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Cinnamon & Honey … Magic?

Heather — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 16:57:17 +0000

When it comes to natural treatments and natural remedies, I can tell you for sure that two different things that work wonders on many different things come to mind – honey and cinnamon. While most people do not think that honey and cinnamon are actually a miracle together, I can tell you from personal experience that they are.

Honey by itself has actually been proven useful to a lot of things like acidity as well as diabetic ulcers and can event reduce swelling, scarring and has a natural stoppage for a lot of wounds that you might get. Honey is also incredible for sore throats and for healing a lot of coughing that you might have.

Cinnamon is definitely a little different and has been known to treat Type 2 diabetes mellitus and is also fantastic for insulin resistance.

Using Astragalus Root To Cure Your Cold

Heather — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:27:44 +0000

Now that we have talked a little bit about zinc, let’s move onto astragalus. This particular herb is actually been used in traditional Chinese medicine for years and it is a preventive herb. What it can do is actually help you prevent getting a cold or the flu and it can certainly strengthen your immune system immensely.

Astragalus has also been known to be used as an antioxidant and has even been suggested to use to treat heart disease. It is actually being investigated as a possible herbal treatment for those people that have a very, very weak immune system.

You can actually find astragalus in many different forms, from capsules to teas to even the dried root!

Using Zinc Lozenges To Cure A Sore Throat

Heather — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 23:20:41 +0000

The cold is a very, very difficult thing to fight off and if you have one right now because of the changing of the seasons, I can tell you that there are a ton of different remedies out there that can help you. For example, Zinc is something that is essential for you and it is definitely something healthy for you.

Zinc is actually a mineral that is required by our body to have and it is found in a lot of different things. For example, meats, liver, seafood, eggs – these are all things that include Zinc. If you have a cold right now, you might actually want to invest some money into zinc lozenges.

The reason for this is because zinc can actually help reduce the cold symptoms and certainly help get rid of them if you take it 24 hours after the symptoms started. You could avoid a cold all together!

Using Feverfew To Stop Pain!

Heather — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 06:00:20 +0000

In this day and age, chemicals are becoming very, very popular not just in medicines but also in pain relieving in general. Let’s turn back time a little bit here and move onto natural pain relievers. There are seriously a ton of different herbs that can help you with all sorts of pain.

One herb is Feverfew, this particular herb can be used as a supplement for nay chemical-pain relievers. Now, you can use Feverfew leaves dry, freeze-dried or even fresh and they come in all sorts of forms. For example, capsule, tablet or even liquid extract forms can all be used.

As you know – natural pain relievers might not relieve all of the pain, but it will reduce a lot of it, which is good.

Using Garlic To Treat Your Cold!

Heather — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:27:26 +0000

It is almost Christmas time and with all of the cold weather that has to be hitting all over the world, I can tell you for sure, if you are not bundling up you are going to get a cold. Recently, I just got over a terrible cold that had me in bed for almost a week. One thing that I found that really helped my cold is garlic.

Believe it or not, garlic is something that has been around for quite a while and it is a wonderful natural remedy for the cold and the flu and it definitely works! You can actually ingest garlic many different ways too – in chicken soup for example.

You can even make garlic tea which will really help you. While you might smell like garlic a bit after your cold, it will make you feel better.