedy for kidney problems, inclu
d
i
ng
kidney sto
n
es. It was Dr. Ramm of Germa
n
y, who first discovered the value of ki
d
ney beans as a medici
n
e for kidney and bladder
troubles. He employ
e
d it for over 25 years with benefici
a
l
results. The
method prescribed by him to
prepare the medicine is
t
o remove t
h
e beans inside the pods,
then slice
t
he pods and put about
60 mg. in four litres of
h
ot water, boiling slowly
f
or four hours. This liquid should be strained through fine
muslin and
t
hen allowed to cool for
a
bout eight
h
ours. Ther
e
after, the fluid should
be poured through another piece of
muslin without stirring.
According to Dr. Ramm,
a glassf
u
l
of
this dec
o
c
tion should
b
e given to the patient every two hours thro
u
gh the day for one day, and thereaf
t
er it may be
taken several times a week. Dr. Ramm also says that th
i
s
decoc
t
ion
will not work if it is more than 24 ho
u
rs old. The
p
ods can
be kept for longer peri
o
ds but once
they are boiled, the the
r
apeutic fac
t
or disappea
r
s after one day. The basil, known
a
s
tulsi
in the
vernacular, has a stren
g
thening eff
e
ct on the ki
d
neys. In case of kid
n
ey stones, basil j
u
ice a
n
d honey should betaken
for six months. It has b
e
en found that the sto
n
es can be
ex
pelled from the urinary tract with this treatment. The celery is also a valuable food for those
who are prone to stone
f
ormation in the kidneys
or the gall bladder. Its regular use
prevents future stone f
o
rmation.
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