Free Mama's Home Remedies: Discover Time-Tested Secrets of Good Health and the Pleasures of Natural Living by Svetlana Konnikova, Anna Maria Clement Page B

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    r 38. Make ½ cup strong Indian, Ceylon, or Earl Grey black tea. Add one teaspoon honey. Mix wel and pour ½ cup fresh grape juice into the tea. One cup of this tea-grape juice drink is a good natural healer for such difficult conditions as intestinal or stomach disorders and dysentery. r 39. If you suffer from bronchitis or bronchial asthma, go in June to the Napa Val ey in California or another vineyard. Walk there for at least one hour and breathe in the smel of smal , delicate green flowers of the blossoming grapevines. Eat one cluster of green table seedless grapes a day and you’l feel better. My favorite is so-cal ed “Lady’s Fingers” because the berries have an elongated, oval form like long, graceful women’s fingers.
    In our supermarkets I have found good brands from organic vineyards suppliers.

    You can also drink one glass of white natural grape juice. A Healthy Spirit Lives in a Healthy Body @ 47
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    r 40. Gather fresh grape leaves.
    Wash them well and dry outAbnormal uterine
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    the leaves in a mortar to make a powcondition. Seek medical der. Take one to two teaspoons with
    one cup warm water to stop uterine
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    Nastoykas (special y prepared liquors, infusions, and decoctions made with grape leaves, can treat skin disorders, according to Tibetan medicine.
    r 41. Wash 10–15 grape leaves and put them in a pot with two cups boiling water. Boil for 10 minutes. Then leave to infuse for 15
    minutes. Warm up again, if needed. Soak a towel in this infusion and use as a compress or wash irritated skin with it.
    r 42. Make vegetarian grape golubtsi or “grape leaves.” This is the most enjoyable way to treat yourself with a nutritious and healthy meal.
    r 43. Make a healthy grape compote or “Rainbow berries,” which is also one of our family recipes. Wash two to three bunches black grapes. Put them in a pot with four cups cold spring water. Bring to a boil. Cook 10 minutes. Mix in one tablespoon sugar, honey, or fructose. Put a smal bunch of grapes in a tal , wide, clear glass jar and pour grape concoction over it. This nutritious dessert tastes yummy and it looks very attractive with a grape cluster
    “swimming” inside. Enjoy!
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    Here is my grandma’s recipe:
    Prepare 30–40 young grape leaves; two tablespoons olive oil, corn oil, or butter; two onions; 10–12 baby carrots; one parsley root; ½ cup uncooked rice, two tablespoons tomato puree or three freshly cubed tomatoes; ½ cup lemon juice; ½ cup sour cream; one cup chicken broth; one cup tomato juice, two teaspoons sugar or honey; one teaspoon salt; ½ teaspoon black pepper; one teaspoon fresh dill; and one tablespoon fresh parsley. Pour boiling water on the grape leaves and wash them well. Blanch the rice by rinsing in a sieve in cold water. Mix and roast a little bit of diced onions, carrots, parsley root, and parsley leaves. Put blanched rice and all roasted vegetables in a big bowl. Add salt and pepper, chopped fresh dill, and parsley leaves. Mix well. Make balls with this vegetable stuffing and put one on each prepared grape leaf. Roll each into a small “package.”
    Rub the walls and the bottom of a two-quart pot with olive oil. Cover the bottom of the pot with grape leaves. Carefully place the golubtsi layer by layer in the pot. Mix chicken broth with tomato juice or tomato puree and a pinch of salt and black pepper. Mix two tablespoons lemon juice with two teaspoons sugar or honey and pour this liquid into the pot. Cook 10 minutes. Cover the tops of the golubtsi with grape leaves and put pot in a 350° oven and let it steam until the rice is ready (about 25–30
    minutes). Place all golubtsi on a big serving plate. Pour the sauce remaining in the pot on top of the golubtsi. Top with dollops of sour cream. Chop fresh parsley and sprinkle on top. Serves 5–10, warm or cold.
    This is a delicious and healthy