Apple

Apple is a medicinal plant that grows just about everywhere. There are many varieties but they all contain the same medicinal properties.

When I was looking for some land to grow herbs, I told the gentleman that was helping me that I needed land that hadn't been chemically sprayed or fertilized for at least five years. We got into a discussion about medicinal herbs and the fact that it takes five years for the residue of chemicals to dissipate. Then when I use the plants to make medicine, I have no chemicals added to my formulas.

As we talked he asked if I could help him. He was unable to sleep at night in a bed. When he would lie down, his stomach acid would come up into his throat. For years he had slept in a reclining chair and still had the problem.

I suggested one tablespoon of organic apple cider vinegar in 6 to 8 ounces of water, to be sipped on one hour before he went to bed. When mentioning apple cider vinegar, I don't mean the processed kind. We want the kind that isn't clear and has some "mother" in it. According to Jethro Kloss, author of BACK TO EDEN, "The ordinary apple cider vinegar is not fit to be used." But if you have the clear white processed kind, use it to clean windows and flower vases as it will dissolve the minerals on glass very well. The Organic Apple Cider Vinegar with some of the apple settled on the bottom of the jar will dissolve the minerals that are in the body that are being parked in the joints creating arthritis. It will clean up bone spurs but will not take the calcium out of teeth or bone as some people might think.

According to Dr. Christopher, most of us have gotten into the habit of not chewing our foods when we eat. He suggests that we "Drink our food and chew our liquids." This means chewing or mixing the saliva with our drinks as well as our food. This is the first step in digestion. It is also the first step in health as saliva will decrease the in-take of germs.

Germs have a very narrow range of pH. Saliva is alkaline and will kill the germs not happy in that environment. The stomach has an acid environment so the germs not liking that pH will be killed. By mixing the saliva, you have gotten rid of probable half of germs that you are taking in. Germs have a job and they are everywhere. We need to learn to live with them or in this case, around them.

What usually happens is that we make the stomach do all the work and by the time we are 40 or 50 years old, our stomach has the "acid making valves" set ON all the time. What do you think happens when we take an antacid? Right, it temporarily helps but then the stomach needs to get back to its natural state, which is acid, so it increases the amount of acid.

By sipping apple cider vinegar diluted in water, the stomach, getting a mild acid, recognizes this, it stops producing more. (Yes, our bodies are that smart!)

A couple of days after suggesting the remedy to this man, I got a call from him thanking me for the best sleep he had in years.

This is just some of the things Apples can do.

Hanna Kroeger, National Herbalist, talked about using Apple Peel Tea to pull toxins out of the body. I cut my organic apples peelings about 1/2 inch or more thick, dried these so when I wanted to use this tea, I boiled these peelings and served the tea that they make. (Children who want to taste my herbs are allowed to chew on these dried peelings. They tell me that my herbs are great.)

My Uncle Clarence told me how to keep the worms out of organic apples. Make a mixture of 50% vinegar and 50% honey. Put a little of this mixture in a wide-mouth jar and tape it to an almost horizontal branch of the apple tree just as the flower buds start coming out. Leave these jars on until the last petal falls off. You will have to clean the bugs out of the mixture several times, but they will not be laying eggs in the flowers, hence your new apples.

Kloss called Apples the "King of Fruits." He suggested that people who have too much acid, eat sweet apples and those with not enough acid should eat sour-green apples.

Even the very old and the very young do well on scraped apples. Kroeger suggested that "Whatever ails you; gallbladder trouble, liver trouble, diarrhea, tooth decay, constipation, loss of appetite, (even) good as poultices, too; when someone is very ill, take an apple and scrape the meat with a silver spoon. You will see them get better."

Kroeger was "big " on silver. She said that silver kills germs. When you toss a silver coin in the well, the whole village stays healthy as it is killing the bacteria in the well. (They are on their own for the happiness part.) I do not recommend Colloidal Silver for anyone. When you take silver into the body in large amounts, it is the same as taking a medical antibiotic. It kills off the good flora in the small intestines. Eating off a silver spoon will put silver into the body and the food that carries it but will not destroy the flora. She mentioned that when she was nursing in Germany, they had a box of silver spoons that all the babies and the very old were fed with.

According to Kroeger, silver also repels negative forces. I suggest that people wear this on their person.

Apple pectin is found to clean the bowels and has been put into many herbal formulas.

Dr. Christopher's Super Garlic Immune Formula is a formula that I have used with success to handle major problems. It contains: Garlic, Lobelia, Marshmallow Root, White Oak Bark, Black Walnut, Mullein, Aloe Vera, Gravel Rt., Skullcap, Plantain, Apple Cider Vinegar, and Raw Honey.

My daughter called and told me that she had been ill for a week and was not getting better. I took my herbs to her house, when I got there I decided to give her the Super Garlic Immune Formula. I gave her a tablespoonful every hour for three hours. Her fever broke and she slept, waking up feeling fine. This formula did the trick.

Herbs can be taken every hour when working on a problem. We are talking about food. Herbs feed the body what it needs to rebuild or get healthy. This is so contrary to what we have been taught about medicine. With chemical medicine, one can overdose with it but can one have too much pumpkin pie? I guess one could but it isn't dangerous just uncomfortable.

For more information on Garlic and how it works, go to my article about it.

Apple bark is very rich in Oxygen, Potassium, Sodium, Magnesium and Iron.

Kloss mentioned that apple tree bark is an old fashioned remedy for fever and as a tonic. When taken hot it causes perspiration. This helps with the liver, spleen, kidneys, boils, insect bites, toothaches, and digestion.

You have probably heard about "Food combinations" to increase our energy. This is when you combine some foods with one group of foods but not with another group. Example: Bread goes well with fruit but not as well with meats. (What do we eat for lunch but meat sandwiches and wonder why we have no energy in the afternoon?) According to Kroeger, apples go with anything you wish to combine with them. For more information on food groups, see Hanna Kroeger's book THE BASIC CAUSES OF MODERN DISEASE AND HOW TO REMEDY THEM.

"An Apple a day keeps the doctor away" – has new meaning after looking at all it can do. Enjoy Apples in any form.