I thought it would be a good idea for a thread dedicated to home remedies. Anything from a sore throat, reducing acne, to disenfecting countertops, what home remedies do you have to keep you healthy? I would suggest titling your post so it can keep it a little easier to search.
For general aches/pains/inflamation I use large doses of turmeric (say a tablespoon or 2 mixed into a glass of orange juice). For most everything else? I either eat a bunch of raw ginger, soak it in water to make ginger water, or brew it into tea.
I offer my uncle's sure fire flu cure concoction. 2 tbs Honey 4 oz Apple juice 2 oz Pineapple juice ****IMPORTANT***** Mix these sweet items together first! After mixing add the following: 1 tbs Habenero Cayenne Pepper 2 tbs olive oil 3 Garlic cloves 2 tbs Apple cider vinegar The juice of three limes Combine all ingredients in blender. Drink a portion, gargle some before swallowing. This makes about an 8 oz drink. Say what you want, I've heard it all before but it works for me & the people I've given it to. It doesn't taste great but some things that are good for you have a drawback anyway. The cayenne pepper will help sweat it out & clear your system, but if your not used to it. IT WILL GET YOUR ATTENTION. Good luck
I've always heard ginger is great for a lot of things. Including dizziness. I'm going to keep that in mind. One thing I used in college when I was completely congested and my nose was stopped up was something similar to a Hot Totty. Spice Tea (powdered instant tea and tang). Combine to your liking, I prefer more Tang. Mix (as much as you desire, I use about 1.5oz.) in your favorite Whiskey. I used Wild Turkey. Nose starts running and you can once again blow your nose to start clearing your head.
Whenever I get a cold/flu I have to eat Popeye's spicy chicken. In fact, it's the only time I ever really eat it.
Ear ache. Slice and dice 1/2 onion. Place in nuker (microwave) for 30 seconds to 1 minute (hot w/steam). Place nuked onion in dish towel, fold and go to bed. Please affected ear down, against towel w/hot onion. Go to sleep. Wake-up. Ear ache gone. I have used this about 4-6 times a year for 20 years and it has NEVER once failed to cure the afflication with 2-3 hours. Enjoy!!!!!
Mark, Appreciate your ear ache/onion remedy...but how's that aroma in the morning? I use rice,in a sock[rubber band the end],maybe a cup+/-,nuked a min+1/2 or so,go upside yo head,and it can be reused many times[I'll wander around the house muttering''where's my sock?'']...my ache may be TMJ related but the cure isn't fun[surgically speaking]. And if you're outta rice and onions hot water on a washcloth[as hot as you can stand it{eh-yeah,don't scald yourself}] can do a nice job. If fact ''hot compresses" can help cure lots of ailments faster...bumps[many call them 'zits' but I'm too old to get THEM],eruptions[them I get],bites[bugs etc]...heat is a good thing for speeding circulation,and that's a good thing[my wife,a retired nurse,put me on the hot compress thing years ago and it's kept me away from surgery so far...ear aches used to put me down/out,not any more]. cheers, RE
Found another one surfing the web. If you have a wart, soak it in apple cider vinegar. I don't know of a time table, but I do around 15-20 minutes. I have a few on my hands and they're starting to disappear. One is almost completely gone after 2 soaks.
lmao....I see where you went here. To quote Cleveland, "That's nasty." It also works in rib marinades.
