There are remedies that are as old as the world.
And if we often use these home remedies, it's for a good reason!
It's that these grandmother's remedies that work are simple and effective .
In addition, most of the ingredients for these remedies are already in your kitchen.
In this article, we have selected for you the best grandmother's remedies that we know.
And by anyone! Only remedies that really work .
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With this list of home remedies, you won't have to go to the pharmacy much anymore to spend your money unnecessarily!
It's true, why continue to use drugs when you can use 100% natural remedies that work?
You could even say that these home remedies are even more effective than modern treatments — because they contain NO toxins !
These grandmother methods are 100% natural.
Without further ado, here are 61 proven home remedies. Watch:
Ingredients:4 tablespoons squeezed lemon juice, 4 tablespoons of brandy, 4 tablespoons of unpasteurized b and 4 tablespoons of glycerin.
Mix 4 tablespoons of these 4 ingredients (4x4) warmed or at room temperature.
Drink the mixture, wrap yourself in warm clothes and go to bed.
Steam some onions and wrap them in cheesecloth.
Apply this homemade compress to the affected area of your body.
This grandmother's natural remedy is effective in treating inflammation of the airways, such as acute bronchitis .
But you can also use it on the outside of the ear in the case of otitis or on a boil.
The goal is to mature it so that it bursts and drains.
This is an ancient remedy that also works on abscessed teeth to reduce inflammation.
To discover: Health Benefits of Onions.
Raw onion can also be used as a poultice.
In particular, an onion poultice raw applied to the forehead is an excellent treatment for sinus headaches.
Know that you can also relieve the pain associated with cystitis. For this, simply apply raw onion to the bladder area for 40 min.
Did you know that the transparent skin that separates the onion layers has antiseptic properties ?
So you can use it very well to disinfect minor burns and scratches.
Apply the transparent skin directly to the affected areas and cover it with gauze.
The other advantage of this dressing is that it reduces the appearance of scars.
To discover: The trick to cut an onion WITHOUT the risk of cutting yourself.
Pour a large drop of mint essential oil on the back of your hand.
Then, lick your hand with the backmost part of your tongue.
Let the essential oil flow down and coat the inside of your throat.
This treatment is effective thanks to the expectorant properties mint.
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On an empty stomach, as soon as you wake up, swallow 1 tablespoon of "first cold pressed" olive oil.
To make it easier to swallow the olive oil, add a few drops of squeezed lemon juice to the spoon.
Be aware that bad foods for the liver are those with a high fat content, fatty sauces, fried foods, pastries and alcohol.
Good foods for the liver are artichokes and dandelions which have the power to detoxify an irritated liver.
And if you are looking for "miracle vegetables" for the liver, turn to carrots, watercress, all salads (even cooked), tomatoes and olives.
Some fruits also have liver benefits such as citrus fruits, raisins and apples.
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A daily infusion of corn silk (or corn silk, the "hair" found on corn cobs) can help control urinary incontinence .
These infusions also help dissolve gallstones and relieve colic and rheumatism.
Infuse 1 sprig of thyme per cup and drink 3-4 cups a day.
You can drink this infusion between meals or with a little honey, if you drink it on an empty stomach.
This infusion relieves intestinal infections persistent, colds, flu and can even fight angina.
This remedy works very well, because the thyme leaves contain a disinfectant extremely efficient.
It is for this reason that you can also rub thyme leaves on spider bites and then clean the affected area with thyme infusion.
To treat a skin infection or skin irritation, take a bath in which you have previously macerated sprigs of thyme in large quantities.
Aromatic baths with thyme are an effective treatment to relieve rheumatism and osteoarthritis.
They are also known for their stimulating effect on convalescents and children suffering from lethargy.
For even more rheumatism relief, you can also apply a warm poultice made from finely chopped thyme to the affected areas.
Finally, you can also use a homemade thyme-based "toothpaste" to disinfect and eliminate recurring canker sores.
To do this, macerate 100 g of sprigs of thyme in 50 cl of eau-de-vie for a few days.
Then, dip your toothbrush in this solution to brush your teeth, but also the whole inside of your mouth.
To discover: The virtues of thyme, a plant that should come out of the kitchen.
After squeezing the juice from an organic lemon, don't throw away the rind right away!
Rub your teeth and gums with the outside of the lemon peel to whiten the enamel and strengthen the gums.
The bark is also an excellent treatment for cleansing and softening the skin. To do this, simply rub the bark on your skin. Leave on for 5 minutes before rinsing off with lukewarm water.
Finally, know that eating an apple with the skin has 2 benefits for the teeth:it disinfects them and massages your gums.
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To make this wonderful eye care, you need a good handful of blueberry flowers.
Then immerse these flowers in boiling water and let them macerate for several minutes.
Strain the pulp from the flowers using a strainer.
Use the hot liquid to make compresses to clean and depuff tired eyes.
Use the same process to make a linden flower infusion.
Applied as a compress to the eyes, this infusion reduces wrinkles and crow's feet.
Prepare a good amount of lily and rose petals (fresh or dried, both work).
Boil the petals in water in the equivalent of a coffee bowl, for 15 min.
After filtering the water and allowing the petals to cool, wash your face with this mixture.
Instead of buying make-up remover that is not always very natural and above all not cheap...
Know that you can use cow's milk to easily remove your makeup.
Once removed, use whole cream or natural yogurt as a nourishing and beautifying treatment for your skin.
You will see that your skin will love it!
This make-up remover and nourishing treatment are homemade with natural dairy products.
And they are much more effective and good for your skin than most commercial face creams and milks.
To discover: An Economical Cleanser for Facial Skin:Cow's Milk.
Once a week, apply a mixture of beaten egg yolk and a teaspoon of olive oil to your face.
Leave this mask on for 15 minutes and rinse it off with a cotton ball soaked in lukewarm milk.
Thanks to this beauty mask, your skin will be nourished in depth and at the same time well rehydrated.
If you use fruit-based masks, also consider adding a good teaspoon of fresh cream to the ingredients.
Why ? Because it will avoid drying out your skin.
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Hot water compresses are highly recommended to remove excess sebum which causes oily skin.
This method dilates the pores with heat and cleanses them of their impurities.
Know that if you have oily skin, it is better to avoid creams that are too greasy.
However, a vigorous massage with fresh cow's milk is recommended to remove make-up from your face.
All aromatic plant-based lotions are beneficial to the skin:thyme, rosemary, mint and savory.
While egg yolk benefits dry skin, egg white tightens pores and smoothes oily skin.
Therefore, you can apply egg white directly to your skin.
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Among fruit-based masks, the most toning for the skin are the masks based on strawberries, peaches and pineapple.
The fruits are either crushed without adding anything, or mixed with egg yolk or egg white (depending on your skin type, see the previous point).
Among vegetable-based masks, finely chopped or grated cucumber is especially recommended for moisturizing the skin.
Grated carrots relieve inflammation of the face and sunburn.
The shredded cabbage mask works wonders for treating small wounds, as it absorbs impurities and revitalizes the epidermis.
Masks made from grated potatoes moisturize the skin and reduce the formation of wrinkles.
Masks made from crushed beets and fresh cream have a revitalizing effect on the skin.
And masks based on cooked spinach and milk cleanse the skin deeply.
My grandmother used raw potato slices placed on cotton.
She would then sprinkle them with black pepper.
Then, she applied it all to my forehead, for at least 1 hour. The effect is truly stunning!
Try it and let me know.
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Boil cabbage leaves and let them cool.
Apply the lukewarm leaves to your hands or joints, using a small towel.
To discover: How to Relieve a Sprain with 1 Cabbage Poultice.
Soak your feet in warm water mixed with mint leaves.
Divide your hair into several parts, as you do before coloring your hair.
Using a small brush, apply olive oil to your scalp.
To optimize absorption, wrap your head in a warm towel for 1 hour.
Rinse and reheat the towel as many times as needed.
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Beat 2 eggs with a small glass of rum.
Then leave this shampoo in the colors of the sun to act for a good quarter of an hour on your hair.
All that remains is to rinse.
After your usual shampoo, rinse your hair with lightly vinegared water.
You can use white vinegar for this beauty trick.
Use chamomile tea to nicely lighten your locks.
This will give you a lovely sun-kissed hue.
You can also use well-brewed tea to have reddish colored locks like a "lioness mane".
To discover: How To Lighten Your Hair Naturally?
To reduce hair loss, try drinking watercress juice regularly. , on an empty stomach.
To discover: 11 Great Tips Against Hair Loss.
To pleasantly perfume your hair, you can concoct lavender water .
To do this, macerate 25 g of lavender flowers in 1 liter of cognac for 1 month, then filter.
This blend is appreciated by both men and women.
It is used not only as a perfume for the hair, but also as a tonic and a natural remedy for rheumatism.
Lavender water has a long shelf life and can be used both at home and while traveling.
Use this same process to make water for rose, jasmine, violet, lemongrass, and all your favorite flowers and herbs.
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In 1 liter of alcohol at 90°, add 4 g of each of these ingredients:orange blossom, rosemary, citron and bergamot.
Let this mixture macerate for 24 hours, filter and your eau de cologne is already ready to use.
Easy, fast and economical, right?
In a food processor, add 2 heads of garlic, 2 handfuls of Calendula leaves (marigold leaves, fresh or dried).
Also put 1 handful of fresh comfrey roots as well as crushed shells of several black walnuts.
Cover everything with white vinegar and mix.
Pour the mixture into a large, shallow container and add 20 drops of tea tree essential oil.
To treat mycoses of the feet , soak your feet in this mixture for 15 min.
Rinse your feet and dry them if possible in the heat of the sun.
Use this foot bath 3-4 times a day. Prepare a new mixture for each use.
This homemade vinegar is delicious to enhance your dressings, stir-fries and marinades.
In addition, it has powerful antibacterial properties .
In a food processor, add a good amount of fresh oregano and 10 peeled garlic cloves.
Cover everything with vinegar and mix well. Pour the mixture into a bottle and leave to macerate for several weeks.
You can either strain the vinegar to remove the herbs or choose to leave them in the homemade vinegar.
For even more flavor and a nice presentation, add a whole sprig of oregano, a cayenne pepper and a few orange or lemon peels.
This vinegar can be kept for several months, without having to put it in the refrigerator.
To discover: How to Make Homemade Vinegar Easily?
Ingredients: 5 or 6 cayenne peppers, 1 mustard glass of vegetable oil, 1/4 teaspoon of eucalyptus essential oil and 1/4 teaspoon of mint essential oil.
Finely chop the cayenne peppers and put them in a jar.
Add vegetable oil, until it completely coats the peppers.
Store the jar in a warm place away from direct sunlight. Drain the oil after 1 week. Add the essential oils.
Use this massage oil on your muscle pain.
Take great care not to come into contact with eyes or open wounds (otherwise it will sting violently!).
Wash your hands well after each use.
Here is a super effective remedy to relieve digestive disorders, whether it is simple indigestion or spastic colitis.
For this, prepare a mixture of 1 tablespoon of chamomile flowers, 1 teaspoon of fennel seeds, 2 tablespoons of mint leaves.
Then, infuse 1 tablespoon of this mixture in a cup of hot water for 15 minutes. Filter the infusion and drink.
Ingredients: 1 mustard glass of comfrey, 1 mustard glass of Calendula oil, 55 g of beeswax, 2 tablespoons of vitamin E oil and 40 drops of vitamin A emulsion.
Grate the beeswax. In a saucepan, gently heat the oils together and add the beeswax .
Once the wax has melted, add vitamins E and A.
Pour into small balm containers and let harden.
Ingredients: 1 mustard glass of garlic oil, 1/2 mustard glass of Calendula oil, 1 teaspoon of walnut husk (or 1/2 mustard glass of black walnut shell oil), 50 g of beeswax and 40 drops of tea tree essential oil.
Grate the beeswax. In a saucepan, gently heat the oils and add the beeswax.
Once the wax has melted, add the tea tree essential oil and the walnut husk. Mix well.
Immediately pour into small balm containers.
This homemade ointment recipe is an excellent treatment for osteoarthritis, pulmonary congestion and muscle pain.
To do this, finely chop 15 g of cayenne peppers, 30 g of mint leaves, 30 g of chopped eucalyptus leaves, 1 liter of alcohol at 70°, 60 drops of wintergreen essential oil (the tea of wood) and 20 drops of essential oil of cloves.
Mix all the ingredients, without the essential oils.
Store the mixture in a warm place away from direct sunlight for 2 weeks.
Strain and squeeze the mixture to extract all the liquid. Add the essential oils and mix well.
Use this ointment to massage joint pain, muscle pain or back and chest for pulmonary congestion.
Ingredients: 30 g lanolin, 15 g grated beeswax, 60 ml comfrey oil, 60 ml calendula oil, 60 ml calendula juice, 2 g baking soda and 100 drops lavender essential oil .
Mix and heat the Comfrey and Calendula oils.
Melt the lanolin and beeswax in the hot oils.
In another container, heat the Calendula juice and dissolve the bicarbonate in the juice.
Remove the 2 mixtures from the heat.
Mix them together using a whisk, beating vigorously.
Add the lavender essential oil last.
Pour the cream into jars and seal them tightly.
Herbal juice creams tend to spoil after 6-12 months. Store the jars in the refrigerator.
Ingredients: 30 ml Calendula mother tincture, 45 ml Comfrey mother tincture, 15 ml vitamin E oil, 30 ml aloe vera gel, 1/4 teaspoon vitamin C crystals and a few drops of essential oil of your choice (optional).
Pour all the ingredients into a bottle and shake vigorously.
Use a comfrey root poultice to heal wounds, scrapes and other skin injuries.
To do this, put the comfrey roots in your blender, with the necessary quantity of calendula mother tincture so that the blades of your blender can turn.
Mix everything until you get a wet mass. If the wound is not very deep, apply this poultice directly to the skin.
Alternatively, spread the poultice on muslin or gauze dressing to prevent the poultice from entering the wound.
Leave on for 30 min.
For a minor injury, use the comfrey poultice several times a day. Be aware that the poultices will keep for several days in the refrigerator.
Comfrey can heal minor injuries, but it is obviously best to consult your doctor for more serious injuries.
The mustard poultice is an effective and age-old remedy.
Your great-grandmother certainly used it to treat lung congestion, cough, bronchitis or pneumonia.
The advantage of the mustard poultice is that it immediately relieves lung disorders. It is an indispensable remedy, since it can even fight contagious diseases.
It is very effective, as it increases blood circulation, perspiration and warmth of the affected areas.
To receive this treatment, it is best for the person to sit or lie down in a comfortable position.
The best poultices are those with black mustard seeds, ground in a coffee grinder.
But failing that, yellow mustard seeds will do.
To prepare a mustard poultice, mix 1/2 mustard cup of mustard seed powder with 1 mustard cup of flour.
Add a little hot water to make a paste.
Spread the paste on a piece of cotton cloth that you have previously moistened with a little hot water.
Cover this fabric with another piece of dry fabric. Apply the wet part of the poultice to the person's back or chest.
Leave the poultice on for 15 to 30 minutes. Remove it quickly if the person does not feel well.
This treatment will surely cause sweating and redness of the skin.
The person receiving the treatment should drink plenty of water during the treatment.
After the treatment, encourage her to take a hot or cold shower, then rest or do some light stretching for 30 minutes.
Warning: do not administer this treatment to young children, the elderly or people with serious illnesses without consulting a doctor first.
To discover: 9 Surprising Uses of Mustard (that don't involve a Sandwich).
Ingredients: skullcap, valerian, rosemary, chamomile, peppermint and honey.
Mix all the powdered herbs in equal parts. Mix with honey, to bind them together.
Roll this dough into small balls the size of a pill.
Leave to dry and store your pills in a hermetically sealed container.
Ingredients: 3 tbsp licorice root powder, 3 tbsp black alder powder, 1 tbsp myrrh powder, 1 tsp cayenne pepper powder, honey to sweeten, 20 drops of orange essential oil and 2 drops of thyme essential oil.
Mix all the powdered herbs.
Add the honey, until you get a viscous mass. Add the essential oils and mix well.
Spread the dough on a marble slab or other non-stick surface, dusted with cornstarch.
With a rolling pin, roll out the dough to a thickness of about 1 cm.
Cut the dough into small squares of the same size, roll them into balls and flatten to form pellets.
Let the pellets dry in a well-ventilated place for 12 hours.
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Ingredients: 1/2 glass of honey mustard, 1/2 glass of glycerin mustard and 1 mustard glass of herbal tea well infused with medicinal plants.
In a saucepan, bring the honey and herbal tea to a boil.
Add the glycerin. Pour the mixture into clean bottles and let cool.
Store in the refrigerator. This old recipe makes about 2 mustard glasses of syrup.
To discover: How to Make Homemade Cough Syrup.
Take the outer leaves of a cabbage and clean them well.
Pat the leaves dry with a clean piece of cotton cloth or let them air dry.
Lay the leaves out on a cutting board, with the inside part of the leaf facing up.
Why ? Because it is the inner part of the leaves that contains the best nutrients, with the least pesticides.
Using a rolling pin, crush the inside of the cabbage leaves.
This ensures that cells and nutrients are properly broken down.
Then, wrap the affected areas of your body for relief.
Secure the sheet with a bandage or a clean piece of cloth.
The help of another person will surely be necessary during this step.
Leave on for at least 1 hour before removing the leaves.
If you smell an unpleasant odor, it's normal.
This smell confirms that the healing properties of cabbage are doing their job, namely extracting toxins from the skin.
With this remedy, you will be surprised by the result and the improvement of your eczema.
Here are some other remedies I discovered while leafing through my grandmother's many books on herbal remedies:
Sage essential oil is excellent for massaging wounds that still hurt and the scars that are struggling to fade entirely.
Peppermint tea soothes cramps.
In external use, chamomile heals burns, wounds and edema .
Taken internally, it relieves pain associated with menstruation.
Used in compresses or baths, basil has a healing effect.
To have beautiful teeth , brush your teeth with a crushed strawberry.
To discover: 9 Incredible Strawberry Benefits You Didn't Even Know About.
Finely chop onions and put them in socks.
Put on the socks before going to bed.
This remedy will lower the fever and cure your cold.
To discover: Here's What Happens When You Put Onions In Your Socks Overnight.
Si vous touchez des plantes qui provoquent des réactions allergiques , utilisez les impatiens (ou balsamines).
Pour cela, mettez-les plantes dans votre blendeur de jus et conservez le jus d'impatiens au réfrigérateur pendant les mois d'hiver.
Vous pourrez ainsi l'utiliser contre toutes les démangeaisons de la peau que vous pouvez avoir.
Essayez une infusion de feuilles de framboisiers et d'orties, macérées dans de l'eau bouillante, pendant 5 min.
Filtrez et buvez l'infusion, en ajoutant du miel au besoin.
Cette infusion est un remède efficace pour revitaliser le tonus utérin en période post-partum , pour soigner les fibromes et pour soulager les douleurs associées aux règles.
L'infusion est aussi efficace pour soulager les troubles associés aux règles et pour augmenter la lactation des femmes allaitantes.
Une autre pâte que vous pouvez utiliser pour soigner la sinusite chronique est composée de 1 cuillère à café de cannelle mélangée à 1 goutte d'eau.
Mélangez jusqu'à obtenir une texture pâteuse.
Appliquez la pâte sur les zones des sinus en évitant les yeux.
Cette pâte rougit la peau et donne de légers picotements, mais son efficacité contre la sinusite est remarquable.
To discover: Déboucher Vos Sinus en 20 Secondes Avec Votre Langue et Votre Doigt.
Le cataplasme au lait et au pain est un traitement efficace contre les infections.
Chauffez du lait dans une casserole et ajoutez de la mie de pain.
Enveloppez le tout d'un morceau de gaze ou de mousseline.
Appliquez le cataplasme directement sur votre coupure ou blessure.
Ce cataplasme est aussi efficace pour lutter contre les furoncles .
L'idéal est d'utiliser des cataplasmes les plus chauds possibles.
Suivez ce traitement plusieurs fois par jour, jusqu'à ce que l'infection disparaisse.
Ce traitement est particulièrement rapide et, bien souvent, il est beaucoup plus efficace que les crèmes antiseptiques.
Il a plus de 50 ans, notre médecin généraliste a donné ce remède à ma mère contre les corps étrangers dans l'œil (sable, poussière ou brindille).
Dès que vous avez un truc dans l'œil, appliquez 1 goutte d'huile végétale ou huile d'olive dans l'œil affecté.
Cela a pour effet d'attirer le corps étranger vers le coin de votre œil, où il peut être facilement retiré.
Votre vision sera brouillée pendant quelques minutes.
Mais si vous suivez ce traitement dès que vous avez un corps étranger, vous ne vous frotterez pas l'œil et vous éviterez une éventuelle inflammation ou infection.
Eh oui, c'est en se frottant les yeux que les enfants (et même les adultes) aggravent la situation.
To discover: Comment Enlever une Poussière Qu'On a Dans l'Oeil ?
Ingrédients :mélangez 1 à 5 cuillères à café de fécule de maïs dans 1/2 verre de lait, avec une pointe de vanille et 1 cuillère à café de sucre pour adoucir le goût.
Prenez ce remède 3 à 5 fois par jour, ou alors doublez ou triplez les quantités pour diminuer le nombre de prises.
Ce mélange calme la diarrhée et en plus, vous pouvez aussi l'utiliser pour les enfants.
Grâce à ce remède, qui a plus de 150 ans (merci Mamie Georgette !), vous ne serez plus jamais coincé à la maison à cause d'une mauvaise diarrhée.
Mélangez la pulpe d'une orange avec 1 à 2 cuillères à café de miel.
Appliquez ce masque sur votre visage et laissez agir, pendant environ 20 min.
Rincez le masque à l'eau tiède. Ce soin donne b à votre peau.
Imbibez 2 sachets de camomille avec de l'eau chaude.
Appliquez 1 sachet sur chaque paupière et écoutez de la musique apaisante.
Après 20 min de ce soin, vos yeux seront complètement détendus.
Vous pouvez aussi imbiber du coton avec du lait et l'appliquer sur vos paupières.
Laissez agir aussi longtemps que vous le désirez.
Ce soin aide à éliminer les cernes sous les yeux.
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Battez un jaune d'oeuf dans un bol.
Puis, massez votre cuir chevelu et vos cheveux avec le jaune d'oeuf battu.
Laissez agir 2 min, puis rincez vos cheveux SANS utiliser de shampooing.
Si vous voulez aussi éclaircir vos cheveux , ajoutez du jus de citron pressé au jaune d'oeuf.
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Dès que vous constatez que l'un des symptômes du rhume ou de la grippe pointe le bout de son nez (reniflements, mal de gorge, etc.), hachez finement une gousse d'ail.
Mettez l'ail dans une cuillère à café et avalez l'ail, suivi d'un demi-verre d'eau.
Les symptômes disparaîtront en quelques heures.
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Pour soulager, soigner et assécher les ampoules qui peuvent apparaître sur la peau, utilisez du vinaigre de cidre .
Vous allez voir que son efficacité est immédiate !
To discover: 11 Utilisations Incroyables du Vinaigre de Cidre.
Quand vous prenez une douche, savonnez-vous avec votre savon habituel.
Avant de vous rincer, faites un gommage avec de la semoule de maïs jaune.
Pour appliquer la semoule, utilisez plutôt vos mains humidifiées qu'un gant de toilette.
Après le rinçage, votre peau sera régénérée.
Ce gommage élimine les peaux mortes et donne un toucher doux et lisse à votre peau.
Vous pouvez aussi utiliser ce soin sur votre visage.
La première fois que j'ai allaité, j'ai lu quelque part qu'une application de carottes râpées était un remède efficace pour guérir et soulager les gerçures des mamelons.
Faites-moi confiance :essayer ce remède, c'est l'adopter !
Ce truc de grand-mère a super bien marché pour soigner mes mamelons irrités ou gercés.
J'ai remarqué que les douleurs liées à l'arthrose diminuent considérablement quand on élimine de son alimentation les aliments suivants :la viande rouge, les oranges et les citrons.
Pour encore plus diminuer ces douleurs, consommez des pamplemousses.
Coupez en 2 un pamplemousse de taille moyenne.
Mettez les moitiés de pamplemousse dans une casserole et recouvrez-les d'eau.
Portez à ébullition pendant 15-20 minutes et laissez tiédir.
Pressez les moitiés de pamplemousse dans le liquide et jetez les écorces.
Pendant que le liquide refroidit, vous pouvez ajouter 1 cuillère à café de grande camomille (Tanacetum parthenium ) ou 1 cuillère à café d'échinacée.
Filtrez l'infusion avant de la boire. Cette infusion a un goût amer. Par conséquent, ajoutez un peu de miel pour l'adoucir.
L'écorce de pamplemousse a une haute teneur en quinine.
Cet alcaloïde naturel est utilisé pour soigner la fièvre jaune et dans la prévention du paludisme.
Pour soigner les plaies et les éruptions cutanées, vous pouvez aussi utiliser des cataplasmes au zeste de pamplemousse.
Ce remède de grand-mère est particulièrement rapide. Il est venu à bout de mon eczéma, dont je souffrais depuis plus de 15 ans !
Pour soigner ce type l'eczéma, il est important de boire du jus de chou fermenté (l'équivalent de 1 verre à moutarde par jour).
Vous pouvez mélanger le jus de chou avec d'autres légumes verts si vous préférez le goût.
Par ailleurs, le sulfate de magnésium (le sel d'Epsom) est un des meilleurs remèdes que je connaisse contre les infections fongiques externes, comme l'eczéma et le psoriasis.
Pour utiliser ce remède, il faut dissoudre 3 bonnes poignées de sulfate de magnésium dans un bain chaud. Trempez votre corps dans ce bain chaque jour, pendant 20-30 min.
Vous pouvez profiter de ce moment de détente pour méditer, peut-être en allumant une bougie et en écoutant de la musique apaisante.
Un autre bienfait de ce traitement est une meilleure croissance des ongles.
Et enfin, ce traitement met aussi fin à un autre effet secondaire des infections fongiques :les callosités sur les côtés et sous les plantes des pieds !
To discover: 19 Utilisations Secrètes du Sulfate de Magnésium.
Battez un blanc d'œuf et ajoutez 1 cuillère à café d'huile d'olive.
Appliquez ce mélange sur la zone affectée et attendez qu'il sèche.
Répétez ces applications plusieurs fois.
Ce traitement fait des merveilles : il élimine totalement les traces de brûlures.
Ingredients: 2 cuillères à soupe d'huile de sésame, 1 cuillère à soupe d'huile d'olive, 2 cuillères à soupe d'huile d'avocat, 2 cuillères à soupe d'huile d'amande, 2 000 UI (unités internationales — unité de mesure utilisée en pharmacologie) de vitamine E (α-tocophérol), 100 000 UI de vitamine A et 1 à 2 gouttes de votre parfum préféré (facultatif).
Versez toutes les huiles dans un récipient en verre (un petit bocal ou une petite bouteille).
Préparez les 10 gélules de vitamines E (200 UI par gélule) et 4 gélules de vitamine A (25 000 UI par gélules).
À l'aide d'une épingle, percez les gélules et pressez leur contenu dans votre récipient.
Ce soin est particulièrement efficace pour les personnes qui ont la peau abîmée, un vieillissement prématuré de la peau ou la peau délicate et dévitalisée.
Les huiles et les vitamines de ce soin soignent, nourrissent et tonifient votre peau fatiguée.
Il lui apporte les nutriments dont elle a besoin, la revitalise et rétablit son niveau d'activité normale.
Par ailleurs, utilisé en application topique, c'est un excellent traitement contre les hémorroïdes et les maladies cutanées.
Pour une utilisation optimale, appliquez ce soin sur les zones affectées (après les avoir bien nettoyées), juste avant d'aller au lit.
Appliquez 1 à 2 gouttes, massez la zone affectée et laissez agir une nuit entière.