Keeping Good Health This Winter with Dracula!

One of the mainstays of good health…organically grown onions here at Bealtaine Cottage on the veranda, drying out before stringing.

Onions, Apples and Blackcurrants, organically grown, will provide an enormous amount of protection from colds and viruses and at the same time help to keep the blood free from oxidants.

All this because prevention is better than cure!

A pot of tea, comforting and refreshing as well as being a powerful anti-oxidant

Garlic…not just for keeping vampires away!

Traditionally, whole bulbs of wild garlic were placed under the thatch of Irish cottages, just above the door, to keep away evil!

It is no surprise that the writer of the book, “Dracula,” was, in fact an Irish man, Bram Stoker.

Garlic keeps the blood clean…apparently!

A slice of garlic placed on a cut will kill all infection!

Studies now suggest that Rose-hip extract can reduce the pain of osteoarthritis.

In the past this was used to make a poultice which was then applied to painful joints in hands, knees and hips.

It has an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effect and will successfully treat the inflammatory condition AND is free of any side-effects.

This is a very easy to grow cure and has many other uses…for example, the hips are packed with Vitamin C!

Another case of prevention being better than cure…sunflower seeds, used in bread-making will provide a good source of Omega to the body and be powerful in the protection of good health all round.

I add the hulled seeds to bread and flapjacks.

We should enquire of the older generation what it is that has kept and continues to keep them in good health.

Home made vegetable soup is one of the best sources of goodness to keep good health throughout the winter.

I make this in batches, using pumpkins from the pantry and keep it in the fridge, along with home made bread.

Pumpkins will keep for the entire winter if stored in a cool pantry.

The Elder tree was used as the mainstay of good health in village life long ago.

The leaves, bark, flowers, berries and roots were all used in folk medicine and herbal cures.

This is another easy to grow tree that keeps on giving…Elderflower Wine is absolutely scrumptious!