PATRON + RECIPE WEDNESDAY: some old recipes for your health from the past

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Donna R. Causey, resident of Alabama, was a teacher in the public school system for twenty years. When she retired, Donna found time to focus on her lifetime passion for historical writing. She developed the websites www.alabamapioneers and www.daysgoneby.me All her books can be purchased at Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble. She has authored numerous genealogy books. RIBBON OF LOVE: A Novel Of Colonial America (TAPESTRY OF LOVE) is her first novel in the Tapestry of Love about her family where she uses actual characters, facts, dates and places to create a story about life as it might have happened in colonial Virginia. Faith and Courage: Tapestry of Love (Volume 2) is the second book and the third FreeHearts: A Novel of Colonial America (Book 3 in the Tapestry of Love Series) Discordance: The Cottinghams (Volume 1) is the continuation of the story. . For a complete list of books, visit Donna R Causey

Monica July 9, 2015

Plantain! You can find it in most any yard in our area. I recently got bitten by a Brown Recluse. My leg had a raised swollen place on it, that itched and burned. My father told me to chew some plantain leaves and make a poultice out of the crushed leaves to apply to the area. Within hours the poison was drawn out, and the swelling went down. While I had some discomfort during healing, I did not exhibit any of the flesh loss or infection/open wound often associated with these bites.

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Anna August 29, 2015

I find a poultice made of mugwort to be helpful for pain from bruises and for clearing lungs. After about an hour the color of deep bruises are lightened and toxins drawn out. Mugwort is also great for de-worming farm animals.

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