A couple hints for fighting off colds....
Drink honey and lemon juice in warm water (I use about a tablespoon of each...DH likes less lemon juice).
For a sore throat, gargle with warm salt water.
Eat spicy foods to clear out your sinuses.
Soak your toothbrush in peroxide to clean it.
Drink LOTS of water, and avoid milk.
Get plenty of sunshine!
Drink freshly-squeezed orange juice.
Make chicken soup with lots of fresh vegetables.
Showing posts with label herbal remedies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label herbal remedies. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Monday, December 29, 2008
The Modern Homestead
My latest discovery...this site was FULL of fascinating things! I think (not sure, but probably) I found the address in a magazine, but I've just gotten around to checking it out.
It's stuffed with valuable information...I especially enjoyed the article about butchering chickens .
Enjoy The Modern Homestead (easy-to-use drop-down menus at the top of each page), or try the site map .
It's stuffed with valuable information...I especially enjoyed the article about butchering chickens .
Enjoy The Modern Homestead (easy-to-use drop-down menus at the top of each page), or try the site map .
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Magnesium
I don't claim to know lots about supplements, and I'm not a nutritionist or doctor ; ) but I would like to share the amazing change magnesium supplements made in my life.
I spent most of this year (2008) on the couch. My back hurt too bad to sit for more than a couple minutes, standing hurt, even laying on the couch didn't help very much. In September I started taking muscle relaxers and anti-inflammatory something-or-others ; ). I took them through the month of September, then in October my DH happened across an article online about magnesium deficiency causing muscle spasms and abnormal heart rhythms. (I hadn't mentioned it much, but my heart was beating VERY abnormally. Scary abnormal.) I thought, "Well, I can't lose anything by trying." so I bought some magnesium pills and started eating magnesium-rich foods. This is the most amazing thing ever, I think. ; )
On Saturday I asked my DH if he would cut my toenails for me, because I couldn't bend to reach them. I started with the magnesium on Sunday and by Tuesday I cut my own toenails! I could sit, stand, bend...it was simply amazing!
One week I was talking to my mom and cousin, telling them a funny story while laying on the couch, and I wanted to get up to demonstrate a funny part, and couldn't stand up. At all. That was scary, I was wondering if I'd end up unable to do *anything* for myself. The next week I was sitting, standing, walking, helping my mom around the kitchen, doing laundry...AMAZING!!!
Three days of magnesium supplements helped more than a month of muscle relaxers!
Now, I'm not saying magnesium will help everyone. But, if you're having muscle spasms it's worth a try! The pills aren't expensive, so you wouldn't be out much even if they didn't work. If they do work, you'll be glad you did! : )
One thing I don't mention, it bothers me quite a bit, though, and I'll tell this part of the story here, too, so you know more about why I was so worried about it. My brother suffered from severe muscle spasms for about 10 years before he died because of an aortic aneurysm at age 30. I think that perhaps if I had known what I do now he might have been spared. I've always thought back problems ran in my family...now I wonder if it's not a problem with excreting too much magnesium instead. (My dad suffered from severe back pain, also.)
(A couple other things. I started out supplementing with 5 or so pills a day, instead of the one to three the bottle said. Also, my asthma has improved to the point where I haven't had to use my inhaler for two months (when I was using it daily), and I'm no longer craving chocolate!)
SO, for the sake of knowledge, I leave you with these links to begin your research on magnesium and the benefits of magnesium supplements.
Office of Dietary Supplements-Magnesium
Conditions Linked to Deficiencies of Magnesium
Magnesium
I spent most of this year (2008) on the couch. My back hurt too bad to sit for more than a couple minutes, standing hurt, even laying on the couch didn't help very much. In September I started taking muscle relaxers and anti-inflammatory something-or-others ; ). I took them through the month of September, then in October my DH happened across an article online about magnesium deficiency causing muscle spasms and abnormal heart rhythms. (I hadn't mentioned it much, but my heart was beating VERY abnormally. Scary abnormal.) I thought, "Well, I can't lose anything by trying." so I bought some magnesium pills and started eating magnesium-rich foods. This is the most amazing thing ever, I think. ; )
On Saturday I asked my DH if he would cut my toenails for me, because I couldn't bend to reach them. I started with the magnesium on Sunday and by Tuesday I cut my own toenails! I could sit, stand, bend...it was simply amazing!
One week I was talking to my mom and cousin, telling them a funny story while laying on the couch, and I wanted to get up to demonstrate a funny part, and couldn't stand up. At all. That was scary, I was wondering if I'd end up unable to do *anything* for myself. The next week I was sitting, standing, walking, helping my mom around the kitchen, doing laundry...AMAZING!!!
Three days of magnesium supplements helped more than a month of muscle relaxers!
Now, I'm not saying magnesium will help everyone. But, if you're having muscle spasms it's worth a try! The pills aren't expensive, so you wouldn't be out much even if they didn't work. If they do work, you'll be glad you did! : )
One thing I don't mention, it bothers me quite a bit, though, and I'll tell this part of the story here, too, so you know more about why I was so worried about it. My brother suffered from severe muscle spasms for about 10 years before he died because of an aortic aneurysm at age 30. I think that perhaps if I had known what I do now he might have been spared. I've always thought back problems ran in my family...now I wonder if it's not a problem with excreting too much magnesium instead. (My dad suffered from severe back pain, also.)
(A couple other things. I started out supplementing with 5 or so pills a day, instead of the one to three the bottle said. Also, my asthma has improved to the point where I haven't had to use my inhaler for two months (when I was using it daily), and I'm no longer craving chocolate!)
SO, for the sake of knowledge, I leave you with these links to begin your research on magnesium and the benefits of magnesium supplements.
Office of Dietary Supplements-Magnesium
Conditions Linked to Deficiencies of Magnesium
Magnesium
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
I LOVE THIS BLOG'S NAME!!!! (And herbal remedies)
I simply HAD to get this name for a blog before someone else did! : )
I was browsing online, looking for something that had absolutely NOTHING to do with pawpaws
(hey, look, it's a pawpaw tree in my yard!) or the masses, and then there it was in a newspaper article , and I knew it was meant for me! : )
You see, I've been playing with the idea of starting a new blog for a while now, putting up links and recipes for simple living/frugal living sorts of things. The homeschool groups I'm on frequently have posts about ways to live healthier, simpler, cheaper and so on, and I've been wanting to put them all together (not to mention that every once in a while I come across something completely on my own. lol)
SO, since there was this GREAT name just sitting there waiting for me to use it for a blog, the time must be right to start. I'm fighting with the urge to stick a link in this post so I will feel it's *really* started...let me see what I have handy...ah, here is a site that will send you an e-mail every so often with information about herbal remedies. So far I don't believe I've used any of the remedies, but I enjoy getting the e-mails and watching their how-to videos. The spot to sign up for the e-mails is at the bottom of the page.
I was browsing online, looking for something that had absolutely NOTHING to do with pawpaws
(hey, look, it's a pawpaw tree in my yard!) or the masses, and then there it was in a newspaper article , and I knew it was meant for me! : )You see, I've been playing with the idea of starting a new blog for a while now, putting up links and recipes for simple living/frugal living sorts of things. The homeschool groups I'm on frequently have posts about ways to live healthier, simpler, cheaper and so on, and I've been wanting to put them all together (not to mention that every once in a while I come across something completely on my own. lol)
SO, since there was this GREAT name just sitting there waiting for me to use it for a blog, the time must be right to start. I'm fighting with the urge to stick a link in this post so I will feel it's *really* started...let me see what I have handy...ah, here is a site that will send you an e-mail every so often with information about herbal remedies. So far I don't believe I've used any of the remedies, but I enjoy getting the e-mails and watching their how-to videos. The spot to sign up for the e-mails is at the bottom of the page.
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