Swedish Bitters

Swedish Bitter is recommended as a tonic, digestive and cleansing , for spring cures. It is a moderate purgative. It has many other internal and external applications, which make it a very useful traditional remedy. All of these applications can be found in the book "Health from the Lord's Apothecary" or in its manuscript "Copy of the Old Manuscript." It is very well preserved. and does not lose effectiveness over time. People with problems, weakened people and especially those with cardio-circulatory disorders should consult their doctor about its use.

How to use:

Swedish Bitters have a strong bitter taste. Therefore, it is advisable to dilute it in an infusion, water or juice. The recommended dose in adults is one teaspoon or 25 drops three times a day, preferably after meals. You can also take 10 ml dissolved in 100 ml of water, take half before meals, and half after. In children, doses of two to four drops per year of age are recommended.

Ingredients

• Powdered wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) or Aloe (Aloe succotrina)
  
• Natural camphor (Cinnamomum camphora)
  
• Saffron (Crocus sativus)
  
• Senna leaves (Cassia acutifolia delile)
  
• Manna (Fraxinus ornus)
  
• Myrrh (Commiphora myrrha)
  
• Angelica root (Angelica archangelica)
  
• Carlina vulgaris root (Carlina vulgaris)
  
• Cedoaria root (Curcuma zedoaria rosc)
  
• Rhubarb root (Rheum rhabarbarum)
  
• Venetian theriaca
  
• Alcohol 32% vol
  

The healing properties of Swedish Herbs

• By inhaling them repeatedly through the nose, smearing them on the neck and applying compresses to the head, they calm pain and dizziness, and strengthen memory and the brain.
  
• They help against cloudy vision, remove redness and all pain, even if the eyes are inflamed and the vision is cloudy and cloudy. They combat clouds and cataracts by wetting the corners of the eyes with them in time or applying compresses to closed eyes.
  
• Pustules and all kinds of rashes, scabs in the nose or in other parts of the body, are cured by spreading them well and often with the drops.
  
• For toothaches, dissolve a tablespoon of these drops in a little water and let everything sit in your mouth for a while or apply a soaked gauze pad to the painful tooth. The pain subsides and the infection heals.
  
• Blisters and other tongue conditions are cured in a short time by smearing them with the drops.
  
• When the throat is sore or sore that it is almost impossible to swallow food or drink, take a few drops in the morning, at noon and at night and let them pass slowly down the throat; This calms the irritation and heals the throat.
  
• For stomach cramps, take a tablespoon.
  
• In cases of colic, three tablespoons are slowly taken, one after the other, and the pain will soon subside.
  
• They dissolve flatulence and refresh the liver; They remove stomach and belly ailments and help against constipation.
  
• They are an excellent remedy for the stomach, when it digests poorly and refuses food.
  
• They also soothe bile pain. Taking one tablespoon each day in the morning and another at night and applying compresses soaked with the drops at night, all the pain disappears in a short time.
  
• Against dropsy, one tablespoon of the drops with white wine is taken for six weeks, every day, in the morning and at night.
  
• Pain and ringing in the ears are combated by putting a cotton plug soaked with the drops in the ears. This is very effective and restores hearing.
  
• If a woman has womb pain, she is given a tablespoon of the drops with red wine every morning on an empty stomach for three days. Half an hour after taking them you should take a walk and then you can have breakfast, but without drinking milk. (Swedish Herbs should never be taken after milk).
  
• Taking one tablespoon of Swedish Herbs in the morning and another at night in the last 15 days of pregnancy makes childbirth easier. To get rid of the aftereffects without difficulty, the parturient is given a teaspoon of the drops every two hours.
  
• If after childbirth, due to the milk coming in, inflammation occurs in the breast, soaked compresses are applied.
  
• They cure smallpox in children by giving them, depending on their age, more or less of the drops diluted in a little water. When the pocks begin to dry, they are wetted repeatedly with the drops so that there are no holes.
  
• They eliminate worms in children and adults, including tapeworm, but the dose must be adapted to the age of the children. Additionally, a cloth soaked with the drops is applied to the navel, ensuring that it always remains moist.
  
• Jaundice is cured by taking a tablespoon of these drops three times a day and applying soaked compresses to the inflamed liver.
  
• They cure piles and heal the kidneys, they expel hypochondrial humors from the body, without the need for another cure, they remove melancholy and depression, open the appetite and stimulate digestion.
  
• They also cure internal piles, wetting them repeatedly from the beginning with the drops and taking them internally before going to sleep to soften them. A soaked cotton pad is left to act to promote blood circulation and remove the itching.
  
• When someone faints, open their mouth and give them a spoonful to drink; The patient will soon come to his senses.
  
• The pain of cramps calms down over time by taking these drops internally.
  
• Patients with pulmonary phthisis should take them every day on an empty stomach and continue the cure for six weeks.
  
• If a woman does not have her periods or has them too abundantly, she should take the drops for three days in a row and repeat this treatment twenty times. This will balance your menstruation.
  
• This remedy also helps against white discharge.
  
• Whoever has epilepsy has to take them immediately and must continue the treatment exclusively with these drops since they restore the nerves and the entire organism and cure all ailments.
  
• They cure paralysis, vertigo and dizziness.
  
• They also cure chickenpox and erysipelas.
  
• Anyone who has a lot of fever or chills and is weakened should take a spoonful. The patient, as long as he has not loaded his body with other medications, will recover and the pulse will normalize even if the fever has been very high.
  
• The drops also cure cancer, old pox, warts and cracked hands. Old, purulent ulcers with fleshy excrescences are washed well with white wine and covered with a cloth soaked in Swedish Herbs. These remove the swelling and pain as well as the fleshy excrescences and the wound begins to heal.
  
• They heal all types of wounds without any risk, whether closed or open, by wetting them repeatedly with the drops. Take a cloth, soak it with drops and cover the wounds with it. The pain subsides soon and neither infections nor gangrene can occur. They also heal old wounds caused by firearms. Deep wounds are irrigated, without having to wash them first, with drops of Swedish Herbs. Afterwards, continue treating them with soaked compresses and you will soon see the good healing effect of the drops.
  
• They make all kinds of scars, stigmas and cuts disappear, even if they are very old, by wetting them at least 40 times. All wounds that heal with Swedish Herbs do not leave scars.
  
• They radically cure fistulas, even if they are considered incurable; It doesn't matter if they are old or not.
  
• They cure all burns and scalds by continually wetting them with them. Blisters will not occur and the pain will subside. They cure purulent blisters.
  
• They help heal bruises and bumps caused by bumps and falls.
  
• For those who eat reluctantly, it restores their appetite.
  
• They restore the colors of anemic people if they take the drops every morning for a prolonged period. They clean the blood, promote its production and circulation.
  
• They soothe rheumatic pain in the limbs, taking them in the morning and at night and applying soaked cloths to the painful parts.
  
• They cure chilblains on the hands and feet, even if they have burst. Soaked compresses must be continually applied, especially during the night.
  
• The corns (chicken eyes) are covered with a soaked pad, ensuring that it is always kept moist. After three days they come loose on their own or are easily removed without any pain.
  
• They also cure bites from dogs or other rabid animals by drinking the drops, since they destroy all poisons.
  
• In cases of plague or other contagious diseases, it is advisable to take them several times a day, since they cure pestilential tumors and buboes, even if they are already in the throat.
  
• Anyone who cannot sleep at night should take them before going to bed. Against nervous sleep, a soaked compress is applied to the heart.
  
• With two tablespoons of Swedish Herbs, the drunk will get rid of his drunkenness.
  
• Whoever takes Swedish Herbs every day in the morning and at night does not need any other medicine since they strengthen the entire organism, refresh the nerves and blood, remove the tremor of the hands and feet, that is, they eliminate all diseases. The body remains elastic and the face youthful and beautiful.
  

Warning: Swedish Herbs should always be taken diluted in herbal tea or water.

The forty-six articles of the “Ancient Manuscript” clearly demonstrate the wonderful healing virtues of this mixture of medicinal herbs. It can rightly be said that there is no disease that Swedish Herbs cannot cure; In any case, they will always serve as a basic treatment.