Outandabout March 2022 Issue195

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on earth inspired him to take up herbalism.
He explained. His wife had been diagnosed
as having multiple sclerosis. He was told
by doctors, ‘In two years your wife will be
in a wheelchair. She will have passed away
within five years’ (follow the science).
In despair, he and his wife consulted a
herbalist and a remedy was applied.
‘That was ten years ago. Do you know
where she is now,’ he asked me. Without
waiting for my reply, he told me his wife was
trotting around the local market with her two
heavy shopping bags.’ He went on to explain
that suitably impressed, he studied, learned
and practised herbalism.
I saw him on a subsequent occasion to
see him if he could do anything about my
being afflicted with chronic mouth ulcers,
a condition that the NHS and dentists had
given up on. Mr Evans gave me some dietary
advice, especially avoidance of citric acid
foods, red wine, lemons, oranges etc. my
problem disappeared forever.
Well, nearly forever. There were times
when I forgot his advice about avoiding high
acid foods, which incidentally cause gout
and other crystal-forming tissue issues and
the ulcers returned.
He told me of a young RAF airman. The
young man’s mouth ulcers were so severe
that he contemplated taking his life. Same
remedy with the same positive results.
Due to age and winter dampness, I spend
much of my mornings clearing my chest.
Recently and before retiring for the night, I
asked the great spirit if there was anything
he might suggest to alleviate the problem.
As I drifted off to sleep, I saw a strange
apparition of an ordinary garden onion
and a cutting knife. How odd, I thought as
I drifted to slumber. The next time I was
chesty I did slice a raw onion. Then chewing
on a small slice, I breathed in deeply the
onion’s vapours. The irritation disappeared
immediately. Michael Walsh.