Maria Treben's Cures

The book, Health through God's Pharmacy by Maria Treben has captured the imagination of many people worldwide. It has been in print since 1980 and has been translated into 26 languages. Maria Treben's extensive knowledge of medicinal herbs, her recipes and her health tips have helped countless people on their way to recovery. In great modesty, she always stressed that these cures are possible, not because of her, but through the goodness of God, who has provided us with medicinal herbs. This book is a compilation of excerpts from letters which have been sent to the author by grateful readers from all walks of life. These thank-you letters and healing reports endorse the efficacy of this ancient knowledge of medicinal herbs and, show that, with the will to recover, successful healing is possible. Maria used traditional German/Eastern European remedies handed down by previous generations. She only used local herbs and always accompanied her remedies with advice on diet. She commonly used Thyme, Greater Celandine, Speedwell, Camomile, Nettle and Lady's Mantle. She treated a broad range of conditions from psoriasis to constipation and diabetes to insomnia.She used her own recipes as well as traditional healing remedies like Swedish bitters that she believed was a cure-all. Some of her remedies and advice proved to be controversial as with all natural health cures it is difficult to prove their efficacy. Yet, to this day she is widely read and referred to for her knowledge of European medicinal herbs.

Maria was born in 1907 in the then Austria-Hungary as the middle of three daughters. After the Great War, her home became part of the newly founded Czechoslovakia. In 1945, at the end of the World War II, she and her husband Ernst Gottfried Treben were victims of the Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia. For several years they lived in refugee camps until they found refuge in Austria. She died in 1991.

Many letters of thanks and accounts of cures reached Maria Treben from people having recovered their health through the use of medicinal herbs through the herbal "Health through God's Pharmacy". It is encouraging to read which more or less spectacular cures have been achieved through the use of medicinal herbs and the will to recover one's health. People having recovered from even serious illness write to Maria Treben from all social classes and all religions.

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