KITCHEN MEDICINE... PART III

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Cook meat with marjoram leaves or with cumin, cardamon or coriander seeds. Chicken can be combined with tarragon. Prepare pork by browning it. Then sprinkle the meat with thyme, sweet basil leaves and salt or soy sauce and pour pineapple juice over it. Cover the skillet and reduce the heat for the remainder of the cooking period. Poach fish with lemon juice and dill seed in a covered pan at a very low temperature.

ACID STOMACH: Drink while fizzing: 1/2 cup warm water, 1/2 teaspoon soda, 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice or vinegar. A dried prune or salty umeboshi plum (chew the pit a long time) promotes much saliva to assist the digestive juices.

VOMITING: Rinse the mouth after an attack with water to which half a teaspoon of baking soda has been added, and drink a little of the liquid. Repeat as needed. Rest sitting, wrapped up in a blanket or beach towel to prevent chills. Continue to sip soda water. If vomiting persists or is accompanied by a fever, consult a doctor.

Babies who spit up after every feeding can be helped by the addition of 1/4 teaspoon of magnesium oxide (from the health food store or pharmacy) to each batch of formula. Breastfed babies seldom upchuck much because magnesium comes to them from their mothers' bodies. A nursing woman who is deficient in the element will suffer from calcium imbalance and develop cramps and pains in the joints, back and muscles.

Whole grains, nuts, nutmeats and seaweed are good sources of magnesium. People who can't chew can take these foods in gruels and soups.

Nausea and vomiting can result from low blood sugar. If severe headache occurs at the same time as a stomach upset, suspect this condition. Counter it by eating dried apricots first and then easily digested food like applesauce, cottage cheese and rice gruel . . . followed by rice and lean meats.

DIET FOR RAPID METABOLIZERS: Rapid metabolizers are people who need to eat frequent small meals of high-energy food. (Food, not candy or soft drinks! Such sweets should be used only medicinally, when nothing better is available to forestall dizziness, headache and extreme fatigue.)

The following is a good diet for such a person:

Breakfast: chicken livers sauteed with mushrooms, herbs and wine or teriyaki sauce; sliced oranges; jasmine tea with honey; chapati made of oat and buckwheat flours.

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