Home Remedies
Browse these pages for straightforward home remedies to all sorts of minor ailments.
There’s several possible solutions to most problems so you should always be able to find something in your kitchen or bathroom cupboards.
- Morning sickness-Mix 1 teaspoon each fresh juice of mint and lime, and 1 tablespoon honey. Take 3 times a day.
- Mosquito bites– Apply lime juice diluted with water on bites with cotton ball.
- Mucus in cough– Pour 1 cup boiling water over ½ teaspoon each of ginger, ground cloves, and cinnamon. Filter. Sweeten with 1 teaspoon honey and drink
- Muscle cramps– Apply clove oil on the affected body parts
- Nausea– Boil 1/2 cup of rice in 1 cup of water for about 10-20 minutes. After it is boiled, drain the water into a cup and sip at the rice water until symptoms are gone.
- Obesity– Mix lime juice with honey and water. Drink a glass of this every morning.- Mix 3 teaspoon lime juice, ¼ teaspoon black pepper, 1 teaspoon honey, and 1 cup water and drink for 3 months.- Take 1 teaspoon lime juice with 1 cup water in the morning. Eat a tomato before breakfast
- Oily skin– For oily skin, mix 1/2 cup cooked oatmeal, 1 egg white, 1 Tablespoon lemon juice, and 1/2 cup mashed apple into a smooth paste. Apply to face and leave on 15 minutes. Rinse.
- Overweight-Effective at getting rid of fat, drink up to 3 cups of green tea daily. Regular tea can also be used with a lesser effect.
- Pain reliever– Mix 3 large spoonfuls of honey in boiled water and drink. Honey has natural pain-relieving powers.
- Smoking habit– Lick a little salt with the tip of your tongue whenever you feel the urge to smoke. This is said to break the habit within one month.
- Sore throat– Mix 1 teaspoon lime juice and 1 tablespoon honey. Swallow tiny amounts slowly 2-3 times a day.-
Use 1 tablespoon vinegar to an 8 ounce glass of warm water for a sore throat. Gargle every hour and swallow after gargling, with two mouthfuls.Mildly salted water makes an effective mouthwash. Use it hot for a sore throat gargle.-
Ease a sore throat by spraying with a mist (use a small plastic squeezy bottle) made up of tepid water and 3 drops of Tea Tree oil. - Stomach ache– A simple cure for a stomachache is to dissolve 4 grams of ground cinnamon in 1 cup of warm water, cover it for 15 minutes, and drink it like tea. This remedy can also ease diarrhea and flatulence.
- Stomach acidity- Drink coconut water 3-4 times a day. Have a plateful of watermelon and/or cucumber every hour
- Sunburn– Mix 2 teaspoon tomato juice and 4 tablespoon buttermilk. Apply. Wash after ½ hour.-At bedtime, cover sunburns with a towel soaked in 50/50 water and vinegar and try to persuade the victim to sleep this way.Put vinegar in a spray bottle and spray on sunburn. It soothes for quite a length of time
- Toe Nail Fungus– For toe nail fungus you can use one part vinegar to one part warm water and soak your feet
- Toothache– Gargling with a salt and water solution will keep the area clean and deter bacteria. (Use about 1/2 litre water with up to one teaspoon of salt)
- Toothache & mouth pain– To ease toothache or other mouth pain, make a tea by boiling 5 grams of fresh peppermint in 1 cup water and adding a little salt. Peppermint is an antiseptic and contains menthol, which relieves pain when applied to skin surfaces.
- Varicose veins– For varicose veins, take 2-3 teaspoons of black strap molasses daily. This also treats all kinds of circulatory ailments
- Vomiting & nausea– Sucking a piece of ice controls vomiting. Eat ½ teaspoon ground cumin seeds. Cinnamon and sliced ginger work by interrupting nausea signals sent from the stomach to the brain. If you are a herbal tea drinker, simply sprinkle cinnamon on the tea and drink. To make ginger tea, simmer a few slices of ginger in hot tea water
- Warts– Try taping a slice of garlic to the wart. Be sure to first protect the surrounding skin with petroleum jelly.
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