Are you also a fan of Home Remedies?

Yes I do!.

Before we go through my list of home remedies, let us first check what does the word "home remedy" means.

According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, home remedy means "a medicine made with ingredients available at home".

Another definition from the same site is "a simply prepared medication or tonic often of unproven effectiveness administered without prescription or professional supervision".

It's been my habit every time my kids or my husband complaints of any discomfort, I do a research and apply different home remedies before finally going to the doctor if there are no improvements at all.

Let me just list some Home Remedies I have, or I've been applying.

Lemon Grass

Since my husband has history of high blood pressure, I always make sure that I have this plant available in our backyard.

Whenever he felt headache (which is one symptom of having high blood pressure), he will immediately get the digital device we used to check his blood pressure and as soon as the result is greater than or equal 140/100, he will immediately go to the backyard and pick some lemon grass. He boils it with 2 glasses of water and make it as his tea.

Lemon grass has been effective to my husband. It is well tested and proven to be working to high blood pressure.

Garlic

This Another first aid for high blood pressure. I usually prepare my husband 5 raw garlic cloves and dip it to little vinegar and give it to him as his extra viand whenever he felt the symptoms of having high blood pressure.

Another use of garlic to us is for toothache. I used to place it inside the whole of aching tooth to lessen the inflammation and pain.

Warm water with rock salt

This is my another home remedy I used for toothache. Whenever I am suffering with tooth ache, I just gargle warm water with a pinch of rock salt.

It helps lessen the pain, and you can also feel a bit of numbness in your gums.

Baby Oil / Eficascent Oil

I always make sure this is always available at home.

When my youngest is still a baby, and he is becoming colicky, I used to massage his tummy with baby oil. I am not a fan of aciete manzanilla as I've read some article previously that it can harm baby's internal organs.

I always perform the "I Love You" massage which is effective to him and help him to pass some gas.

For those who are curious what and how this I Love You massage is being done, here's a video tutorial from YouTube.

Now that he is already a toddler, I still do this "I love you" massage to him whenever he complained about achy tummy, but I am already using eficascent oil because he can bear the menthol effect of he said oil already.

Ginger

Since I have GERD (Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease), ginger has always been my first aid whenever this sickness attacks me.

I just chop medium size ginger and boil it into a cup of water, and then drink it as a tea. It helps sooth the stomach pain caused by the acid. It also helps me pass some gas afterwards.

Calamansi

This is helpful every time one of my family member has cold. I usually squeeze 5 to 10 pcs of calamansi fruit (depending on the size of the fruit) in a glass of lukewarm water. Then add 1/2 to 1 teaspoon of sugar for it to taste like a juice.

I used to prepare my kids a glass of calamansi juice whenever I have stock calamansi in the kitchen cause sometimes, it's also out of stock.

Oregano

I always have this in my little garden.

This is my partner every time my kids has cold. I will just put 3 pcs of oregano leaves in a hot water and then squeeze it in a spoon, add it with a little bit of sugar to fight the bitter taste and then give it to my kids who have cold.

Serpentina

My husband also drink this as his tea for his high blood pressure aside from the lemon grass. He just put in 5 pcs leaves in a glass of hot water. Wait for about 5 to 10 minutes before drinking it. He said, it has a very bitter taste.

My father who is also a diabetic use to drink serpentina as his morning and afternoon tea because he believed this has some good effect on his blood sugar.

How about you? What's your home remedy list and to what ailment do you normally use them?

Many thanks for spending some time and effort reading my article.

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