HOME REMEDIES BY SAINT HILDEGARD OF BINGEN

  St Hildegard writes: "When God created man, a different type of earth was used to form him. Henceforth, all substances were subject to man, because they sensed that in him was life, and they endeavoured to aid him in him in all his efforts, and man's aim, in turn, was to help them." CAMPHOR LAUREL (CINNAMOMUM CAMPHORA) Camphor, namely the rubber, has a pure coldness, but the tree from which camphor exudes has a sharp and fine  cold .  If one ingests the camphor alone without the green, the fire that is in man is dampened. Therefore it is strongly advised not to take the camphor on its own.  On the other hand, the sick and the weak become wonderfully  STRONG , and the healthy even  stronger , if they often take camphor on an empty stomach in the following composition: Take the same amount of aloe and myrrh, and camphor a little less than the weight of each, and melt these ingredients together in a pan, finally add some coltsfoot ( Tussilago farfara ) and form the mixture