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Natural Remedies For Good Health
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Natural Remedies for Good Health
The Natural Way, The Healthy Way
Today, most people swallow strong chemicals such as antibiotics without a second thought, rarely considering the harmful effects that strong chemicals can have on the body.
Good health is your most valuable asset; are you willing to entrust it to the strong chemical action and dangerous side-effects of pharmaceuticals for every small ailment that you encounter? Consider natural remedies – they’re a great, totally safe way to keep healthy and the enormous range of remedies available ensures that you can deal with all sorts of problems the natural way. They’re not expensive, they’re effective – and often you can find the ingredients already in your own home, among the things you use every day. Herbal and other natural remedies use naturally occurring chemicals to treat the root cause of a problem rather than offer symptomatic relief.
Simple Home Remedies
Here are some simple cures for everyday illnesses – the next time you encounter one of these problems, try a natural remedy. You’ll love its benefits!
To get rid of that troublesome phenomenon constipation, just eat four prunes twice a day for soothing relief. Dried figs work well, too, if you drink a glass of water with them.
Cherries are filled with antioxidants and are the perfect substitute for aspirin.
Blemishes, Body Odour and Bad Breath
To clear spots, pimples and blemishes from your skin, make a paste of 2 tablespoons of green clay, 1 tablespoon of goldenseal powder, two or three drops of tea tree oil and some water and apply it to the affected area. It does wonders! For blisters, dab with witch hazel four times a day for quick improvement.
Do you suffer from bad breath? Try clove or parsley for a fresh-smelling mouth. If you have body odour despite adequate hygiene, gently exfoliate your skin before a shower by dry-brushing it.
Aches and Pains
Lightly warm a blend of mullein and garlic infused oils, and put a few drops in the affected ear, to kill the pain from earache and reduce infection.
The pain from carpal tunnel syndrome can be eased with a mint oil massage or by soaking the wrist for half an hour in a mixture of lavender oil and warm water.
Beauty is Only Skin Deep…
Almond and grapeseed oils are excellent remedies for dry skin. For really dry skin, try castor or avocado oil, and if your skin is sensitive, too, go for filtered jojoba oil. Use these oils twice a day.
If you have dandruff, restore your scalp’s pH balance with a cup of apple cider vinegar after you wash and condition your hair.
Give yourself a natural face mask with cucumber juice or strawberry juice. Or cook potato flour, water and glycerine and use as face wash when it is cool. Lemon juice and honey are great face mask ingredients, too.
Bruises & Burns
Arnica brings swelling down and heals bruises and contusions rapidly, fading discolouration of the skin as well. For burns, use essential oil of lavender – it’s soothing, hastens healing, helps to prevent scars, and has anti-bacterial action.
In & Around The Mouth
Soothe canker sores with raspberry leaf tea – swirl a mouthful around thrice a day. The tannins in the tea bring inflammation down and speed up the healing process. Castor oil is great for chapped lips.
There are loads of remedies for hiccups. Sniffing at black pepper is one way, or drink some water in tiny sips. Hold your breath as long as you can. Eat a few spoonfuls of sugar or drink an infusion of blanched persimmon flowers. Ice cream sometimes helps, or you can drink a little freshly squeezed lemon juice for relief.
Unusual Remedies
Interestingly, this appetizing mixture is a good remedy for chest congestion. Slice two onions thinly and sauté them in olive oil with a teaspoon of curry powder.
And cayenne pepper can, surprisingly, ease dizziness. A pinch of cayenne in a glass of water can make a dizzy spell vanish.
Oh, My Poor Feet!
Corns can be gradually softened with castor oil, apply some morning and night and cover with a band-aid if you’re wearing shoes. You’ll see good results in a few weeks. Soak aching feet in hot, salted water.
Smear foot blisters with a mixture of mashed onion and apple cider vinegar for quick relief. Foot edema can be cured by eating cooked rice every day or placing of cucumber and potato on the affected area. Or you can boil corncob hairs in water, and drink the resulting infusion during the day.
The Morning After
Here are some good remedies for hangovers, which will do you far more good than a “hair of the dog.” Drink lots of fresh juice – tomato, grapefruit or orange will be fine - or eat raw cabbage. A lot of strong coffee makes you feel better, too. Strangely, boiled banana peel juice, though it sounds awful, makes a good cure for hangovers. Drink plenty of peppermint or cinnamon tea, and a nice hot bowl of chicken soup.
Herbal Remedies
Herbs and plants have been found to be wonderfully efficacious for various conditions. Heal yourself in harmony with nature…
Ginger’s concentrated antioxidant content has an anti-carcinogenic effect by stopping cell damage by rogue oxygen. Neem gets rid of fever and acts as a toxin cleanser. In India, neem twigs are used as natural toothbrushes. Cinnamon’s medicinal value lies in its efficacy in preventing indigestion and infection, while coffee is a good pick-me-up. Eucalyptus loosens congestion, eases sore muscles and heals small cuts. Fenugreek is great for digestion, while licorice tea soothes a cough effectively.
Ayurveda and Homeopathy
These two medical sciences offer a wide range of all-natural, highly effective remedies for an extensive range of ailments. With hundreds of years of knowledge, Ayurveda aims at strengthening the body’s own healing powers, and is preventive and protective.
Homeopathy offers so many remedies for illness. It tends to be a slow process of healing – chronic cases can take weeks or months to recover, although good results are generally seen in a few days.
So the next time you don’t feel so good, go to Mother Nature for a remedy. She won’t let you down!
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www.homemademedicine.com/
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www.natural-herbal-meds-4-cure.com/
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