Take 10 medium-sized onions, 15 crushed walnuts (shell included) and 10 quince seeds and boil them in a litre of water until half a litre of the liquid is left. Strain, add 300 g of nebet (crystallized sugar) candy and wait for it to melt. Drink a tablespoon of the mixture before a meal every 1,5-2 hours.
Acute Bronchitis
- thyme sprigs – 40 g;
- coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara) leaves – 40 g;
- common marshmallow (Althaea officinalis) root – 40 g;
- primrose root – 40 g;
- elder flowers – 40 g;
- liquorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra) root – 30 g;
- common polypody (Polypodium vulgare) root – 20 g.
Chop up the herbs, boil 2 tablespoons of the mixture in half a litre of water for 5 minutes and let it sit for an hour. Sweeten with nebet (crystallized sugar) candy and drink 100 ml 4 times a day.
Chronic Bronchitis
- Florentine Iris root – 30 g;
- liquorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra) root – 30 g;
- common marshmallow (Althaea officinalis) root – 30 g;
- coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara) leaves – 30 g;
- anise (Pimpinella anisum) seed – 30 g;
- sage leaves – 40 g.
Method: see the recipe above.
Bronchopneumonia
- pine tips – 100 g;
- common sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) stems – 100 g;
- flaxseed – 50 g;
- marigold (Calendula officinalis) flowers – 50 g;
- plantain (Plantago) flowers – 50 g;
- mint leaves – 50 g;
- horsetail (Equisetum arvense) flowers – 50 g;
- Iceland moss (Cetraria islandica) – 30 g;
- Jerusalem thorn (Paliurus aculeatus) berries – 30 g;
- St John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum) stems – 40 g;
- anise (Pimpinella anisum) seed – 45 g;
- primrose root – 30 g.
Cover 2 tablespoons of the herb mixture with half a litre of boiling water and let it sit in a closed container for 2 hours. Drink 100 ml before a meal 4 times a day.
Widened Bronchial Tubes (Bronchiectasis)
- horsetail (Equisetum arvense) stems – 60 g;
- coriander berries – 60 g;
- marigold (Calendula officinalis) stems – 60 g;
- thyme stems – 60 g;
- anise (Pimpinella anisum) seed – 40 g;
- basil stems – 60 g;
- white horehound (Marrubium vulgare) stems – 40 g;
- lungwort (Pulmonaria officinalis) stems – 30 g;
- agrimony (Agrimonia eupatoria) stems – 100 g;
- common marshmallow (Althaea officinalis) root – 50 g.
Method: see the recipe above.