Biblical Medications and Uses Today

[MsSuzanna]

I have a thyroid going bad Arrrg, I've been using iodized salt which has iodine in it.
Fish and other seafoods which contain iodine and omega 3 fatty acids, it's good to have seafood in the diet no doubt a lot of people don't eat enough of it. I've never ate much seafood in my life very little probably why my thyroid struggles these days
the japanese eat tons of seafood and the country has very low thyroid issues in its population not like here in the U.S were there's 70 million with thyroid issues. Thyroid medication ive read is the 4th most prescribed med.
though to much fish especially tuna fish can be unhealthy also, for it has high levels of mercury in it.[/QUOTEHonestly, the idonized salt isnt going to help much if at all. You need a high quality iodine. Most americans do not have proper levels in their bodies because the foods and gmo's have voided it out or depleted it down to low levels. Over 2 billion people are deficient across the globe. Stuff you get in most stores is crap and not at purest state. The salt is not going to do you any good honestly. You need Survival Shield x-2. Nascent iodine. Look it up. Its purest you will find.
Blessings

 

[mar09]

Numbers 14.37

There is no unanimity among medical writers in regard to the any diseases referred to in the Bible. In most cases the recorded symptoms are so vague or general that they could well be indicative of sev. or many specific human ailments…other types of ‘plague’ are described in the Bible. One was apparently venereal; another is regarded as having been bubonic plague. For instance, in the 5[SUP]th[/SUP] and 6[SUP]th[/SUP] chap. Of 1 Sam., we read of a plague with wc ‘mice’were connected. These mice are described as marring the land. The Heb. Word ‘achbar’ refers to both mice and rats. IT is probable that rats… are referred to. We read that the ark of the tabernacle was captured by the Philistines and that the inhabitants of each city to wc it was brought were attacked by a plague wc killed thousands. In the KJ and Douay versions this ‘plague’ (Heb. Magepha) is called ‘emerods’ but the RV of 1885 substitutes ‘tumors’ and adds a marginal note reading” or plague—boils; as read by the Jews emerods. The symptoms… are given in part in 1 Sam.5.9: ‘and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts.’ The word emerod (Heb. Bapolin) is an older one for what we now call hemorroids, but the extremely high fatalities recorded in the Bible… point to some plague far more serious than hemorroids. True hemorroids, however, seem to be referred to in Ps. 78.66.

Regarding the ‘plague’ of Samuel, Allen says: The disease was very fatal and accompanied by tenesmus and evacuations of blood. It might have been a form of dysentery, but that has not swellings. Bubo, however, does have tenesmus and bloody stools, and as there swellings are in the secret parts, in all probability these emerods were bubo. There was no sanitary precaution in the Levitical code to prevent spreading of this disease because of the belief that it was due to divine judgment supernaturally inflicted. Had the israelites kept themselves free from intercourse with other nations they would probably have been free.

Various writers, incl.. Allen, have also identified—as bubonic plague the pestilential punishment inflicted upon the Israelites during and after the rebellion of korah (Num. 16,26.9-11, 27.3), as well as the plague wc killed the spies who returned to moses after exploring Canaan…

The causal organism of bubonic plague in man—also afflicting rats, mice, guinea-pigs…-- is Pasteurella pestis..the disease is an acute, systemic malignant highly contagious one very prevalent in central asia and has periodically visited asia minor, northern Africa, and the large cities of Europe… it is characterized by an inflammatory swelling and ulcerations of the lymphatic glands of thee neck, armpits, and esp in the groin…

Bubonic plague has ravaged europe and asia minor in 195 recorded epidemics fr the time of Samuel to the 18[SUP]th[/SUP] century. In the black death decades of thee 14[SUP]th[/SUP] century it took the lives of 25 M Europeans, ¼ of the continent’s total population…it existed in northern Africa in the 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] and 4[SUP]th[/SUP] centuries b.c. according to Rufus of Ephesus.
The plague is not common in the tropics, since it cannot develop in hot dry air. Warm moist air is very favourable to it, and it thrives on filth and famine.
pp. 166-69

 

[mar09]

Num. 11.6-9. But now our soul is dried away; there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes. and
the manna was as coriander seed, and the color thereof was as the color of bdellium. and the people went
about and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pand, and made cakes of it...

Psa. 78:24-25. And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.
Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full.

Jn. 6:31. Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.

There are three distinct types of manna mentioned in the Bible. One was secured by purchase and
trade as recounted in Baruch 1:10. This consistd of the gummy exudations of certain desert trees,
particularly Tamaraiz mannifera, Alhagi maurorum, and Frazinus ornus.

The second was that which grew up during the night, when the ground was moist, but wc withered away
and stank when the heat of the sun fell upon it. (Exod. 16). This type is thought to have been produced by
species of the algal genus Nostoc. These tiny algae have been known to grow quite regularly with
unbelievable rapidity during the night, when there is an abundant fall of dew and the surface of the ground
is quite moist. Being very soft and gelatinous, these growths which spring up during the night disappear
the next morning when the sun evaporates the dew and dries up the surface of the ground...

The third type is the type that fell from heaven (Num. 11:9). Considerable discussion and heated argument
are to be found in literature onthis subject. Modern opinion among botanists is that the manna wc fell so
regularly from the skies was, in major part at least, composed of several lowly lichens, [incl.] Lecanora
affinis... Being extremely light, they are carried by the winds and often transported great distances in the air,
falling to the ground again and sometimes forming layers sev. inches deep. Sheep eat these lichens with
considerable satisfaction and the local tribesmen still make a kind of bread from them...In or abt 1854 a
shower of these lichens fell in Persia during the great famine, much to the joy and thanksgiving of the
starving inhabitants!

It's very probably however, that the plant mannas of the gummy type mentioned above...and that the word
came to have a symbolic significance for any food miraculously produced in time of scarcity or int he
barren deserts. It is estimated that bet. 2 and 2 1/2 M Israelites were living in the wilderness of Sinar at the
time that these events took place (1491-51 BC). The allowance to ea. man, according to Moffatt's translation,
was abt 7 pints a day... Other authorities figure th amount collected per day as only 2 1/4 pints per person...

The etymology and real meaning of the word manna are indicated plainly in the Septuagint and Vulgate, and
by old writers like Josephus. The Heb word by wc this substance was designated in the OT is 'man.' In
Psalms this food is spoken of as angels food and corn of heaven by the KJV...

The theory has been advanced by some Bible students that the manna wc appeared so suddenly... actually
consisted of quails or quail dung, or both. In Exod. 16:12-13 quails are mentioned as having appeared at the
same time as the manna. The quail is a well known migratory bird found all over europe, asia and africa..
Quails breed in large numbers in palestine, and ordinarily a few pairs remain there throughout the winter.
The vast majority, however, makes its appearance quite suddenly in March. They migrate to the warmer parts
of africa in the winter... That migrating birds make use of wind and air currents in their long flights is a well established
fact. The fact that it appeared along w/ the quails lends support to the theory that the manna consisted in part, at least,
of lichens also transported by high winds from the african mainland.
pp.125-28

 

[mar09]

On the grape, from Moldenke:
Gen. 9.20-21. And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard: And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.

14.18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.

Lev. 19.10 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest.

p. 242
The common grape-vine, Vitis vinifera, is mentioned throughout the Bible, from the days of Noah (about 2347 B.C.) to those of Jesus. Prophets, patriarchs, psalmists, and apostles all spoke of it, often employing it in a symbolic sense. "The fruitful vine" and "the vine brought out of Egypt" were symbolic of the Jewish people, while Jesus compared himself to that ‘true vine’ of which his disciples were the branches… It is the very first plant to be recorded in the Bible as cultivated, and it has been cultivated so long by the human race… that its exact origin is now shrouded in mystery. It is considered to be a native of the hilly regions of Armenia and the countries bordering on the Caspian Sea, esp on the southern side of this body of water, according to John smith.

p. 243
From the story of the dream of pharaoh’s butler and from painting, inscriptions and sculptures on ancient Assyrian and Egyptian monuments and record, we know w/o doubt that it was early cultivated in those lands. Palestine was described as a “land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates.’

Dr. Robert Griggs of George Washington University, in a letter dated mar. 7, 1940, states that he believes that the grapes brought back by Joshua and Caleb were bananas, musa paradisiaca. He says, ‘It impressed me bec. bananas are obviously the only fruit a bunch of which would constitute a man’s burden as there described, and bec. interpretation of the txt in that way made a rational acct of what on the face of it appeared a statement wc could not possibly be true. Furthermore, my slight acquaintance w/ higher criticism has indicated that the translators of the English text were very much at a loss to find English equivalents for the words of the original and upon discovering mention of a fruit in bunches, grapes would be the most natural way to construe it.’

The grape-vine of the old world sometimes assumes the habit of a tree, w/ a stem up to a ½ feet in diameter, the branches then being trained on a trellis, and bearing bunches of grapes 10 or 12 lbs in weight, the indiv. berries the size of small plums. .. The vines of Palestine were always renowned both for the luxuriance of their growth and for the immense clusters of grapes they produced. Travelers have again and again commented on the large sizes of the grape-clusters of Palestine.

Master’s reminds us that the specific names applied to the bananas namely sapientum and paradisiaca, were applied in the belief that bananas constituted the "forbidden fruit" of the "tree of knowledge of good and evil" in the garden of Eden, and that according to classical tradition it was bananas that the spies brought back. However, if bananas really were cultivated in Palestine in those days it is most remarkable that they would not have been mentioned more often in the scriptures and that there would not have been a special heb word applying to them. Post regards the banana as a native of India, and states that it is now widely cultivated in our area.

The Heb. word usually translated vine in the many biblical passages.. is gefen or gephen. The Heb. Name still used today for the grape-vine in Palestine is "gefen", according to Post (266). Other words are rendered "grape" (Hebrew, "enav" or "a'navim"), "wine" (Hebrew, "yayin"), "vineyard" (Hebrew, "kerem"), "grape gatherers", "cupbearer" (Hebrew, "mashkeh"), "winefat", "winepress", and "drunken" (Hebrew, "shikor")…

244
The leaves of the common grape-vine differ from those of most of our cultivated American grapes in being rounded heart-shaped, 5-Iobed, and coarsely toothed. The branches bear tendrils, and the small, inconspicuous, greenish flowers are panicled …

The time of vintage was a season of gen. festivity and usually commenced in Sept. The towns were then practically deserted and the people lived in temp. tents and lodges among the vineyards… the finest ones were saved for eating and kept in flat open wicker baskets… also made the dried raisins ( tx’mookim). The rest of the harvest was carried to the big stone winepresses, dug or hewn out of the rocky soil. This juice, according to dr. Robinson, is boiled down to a sirup, wc, under the name of dibe, is much used by all classes, wherever vineyards are found, as a condiment with their food.

The grape-vine is said to have been introduced into France in 540 B.C., and soon thereafter into the southern parts of Europe by the Romans (299). Its successful cultivation is more or less limited to the zone between 36° and 48° in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. The heat or cold beyond these limits hinders the full perfection of its fruit.

 

[mar09]

...the leeks, the onions and the garlic. Nu. 11.5.
The virtues of these 3 were well knwn in Biblical days. Onions and leeks were said to grow in the desert around Cairo and all peoples of the MIddle east remain fond to this day of the strong flavors of all three. Garlic is probably the most common seasoning in all mediterranean countries, where it is often eaten raw with bread. The plant was valued as a form of currency and provided to slaves building the pyramids as an incentive to good work. It has traditionally been used as a health aid, to regulate blood pressure and cholesterol.

Current research reveals that fresh garlic indeed does contain cpds that can help and cure infection. An ave. clove of garlic contains substances equivalent to 100,000 units of penicillin--abt 1/5 the ave dose--minus penicillin's side effects...one drawback to this amazing bulb: you have to eat it raw for its health benefits... The good herb, by Judith Hurley

 

[oldethennew]

thanks so much for sharing, Mar'...you are such a wealth of knowledge of maintaining good health!

my husband and i discovered many years ago that (goldenseal-myrrh-and-frankensense) from the Bible
are indeed some our Father's gifts of healing aids, they, along with several other key liquid-herbs
are a must for us and we keep them on hand in the fridge when we need them, they have greatly
helped us maintain our good-health, basically nipped them in the bud before they could over-take us.

also, so many of the 'root-vegs', especially the ones that you have posted are so KEY for us to eat...
of course it is just common sense that God's natural foods contain the ingredients we must have
to maintain optimum health and well-being, especially when they are picked and eaten with the sunshine
still alive in them, plus being grown in organic soil without the poisons...

we understand that many are unable to grow gardens in their homes or apartments, but as others have
shown, containers don't take up much space and you can always find co-ops or Farmer's Markets....
many wonderful herbs can be grown inside the home, on window sills and such...

we pray that our Brothers and Sisters will come back to our Father's Ways of eating and leave the worlds'
poisons behind in those establishments who serve them...

 

[mar09]

thanks so much for sharing, Mar'...you are such a wealth of knowledge of maintaining good health!

my husband and i discovered many years ago that (goldenseal-myrrh-and-frankensense) from the Bible
are indeed some our Father's gifts of healing aids, they, along with several other key liquid-herbs
are a must for us and we keep them on hand in the fridge when we need them, they have greatly
helped us maintain our good-health, basically nipped them in the bud before they could over-take us.

also, so many of the 'root-vegs', especially the ones that you have posted are so KEY for us to eat...
of course it is just common sense that God's natural foods contain the ingredients we must have
to maintain optimum health and well-being, especially when they are picked and eaten with the sunshine
still alive in them, plus being grown in organic soil without the poisons...

we understand that many are unable to grow gardens in their homes or apartments, but as others have
shown, containers don't take up much space and you can always find co-ops or Farmer's Markets....
many wonderful herbs can be grown inside the home, on window sills and such...

we pray that our Brothers and Sisters will come back to our Father's Ways of eating and leave the worlds'
poisons behind in those establishments who serve them...

Thanks for that otn. I couldnt stay longer on cc recently, but appreciate ur saying that...I wish, i so wish my family too would appreciate that... Well some are beginning to, but recent, when a doc/specialist prescribed 2 local herbal meds at the hospital for some kidney stones for a relative, another said she didnt think it was good/right for the patient. I havent had the chance to ask why n what she thinks is better, but if any happens/happened to have stones, wud they be willing to tell what they were prescribed? Anyway, i simply remember some of the 5 ingredients each in the 2 caps: there was tribulus, equisetum (horsetail), saw palmetto... Horsetail tea is quite familiar as i found a box once in a local shop, when i was looking for other teas so we tried it.
We do not even have goldenseal, myrrh and frankincense here-(. But i'm sure He has provided many other alternatives we just dnt know all about yet.

 

[mar09]

Isa. 28. 25. … doth he not cast aboard the fitches, and scatter the cummin?
The word here translated cumin is cammoin or kammon. There is no doubt at all abt the identitiy of the plant. Cumin is a common annual of the carrot family, said by some to be native to Egypt and the region of the eastern Mediterranean, notably Syria, and by others considered to have come originally from Turkestan… It has long even cultivated in southern Europe for its powerfully aromatic and pungent seeds, wc are similar to caraway seeds but larger. They do not have as great a taste as caraway seeds but nevertheless are extensively used in Palestine as a flavour or spice and even mixed with flour in making bread.
In ancient times Ethiopian cummin was considered to be the very best and that from Egypt the second best. It was used as a condiment with fish and meats, esp in stews, as a stimulant to the appetite, and as a medicine… in malta, the people still grow cumin and thresh it in the manner described by Isaiah.
p.89

 

[mar09]

I remember asking about this Dr. Axe in some thread before (but not which or where now-), as i do not know that much abt him... but i came across this short vid. where he recommended frankincense, myrrh, lavender and other essential oils for various cures.
[video=youtube;wO59q1o18hE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO59q1o18hE[/video]

 

[mar09]

This is a thread i'd like to reread parts of and post in again when there is info. Guess i could bump it for the newer members too=)

 

[JaumeJ]

Time to bump is time to bump... God bless you Mar.

 

[hornetguy]

I missed this thread, I think..

The antiseptic qualities of honey were mentioned, and that is true... the best is Manuka honey from New Zealand. You can find it online, fleabay and amazon.... just make sure to get the UMF at 10 or higher... higher is better. Don't be confused with the MGO rating.. it can be converted to UMF, but it isn't a direct 1-1 comparison... if going by the MGO rating, you should go no lower than 100... 250 is much better...

The way I understand it, when you put the honey on a wound, it reacts with the body fluids to create hydrogen peroxide naturally...

I've heard that Manuka is actually effective even against the MRSA staph infections.

 

[mar09]

Time to bump is time to bump... God bless you Mar.

Jack said time to bump... is time to bump. Ive been reviewing some of these, so again for the newer members=).

 

[graceNpeace]

I missed this thread, I think..

The antiseptic qualities of honey were mentioned, and that is true... the best is Manuka honey from New Zealand. You can find it online, fleabay and amazon.... just make sure to get the UMF at 10 or higher... higher is better. Don't be confused with the MGO rating.. it can be converted to UMF, but it isn't a direct 1-1 comparison... if going by the MGO rating, you should go no lower than 100... 250 is much better...

The way I understand it, when you put the honey on a wound, it reacts with the body fluids to create hydrogen peroxide naturally...

I've heard that Manuka is actually effective even against the MRSA staph infections.

All honey has this effect.
Manuka honey is no different - apart from the marketing spin...

 

[JaumeJ]

Thanks for the encouragement, now, is there really such a thing as "organic honey?" I cannot see how the bees know where to get the pollen, and after all it is pollen, os isn't it all aboutt he same? thank you.

All honey has this effect.
Manuka honey is no different - apart from the marketing spin...

 

[oldethennew]

well Brother Jaume,

I would guess that where there are 'real organic' farmers with ample space,
that they would have their own 'hives', they know what the bees like and so can
convince them to stay at their home-base...we did for years,..