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| Grapefruit Seed Extract- Kills Strep bacteria. When we have even an inkling of a sore throat we gargle with this right away. A great mouth rinse for sore & infected gums. Also apply full strength to canker sores. (not to be confused with Grape Seed) For a Sore Throat We use 2-3 drops grapefruit seed extract in about a 1/2 cup warm water and gargle with it. We do this about 3-4 times a day for as many days as necessary. Usually we don't need to do this for more than 2 days, sometimes only one. I have noticed that even just gargling twice a day has helped! It's awful tasting stuff but it sure works! Tea Tree Oil Nature's fungus fighter! Good for ring worm, athlete's foot, canker sores and tongue sores. Activated Charcoal Capsules These are a must for every home medicine cabinet! If you ever suspect that you have food poisoning or if any of you have major intestinal pain from something you ate, then take a few charcoal capsules. Charcoal will absorb the toxins that are making you sick. They really work great! We always make sure to have them available. |
| Mayonnaise will KILL LICE, it will also condition your hair Budweiser Beer conditions the hair Sunburn - empty a large jar of Nestea into your bath water Burn your tongue Put sugar on it! Bee stings meat tenderizer Paper cut Crazy glue or chap stick (glue is used instead of stitches). Kool Aid Cleans dishwasher pipes. Just put in the detergent section and run a cycle, it will also clean toilets. Preserving a newspaper clipping Large bottle of club soda and cup of Milk of Magnesia, soak for 20 min. and let dry, will last for many years! Glasses-Goggles Coat with Colgate toothpaste. Labels Remove labels off glassware etc. rub with Peanut butter. Fleas Fleas in your carpet? 20 Mule Team Borax- sprinkle and let stand for 24 hours. |
| We got a lot of idea's from: Family Amish Friends Close Friends Native American Friends and also learning on our own. This is our"Thank You" to All who have gave info to us for this page. |
| BOILS For Boils....use Bacon fat. Cover w/bandaid. Change daily. Usually gone within three days. I have treated many boils, within three days the boil was gone. Husband was on antibiotics for 10 days...no relief. Tried the remedy and within 3 days, WOW! Gone. With just the fat of bacon . URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS A tea made of whole celery seed used two to four times a day will clear up a urinary tract infection in a day or two if used reasonably early. People I know can green corn silk each summer to use for the infection. I don"t know if they drink the canned juice or make a tea with it, but they swear by it. Burns With a teaspoon, scrape a raw potato (no need to peel, just halve it ) and apply it to the burn. Leave it on until it turns brownish in color. This does not take very long at all to turn. The potato draws the burn out and usually there is not even blister left. Intestinal Gas Relief Slice 1 inch fresh ginger into 2 cups fresh water, ( do not use water that's already been boiled). Simmer for 20 to 30 minutes, depending on how spicy you like it. Add milk and honey, 2. 6 cups water, 2" sliced fresh ginger, 12 whole cardamom seeds, 10 whole cloves, 4 cinnamon sticks,10 whole peppercorns. Simmer for 20 minutes at least. I like to let it sit to cool, then leave it in the fridge to heat up or drink cold. Just add honey when hot, or not! BEE, WASP, INSECT STINGS Take a pinch of chewing tobacco, add a little water to make a paste. Place on sting and leave on. It will burn a little, but it will take the pain away. In some cases, it will even stop an allergic reaction if put on the sting immediately. Conjunctivitis- (pink eye) Remedy for "pink eye" or conjunctivitis Bring 1 pint water 1 teaspoon salt to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes. Take off the heat and ADD = 1/4 tsp. golden-seal root powder plus 20 drops calendula tincture. Let cool. Strain. Drop into eyes several times daily. Very soothing and heals sore eyes within days. Make fresh every few days. Store in fridge. |
| Rust stains= 3 Tbsp. of cream of tartar in a bowl of boiling water-put clothing in water and let soak 20 mins. or more |
| Potatoe (cooked) water save it and use to make gravy and Bread with it (yeast love it). |
| Throat Mucus 1 tsp. of lemon juice 1 tsp. honey mix in a glass of warm water Helps Dissolve Mucus in Throat |
| There are many uses of apple cider vinegar , I will try to list as many as I can for you, I may have to make a single page for these |
| Remove Soap-Frizz -Dandruff from Hair- also make hair Shiny. 2 cup water 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar Put vinegar in a glass and add water pour on hair after washing it. |
| Apple Cider Vinegar ( Organic) Apple cider vinegar,combats inflammation of the kideys,an infection that can lead to a back up of toxins and blood poisoning. The acid in the vinegar makes the environment in the urinary tract unfriendly for germs. Two teaspoons of vinegar in water will also prevent a potentially dangerous condition called "Pyelitis", in which pus cells originating in the bladder are present in the urine. Many Nutritionist and Naturalists believe that apple cider vinegar could cure these ailments.Some call it "cure-all". Others believe that a cup of apple cider vinegar added to a warm bath twice aday helps to heal bladder infections. |
| OLD FASHION IDEAS Help with body order- 1. Dust yourself with a mixture of 1 part baking soda and 2 parts cornstarch following a bath. 2. A light dusting of baking soda under your arms and crotch is and effective deodorant 3. You can take Zinc supplements for persistent body odor ( with doctors ok to ). Chapping and Chafing 1. Run a cup of uncooked oat meal through a blender until it is in powder form. Then " scrub hands with powder to remove dead skin. Wash area and apply cream ( body or hand for use on face too ). 2. Mix a few drops of lemon oil with glycerin. Massage in skin before bed. 3. Also told that Crisco oil or Olive oil are good to soften and Heal. Cold an Flu 1. Spicy foods make your nose and eyes run, which helps clear congestion. Some foods( such as cloves and hot peppers) have expectorant effect that help you cough up mucus and keep the lungs clear. 2. Garlic- fresh or capsule. 3. Catnip sometimes called "natures Alka-Seltzer" because of its anti-acid effect. Catnip tea also soothes a sore throat and may help loosen phlegm. 4. Good Old Fashion chicken soup-( speeds up the rate at which mucus is cleared from nose). 5. Vitamin C. Constipation 1. Drink plenty of water ( 6 to 8 glasses ) water a day. 2. 20 -35 grams of fiber - found in grains, fruit and vegetables. 3. Add a banana to your morning bowl of bran cereal or to your bran muffin. 4. Herbal -called "Cascara sagrada" meaning natures colon cleaner when taken in capsule form. 5. Be careful as laxatives become habit forming. Corns and Calluses 1. Calluses are patches of hard dead skin that show up on the heel or the ball of the foot. Sometime caused by the way we walk. Properly fitted shoes, sock, hosiery and cushioned insoles help to avoid calluses. 2. Creams or lotions will keep your feet lubricated . 3. A natural remedy that has been effective is Chamomile tea, don't drink it. Dilute it and soak your feet in it. The coloring from it easily washes off. Dandruff 1. Natural home remedy is a rinse made from Thyme. Boil 2 tablespoons of thyme in 1 cup water. Let cool and strain. Wash hair and message well ( the mixture thyme water ) into your hair and scalp and let dry. Diaper Rash 1.Wash cloth diapers in mid soap, and rinse in vinegar to balance ph content in diapers. 2. Change from disposable to cloth diapers and leave plastic pants off . 3. Some have found that vitamin E is a powerful home remedy too, ( a 400-I-U capules, rub on rash). Diarrhea 1. Diarrhea dehydrates, so hydrate your body with lots of water. Try some sugar water with a pinch of salt to correct a chemical imbalance. Another one is gatorade, it replaces what you have lost do to diarrhea. 2. Apples and Bananas contain pectin, which apparently soaks up excess fluids in the digestive tract and hardens the stools. 3. Traveler's diarrhea= E-coli. Mix 8 ozs. of fruit juice, 1/2 tsp. honey or sugar and a pinch of salt in one glass. In a second glass prepare 8 ozs. of carbonated or purified water with 1/2 tsp. baking soda. Drink them Alternating glasses as you drink. 4. See your doctor. Ear Wax 1. A few drops of glycerin, Hydrogen peroxide or mineral oil applied to the ears for 3 days(will soften the wax. Next flush ear out using rubber bulb syringe to " Gently" squirt warm water into your ears. 2.See a doctor. Fever 1. Don't use Rubbing Alcohol as the alcohol evaporates too fast and cools your skin too quickly.Your body responds by heating up, which means more fever. 2. Don't cover up with to many blankets, as you will increase fluid loss from body. 3. Drink plenty of fluids. 4. Herbal teas are good. Catnip has been a favorite among herbalists for years. Some say Linden tea helps break a fever, and willow bark was also said to be a natural fever medicine. Gout 1. Eat lots of Cherries, helps to control the pain . About 2 dozen cherries aday to start, tapering off to about 10 cherries as the pain lessens. 2. Drink up to 3 quarts of water a dy to flush out the uric acid from your system. Headaches 1. 90% of them are caused by Tension. Besides tension, also includes hypertension, exertion and sinus headaches. Get some rest and fresh air, find a spot to relax, take a nap, but don't sleep to much or you will wake up with a worse headache. Hold (tense) all the muscles for at least 30 seconds and then let everything relax. Also try exercise,yoga, biofeed back, meditations if you are looking for an alternative. A hot pack to the back of the head or cold pack to front of head. Also some migraine persons find relief by putting their hands in water as Hot as They Can Stand. 2. In the old days they would tie a cloth tightly around the head. It works because it reduces the blood flow to the scalp and eases the throbing. Hemorhoids 1. Take a "sitz bath". You can add epson salt to water if you want. 2.Herbalist like the herb "Stoneroot" add to the bath. They also now days use capsules taken by mouth. It is claimed that it seems to strenghten the blood vessels of hemmorrhoids, while simultaneously acting as an astringent and shrinking the painful tissue. 3. Herbalist also use " Aloe vera". Clean the leaves,peel and use either as a balm ( rub on) or suppository. 4. Witch hazel works well too. It shrinks and contracts the exposed blood vessels. Hives 1. Antihistamins. 2. Hydrocortisone creams 3. The most used is Witch Hazel and Zinc Oxide like ointments. 4. Natural ingredients is the astringent tannins found in Red Alder and the leaves of the Black nightshade. Boil the leaves and shape them into a poultice and put it on hives. 5. Also Golden Seal made into a tea, is a good skin Wash. 6. Hives can be a killer - so get help immediately ( you can stop breathing so get help due to swelling of the throat). Kidney Stones 1. Drink all the water you can hold because water dilutes the urine so that minerals that bond into stones don't concentrate. You should drink enough water to pass as much as 2 quarts of urine a day( especially if you've had one episode of kidney stones. Laryngitis 1.Use a cold air humidifier. 2. Warm fluids. 3. Old remedy is "Slippery Elm" bark tea. It coats the back of the throat, keeps vocal cord lubricated. 4. See a doctor. Motion sickness 1. Ginger root ( take 2 -450 mg capsules 10 mins. Before traveling). 2. Dry soda crackers eaten. 3. Olives and Lemons eaten. 4. Over the counter drug for motion sickness 5. Warm drinks -not cold. Poison Plant Reactions 1. Crush the leaves of Plantain" common lawn weed, rub the area to relieves itching. 2. Warm baths -not hot ,more on the cool side. 3. Calamine 4. Hydrocortisone cream. 5. Vitamin E rubbed on 6. Benadryl pills. Psoriasis 1. May be heredity 2. Some claim taking Lecithin capsules, taken when flare up begins, controls the itching. 3. Eliminate alcohol, lose weight, take it easy, stress bring on an attack. |
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