Natural Cures For Everyday Ills

Everybody gets sick. We hate when it happens we hate to be left out of the loop and I don't know about you but if I have a cough or something and I have to go to the pharmacy for some cough medicine people look at you like you have the plague if you cough once. Far less if it is an uncontrollable cough. I hate that.

You ever get sick and you're shocked that it happened? Its like sometimes you can feel a cold coming on but other times its like boom and its there and you don't know how you don't know when but you're sneezing your head off and hacking like a dog.Its on occasions like these of course you don't have the medicine you need on hand and I don't know about you but I tend to get sick in the night. I'm not sure if it has to do with your body relaxing and then its like the cold says 'They're weak now. Attack!' All I can do is speculate.

Over the years as this happened to me repeatedly and I came to realize that it was something I had to face, I have come up with a list of everyday items that can be used to help with some common ills.

• For a sore throat there are three remedies that work. One is gargling with salty (as salty as you can bear) warm water at least three times a day. The other is honey and lime. You can mix the honey with warm water and add the lime to drink it like a sort of tea or you can take it straight in a tablespoon. I prefer straight because I like my throat to sting as it gives me a little relief over the gravel feeling. The last remedy is using lime and salt. Mix it and swallow a teaspoon again like three times a day. This one really stings so I like it the best.

• For a stuffy nose I like to use ginger tea. Just take a piece of ginger from your refrigerator, peel it, cut it up in some pieces and boil it in some water for a few minutes. Drink the resulting liquid. It will clear your nose right up. You might not like the taste though but you can add honey to help it along if you like.

• For a back-ache or a headache or a foot ache. Any ache. There is this great plant I have in my backyard called Wonder of The World. This plant is so hardy you can get just one leaf throw it on the ground, literally, and a plant will spring from it. This plant is mostly native to the Tropics but if you can get your hands on it, it can grow indoors too and you will be glad you got it. the reason? The leaves. You just snap off a couple of leaves put it in the microwave for five seconds so it gets hot and place it on the area where you hurt. The pain goes. If you put it on your forehead your headache will go. I am telling you this is the real thing.

• For the cough, the one you're so embarrassed about, the one where people turn and look at you like you're a walking germ....red hibiscus flower. Once again this is native to the Tropics but you can get dried hibiscus in some stores. The petals you boil. The water will turn red from the flower. You can sweeten it if you like because it tastes really good. Anyway drink this for a few days and it will take that cough away.

Isn't it amazing what the things we have around our house can do?

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