April 13th, 2010 | D.I.Y., How-to, bath, bentonite, cider vinegar, detox, epsom, fast, GAPS, healing, migraine, muscle, salt
Taking a bath regularly for the first two months of the GAPS diet has been the only way we have survived the first stages of this diet. Two weeks into the diet I went back to work for a couple weeks. I hadn’t been able to work for the previous three years after getting a serious case of typhoid that completely destroyed my intestinal lining. The diet finally gave me enough energy to be able to spend 8 hours standing and cooking all day again. But I was tired and came home and got right in the bath every night.
My favourite bath at the moment consists of approximately:
December 13th, 2009
This recipe is adapted from D. Mary's recipe for Cucumbers in Jars on page 75 in the book Preserving Food without Freezing or Canning.
1 1/2 T sea salt per quart (litre) of water
unchlorinated water
small handful fennel seeds
6-10 black peppercorns
1 T mustard seeds
5-7 cloves
5-6 cloves of ...
November 28th, 2007
NaCl -- Sodium Chloride: a white, crystalline substance with a characteristic taste.
That which purifies, preserves, or corrects
That which gives a tang or piquancy to anything
Sharp, pungent humor or wit
A veteran sailor; 'an old salt'
Taste, relish, smack
To give artificial value t ...
June 28th, 2007
A common favorite. I have found these pickles from Morocco to Myanmar. In Asia they often leave out the beet, but I like the pink color that results from the beet juices.
1 large daikon radish
1 small beet, raw, peeled and cut in slices
3-4 garlic cloves, cut into slices
1 T whey
2 Â ...
May 14th, 2007
After I contracted typhoid in 2006 at a pagoda in Yangon/Rangoon, Burma/Myanmar I was put on a course of serious antibiotics for ten days which completely wiped out any beneficial flora I had established in my intestines. Not only does it take at least three months to recover from typhoid but i ...
