Cures in the Cabinet

You don’t have to roam the aisles of a health food store or drugstore to find a cure for what ails you. You most likely have an entire medicine cabinet right inside the walls of your kitchen cabinets!

It’s true, but many of these effective and safe remedies may surprise you. Others you may recognize as old wives tales passed down through the generations.  In any case, you can forget the pharmacy and transform your health with these home cures that work!

Nature is really quite amazing.  Inside some of the simplest herbs and foods lies the capacity to heal the body.  Natural cures work.  Some might even seem a little wacky and without a clear explanation to why they work, but why not give them a shot?  You’ll probably be pleasantly surprised.  Discover the healing hidden powers from behind your cabinet doors and put the fastest, strongest and safest homemade remedies to the test.

Raw Potato Remedies

You would never guess it, but a raw potato is a lot more than a simple ingredient featured in many tasty meals.  Raw potatoes have an innate ability to heal. Though they look innocent, but they’re quite powerful. Some of the healing powers of potatoes include:

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  A Cure for Warts:  Rub a piece of freshly cut raw potato on your wart, allowing the juice to cover the wart.  Do this daily and watch the wart fade away! The natural acid of the potatoes kill the wart.

• A Soothing Treatment for Burns:  The next time you get a superficial burn, including a sunburn, mix some shredded raw potato with a bit of water and make enough paste to cover the burn. Let it set for several minutes and you should feel the pain begin to subside. Potato peels provide moisture and they also have antibacterial properties that help in healing.

• A Headache Reliever:  The next time you have a headache, reach for a raw potato instead of a pain relieving drug.  Gently rub your temples with the sliced potato until the pain subsides.  The alkaline juice of the potato neutralizes pain and improves circulation.

• Easing Tooth Pain: Chill a potato in the refrigerator and then slice it small enough that the pieces will easily fit in your mouth.   Place a slice inside your mouth against the area that is causing you pain and feel your toothache ease.

• Ease swelling, inflammation and insect bites:  Again, just slice a piece of potato and hold it against the affected area.

• Drawing out Poison or Infection:  Apply a paste of raw potato on the area that is affected. The raw potato acts like a drawing salve, pulling out the poison or infection.

• Lowering fever:  Put sliced potatoes on the bottom of your children’s feet and put a sock over it to hold it into place.  The potatoes slices cool the body and draw out the fever.
• Even drinking raw potato juice can soothe an upset stomach by cleansing your intestines and reducing the amount of acid in the gastrointestinal system.

The potato is one of the best all-round treatments for so many reasons. Keep potatoes on hand and it is like having your own first aid kit inside a vegetable!

The Greatness of Garlic

Garlic is quite popular for boosting the immune system.  It isn’t exactly an out-of-the-ordinary remedy for colds and flus.  However, garlic has some very out-of-the-ordinary uses with extraordinary results.  Garlic has super powerful anti-viral and antibacterial properties.  This gives it the ability to combat a variety of different ailments, beside the fact it is cheap, easy to prepare and readily available.  Some of the more unconventional uses for garlic include:

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  Clearing up acne:  Apply a slice of garlic over a pimple for speed of healing.  Use a thin slice and hold it in place with a bandaid overnight.  It also works great for those deep painful acne cysts.  It’s antibacterial properties from high sulfur content work very well to heal the acne.

• Healing cold sores:  Use the same method as above, but leave the slice on only 10 minutes at a time.  The garlic can irritate cold sores if left on too long.  Do this several times throughout the day.  Garlic kills the herpes simplex virus that causes cold sores and can keep them from coming back longer than OTC cold sore treatments.

• Healing ear infections: Garlic has a natural antibiotic called allicin and is an essential ingredient in some of the most effective home remedies for ear infections and ear aches. I have seen this one in action and it works wonders!  Create your own garlic oil by lightly warming a few slices of crushed garlic in a little olive oil.  Warm for about 5 minutes, then strain.  Place a few drops of the warm oil into the ear.  The warmth soothes the pain and the garlic goes to work killing bacteria and viruses in the ear canal.

• Ending yeast infections:  Ladies, this is a safe effective remedy that is much better for your body than the over the counter medications.  Wrap a whole clove of garlic in cheesecloth and insert in the vagina before bed. Remove in the morning and continue one or two days until all itchiness is gone. Garlic is antifungal and is great at killing yeast.

• Curing athletes foot: This garlic cure is such an inexpensive, simple, straightforward method. The Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology found 100% cure rate in treating athlete’s foot with garlic.(1) Soak the affected foot in a warm foot bath with several cloves of crushed garlic for 30 minutes. Again, garlic’s antifungal properties are quite strong and can kill the pesky fungus that results in athlete’s foot.

One of the most incredible ways to use garlic is as a compress.  I remember my friend from work raving about how she used a garlic compress on a strange growth that was on her hand.  The doctors had told her it would have to be surgically removed if she wanted to get rid of it.  She applied a compress of garlic paste each day for a month for about 2 hours each night.  At the end of the month, the growth had completely disappeared!  Garlic compresses are also great for:

• Chest congestion
• Boils
• Cysts
• Skin eruptions and infections

Life Saving Cayenne

You’d never guess it, but the spicy pepper that most people avoid consuming can actually save your life!!  Yes, cayenne (otherwise known as capsicum) has an amazing capacity to boost heart action and increase circulation by opening clogged arteries.  Dr. John Christopher, a well known naturopathic doctor who used primarily herbal remedies, states that cayenne could stop a heart attack!!(2)

Just 1 teaspoon of cayenne in a cup of warm water drunk immediately upon feeling heart attack symptoms can work in just 3 minutes!  If you are at risk for a heart attack or have had one in the past, carry a bottle of cayenne tincture with you at all times.  Squirting a couple droppers full in your mouth could be the difference between life and death!

Don’t have cayenne within reach during a heart attack?  Grab that bottle of hot sauce! Most restaurants have several bottles on hand.  It can work almost as well in a near death situation!

One of Dr. Christopher’s interns states,”If you only master one herb in your life, master cayenne pepper. It’s more powerful than any other.” (3)

Cayenne has some other great medicinal properties, as well.

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  Arthritic pain – Many health food stores sell capsicum infused cream for use during times of pain and inflammation.  They are quite effective and are gaining popularity as an alternative to Icey Hot. The capsicum sends chemical messengers from the skin into the joint, blocking joint pain.

• Psoriasis – Capsicum cream can also benefit those with psoriasis by decreasing formation of new skin plaques.  It also helps soothe the psoriasis itchiness, as well as the itch from other skin conditions.

• Sinus infections – Sniffing cayenne up into your nostrils can clear a stuffy nose and help cure sinus infections. Cayenne pepper is known as a stimulant that will enhance your blood flow and open up your breathing passages.  Sniff a pinch of cayenne powder as far up into your nose as you can.  Rinse by using a saline nose rinse or a netipot with water.  I recommend a product called Sinus Buster.  It makes the process much easier as the cayenne is already mixed into the liquid inside a nose spray.

• Headaches and migraines – Capsaicin also reduces platelet aggregation factor, or PAF, which contributes to the onset of migraine headaches by constricting blood circulation in your head. Apply the same method to healing migraines as for sinus infections.  There are even scientific studies backing this up.  Cayenne worked much better than a placebo in most over 33 studies!(3)

The Master Tonic

My all time favorite cupboard cure is The Master Tonic. This lively tonic blends some of the strongest ingredients in your cabinet into a super powerful blend. This amazing immunostimulant packs a punch that most over the counter remedies are lacking.

Master Tonic is a natural home remedy for any number of infections – it can cure far more than just the common cold. It’s naturally antiviral, antibacterial, antifungal and antiparasitic. I’ve often seen it referred to as a modern day plague tonic that can cure the most chronic conditions, stubborn diseases and antibiotic-resistant infections. It’s uses are truly endless and should be a staple in everyones home.

The master tonic is compromised of these incredible ingredients:

• 1 part garlic – Antiviral, antibacterial, antifungal, and antiparasitic
• 1 part onion – Antiviral, antibacterial, and antifungal
• 1 part ginger – Increases circulation, anti-inflammatory, and antibacterial
• 1 part horseradish – Increases circulation to the head and clears congestion
• 1 part hot pepper – (jalepeno, hot bonnet, habenero, cayenne, etc)  Cleanses the blood, increases circulation, and clears congestion.
• Organic apple cider vinegar – Balances the bodies pH, antifungal, antiviral, and antibacterial.

Directions:

Making the tonic is incredibly simple.  I like to make a large batch at once in a quart jar, but you can also make a smaller batch.  It keeps over a year, so don’t worrying about it going bad.

Grate or shred each ingredient and add to a glass jar. Shredding or grating allows their potent properties to infuse properly. You could also pulse each ingredient separately in your blender or food processor. But be careful not to puree.  Place equal parts of each of the ingredients in a glass jar and cover with enough apple cider vinegar to complete submerge. A good guide is to fill the jar ¾ full and then fill it to the top with the vinegar.

Put the jar in a safe place and let it soak for a couple weeks, shaking it once or twice a day.  Strain the solids out and keep the infused apple cider vinegar.  This is your tonic!

I recommend drinking one teaspoon a day to keep you immune system in tip top shape.  If you feel like you are coming down with something, then try taking a teaspoon every hour.  Gargling master tonic can stop a sore throat, as well!

The Master Tonic can be used in smaller doses for children since food is completely non-toxic. I make a mild version for my children by leaving the peppers out.  If you cannot handle spicy foods, then this modified Master Tonic version can be an option for you as well!

Crazy Home Cures That Work!

Instead of reaching for your first aid kit, or a bottle from the drug store, try these amazing natural cures!  So many natural antibiotics and antivirals medicines are inside your cabinets mixed in the presence of everyday foods. These common foods just don’t improve the flavor of our meals, they can help improve our health!

What an incredible way to keep you and your family healthy without side-effects.  All this just by using around-the-house ingredients as some of the best natural cures for everyday health concerns. Foods that are easily available in our kitchen are full of medicinal properties and the power of nature!

 

 

Sources:
(1) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11050588?itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum&ordinalpos=1
(2)  http://healthfree.com/view_newsletter.php?id=86&key=a
(3) http://www.naturalnews.com/035612_cayenne_pepper_healing_herbal_medicine.html