Natural Homemade Remedies that Could Help You!

The funny thing is I still use a lot of those old remedies today. Here I will try to provide you with some easy to make remedies, some old, some new. I will alphabetize them for easy reference.

Acne - Clean your face with a cotton ball dipped in lemon juice or apple cider and rinse.
- Put a tiny dab of toothpaste on the acne or pimple.

Bad breath - Try chewing on some fresh parsley or fresh celery.
- Boil some cinnamon bark and put in a clean bottle. Use daily as mouth wash.

Burn (minor) - Put aloe vera on burn every few hours.
- Put yogurt on the burn and let sit for 15 - 20 minutes.
- Apply some honey to the burn and cover for 30 minutes.

Constipation - Take a tablespoon of olive oil.
- Mix a tablespoon of corn syrup with 1 cup water and drink.

Coughing - Sip on a mixture of honey (2 TBS.) and apple cider
(1/2 C.).
- Add some cinnamon to a cup of herbal tea and drink.

Diarrhea - Drink peppermint tea to relieve the pain of diarrhea.
- Drink chamomile tea to relieve diarrhea and pain.
- Eat boiled sweet potatoes to stop diarrhea.

Ear ache - Boil 4 or 5 cloves of garlic with water, mash garlic cloves, put mashed garlic
in a flannel cloth and place over the aching ear.

Hair (damaged) - Take 2 tablespoons of olive oil and mix it to ¼ cup of mayonnaise,
apply the mixture to hair, massage in and cover with a towel, wait 20
minutes and rinse well.
- Mix ¼ cup of honey and an egg, put on hair, wait 15 minutes, then
wash.

Head ache - Take 2 - 3 tablespoons of feverfew leaves and put in a cup of boiling water,
let steep at least 10 minutes, strain and cool down some. Can enjoy this tea
twice a day.
- Mix 1 teaspoon of lavender leaves in to a cup of boiling water, let cool, drink
every 3 - 4 hours when needed.
- Make a paste of dried ginger powder and water, apply to forehead, and relax
for 20 minutes.
- Sniffing lavender or peppermint oils can help relieve a head ache.

Heartburn - Try a cup of chamomile tea. Put 1 tablespoon of chamomile flowers into a
cup of boiling water, let steep for 15 minutes, cool, strain and enjoy.

Hiccups - Take a tablespoon of peanut butter.
- Slowly drink a glass of cold water.

Insomnia - Try a cup or two of chamomile tea before bedtime (recipe for tea is the same
as for heartburn)

Itching - Apply some apple cider vinegar with cotton ball, rinse off after itching subsides.
- Put some vitamin E or aloe vera on area that is itching.

Migraine - Mix ¼ teaspoon of dried ginger powder in a cup of water, add 1 teaspoon of
honey, drink every 4 hours as needed.

Sore throat - Mix ½ teaspoon of salt in ½ cup of warm water and gargle, use as needed.
- Simmer a small piece of crushed ginger in some tea for about 5 minutes, try
sipping this 2 or 3 times a day.

Sunburn - Apply some aloe vera mixed with some baby oil or olive oil on sunburn area.
- Rub sliced cucumbers over sunburn for instant cooling relief.
- Take an oatmeal bath; add a cup or two of oatmeal to tepid bath water.
- Apply plain yogurt on sunburn and let sit for 20 - 30 minutes and then rinse.

Stretch marks - Apply cocoa butter to stretch marks after getting out of the shower.

Toothache - Put some clove oil on the aching tooth or gum area.
- Put a piece of onion on the gum or in the aching tooth.
* Helps to sit in a chair for awhile as laying down can sometimes intensify a
toothache.

Warts - Apply some garlic juice on wart twice a day.
- Apply a drop of castor oil on wart and cover with bandage twice a day.

These remedies are not to take the place of any Healthcare professional's recommendations, only to talk to them about trying a more natural approach.

Resources:

The Green Pharmacy: By James A. Duke, Ph.D.
Natural Healing Guide: By Prevention Magazine
Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: By Michael Murray, N.D. & Joseph Pizzorno, N.D.