Alternative Cures

First, a little bit about body odor and its origin. Most of your body odor comes from secretion of apocrine sweat glands located in your armpits. These secretions have no odor but, if you don’t wash them off, bacteria begin to take over within hours and the by-product of their feeding frenzy is bad body odor. Liver and kidney disease, diabetes, fungal infections and constipation may also be a contributing factor causing B.O.

In addition to the bacteria, mineral deficiency could also be the cause- specifically calcium, magnesium (200-500 mg) and zinc (15 – 30 mg). Zinc is especially important, and most of the processed foods strip away minerals, so chances are, you are not getting the adequate amount of minerals including zinc in your diet. Read the rest of this entry »

At least once in everyone’s lifetime they will get a food poisoning and, if you ever had one, you will agree with me it can be a very unpleasant experience. How do you deal with this naturally and start treating it in a timely manner? Believe it or not- the sooner you take measures to diminish or counter the effects of the poison, the less time you will spend sick and bedridden. Read the rest of this entry »

Everyone wants to have beautiful skin, but as we age, our largest organ (yes, skin is an organ) in our body looses the appearance of vigor and youth, and all we have left is a cabinet full of skin care products that didn’t deliver on their promise. I would like to tell you there is a magic cream that will erase every wrinkle off your face but I would be lying. All I can tell you there are indeed some natural herbal remedies that will improve your skin condition noticeably, and you don’t even have to spend a lot of money doing it. Read the rest of this entry »

Someone asked me about how to naturally treat lice. For those who don’t know (aren’t you lucky?), a medical term for lice infestation is pediculosis when tiny bugs burrow into your scalp to feed on blood. The chemicals in their saliva will make you itch and also stop the blood clotting. The regular treatment that your doctor may prescribe is usually a lice shampoo that has pyrethrin- a pesticide from chrysanthemums, or permethrin- a synthetic form of the same pesticide. Needless to say, because of overuse of these chemicals, some studies on lice indicate it’s becoming resistant to pyrethrin. Read the rest of this entry »

Want to know a good home made dandruff cures that will work even on a dog? Stay tuned…

Before we start on topical dandruff remedies, lets talk about nutrition. First, make sure you eat lots of greens and take vitamin E and B complex supplements. Biotin in your diet is very important and is considered an important anti-dandruff compound. Eat foods rich in biotin: soybeans, oats, barley, corn, garlic, avocado, ginseng, alfalfa.

Burdock (Arctium lappa) is the first herb I would recommend if you have dandruff or any skin disease. Read the rest of this entry »

Yes, it is possible to repair and even regrow your teeth using a completely natural method that is actually based on science. A team of Alberta researchers applied for a patent that claims they created a miniature device that will stimulate the jaw bones and gums around the affected tooth. Using the low intensity ultrasound technology, they claim they were able to regrow the root of a tooth and stimulate tooth grow and repair.

Although the technology is not going to be in your local dental office for a few years, I believe we don’t have to wait for it and apply the common sense to do the whole process ourselves. First, we need a low frequency ultrasound source and from all the legally (you can’t buy a real ultrasound machine unless you are a doctor) available sources two come to mind. Read the rest of this entry »

There are many ways to remove the earwax without going to your doctor.The best natural method is to buy special ear candles (come in a pack of 4 for less then $10 on Amazon.com). Ask for them in your local health food store and chances are they may have them.

The ear candle looks like a narrow cone (see the picture) made out of cloth soaked and dried in wax. The assistant would insert the cone into your ear canal and light up the top of the cone, and the sucking pressure created inside the cone will draw the wax out of your ear into the tube. Read the rest of this entry »