Your favorite all-natural remedy?

[alimahadtheman]

What are you favorite traditional and wholely natural solutions to some day-to-day problems?

Some herb, fruit, spice, crop, vegetable perhaps that ends up doing wonders for you?

Maybe we can discover new healthy alternatives from each other in the process. Mention those you yourself tried and they absolutely worked out.

Mine are:

-Usage of chillies in dinner to have a better sleep at night and prevent insomnia.

-Cloves to soothe pain in gums

-My very traditional mother uses turmeric powder, and rosewater for her skin, and avocados paste in yogurt for her hair. Totally works

-A Aloe Vera plant pot in my garden that has been used to heal acne scars for ages.

-'Neem tree' leaves and twigs for several domestic purposes due to their anti-bacterial properties

What's crazy is that these remedies date back to ages ago and have been proven scientifically today!

There are more but these ones are my fave. Girls and Guys, Do you have yours?

[SouthEastAsian]

Hi,these are what work for me and what many Chinese would do:

-I use undiluted white vinegar instead of calamine lotion on rashes and after 2 days it usually dries up.If my scalp is itchy ,I would wash my hair with diluted vinegar(half water,half vinegar and leave on for 5 minutes before rinsing).I heard that a towel soaked with undiluted vinegar and wrapped on the head kill headlice too.Once in a while,I would use a pail of water with vinegar to mop the floor really clean.

-Apply salt on my gums on ulcers to kill germs but it's really painful!

-Cut a lemon into halves and put them in my fridge to get rid of any bad odour.

-Put padang leaves in air-conditioned vehicles to keep them smelling nice instead of using air-refreshers and breathing in all the chemicals.

-Apply toothpaste to scalded skin to help relieve the pain.

-Coffee to help me really wake up in the morning if my head is heavy.

-Eat chocolates when I am stressed or moody.It contains a chemical which makes us feel good.Experts say that this is more effective on guys.

-Eat bananas and drink milk before bedtime if suffering from insomnia.They contain trytophan which calms the mind and promotes a more restful sleep.

-Boil winter-melon soup with tomatoes and wolfberries to help get rid of water retention and heatiness.Deicious,nutritous and great for the skin too.

-Eat 10 wolfberries every day for 3 months to help improve eyesight,make the eyes brighter and have a glowing complexion.Eating this for 3 months also nourishes the kidneys and is helpful if the person urinates too frequently at night.I shared this tip with someone and he has now recovered from his frequent urinating problem.

-I take 1000mg of GNC (buffered) vitamin C every night and always moves my bowels really well the next morning.So it's really great for constipation.

[SouthEastAsian]

*pandan leaves*

[alimahadtheman]

*Totally notes what to buy next time visiting the supermarket*

[SouthEastAsian]

Ok,hope it is useful to you in some ways.

[alimahadtheman]

Very much. I am obsessed with health and hygiene so these will DEFINITELY come in handy. Thank you loads!

[SouthEastAsian]

Don't mention.I answer this question to thank you because your answers really make a positive effect on my life & those around me.I like to answer old questions of people who have helped me.Since me & all the users here will never meet in real life,this is the least that I could do to show my gratitude because I don't take things for granted when strangers take the time to compose great answers for me. I am obsessed with health & hygience too & try to keep things as natural/organic as possible

[heartmedic]

water for everything, almost all common problems are due to dehydration

super spicy foods for fever and cleansing

Tiger Balm Oil for muscles aches(very minty, feels penetrating and great on pains and sore spots)

Black Garlic-aids with everything, one of those superfoods.

[alimahadtheman]

Water! How on earth could I have missed THAT. It's almost unbelievable how something as simple as water is the eternal cure to almost everything. Cleanses the entire body of waste and keeps us alive :D

And thanks for the other tips too, will definitely try them out.

[sexyasianboi26]

My chair, some lotion, my hand, and some candles... mmm relieves stress every time.

[Anonymous]

Take aloe fresh from the garden and apply to fresh wounds. =)

[alimahadtheman]

Aloe vera FTW!

[blondie2013]

Peppermint for headaches. That is my life saver! I never thought it would work, but it does, especially when you take peppermint capsules and you take thyme capsules too. They get rid of headaches, have no side effects, are really good for you, and you can't really OD on herbs, so it is a win all across the board!

[woohoo_friday]

Any time I feel a cold coming on, I take oregano oil. You have to buy it at a health food store, or organic foods store, but if you take it as soon as you start feeling unwell, it'll kill that cold dead every time. It comes in a little bottle with a dropper, and you put 5 drops under your tounge and hold them there for as long as you can, then you swallow. It burns, and it tastes absolutely terrible, but it works every time, haha

[slipslender]

black tea with lemon juice and some sugar. it relaxes me :)

[alimahadtheman]

Teas are just magical. I have heard of green tea weight loss as well. Sounds interesting.

And 'chai' tea from the subcontinent cures headaches well.

[FierceMegan]

Coconut Oil - To Strengthen and Shine Hair

Blackberry Brandy - For Cramps

Hot Whisky - For Sore Throats

[ciriouslyy]

stomach ache? put a heating pad on top of your stomach. ha ha that's all I got but it seriously works,

[Loools]

Hot water, lemon and honey. It tastes good and it soothes sore throats :)

[Sheisanashol]

Very very spicy food dumps my waste through my sweat glan.

[WoIIie]

Stuffy nose?

Wasabi.

[alimahadtheman]

Wasabi isn't grown or imported where I live. Do you boil and drink the extract, or breathe it or something?

[WoIIie]

Just eat about half a teaspoon and your senses will kick into overdrive for like 10 seconds at the most. It clears everything, and you have to be careful not to eat too much or else you'll be shedding tears.

The best part is the fact it does not linger at all.

[CoffeeCoffeeCoffee]

Manuka honry for coughs, colds and flus