These easy to use home remedies for sunburn will help bring relief from sunburn pain and speed healing from your face to your toes. Remember, sunburns are burns – so always be gentle to sunburned skin. If blisters appear, keep them clean and watch for any signs of infection. (See note at bottom of post for when to see a doctor for sunburn.) Most of the time home sunburn treatment will take care of your symptoms, but be careful out there. [Read more…]
Honey-Sweetened Lemonade – An Easy Homemade Lemonade Recipe
My friend, Julie, was visiting this past weekend and brought some gigantic lemons with her, so we decided to experiment with some lemon recipes, including honey-sweetened lemonade, and some honey-lemon ice cubes that are great for iced tea or lemonade. (It's a funny thing. Julie likes to watch cooking shows, but she only does more “experimental” cooking when she visits me. Maybe it's because I have teenage boys to help eat the results in case it doesn't go well?) [Read more…]
7 Home Remedies for Upset Stomach to Soothe Indigestion
Upset stomach, indigestion, heart burn, diarrhea and other tummy troubles can really slow you down. I've compiled this home remedies for upset stomach that may help soothe stomach pain, plus recommendations on how to avoid indigestion in the first place.
If you're coping with stomach flu symptoms, you should take a look at The Best Home Remedies for Stomach Flu Treatment. For extra protection against food-borne illness, check out “Protect Yourself from Salmonella and E Coli Naturally“. [Read more…]
Low Sugar Apricot Jam Recipe – Sweeten with Sugar or Honey
This low sugar apricot jam recipe is a great way to use up any apricots with bumps, bruises or bird pecks. Our gardening zone is right on the edge of where it's “safe” to grow apricots, so our crop often gets nipped by a late frost. When we get a harvest, I don't want any of them to go to waste! [Read more…]
Honey as Medicine – Prevent Infection, Kill Bacteria, Promote Healing
Did you know you can use honey as medicine? If I had to choose only one medicine I could have in stock, I think it would be honey. These days, specialty wound-care centers might agree. Honey has become a staple for those hard-to-heal wounds, such as diabetic leg ulcers, burns, even wounds with gangrene. It kills bacteria resistant to other antibiotics and actually heals tissue, nursing the skin back to health. Not only that, but it can decrease the pain. [Read more…]
