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But what happens when the loving mother has prepared the juice with such care but the carrots, for example, contain poison? How ouzzled she must be when her baby does not put on any weight or, worse, loses weight, despite her constant attention. The baby’s stool becomes thinner and thinner, but the doctor is unable to diagnose the cause, having eliminated the possibility of its being coeliac disease.

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If ever you get the chance to visit the mountainous areas of that country you will be surprised to see how many varieties of potato actually grow there, many not even known to us. In the Altiplano, from Cuzco as far as Puno on Lake Titicaca especially, the Indians cultivate some beautiful vegetables.

It was as late as the sixteenth century when Spanish sailors and Sir Francis Drake first brought potatoes to Europe, with the intention of cultivating them as a food on the European continent. They gave them to their friends but did not explain anything about the new plant. Why not? Well, it often happens, does it not, that someone knows something but does not tell it to another person simply because he thinks that he will be aware of it already. That is exactly what happened with the potato. No one who planted the tubers seemed to realise that the unknown plant was a member of the deadly nightshade family and had poisonous properties. Neither could anyone imagine that it was the tubers themselves that served for food and not the round green berries growing on the plant. In fact, no one took any notice of the actual potatoes. Of course, the result of eating the berries brought only trouble, because anyone who tried the new vegetable from overseas soon suffered from diarrhoea and vomiting.

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I keep receiving letters and reports that confirm the fact that digestive problems often arise when fruit and vegetables are eaten at the same meal. Let me quote the following account as an example.

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I have also heard from doctors specialising in tropical diseases that malaria has not yet been fully eradicated in all parts of Sri Lanka. It is therefore advisable to sleep under a mosquito net and to take preventative medicines. There is, however, no danger in the mountainous areas of Sri Lanka where the strikingly beautiful tea plantations are to be found. Yes, tropical countries and islands might present an especially exciting and tempting attraction and no doubt offer plenty of beauty, yet caution is definitely called for because of the unknown dangers. As I have said before, I would not recommend a tropical vacation to just anyone; weak, sickly and especially older people should not even think about visiting the tropics.

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For this purpose St John’s wort oil is excellent when taken in the morning and at night, a teaspoonful each time. And do not forget the help that can be obtained from natural remedies such as Gastronol, Centaurium, Hamamelis and Solanosan.

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For those who follow my suggestions conscientiously an eventual cure is certain, but those who think that drugs and chemicals alone will suffice may go for years without finding any relief. The more stubborn the case, the more patience is needed to obtain satisfactory results.

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The newest treatment with hormones has yielded comparatively good results. There are, however, various homoeopathic and herbal remedies that should not be overlooked in the treatment of this disease. Correctly employed, they are invaluable. For serious acute cases Tabacum 6x is helpful, and Tabacum 12x for chronic conditions. The cramping heart pains which induce fear, dizziness and nausea, an irregular pulse and cold sweat will be relieved by

Tabacum. It is noteworthy that this remedy also works well in cases of nicotine poisoning, thus proving the homoeopathic principle, like cures like. Tabacum 6x will greatly improve the patient’s condition if he suffers from nicotine poisoning, which constricts the coronary vessels and causes the symptom-complex of angina pectoris.

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Nowadays, the most popular way to make pot-pourri is by the dry method. Dry some of the following; lemon balm, lemongrass, rose petals (the old scented “cabbage roses” are the best), lavender heads, violet petals, white jasmine, a small quantity of lemon or garden thyme, rosemary, orange and lemon blossom or dried orange or lemon peel, and leaves of the scented geraniums (rose and lemon are the best). Dry all these thoroughly separately, then mix together in a large container, together with a very small quantity of cinnamon, several blades of mace, or a few cloves if you wish.

Now pack a layer about 1 inch deep in the bottom of a half-gallon glassjar (a smaller glass jar will do for a smaller quantity), and sprinkle with a mixture of half salt and half powdered orris root. Fill up the jar this way with alternate layers, pressing it down tightly as you go, then seal well. (Orris root, by the way, is the rhizome of Iris germanica or Iris florentina, the common purple, mauve or white garden iris. It can be bought from herb stockists, but you can make your own by drying the roots as described here previously, and rubbing them through a fine grater or pulverizing them in a blender. They have no perfume when fresh, only when dried.)

Leave your jar now for one month. Then unpack, stir all around, and fill small pottery jars, decorative containers, or small dainty bags of silk or taffeta. This dry mix is ideally suited for making sachet bags for clothing cupboards and linen drawers, or for scenting a box of writing paper. Remember to stir the pot or rub the sachet occasionally: herbs release their perfume only when bruised.

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