SPECIAL DIET FOR LIBRA

As noted in the chapter on Libra, your sign has certain disease tendencies.  Many of these may be corrected by proper diet, stressing food elements that your system may lack.  In addition, there are herbs which are of particular benefit to natives of your sign.  Some may be used as cooking herbs, others for medicinal purposes.

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The individual horoscope may show a disease tendency not usually ascribed to your sign; however, the following suggested menus and medicinal herbs should help you maintain good health.

Foods & Recipes
for
LIBRA

For the normal or underweight Libra:

Breakfast

Orange juice or stewed prunes
Cream of wheat cereal
Eggs, soft boiled or coddled
Wheat toast, marmalade
Coffee (dash Oregon grape root) or sassafras bark tea


Lunch

Celery-carrot juice
Broiled beef patty
Cabbage-stuffed tomato salad (dash thyme or savory)
Rolls
Sanka coffee (dandelion herb) or peppermint tea

Dinner

Cream of tomato soup (dash tarragon)
Baked pork chops
Baked zucchini, butter sauce (dash paprika, garlic and chopped watercress)
Romaine-tomato salad with French dressing
Strawberry Blancmange
Sanka (sage) or chamomile tea

Breakfast

Baked apple
Omelet (dash of thyme)
Protein toast
Coffee (dash juniper) or juniper tea

Lunch

Tomato juice (dash lemon)
Grilled mushrooms on rye toast
Salad (lettuce, chicory, raw spinach, garlic and tarragon in dressing)
Sanka (buckthorn) or primrose tea


Dinner

Clam chowder
Broiled perch, pike or sea bass (chervil in butter sauce)
Baked potato (minced chives, paprika)
Lettuce-tomato-asparagus salad (all purpose dressing with borage)
Lemon pudding
Sanka coffee (dandelion) or peppermint tea

For the overweight Libra:

Breakfast

One half lemon in water or unsweetened prune juice
One egg, hard-boiled
One bran muffin
Coffee (dash Oregon grape root) or sassafras bark tea

Lunch

Celery-carrot juice
Stuffed tomato salad (cottage or cream cheese, chopped cucumber and chives)
Rye Melba
Sanka coffee (dandelion herb) or peppermint tea

Dinner

Tomato soup, clear (tarragon)
Small broiled steak (no fat)
Steamed beets and tops (chopped parsley, chives)
Wheat roll
Sherbet
Sanka (sage) or chamomile tea

Breakfast

Tomato juice (dash lemon)
One egg, scrambled (dash thyme)
Zweiback
Coffee (dash juniper) or juniper tea

Lunch

Carrot-coconut juice
Fruit plate: pears, pineapple, prunes, cottage cheese
Wheat Melba
Sanka (buckthorn) or primrose tea

Dinner

Celery soup, clear
Boiled fish, haddock or sea trout (with fennel)
Lettuce-tomato-asparagus salad, low-calorie French dressing
Lemon sherbet
Sanka coffee (dandelion) or peppermint tea