Table Of ContentMaria Treben
Health through God’s Pharmacy
Advice and Proven Cures with Medicinal Herbs
PUBLISHER ENNSTHALER STEYR
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maintaining and promoting health in cooperation with a physician. In the event
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Maria Treben
1907 – 1991
Preface
At a time, when the majority of mankind has moved away from life’s natural
ways, when illness, caused by a changed attitude to life, threatens, we should
turn again to medicinal herbs which God in His Greatness has provided for us
since time immemorial. The Abbé (Father) Kneipp in his books says: “There is
a plant for every illness!” Everyone is able to improve his or her health by the
timely gathering and use of herbs, be it as a tea drunk daily or as a course of
treatment, using the extracts as a friction or a compress, as an addition to baths,
as a poultice and so on. Once the decision to use herbs is taken, it is wise to start
with herbs which purify the blood, such as Chicory, Dandelion, Ramsons,
Speedwell and Stinging Nettle. Such treatments are never harmful, when the
herbs are used exactly as prescribed. If they bring only slight or no relief and
help, it might be possible that field disturbances exist in the home or workplace.
In this case an experienced diviner should be consulted, to find the areas which
are free of disturbances.
At the first signs of discomfort, fever and other clear symptoms of an illness,
it is essential to consult a doctor immediately for diagnosis and advice. It is
also essential to have the course of a serious illness and the healing process
controlled conscientiously by a doctor.
The modern medicine is slowly starting to turn to the field of natural healing
emerged at the 25th International Congress for Continuing Education of the
German Federal Chamber of Doctors and the Austrian Chamber of Doctors in
March, 1980, in Badgastein, Austria, in which approx. 1500 doctors participated.
Dr. Carl Alken, professor at the University of Saarland, West Germany,
explains modern medicine’s increasing awareness of the curative properties of
nature as follows: “After World War II, doctors were virtually powerless, for
example, in cases of tuberculosis and renal failure. Then came the big change
with the introduction of antibiotics – and today we have to deal with the
negative consequences of the partly excessive and wrong use of this ‘Blessing’.
To this is added the immense increase in fungus diseases caused by too much
medication and by other environmental influences which upset the normal
biological balance.”
For years I have been following medical conferences and conventions, the
conclusions of which are also covered in newspapers. Many responsible
doctors warn of the overuse of pills. Time and again it is pointed out, how
dangerous pain killers can become. Many people take them without medical
supervision and this sometimes causes serious damage to organs. For example,
medication for lowering the blood pressure, taken for a long period of time, is
conducive to breast cancer, as established by three research teams, working
independently of each other in Boston, Bristol and Helsinki.
I would like to tell you about the effects and medicinal properties of plants
and share with you my experiences of the last few years since this book was first
published in Austria and Germany, and give you a helping hand on your way to
health. To find a way out of the hopelessness of ill health by one’s own strength
and free will is, thanks to nature’s medicinal herbs, humanly elevating. To win
back one’s health, and to bear responsibility for oneself, elevates human dignity
to such a degree that the sick person is taken halfway to recovery from the
hopelessness of his sick life.
Time and again I have been asked how I acquired the knowledge and use of
herbs. I cannot give a precise answer. As a child I spent my school holidays with
the family of a forest ranger, where I experienced, well beyond my age, the
interrelationships of nature. I was able to distinguish the different plants and
knew their names, but then the significance of medicinal plants was unknown to
me. My mother, an enthusiastic Kneipp follower, strove to let us children grow
up in a natural way.
When I was a young girl two experiences impressed themselves on my mind.
A 40 year old widow, mother of three children, had leukaemia (leukemia) and
was discharged from hospital as incurable with about three days to live. Her
sister, anxious about her, went to see a herbalist, taking a sample of the sick
woman’s urine. The herbalist said, quite startled: “Only now you bring me this
morbid water!” – the herbs she gave, to be used by the sick woman, helped. A
medical examination 10 days later showed no sign of leukaemia.
Another similar case occurred at the same time. A 38 year old woman,
mother of four children, suffered from leukaemia and hers was a hopeless case
too. She, too, used the appropriate herbs. Every day she prepared a tea and kept
it in several jugs. Whenever she passed a jug, she took a sip, thinking: if it does
not help, it does no harm either. The medical examination 10 days later showed
no sign of leukaemia!
These examples show how important it is to drink large amounts of herb
tea every day, when suffering from a seemingly incurable illness. From then
on I was certain that medicinal herbs can bring relief even for serious
diseases.
In 1961 my dear mother died and since then I have the distinct feeling of
being pushed into herbalism. Gradually I acquired knowledge and experience.
It was as if I was guided by a higher power. The Virgin Mary, especially, helper
of the sick, was showing me the way. My trust in Her, prayers said before an old
wonderful painting of Her, which I acquired in a strange way, have always
helped, when I was in doubt.
So I endeavour to not only show you the herbs and their medicinal
properties, but above all the omnipotence of a Creator in whose hands we exist.
In sickness, we look for His help and comfort and use the humble herbs He has
provided; it is He who guides us, so we may live according to His will.
I would like to emphasize finally that I have tried hard in every respect to
present all my experiences for man’s utilization. I have a favour to ask: Do not
ring me, write to me or come to see me! The precise index in this book will put
you on the way to using the right herbs.
Another thing: I do not sell herbs and therefore do not take orders. Herb farms,
special chemists and health food stores provide them.
Grieskirchen, May 1980
Maria Treben
Measures and Weights
TEMPERATURE
C. F.
100 ° 212 ° Boiling point
90 ° 194 °
80 ° 176 °
70 ° 158 °
60 ° 140 °
50 ° 122 °
40 ° 104 °
30 ° 86 °
20 ° 68 °
10 ° 50 °
0 ° 32 ° Freezing point
LINEAR MEASURES
1 millimetre (mm.) 0.04 inch
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1 centimetre (cm.) 0.4 inch
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1 metre (m.) 39.4 inches
