Home remedies for good health, do you have any?

I know baout not having insurance. My husband doesn't have a steady 9-5 job with benefits he chose to be a carpenter when he gets some work. So that means no job benefits. And we live barely from paycheck to paycheck. So these home remedies I have got try where do you get coconut oil? tea tree oil? I have been trying to eat alot of raw onions and garlic along with taking the vinegar honey..my husband refuses to even let me breathe his way...With all the prices hikes lately nobody can really afford the prices of things they need. I do have high blood pressure,I am borderline diabetic(It runs in my family both sides).I also have psoriasis I hate it. it is not on my arms though it chose to stay on my head and face area. It drives me batty with all those flakes. My grandfather had it and so does my Uncle. Having it doens't do alot for self esteem. That sounds like a great salve. My husband hands look aweful he used to serve gas at a station and it has done something to them they are always so rough and it makes his hands break and bleed in winter and is so painful. so I am going to try this salve maybe it will help we seem to have tried everything else. Alot of people like the idea that they could pop a pill and not have to taste the product. Like vinegar and dandelion tea..which I drunk last year when I was retaining alot of fluids. I even dried a bunch but ran out. nasty stuff but it worked with no side effects like other pills for fluid retention. Stupid to have to keep taking pills to counteract the side effocts of another. Well thanks for the great information, I appreciate it alot. +

I bought tea tree oil from my local health store. I had been having a small acne problem, and a natural remedy site suggested using tea tree oil. It worked beautifully! And the cinammon capsules work too. My sister is diabetic and her doctor told her to take those. So since my dad is borderline diabetic he tried it, and it lowered his blood sugar too.

Yes, Tea Tree oil is a fungicide and also works as a preservative and that another reason we put it in our salve. I have a hand crafted gift shop with over 30 crafters putting things in to sell and I thought I would try selling my salve in there and people really like it. I am also making natural lip balm, and furniture paste/was from all natural ingriedents tool What I like about using products like this is that since they are all natural I don't have to worry when my grandkids come over cuz if they would get into my salve it would not hurt them. It is also something they let me put on their cuts and scrapes without a fight as it doesn't burn.

Wow. I drink alot of tea. I don't get migraines but I do get headaches every so often. I have never tried the ice either. I will have to try that next time. Someone said they eat a teaspoon of mustard also to stop a headache and they said it workes for their whole family. Thank you for the valuable tip.

Here's some herbal teas that may help with headaches; feverfew, ginko, lavender, milk thistle, parsley, peppermint, rosemary, wood betony. Herbal teas that may help with arthritis; alfalfa-peppermint, chamomile, cinnamon, dong quai, feverfew, ginger, juniper berries, nettle, white willow, wild yam, wood betony.

I don't know anything about arthritis but I do know about headaches. I get migraines but if I catch them early enough I can prevent them from getting full blown. As soon as I feel a headache coming on I drink a cup of hot tea, then lay down in a dark room. I put a small ice pack under my neck and one on my forehead (you need to lay on your back). Someone told me the throbbing comes from the blood pulsing through your viens and since they are constricted you get the throbbing. The ice seems to make the throbbing stop and the headache goes away. Maybe it will work for you.

I will have to try the pineapple juice my knees and hip and joints have been killing me with the cooler weather we have been having. I am going to try the saltwater and q-tip before I go to bed especially since I find it harder to breathe laying down. My mom is a diabetic and it takes her forever to heal so sounds like the tea tree oil is good for everything. I will have to get me some garlic pills I didn't know if they worked or not and didn't want to waste money if they didn't but if they help prevent colds it is something to look into. I hate to admit it but I do have toenail funus on my big toe. Thanks for all the ideas. I am writing all these down for further use and so I don't forget them. I have to remember vanilla extract seems i am always burning my hand when I am taking things out of the oven.

Elderberry juice is the best thing for diabetic. The garlic pills really do work and you can get just a cheap bottle that will last a long time. It's also the best thing for high cholesterol.

Thanks for your response to my discussion I appreciate it alot. Could you elaborate a little more on the tumeric powder use? Is it used for a chest rub for chest colds? Thanks.

Believe me I have to gag it down... it is some vile stuff even with honey in it. But is working. It also helps me breathe easier. I need my metabolism speeded up that is for sure. I need to check that out. It can't be as bad as vinegar.lol,Actually I need my liver flushed Doc said I was getting to much fatty infiltration through my liver and it was harming it and lemon water is also a fat flusher. I have tried those little plastic lemons and those bottles of lemon and lime juice, they might work but they don't do alot for the taste. I have found the real lemon fruit to be best. Love lemonade it is my favorite summer drink besides ice tea .Maybe lemonade would work if it was made with a sugar sub. or maybe honey? Wrongway: I don't like drinking my tap water, The city water taste to much like chlorine. I usually make teas or coffee with it. Occasionally I will get bottled water to drink. I quit drinking pop to help me lose weight since i heard that the pop makes it harder to lose it.

Our tap water is gross too. I drink bottled water as well.

I agree with you on that one. I had a friend who drank that and I tried it...once! I couldn't do it as it gagged me. I recently had some problems with kidney stones and I told the doctor I don't really drink water, except when I make tea or hot chocolate. I do however drink lemon propel water and I like it. I don't know if it is the flavor of the water or the water itself but my kidneys seem to be doing better (less problems than I had before). Maybe you could drink that.

Yeah, my great grandmother and grandma and grandpa used the home remedies alot that is who got me into doing them and like you I would know alot and for what if i could just remember then. I wish now that I wrote it all down. Where I live you get a medical card for as long as your child is in your home till they reach 18 years of age. I actually did the clove thing once when I was at my grandmas it worked great.I have took many oatmean bathes and had oatmeal filled sock slightly mushy rubbed all over when I had poison ivy. Haven't heard about the rose quartz stone though I should look into that because I get alot of headaches and migraines. Thanks for the suggestions and the response to my discussion.

Hey! How are you doing? I had one but I loaned it out and have never gotten it back yet. It was mostly for things you find outside though and with the winter months not going to find alot out nowdays that can be used. Well one of these days you'll get it unpacked when you do give me a hollerback. Look up for chest congestion,sinus congestion, and throat and thyroid..if you would. Thanks for stopping by to leave a post I appreciate it.(HUGS!)

Cool Thanks, Almost sounds like a witchs brew. But the ingredients you can get online or in a chinese herb place or in health stores. Most of these are chinese herbs,estern herbs, but it is best to consult a chinese medicine practitioner or a homeopathic practitioner before using these herbs. Wild yam has been used since the 18th century for menstrual cramps and to help relieve pains of childbearing..but it is also good for reducing the swelling caused by rheuatoid arthritis.

I have heard of SAFFLOWER and it's good uses. I have tried this..and better have a clothespin handy..lol For something that does so good it taste not so good. Plain by itself.

yep it is..

I believe that is what I did..lol read it from front to back. It has some great things in it that the apple cider vinegar is supposed to help or cure you wouldn't believe that money you'd save. Take for instance if you feel a cold coming on start taking the apple cider vinegar 2-3 times a day (1) tablespoon each time and you can stop a cold coming on in its tracks. I eat alot of garlic to help me keep colds at bay also..Also you can make up a solution of 1 cup of warm water and 1/2 teaspoon of kosher salt and it is great for a sore throat gargle and to help clear the nasal passages for the nasal passages just use a eye dropper to drop solution into your nasal passages with your head back.I tried this and it worked very well you can also gargle apple cider vinegar and it helps with the throat as well.

Alot of people forget about home remedies because now days it is just so easy to go to the store to the cold/flu isle and grab a box or bottle of something to take. Which most of these cost alot, when most people have things right at home that will fix what ails them with less money and less side effects and they don't harm the liver. I am glad your partener is feeling alot better. Thanks for the response I appreciate it alot.

Your welcome, thanks for the responses I appreciated them and I hope you can get one of them. Good luck.

Thank You so very much.

I have got to try that. My husband and I suffer from joint pain and muscle pain alot. I have heard that 2 glasses of hot chocolate a day will help lower your blood pressure. I tried that and it worked. Don't know if it is because it relaxed me which would drop my blood pressure since I was calm. But it was a good and tasty way to lower it beats medication anyday.lol Thanks for responding to my discussion I really appreciate it and the tips and suggestions you gave me. Have a nice day.

Thanks for the tips, I will try that salt water out next time, has to be better then trying to gargle apple cider vinegar.

Hey thanks rx4life, I appreciate the response to my discussion and the suggestions. I will keep a eye out for those products.