Natural remedies at your home

At your home, you have several natural remedies available. Using the things present in your home, you can naturally cure several problems.

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1. Garlic

Garlic is a natural antibiotic, antibacterial and antifungal. It can be used for curing different illnesses. You can mince 1-2 cloves of garlic and add it to one glass of water. Drink the water and it will help you in fighting different types of illnesses caused by bacteria and other germs.

2. Hydrate yourself and rest

Hydration is very important when you want to keep naturally fine without any type of infection. If you have a fever, it means your body is fighting against any possible germ attack. You can support your body by keeping in hydrated on water and different types of herbal teas. You also need to rest so that your body gets the extra hours for fighting the infection. Extra rest and extra water can help you in nature really eliminating and fighting several problems.

3. Cinnamon

Cinnamon is readily available at your home. It will not only help you in stabilizing blood sugar, but will also work as antibiotic and anti-viral. If you’re sick you can add 1 tablespoon of cinnamon along with 1 teaspoon of honey and make a tea. This will help you to get relief from cough and congestion immediately. It will also lower your fever.

4. Hydrogen peroxide

When you have the first sign of cold, sinus infection, flu and ear infection, you can put little bit of hydrogen peroxide into each ear. Lie down for some time and it will work wonders for you. This is more effective in case of kids. To completely cure infection, you need to repeat the process every few hours.

5. Eliminate white foods

When you see the first signs of any illness, you need to completely remove all types of white foods from your diet. Avoid foods like grains, milk, dairy, sugars, cheese, soda, sweeteners etc. Why do you need to avoid them? These foods can suppress your immune function, which will reduce the healing ability of your body, and thereby will increase the length of the infection, and the possibility of getting sick. When you are sick, your body needs to focus on the healing part and not on digestion, and so you should eat less amount of food. Foods like fresh chicken soup and hot liquids will help you to keep your required strength.

6. Hot liquids

This is a very simple and effective treatment. When you see the first signs of illness, you need to drink more hot herbal teas and hot lemon water. The heat will boost your immune system and the same time, the herbs will reduce the infection.

7. Face steam

This is a very simple natural remedy which can be easily prepared at your home. You can make one using different types of kitchen herbs. For preparing such a face steam, first, boil 1 to 2 cups of water and then remove the water pot from heat. Add 2 teaspoons of thyme, oregano and rosemary to the water. Cover it for five minutes using a lid. Now, bring your face directly over the pot. While doing that, you can cover your head using a towel. The towel will hold the heat for a longer duration. Now, breathe in the steam. Keep at it for about 15 minutes. It has many benefits. It will loosen any congestion beside killing bacteria and viruses present in your lungs. It will also kill bacteria and viruses present in sinuses and bronchial. Sometimes, you can also use 1 to 2 cups of vinegar in the steam.

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Natural home remedies: Colds and flu

It may be “just a cold,” but it’s nothing to sneeze at. And the flu can make you feel downright drained. Fortunately, fast action on your part—including these simple home remedies for colds and flu—can mitigate the misery

Natural home remedies: colds and flu

Is it a common cold or the flu? If your symptoms are above the neck—congestion, sore throat, sneezing, coughing—you probably have a cold. If you have all those symptoms plus a fever of 38.8˚C (102˚F) or more, headache, muscle aches, extreme fatigue, diarrhea, nausea or vomiting, you’re more likely to have the flu.

What you can do for colds and flu

• For a sore throat remedy  fill a 250 mL glass with warm water, mix in one teaspoon of salt and gargle away. The salt really does soothe the pain.

• Add a squeeze of lemon juice to a glass of warm water for the more traditional sore throat gargle. This creates an acidic environment that’s hostile to bacteria and viruses.

• Chicken soup is a time-honoured remedy that is tried, tested and true.Chicken soup stops certain white blood cells (neutrophils) from congregating and causing inflammation, preventing large amounts of mucus from being produced. The hot soup also thins the mucus. Adding freshly chopped garlic to your soup gives the system a powerful boost. While garlic kills germs outright, it also appears to stimulate the release of natural killer cells, which are part of the immune system’s arsenal of germ-fighters. Spike your soup with red (chili) pepper flakes to increase the broth’s decongestant power.

• Drink as much water as you can—eight or more 250 mL glasses—to keep mucous membranes moist and to help relieve dry eyes and other common flu symptoms. Fluids also help thin mucus so that it’s easier to expel.

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• To help keep mucus loose, stay in a moist, warm, well-ventilated room. To keep the air in your bedroom moist, place bowls of water near the air ducts or run a humidifier.

• Cut short your cold with a blow-dryer. As outlandish as it sounds, inhaling heated air may help kill a virus working its way up your nose. Set your hair dryer on warm (not hot), hold it at least 45 cm (18 in) from your face, and breathe in the air through your nose for as long as you can—at least two or three minutes—preferably 20 minutes.

• Wear wet socks to bed. Believe it or not, this soggy strategy can help ease a fever and clear congestion by drawing blood to the feet, which dramatically increases blood circulation. (Blood stagnates in areas of greatest congestion.) Best method: Warm your feet in hot water. Then soak a thin pair of cotton socks in cold water, wring them out and slip them on just before going to bed. Put a pair of dry wool socks over the wet ones. The wet socks should be warm and dry in the morning, and you should feel markedly better.

• Try soaking your feet in a mustard footbath. In a basin, mix 1 tablespoon of mustard powder in 1 L of hot water. The mustard draws blood to your feet, which helps to relieve congestion.

• Another oldie: try a mustard plaster for chest congestion. Grind up three tablespoons of mustard seeds, add water to make a paste, and then slather it on your chest. The pungent aroma helps to unclog stuffy sinuses, while the heat improves blood circulation and eases congestion. Don’t leave the plaster on for more than 15 minutes, however, or your skin may burn. You may want to smear on a bit of petroleum jelly before you apply the plaster to protect the skin.

• Breathe easy with steam. Pour just-boiled water into a large bowl. Drape a towel over the top of your head to trap the steam, and breathe in through your nose for five to 10 minutes. Don’t lower your face too close to the water or you risk scalding your skin or inhaling vapours that are too hot. To make steam inhalations more effective, add five to 10 drops thyme oil or eucalyptus oil to the water. Keep your eyes closed as you breathe in the steam, since both essential oils and steam may irritate your eyes. On the go? Dab a few tissues with eucalyptus oil and hold them under your nose whenever you feel congested.

A natural boost for colds and flu

• At the first hint of a cold, suck on a zinc gluconate lozenge every few hours. Don’t take zinc gluconate longer than a week, though, because excessive zinc can actually weaken immunity. Avoid zinc lozenges that contain citric acid or are sweetened with sorbitol or mannitol; these ingredients seem to weaken the mineral’s effectiveness.

• As soon as you notice cold or flu symptoms, start taking 500 mg of vitamin C four to six times a day. If you develop diarrhea, cut down on the dose.

• Take one 250 mg astragalus capsule, twice daily, until you’re better. This ancient Chinese herb stimulates the immune system and seems to be highly effective at fighting colds and flu. To prevent a relapse, take one capsule twice a day for an additional week after your symptoms are gone.

• Goldenseal stimulates the immune system and has germ-fighting compounds thatcan kill viruses. As soon as you begin to feel sick, take 125 mg five times a day for five days.

• At the first sign of the flu, take 20 to 30 drops of elderberry tincture three or four times daily for three days. Elderberry has been used in Europe for centuries to fight viruses.

• Oscillococcinum, commonly called Oscillo, is widely recommended by naturopaths and herbalists to reduce the severity of flu symptoms. Be sure to use it within 12 to 48 hours of the first appearance of your symptoms. It comes in packages of three to six vials. Buy the three-vial pack and take one vial every six hours.

• A dose of garlic—a natural antiseptic—will do a job on those viruses. If you’re feeling very brave, hold a small clove or a half-clove of garlic in your mouth and breathe the fumes into your throat and lungs. If it gets too strong as the clove softens, just chew if up quickly into smaller pieces and swallow with water.

• For a serious congestion-busting blast, buy fresh horseradish or gingerroot, grate it and eat a small amount. To guard against upset stomach, wait until after a meal to try this.

• Drink a cup of ginger tea. Ginger helps block the production of substances that cause bronchial congestion and stuffiness, and it contains compounds call gingerols, which are natural cough suppressants.

• During cold and flu season, take 20 to 30 drops of Echinacea tincture in half-cup of water three times daily.

Adapted from 1,801 Home Remedies, Reader's Digest

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