Juices as Natural Remedies
Here are 15 fruits and vegetables beneficial to your body:
- Carrot juice strengthens the eyes and helps clear up skin eruptions.
- Celery juice is known for its power to clear the skin, as is cucumber juice.
- Cabbage juice helps the gastrointestinal tract, as well as, helping to heal stomach ulcers.
- Ginger juice helps with inflammation in the body, such as arthritis and is known to remedy nausea.
- Lemon juice is excellent for counteracting a high-fat, animal protein rich diet. Helps the liver in its daily detoxification process.
- Apple juice helps to relieve constipation, heal the intestines, and softens gall stones.
- Radish juice benefits the thyroid gland (in small amounts and mixed with other juice).
- Grape juice helps to purify the blood, inhibits herpes simplex and influenza viruses; and can be used as a remedy for hepatitis.
- Kale and Collard juice strengthens the bones due to high levels of calcium, potassium and Vitamin A.
- Pomegranate juice can be used to destroy intestinal worms, sooth gum and mouth ulcers, and strengthen the gums.
- Parsley juice neutralizes acid blood pH and helps alleviate allergies, cellulitis, mercury poisoning and skin problems.
- Pea juice helps dissolve blood clots and alleviates symptoms for celiac disease and Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
- Plums/Prune juice helps alleviate constipation and can be used for liver disease.
- Tomato juice helps restore health to the liver, and can be used to treat diarrhea and chronic indigestion.
- Watermelon juice alkalinizes the blood, and can be used to treat urinary problems, edema, and canker sores. Its diuretic properties benefits the kidney’s and bladder. Juice the rind with the flesh for a sweet, thirst quenching drink.
The Liver Detox
- Ingredients: Beets, ginger, aloe vera juice, lemon, apple
- Healthy benefits: Improves blood flow, reduces inflammation, improves digestion, boosts immune system, aids detoxification.
The Liver Detox packs a potent but tasty nutritional blast. With super food ingredients like beets, ginger and aloe vera, it’s easy to understand why.
The Green Drink
- Ingredients: Apple, kale, parsley, spinach, celery
- Health benefits: Releases stored toxins, improves circulation, improves calcium absorption and helps to cleanse your digestive system, liver, lungs and uterus.
Skin B Beautiful
•Ingredients: Beet, parsley, cucumber, lemon, apple, carrot
•Health benefits: High in antioxidants, increases vibrancy and elasticity of skin, improves hydration, packed with vitamins (A, B, C, plus iron, magnesium, potassium, silica), energizes, reduces inflammation, lowers cholesterol, lowers blood pressure, helps fight cancer.
Tummy Tamer
- Ingredients: Ginger, apple cider vinegar, banana, rice milk
- Health benefits: Helps tame a tummy ache, soothes motion sickness, detoxifies, increases circulation and reduces diarrhea, gastrointestinal discomfort and indigestion.
Juicing Recipes for Health
For Skin:
| 6 carrots 1/2 green bell pepper handful kale 1/2 handful turnip green
| 4 carrots 6 oz canteloupe (1/8th)
| 8 strawberries 4 oz green or purple grapes
| 5 carrots 1 apple
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| 1/2 inch knob ginger root 6 carrots 1/2 green bell pepper
| 4 apricots 1 bunch red or green grapes 1 pear
| watercress (for acne - mineral needed is silicon)
| watercress + 3 times a non-green juice for excema
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For aches and pains:
| pineapple juice
| dark leafy greens
| comfrey tea
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Aching bones and teeth:
| calcium drinks | anything with: broccoli, kale, greens, tangerines
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Bleeding gums, gum disease:
| citrus | high magnesium(cherries) |
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Tooth decay:
| grape cherry drink
| greens dandelion greens parsley kale carrots
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Bruises:
| citrus, especially orange juice
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Canker sores/fever blisters:
| cranberries (quinic acid)
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Constipation:
| carrot potato apple
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apple pear parsley
| asparagus potatoes jicama
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Nutritional support:
| 5 carrots 10 spinach leaves 4 turnip leaves 4 sprigs watercress
| 4 carrots 1-2 stalks asparagus 1 stalk celery (also for cramping and muscle tissue (potassium))
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Tendonitus, muscles:
| carrots + celery + spinach + parsley
| 1/2 cucumber 1/2 beet w/ greens 2-3 carrots
| 1/2 cucumber 1 stalk celery 1 small slice lime
| small cuke 4 carrots 3 kale leaves
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6 carrots 1/2 green bell pepper handful kale 1/2 handful spinach 1/2 handful turnip greens
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Body Building:
| 5-6 carrots 4 kale leaves 4 sprigs parsley 1/2 apple
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For strength and stamina:
| (high mineral) 4 carrots 1 beet w/greens large handful spinach
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4 carrots 2-3 cauliflower florets 1/2 leaf bok choy
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For Fatigue:
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carrots + celery, parsley, or apple dandelion greens
| 2 1 inch pineapple rounds 3 radishes handful dandelion greens
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For hemorrhoids:
| jicama + pear = apple
| 1 slice potato 4 carrots 1 apple handful parsley
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For Headaches: | 4 celery 2 apples | fennel + apple | celery |
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For Migraines:
| fennel + apple
| pineapple + celery
| carrot + cabbage + celery
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For motion sickness, also nausea:
| ginger
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For vitality:
| 5 carrots 4 oz green grapes 1 apple 3 kiwis 1/4th beet w/greens 1 valencia orange
| 6 carrots 5 sprigs parsley
| 2 1 inch pineapple rounds 1 lime w/skin 2-3 tangerines 2-3 whole pitted cherries 1 round pineapple 1/2 chunks pineapple chunks for garnish 1 bunch red grapes
| 6 carrots 1/2 beet w/greens 3 sprigs parsley
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| 4 apples 2 stalks celery
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For Vitamin C and potassium:
| 2 sweet apples 1/2 pomegranate
| 1 large orange 1/2 lime w/stem
| 4 carrots 1-2 stalks asparagus
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1/4 cup mineral water 1 stalk celery
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For calcium:
| 1 small cucumber 4 carrots 3 kale leaves 1/4 green bell pepper
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4 carrots 1 beet w/greens
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For vitamin A:
| 4 carrots 1 persimmon 2-3 strips red bell pepper 1 orange 1/2 handful parsley 3 broccoli florets w/stem | 12oz canteloupe 6 carrots
| 6 carrots 1 inch sweet potato slice
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For potassium and phosphorus:
| (flushes kidneys) 4 -5 cauliflower florets w /stems 4 carrots handful parsley
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For Potassium, magnesium, also vitamin A:
| 1 orange 1 persimmon 1 1/2-inch pineapple round 1 pear 1/4 cup sparkling mineral water
| 1 1 inch pineapple round 1 passion fruit 1 small papaya 1 small nectarine
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For night blindness:
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For clear eyes:
| 6 carrots 1 large handful collard greens, kale, mustard greens or parsley
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For anxiety:
| any apple celery drink (ratio: 4 apples/2 celery)
| grapes strawberries carrots | asparagus celery
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For impotence:
| ginger root broccoli kale wheat grass
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For calm:
| 2 1-inch thick pineapple rounds 2 stalks celery | 4-5 carrots 1 four-inch wedge green cabbage
| 4 carrots 1/2 cucumber
| 4 apples 2 stalks celery
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For rejuvenating the pancreas:
| 4 carrots 1 apple 4-5 lettuce leaves 3 oz string beans (3/4 cup) 3 oz brussel sprouts (3-4 sprouts)
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For the liver:
| 1/2 beet w/greens 3-4 apples
| Upset stomach (plus calcium and phosphorus): 1 1-inch slice jicama 6-7 carrots handful parsley |
1 1-inch jicama 4 carrots 1 apple 1 stalk celery
| (too acidic - gassy) 2 carrots 1 3 inch wedge red or green cabbage 4 stalks celery |
Digestion:
| good after a workout) 1/2 bulb (4 oz) fennel 3 apples handful spinach (alkaline) | 1 orange 1/4 grapefruit 1/4 lemon w/skin
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Digestion | (calming to stomach) carrot-apple drinks apple-pear fennel-apple cantloupe garlic | 1/2 tomato any carrot/apple juice mixed with cabbage
| 6 oz fennel (1 medium bulb) 1/2 beet w/greens 2 apples
| 5 carrots 1 wedge cabbage 1/2 apple
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For irregularity: | wheatgrass
| most fruits | canteloupe |
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For fiber and greens:
| 4 carrots 1 beet w/greens 7-8 lettuce leaves 2-4 chard leaves | 4 carrots 2 stalks celery handful spinach handful parsley
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To fight infections and build immune system:
| 6 carrots 2 stalks celery handful parsley 2 cloves garlic
| 3 carrots 1 stalk celery 1 apple 1/2 beet w/greens 1/2 handful wheat grass
| 2 apples 1/2 handful parsley 1 orange
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For the lungs:
| (for smoke inhalation) green leafy vegetables 4 sprigs parsley
| strawberries 3/4 potato celery 4 sprigs watercress
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For sore throats:
| radish ginger
| 1 inch slice horseradish root juice of 1 lemon warm water honey
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Laryngitus:
| fresh pineappple juice celery ginger
| carrot ginger
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For colds:
| citrus cranberry ginger garlic radish
| 1 1-inch pineapple round
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For sinus:
| ginger radish
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Insomnia:
| canteloupe celery
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Before sleep:
| 2-3 apples 1 pear
| 5 carrots 2 stalks celery large handful parsley
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To Lose weight:
| 1/2 pink grapefruit 2 apples
| (for high cholesterol level) 5 carrots 1/2 inch ginger root 1/2 apple handful parsley
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Blood Purifier | 3 sweet apples 8 strawberries
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Blood regenerator:
| 5 carrots 6 spinach leaves 4 lettuce leaves 1/4 turnip 4 sprigs parsley
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Body cleanser:
| 2-3 carrots 1/2 cucumber (or 1/2 small zuchini) 1/2 beet w/greens
| green leafy vegetables strawberries celery
| watercress 4 apples parsley 2 stalks celery
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For greying hair:
| 1 3-4 inch wedge cabbage 4 carrots
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For hair growth or loss:
| 5-6 carrots handful alfalfa sprouts 4 lettuce leaves
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