Natural Remedies

     Even before medicine or modern science, natural remedies were being used to treat illnesses and symptoms. These natural remedies continue to carry weight even today, and many people feel very strongly that these remedies can be very helpful and curative. Here are just a few of the many natural remedies that exist for all different symptoms and sicknesses.

      Constipation and other digestive issues can be problems that plague people for years with little or no relief from medications. And although there are many medicines that say they will cure constipation, gas, IBS and other gastrointestinal problems, few do more than mask the symptoms instead of healing the problem. There are many natural remedies for digestive problems. For example, plums have been known for years to be extremely healthful and healing to digestive problems. Instead of buying expensive supplements that include many ingredients, choose instead to eat a whole, unaltered plum. Other natural digestive remedies include apples, sunflower seeds, Epsom salts mixed with warm water, and a fiber-rich diet. These are just a few of the natural and holistic remedies for digestive issues, especially constipation.

 

     Sometime during the year, almost all of us are struck with a cold or, if particularly unlucky, the flu. There are plenty of natural remedies for the cold and even influenza. For the cold, one recipe suggests a mix of lemon juice, honey and brandy. Another cold remedy suggests green onion soup or hot tea. For the flu, it is suggested that one should consider the soothing honey-lemon combination or a hot cinnamon tea.

 

     For high blood pressure, something that many of us deal with, natural remedies that seem to work quite well include green tea, celery, white rice, blanched dill, and apple cider vinegar mixed with water.

 

     The hiccups can be most annoying and quite embarrassing if you get them in a public place. And, for every annoying hiccup you feel, there is a corresponding natural remedy. Some suggested natural remedies include: eat ice cream or a teaspoon of sugar, drink water sprinkled with baking soda or squeezed lemon juice, and, of course, the most well known, hold your breath and count to ten.

 

     No matter what the condition, there are natural remedies to help treat it. And just a quick search on the internet or in a book will lead you in the right direction.