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BEETS BETA The juice of the Red Beet snuffed up the nose helps a stinking breath, if the cause lies in the nose, as many times it doth. There are two sorts of Beet, the Common White and the Common Red. The Beets hath many great leaves next the ground. The root is strong and hard, but when it hath given seed it is no use at all. Where to find it: Beet is extensively cultivated both for its sugar content and as a vegetable. It is derived from Beta vulgaris subspecies maritima which grows wild along the coasts of Europe. Flowering time: It should be harvested before it flowers, being a root vegetable. Astrology: The Red Beet is under Saturn, the White under Jupiter. Medicinal virtues: The White Beet loosens the belly and is of a cleansing, digesting quality, and provokes urine. The juice of it openeth obstructions both of the liver and spleen and is good for the headache and swimming therein, and turnings of the brain. It is effectual against all venomous creatures, and applied upon the temples stayeth inflammations of the eyes. It helpeth burnings, being used without oil. With a little Alium put to it, it is good for St Anthony's fire. It is good for all wheals, pustules, blisters and blains in the skins. The herb boiled and laid upon chilblains or kibes, helpeth them. The decoction in water and some vinegar healeth the itch if bathed therewith, and cleanseth the head of a dandruff, scurf and dry scabs, and doth much good for fretting and running sores, ulcers and cancers in the head, legs, or other parts, and is much commanded against baldness and shedding the hair. The Red Beet is good to stay the bloody flux, women's courses, and the whites, and to help the yellow jaundice. The juice of the root put into the nostrils purgeth the head, helpeth the noise in the ears, and the toothache. Modern uses: Beetroot juice is used in combination with other vegetable and fruit juices. For example, the combination of Carrot and Beet juice with Coconut milk gives a potent cleanser of the kidneys and gall bladder. Beet juice is not used on its own. It is also one of the main ingredients in Rudolf Breuss' 42-day Cancer Cure juice recipe, alongside Carrot, Celery root (Celeriac), Black Radish and some potato juice (must be organically grown). |