Dr. Mercola’s Natural Home Remedies for Common Health Ailments

Before pharmaceutical drugs were manufactured, people turned to natural remedies to effectively solve different ailments. Some simple and natural means, such as olives for motion sickness, yogurt or probiotics for bad breath, and salt water for a sore throat, were discussed by Yahoo! Health. (link)

Dr. Joseph Mercola also recommends effective natural home remedies for different health problems.

1. Motion Sickness

Ginger, traditionally used to relieve nausea, works for motion sickness. Make ginger tea by steeping a small amount of fresh ginger in hot water for 30 seconds to a few minutes. It’s very potent, so taste it every 30 seconds until you reach your desired flavor. You can also finely dice half a teaspoon of fresh ginger and swallow it.

The University of Maryland Medical Center also recommends peppermint and black horehound to cure motion sickness. These are available either as dried extracts (capsule, powder, or tea) or as liquid extracts or tinctures.

Dr. Mercola says the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) can also relieve motion sickness. EFT calms your motion sensors and balances your subtle energy system.

2. Bad Breath

Bad breath or halitosis is usually caused by gastrointestinal and/or upper respiratory tract disorders and microbial metabolism from your saliva, tongue, or dental plaque. These are all indicators of systemic unbalance.

Probiotics, whether as oral supplement or fermented foods like yogurt, can help against systemic unbalance and bad breath. However, Dr. Mercola warns against pasteurized, commercially-available yogurts that are loaded with sugar. He recommends consuming traditionally-fermented, sugar-free yogurt or kefir that’s made from raw milk. Eating traditionally fermented foods like tempeh or natto or taking a high-quality probiotic supplement is also recommended.

Eliminate sugar and grains in your diet like those found in processed foods. These break down to sugar quickly, feeding the bad odor-causing bacteria.

3. Hiccups

Never use sugar to cure hiccups because it can spike up your insulin levels. Instead, Dr. Mercola recommends this easy tactic: As you drink a full glass of water, ask someone to close off your ear canal by holding down the tragus—the small pointed eminence of your external ear that’s found in front of the concha—of your ear. This will banish your annoying hiccups immediately.

4. Eczema

Applying a saltwater compress helps relieve itchy eczema areas. Dr. Mercola recommends using high-quality natural salt, like Himalayan salt. Optimally hydrating your skin also helps. Instead of using skin creams, hydrate your skin from the inside out by increasing the high-quality, animal-based omega-3 fats in your diet.

Food allergies also have an enormous effect on eczema. Avoid common food allergens like wheat, gluten, pasteurized milk, and factory-farmed eggs. Optimizing your vitamin D levels can also help relieve eczema and other skin problems like psoriasis. You can get vitamin D through appropriate sun exposure and safe tanning beds, but make sure you don’t get sunburned. Vitamin D3 supplementation is also an option.

5. Toenail Fungus

Many people have successfully used Vicks VapoRub to cure their annoying toenail fungus, but Dr. Mercola says sunlight exposure also works. After spending some time in the subtropics without wearing shoes and exposing his toenails to the sun for hours every day, the fungi disappeared. However, he warns that for this method to work, nearly daily sun exposure for four to six months is needed. He also advises not to wear sandals so there will be no moist environment for the fungus to grow.

6. Headache

Headaches can be triggered by different factors. Simply evaluating your lifestyle can determine the root cause of your headache. For example, to help cure general headaches that are not caused by poor posture or tension, avoid grains, wheat, sugar, artificial sweeteners and preservatives. Meanwhile, aspartame and other artificial sweeteners are linked to migraines, so avoid diet products.

Dr. Mercola says that intravenous magnesium or EFT can also relieve headaches immediately.

7. Sore Throat and Upper Respiratory Infections

Again, Dr. Mercola recommends optimizing your vitamin D levels. Vitamin D has an important role for your immune system function. This is why during the winter season when there is almost no sunlight, upper respiratory infections such as colds and flu become widespread.

Another interesting remedy for colds and flu is using hydrogen peroxide. Administer a few drops of 3 percent hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) into one ear. You will feel a bubbling and a slight stinging sensation, but after five to ten minutes, these will subside. Drain the peroxide onto a tissue, and repeat with the other ear.

For sore throat, Dr. Mercola recommends using raw, unprocessed organic honey. Here’s a simple and effective honey recipe.

Instead of using dangerous pharmaceutical drugs, you can turn to these natural home remedies. With these easy and effective solutions, you can solve common health ailments without further damaging your health.

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