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Remedies for Aches and Pains
Arthritis: A daily serving of fresh fish or fish oil capsules helps to give relief of arthritis and other joint pains. Also, 3-4 walnuts eaten daily, on an empty stomach, is said to help.
Arthritis: Staying warm helps ease the pain of arthritis. Grab a blanket and throw it over yourself or adjust the thermostat to keep it warm..but not hot.
Backache: Check your posture before you check your medicine cabinet. See what it is that you are doing that might be causing the backache, shoulder pain and the such. If you’re constantly bent over a keyboard typing you could be hurting yourself. Be aware of how you are sitting and make sure you sit up straight and push your shoulders back.
Drink a cup of hot milk: Works especially well if you are experiencing cramping from diarrhea. Heat the milk to boiling, add some powdered chocolate drink mix, if you can’t do the milk plain, and cool just enough that it doesn’t burn your tongue when you drink it.
Earache: Put some warmed virgin olive oil on a cotton ball and insert into painful ear. Repeat a couple times daily until earache goes away.
A couple drops of vinegar in affected ear two or three times daily.
Eat bananas: Up your potassium levels by eating a banana especially good for leg cramps, growing pains and charlie horses.
Headache: If you’ve got a bad headache and are still waiting for the aspirin to kick in, apply some ice to your head and, I’ve some doctors say, ‘if you can get the headache when it’s just a dull throb, almost 80 percent will avoid the headache getting any worse.”
Headache: Turn out the lights. Reducing the amount of light helps ease eye strain and can calm your throbbing head.
Magnesium and PMS : Supplement your vitamin regiment with magnesium, some sources recommend 1,000 mg a day.
St. John’s wort for back pain: Use 15 to 20 drops in a glass of water every few hours, as needed for back pain. Be aware that it can cause sun sensitivity so stay out of the sun as much as possible if you are using this remedy
Toothache: Mix 1 teaspoon of baking soda with water and swish it in your mouth to create a soothing mouthwash. Or use warm salt water.
Other remedies include: A hot teabag pressed directly on the affected tooth, pure peppermint extract applied to the tooth and, (I’ve heard this works quite well,) to gently rub an ice cube in the ‘v’ area between the forefinger and thumb for several minutes.
Toothache: Another quick fix for a painful toothache is to chew fresh oregano leaves.
Arthritis: Staying warm helps ease the pain of arthritis. Grab a blanket and throw it over yourself or adjust the thermostat to keep it warm..but not hot.
Backache: Check your posture before you check your medicine cabinet. See what it is that you are doing that might be causing the backache, shoulder pain and the such. If you’re constantly bent over a keyboard typing you could be hurting yourself. Be aware of how you are sitting and make sure you sit up straight and push your shoulders back.
Drink a cup of hot milk: Works especially well if you are experiencing cramping from diarrhea. Heat the milk to boiling, add some powdered chocolate drink mix, if you can’t do the milk plain, and cool just enough that it doesn’t burn your tongue when you drink it.
Earache: Put some warmed virgin olive oil on a cotton ball and insert into painful ear. Repeat a couple times daily until earache goes away.
A couple drops of vinegar in affected ear two or three times daily.
Eat bananas: Up your potassium levels by eating a banana especially good for leg cramps, growing pains and charlie horses.
Headache: If you’ve got a bad headache and are still waiting for the aspirin to kick in, apply some ice to your head and, I’ve some doctors say, ‘if you can get the headache when it’s just a dull throb, almost 80 percent will avoid the headache getting any worse.”
Headache: Turn out the lights. Reducing the amount of light helps ease eye strain and can calm your throbbing head.
Magnesium and PMS : Supplement your vitamin regiment with magnesium, some sources recommend 1,000 mg a day.
St. John’s wort for back pain: Use 15 to 20 drops in a glass of water every few hours, as needed for back pain. Be aware that it can cause sun sensitivity so stay out of the sun as much as possible if you are using this remedy
Toothache: Mix 1 teaspoon of baking soda with water and swish it in your mouth to create a soothing mouthwash. Or use warm salt water.
Other remedies include: A hot teabag pressed directly on the affected tooth, pure peppermint extract applied to the tooth and, (I’ve heard this works quite well,) to gently rub an ice cube in the ‘v’ area between the forefinger and thumb for several minutes.
Toothache: Another quick fix for a painful toothache is to chew fresh oregano leaves.