Heal the soul.

HEALING THE SOUL  

FAVORITE SPRING  

I remember my grandmother’s stories about her childhood very well. These stories seemed like fascinating fairy tales to me — they were wrapped in charm and the light of bygone times.  

Once, my grandmother told me about her sister, who suffered from eczema. No matter where they went for treatment — it was all useless. They had to constantly treat her hands, bandaging them. Then they learned about a spring that was considered holy. And just then, a religious procession was planned from the village church. The whole family went. With hymns. At the head of the procession was the rector of the church.  

They approached the spring. Father Gavriil placed Lyudmilochka (that was my grandmother’s sister’s name) right by the water. He began to read the Gospel. Then he interrupted the prayer service and advised the girl to put her hands in the water and hold them there. He said: “Lyudushka, pray all the while.” And so she did. After that, her hands began to heal again and they went home.  

In the evening, when they removed the bandages to change the dressing, they were amazed to see clean, pink little hands. Not a trace of eczema, not a scar. The illness never returned.  

I also have a special relationship with holy springs. I can’t share any particularly vivid personal stories, but what I do know is that the water from such springs makes me feel better, as if I’m filled with strength — I always notice this.  

That’s why I want to tell you about my favorite spring in honor of the Pochaev Icon of the Mother of God. It is located in the Leningrad Region, not far from the village of Pillovo. Here, people can be healed of various illnesses. At the spring, there is a covered font. And there’s also a stone which, according to legend, bears the footprints of the Mother of God.  

The water in the spring is not just tasty, but beneficial. That’s why people come with their problems, sorrows, and fears. The miraculous water especially helps with diseases of the legs and eyes.  

On holidays, there are always many people at the spring. But if you come on a weekday, there’s no one there. Silence and the grace of a prayerful place.  

A chapel was built over the stone with the footprints of the Mother of God. It would seem the stone is sheltered from rain and snow, but the footprints of the Mother of God on the stone are always filled with water.  

Where does the liquid come from? It’s a mystery! Local residents say that there is always water in the footprints on the stone, no matter how much you scoop out. They take it for washing. They say the water is healing. So I collect it too. Now I wash with it, waiting for healing, I hope and I believe!  

Ilko I.E., Kingisepp  

HOPE AND FAITH GIVE STRENGTH  

Our faith in God, the Most Holy Mother of God, and the holy fathers gives a person everything: love, hope itself, faith itself. In every family, in our difficult times, all of this is needed.  

Prayer, short prayer, helps everyone to believe in themselves, in their loved ones, in children, a husband in his wife, and a wife in her husband. And the Gospel, that wise and complex book, answers all the questions of today. Only you must read it thoughtfully, not once or twice, but every day.  

Every person needs to have a special Orthodox calendar, where the chapters of the Gospel and the Apostles are indicated for each day. Such a calendar can be bought both in a bookstore and in a church. Once you read it, and it’s not much, your head becomes clear, and your soul is at peace.  

I write all this because I am 82 years old, I have lived a long, difficult life, I understand people, I have learned to forgive, but to humble myself I succeed, it seems, not always — I try. I wish every person goodness, faith in God, the Most Holy Mother of God, the holy fathers. I wish everyone health, well-being, peace.  

I wish prosperity to the newspaper. Your newspaper teaches people to understand pain and the joy of every reader.  

Krestyaninova Evgeniya, Belarus, Brest Region (address in the editorial office)  

NO MEDICINE NEEDED  

When I read about miracles, I think, “How wonderful that such things happen.” And here we ourselves came into contact with a miracle.  

My husband suddenly developed inflammation and an old scar on his arm became suppurated (a trace from a surgical operation he had long ago). We had just arrived at the dacha at that time, starting to tidy up the garden. We wondered: should we return home right away to see a doctor, or wait a day?  

I had oil with me, which I had acquired shortly before this event at the chapel of Blessed Xenia of St. Petersburg. I was in St. Petersburg for several days for work, and one evening I went to the chapel. Of course, oil can be bought at any church shop, but I wanted to get it specifically from the saint’s chapel. And since then, the treasure has always been with me — in my bag.  

But let’s return to the story at the dacha. I moistened a cotton pad with the oil and applied it to my husband’s inflamed scar, securing it with a bandage. I prayed to Blessed Xenia.  

The next day we decided to change the dressing. We peeled off the bandage, removed the cotton, and on my husband’s arm — no pus, only redness. We did another treatment with the oil, then another. As a result, the inflammation almost disappeared.  

And then my husband smeared the scar with the miraculous oil for about a couple more months. And the scar became unnoticeable. My husband lived with this scar for almost 20 years, and now you can’t even tell which arm had the mark!  

Zhukova I.Yu., Aprelevka  

Will put on legs are herbs and felt boots.

 One of mine teacher Elena are long time suffered from knee aches, very hard walked in an apartment through four floors. When 1 year ago am met her, and she cried. That am lots of pills used, injections done, and not helped me they are. Am advised  herb use herbs, very good recipe having for ache joints, but not right away, need to be a patience, that feel result.

 Fl, of dandelions, calendula, mint, cudweed, nettle, lingonberries leafs, hypericum perf, all mix, and 1 tbl.sp. of mixture add in 0.5 l. of hot water, keep on water bath 15 min, infuse hour, filter, use 1/3 glass for 3 times/day.

 She used this cure for month, added week for rest, and kept used cure. In 3.5 months am met her again, am informed that aches , and she's feeling  better, but also am advised her on the naked feet to wear felt boots. They are put patients on the legs. My friend is a painter, with an a ache joints, used brush and wore felt boots, and lived till 91 years old. Thanks for these boots.Am  with  gymnastic , success cure   a sacrum vertebra region.  

Propolis water.

A recipe for normalization arterial pressure, who is not suffering from allergy on bee productions. A long time am having pressure 150-160/90, used pills for 2 times/day, but kinds peoples advised cure. 50 ml. of water add 20 drops of tincture propolis, used before breakfast for 20 days, after add 1 month rest, kept cured, pressure normalized to the end of second course, stayed 120-130/80. But am keeping using tincture as using 4th course, dosages of remedies lowered on 4 times, thus changed 100 mg on 25 mg. I'm  sure it's a victory! 

 Am sure and hope dear readers for you will help tincture of propolis.

A most importance organs for toxins fighting is liver, we are eating bad food, using remedies, but liver needing in help as cleaning.  0.5 glass of raisins wash his, scald, add water till edges, infuse for day, under lid in dark place. Within a day periodically  mixing contain by spoon, for a next morning drink infusion, eat raisins. A procedure doing for one times in three days , repeat in the month. Additional plus, raising use is launching liver of cells regeneration, remove gall, and with her are free radicals, products of split and toxins.

 

blueberry benefit.  

Lingonberry fishing.

 On the August middle  we are visited forest for lingonberry, as of hot, dried  summer she is very small. Walked on roadside plot we are down stayed, where  humidity kept and am saw best picture on the carpet of green moss are red big lingonberries bunches stayed. On my childhood mum take me always in forest fir lingonberry fishing. When are not dried swamps, and this berry on the green moss has been a lot. Take by hands, palm is filled a full. She is sweet, ripe. In our family all are enjoyed this berry, her wetted and cooked taste kvas. Father prepared three oak barrels on 20 l. every and added in her dried on the wind lingonberry, after added sugar or honey. Closed good by cork of barrel, put barrel in cellar, infused such kvas, like lemonade reminding till October holidays.  And we are both found on a small hollow with a big sweet blueberry, as passed by berry bushes. Am also taken a big blueberry kinds , thus we are stayed happy for berries fishing.

  

Falling and growing.

 In Europe a herb gone from West . Beautiful and miracle herb Kalanchoe diagremontana is succulent kind, and with a lot of small children's, which displaying on leafs.

And calling kalanchoe is France transcription of China s  phrases as viviparous ,which a falling and growing. And by a crassulacea madames in estate Decrement  received of, by botanics showed an own big collection for study.  His beautiful and miracle herb paid  attention on begin, after his healing effects , as surgeries without a knife, home doctor. Leaf juice is very appreciated, and herb is anti inflamed, healing bacterial effects , with rich are bioflavonoids, healing, bacterial, vitamin C, tannins, organic acids, micro and macro elements. In juice having iron, aluminium, copper, mg, silicone, manganese, calcium, thus a success healing trophic ulcers, bedsores, abscess, burns, erosion. Help in angina, stomatitis, restoring immunity, against sun burns. Fresh leafs wash,dry, chop by knife, or in blender, put mass on gauze, of a few layers , apply compress on damage skin for 35-45 min, course by feeling.

 Juice  of leafs getting .as leafs of herb 2 years old, and preparing juice before not watering herb for 7 days, use are meaty and big leafs, are getting more juice. Leafs, stems wash,  dry, press juice, add in jar of glass, put in refrigerator, in a few days in jar forming sediment, a very care filter a healing juice, keep in refrigerator.

Leafs infusion in acnes.

 5 leafs chop, add 1 glass of water, put on water bath for15 min, add in thermos, infuse hour, filter, cool, in bottle of glass, apply infusion on the face after morning, evening washing for care remedy, course on an everyday.

Ointment.

Very popular.

 As manufacturing wounds, abscess , rashes, cracks, fistulas, bites, apply in towels or grease is faster fighting problem, fighting acnes, whitening dark spots. Thus, 20 ml. of extract kalanchoe and 50 ml. of lanolin and 50 ml. of Vaseline, mix all, till thick creams like getting, put in jar of glass, close with lid, keep in refrigerator for 20 days.

 A drops in nose in runny nose.

 Fresh juice pressed use 3 drops in every nostril in every 2 hours. In a few time strong sneezing having, after which nose cleaning, its for adult therapy. In children are needing lowering dose. And one to one diluting juice in water, avoid in weak vessels, so as causing string sneezing, course by feeling.

Gargle throat in angina, gingivitis, stomatitis, and mouth. 1 tbl.sp. of juice dilute in 1/2 glass of water  and gargle mouth or throat for 3-3 times/day, course by feeling.

 In heartburn.

If heartburn worries ,  leaf piece and chew good for 1 min, course by feeling. 

Spirit tincture of leafs in legs edemas and varicose.

5 leafs chop, and add 1/2 l. of vodka or medical spirit, in dark place put a bottle for 2 weeks, shaking every day, filter, put in refrigerator, wrap with foil a top. Use for legs rubbing in vessel stars displaying as on beginning stage, that therapy will succes

s, rubbing in close to feet and care move up, to knees, not press on damage vessels in varicose. Decreasing aches, heaviness in legs, cramps fighting are not waiting longer , course are 4 months.  Avoiding.

 Avoiding in allergy on herb, hypotonia, sugar diabetes, glomerulonephritis, lipogranulematosis of mesentery, oncology, rheumatism, asthma bronchial, hepatitis, cirrhosis,  and other liver damage. And on pregnancy not use.

By A.Filin, candidate of biologic  science 

 

Antidepressants.

 If sedative and tranquillizers having a temporary help as symptomatic, and after organism need to fight stress  as self, but antidepressants created to cure reason for a bad mood on the level a chemical  molecules.  And in a few from us are bad working natural anti-stressed mechanisms, as for example  of substances failure, which are allowing  pleasure. These peoples are rare feeling happy, feeling black and see in black, if psychic is weak, a hard affecting to loads, thus a beginning sicked condition. Negative minds exhausted, fears and worries keeping, and they are keeping always, when problem decided. And result is apathy, a lost interest to live and something to do. Such are development psychical disorders from neurosis toll anxiety , depression, hard destroys in mental sphere. Thus, here is help needing always in psychotherapeutist or psychiatrists with s help as prescribing antidepressants, they are normalizing quantities for serotonin, noradrenalin, dopamine are needing for nerve system for adequate work.

 And in antidepressants having a few peculiarities :

 Effect developing not fright away, in a month, half since a cure begun.

Dose selecting individuality by, by tests and mistakes.

Avoid a fast stopping cure, slowly lowering dosages, pills are always keeping close at trip, work, or rest.

In the long cure a side effects creating problem developing are dryness mouth, sleep hard, lowering attention, weight gain, lowering libido, increasing anxiety.But, a hard depression is worsening life is faster and not favourable effect of antidepressants are affecting less evil, if remedies prescribed by indications.

And together with those are lists of side effects and peculiarities need to stop you, if you are though, that modern antidepressants are magic and not harmful effects  almost without against bad mood. These are power psychotrope remedies , mechanism of which till not learned by scientists and doctors.

 Remember!

1. Without a doctor consultation you can support nerve system with sedative  remedies, and effect will visible in easy destroys, that is happening are temporary difficulties.  Sedative lowering worry ness and moving sleep structure, but when is very bad, sedative not helping.

2.If happened trouble , its hard, stressed, upset , but in soul you will cope, thus use a short rest with tranquillizers, visit doctor for recipe, or buy without a reception remedy, but right read instruction, and hide pills from children's.

3. If you are not remembered, when are received pleasure , good weather a mood of, any music, as all is bad, nothing not interesting, deadlock, forces left, visit psychotherapeutist or psychiatrist . Sometimes soul wounds need to cure with pills. Antidepressants can to save from apathy and hopelessness.

By N.Dolgopolova, Dr. Therapeutist . 

 

Anxiolytics.

 And effects for tranquillizers are stronger, they are delaying transferring for nerve impulses in a few regions for nerve system/limbic/, reticular formation, thalamus, hippocampus ,  and spine brain ,thus:

Fighting dear, worry, are all tranquillizers, causing sleepiness, lowering muscles tensions  , anti seizure  effect having few remedies.

They are prescribing in hard situations ,in which you  are having insomnia, head filled with hard minds, and not allowing controlling itself. These remedies giving for you a rest from these emotions, worry , insomnia,And ,  head will clear, you will to live  and forces with, and fight  .They are effecting faster, use pill and help , and by short-course or for a few days, but not on 2-4 weeks and more, thus causing habit, and remedy stops works. A long using tranquillizers are worsening memory, work capacity , new inf  to learn and rework . Sleepiness having, dizziness, sex function bad, inhibition. And in a using these remedies you not need drive a car, and lots of remedies removing in 12 hours, thus  use a remedy   before sleep, on the morning use taxi, or use bus. And these are selling by prescription , but are soft tranquillizers selling without prescriptions, they are not sedative, anti seizure not habit causing, not relaxing muscles, effects is weaker , than in prescribed remedies. And not require  prescription ask in buying afobazol, fenibut, grandaxin, mebicar  are not strong, and selling free  but by  a law a need to prescription use, thus take attention  on instruction and use minimal dosages, if doctor not prescribed theirs. 

  

Let s calm, and calm!

 Calmer  or antidepressants  ? What  a need to know about theirs, why they are helping for you, and other is not, a how to select effective remedy from nerves by recipe or not.

And its confirmed ,that inside world is an every from us is ability to change  serious with psychotrope remedies.A lots of remedies are fighting psychosis and correction hard psychical diseases at hospital. But three groups of remedies are fighting with nerves, improves sleep, calm  soul, not affecting for destroying  a habit life mode. But these are prescribed remedies and right project at pharmacy as these are narcotic, but having a less heady pills and herbs which are free selling.Let s  check and recognize a how they are working ,when they are needing.

Sedative remedies.

As they  are oppressive nerve transferring in brain structures, which answering for emotions. This,  is you are tired from an often worries, and very strong reacting on the  day events, and not ability to calm, you can use sedatives.

These are herbs remedies of valeriana, leonurus, passiflora.

Combined remedies  are valoserdin, valocordin, corvalol, validol, as a heart remedies.

And remedies of bromine.

They are all free selling, not causing addiction, and good enduring, and by instruction using not affecting on attention, work capacity. Thus, they are using on a daytime, but causing very high sedative effect, that on the lunchtime you can to yawn. On the nighttime use is improving sleep. Sedative remedies are effecting weaker, than other than psychotropic, as by alone not fight neurosis or depression. On the light case, you can to understand its with you as on a short time, just forces needing, that to fight hard time in life. Thus, you can support oneself by these remedies groups.   

Fight will be a seriouse.

 Am often reading vestnik, and never met or saw a such diseases eosinophil  granulematosis with polyanginitis , that is having in my daughter after Covid endured. Maybe a reason is nerve breakdown, on her 40 years ol, she is having two children's  schoolers . Please help, say  about this disease, about a cure, and herbs, which prognosis is here?

Eosinophil granulematosis with polyanginitis is ANCA  is associated systemic vasculitis for vessels damaging by small and middle hummingbirds . Also having bronchial asthma, eosinophils high containing in blood, that displaying much eosinophil infiltrates in organs and tissues.And in these group of vasculitis entering granulematosis with polyanginitis as Wegner s and microscopic  polyanginitis. And in data disease in blood finding antibodies especial to cytoplasm neutrophils/ANCA/. If to talk about a disease reasons as much rheumatological diseases are not simple to find. By practice that Eosinophil vasculitis is a selecting for target is respiratory highway as with a long staying bronchial asthma, allergy rhinitis, nose polyps, endured a hard COVID-19, serious nervous breakdowns, over cooling, acute respiratory diseases often. They are all having trigger or risks factors. And if in diagnosis having troubles, when doctor not finding  ANCA in the blood ,thus doing biopsy of damages organ or tissue under microscope to find signs for eosinophil vasculitis. And half of patients having sensitive destroying, forces in legs, hands, as of periphery nerves damages, lots of times are having restoring or years, also meeting heart damage  lungs, bowel, kidneys, joints,skin. All organs are rich with blood supply ,thus are here a risk for other problems are myocarditis, infarctus, periphery neuropathy, haemorrhagic  stroke, gastroenteritis, perforation bowel. Meeting in peoples  from 15 to 70 y.old, but more often in Middle Ages as 40–50 years.In vasculitis kinds cure is serious from 2 and more years, and serious. Its combined immunosuppression , in base of which are having prednisolone, cyclophosphamide, or rituximab. And on begin cure dosages are 60 mg /day, or by dropsy with methylprednisolone, in a 3 months daily prednisolone dosage lowering on 10-15 mg, in half year till 5 mg, but a few patients using high dosages within a long time. Or in a cure of half years -year since cure begin are cancelling prednisolone, but condition is worsening, thus small dosages of hormones leaving on the continuing time. But in prescribing cyclophosphamide is high risk for damaging organs and tissues. Thus, use by dropsy on every three weeks with course till 6 months with a following transfer on the softer remedies as azatioprine, or methotrexate. Thus, cyclophosphamide is very toxic, thus within all cure course, drink more water. An alternative for cyclophosphamide is rituximab, its biologic remedy destroying lymphocytes, where in data vasculitis  are straying for factories of antibodies are damaging vessels.Rituximab is his other name mabtera, accelbia as by dropsy prescribing. Beginning course 4 infusions on 500 mg, and for future we are repeating cure on same dosages ,which prescribing doctor. But by me just prednisolone a granulematosis ia therapy using, and other remedies not an always needing, But stay ready, in lowering dosages for glucocorticosteroids is acuting going. Its acuting not of vasculitis, but bronchial asthma, allergy rhinitis, thus will help you anti-asthmatic and anti allergy remedies, which you are using before ,as a modern biologic remedies mepolizumab. And for calming, which are calling by me three vasculitis kinds , as eosinophil vasculitis is less dangerous for life, but here is high risk for damaging periphery nerves, cure is serious, with rheumatologist checking, self cure avoiding. And with herbs. Thus, your daughter not upset need, hands down, a fight is long, serious, but she will be an effective. 

By I.Smitienko, rheumatologist, candidate for medical science.

 

ivy. benefit.

You found two classic spring healers right there in Panga 🌿 

That photo shows ground ivy Glechoma hederacea, also called naistenmatara in Estonian. Those little purple lipped flowers + round scalloped leaves are the giveaway. I also spot a dandelion bloom in the top left. Both are edible and have been used in Estonian and European folk herbalism for centuries.

Here are 3 simple healing recipes you can make with them:

1. Ground Ivy Healing Tea - for coughs, sinus, & spring allergies

Ground ivy is traditionally used as an expectorant and anti-inflammatory. Folk names include “alehoof” because it was used to flavor beer before hops.

Ingredients:

• 1 tbsp fresh ground ivy leaves + flowers, or 1 tsp dried • 1 cup boiling water • Optional: honey, lemon 

How to:

1. Rinse the leaves/flowers to remove dirt 2. Pour boiling water over them, cover, steep 10-15 min 3. Strain and sip warm, up to 3 cups/day during cold season 

Used for: Stuffy nose, wet coughs, mild headaches, and “spring cleaning” the lymph system. In Estonian folk medicine it’s used for külmetushaigused and kidney support.

2. Dandelion + Ground Ivy Spring Vinegar - mineral tonic

Both plants are rich in minerals and bitter compounds that support digestion + liver.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup fresh dandelion flowers + young leaves • 1/2 cup fresh ground ivy leaves/flowers • Raw apple cider vinegar to cover • Clean jar with lid 

How to:

1. Pack jar loosely with rinsed, wilted herbs. Wilt 2-3 hours first so excess water doesn’t spoil it 2. Pour vinegar over, covering by 2-3 cm. Cap with plastic/paper if using metal lid 3. Shake daily, infuse 3-4 weeks in dark cupboard 4. Strain. Use 1 tbsp in water before meals, or on salads 

Used for: Digestion, bloating, gentle detox, seasonal allergies. The bitterness stimulates bile flow.

3. Ground Ivy Healing Salve - for cuts, bruises, skin issues

Prunella vulgaris is actually “self-heal,” but ground ivy was also used on wounds. This is a basic infused oil salve.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup fresh wilted ground ivy • 1 cup olive oil or sunflower oil • 1 tbsp beeswax per 1/4 cup infused oil 

How to:

1. Dry wilt the ground ivy 12-24h so it’s not wet 2. Warm oil + herb in double boiler 2-3h on very low heat. Don’t fry it 3. Strain through cheesecloth. Add beeswax to warm oil, stir to melt 4. Pour into tins. Cool to set 

Used for: Small cuts, scrapes, insect bites, bruises, hemorrhoids. Traditionally used on slow-healing wounds.

Important notes on safety:

• ID carefully: Make sure you have ground ivy Glechoma hederacea. It has square stems, opposite leaves, and smells minty when crushed. Avoid harvesting near roads or sprayed areas. • Who should skip it: Avoid ground ivy in large amounts if pregnant, nursing, or if you have kidney disease or epilepsy. It contains pulegone. Dandelion can interact with diuretics, lithium, and some antibiotics. • Not a replacement: These are traditional uses, not prescriptions. For ongoing symptoms, wounds that won’t heal, or serious conditions, check with a healthcare provider or apteeker in Estonia. 

Ground ivy is super common in Lääne County meadows in May. You’ve got good medicine literally underfoot.