DEALING WITH CALCIUM AND SILICA DEFICIENCIES
It can happen that some time after the baby is born a mother develops signs of trouble with the glands and the lungs, possibly even tuberculosis. In such cases the disease has usually been latent, or the susceptibility to it was already present. Great demands are made on the body during pregnancy, which could cause an inherent weakness to manifest itself. It is generally known that the growing foetus requires large amounts of calcium in its development, so if the mother does not take care to provide her body with the necessary calcium – which she could well do – nature will not allow the unborn baby to suffer. As the foetus cannot look after itself, the calcium it is lacking will be automatically drawn from the mother’s body, from her bones, teeth and tissues. Of course, this will make her own body deficient. The old saying that ‘each child costs a mother a tooth’, meaning that the demand for calcium is very great during pregnancy, is all too true. It is therefore important to eat plenty of calcium-rich foods during pregnancy, especially raw foods and, if possible, in a form that is easily absorbed. Finely grated raw carrots, cabbage salad, raw sauerkraut and other foods rich in calcium should be eaten daily. Good calcium preparations should also be taken, but not the more commonly sold lactic acid calcium. It is better to use preparations that contain plant calcium. Calcium obtained from nettles, for example, and other plants is much more readily assimilated.
In addition, it will be necessary to take silica. Plants containing silica, such as horsetail, hemp nettle (Galeopsis) and various others, are ideally suited for this purpose. You can either prepare infusions
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