So, earlier my husband had what appeared to be pink eye. I made a compress of chamomile flower and burdock root, had him apply it every few minutes for about 2 hours, and the next day it was almost gone. That evening he did compresses again, and his eyes were totally clear the next day!
Yesterday morning, I burned my hand pretty badly, and immediately put my hand under cool running water for about 20 minutes. Then I cut a stem from my aloe plant, and rubbed it on. The pain was still really bad, so I went to the wonder-all of my essential oils...lavender. Lavender is analgesic as well as antibacterial, so I applied several drops neat. Within a few minutes, the pain had subsided. Remarkably today, there is much improvement!
Last night for dinner, I tried a couple of bites of ham, literally 2 bites. Well, there was some hidden gluten in it because I felt horrible within 20 minutes. This morning was one of those terrible gluten "flu like" days. Before bed and all day today, I double my usual dose of dandelion tincture, and multi-vitamin tincture. I also drank lots of warm lemon water, apple cider vinegar, and fresh fruits. Now I am feeling more normal. You know if you've been glutened it takes a while to get it out of your system, but hopefully this will be done by tomorrow.
My sister-in-law said she has bad poison ivy, so I made several things for her to try. For the itching, a spray of witch hazel, lavender, chamomile, geranium. Also an infusion of chamomile flowers and burdock root, and a wash of peppermint and eucalyptus. I will let you know how she likes any of these.
Here's my page on making the tinctures
http://newbeginningsglutenfreeherbal.blogspot.com/2013/06/lemon-balm-tincture-treats-depression.html
What herbal home remedies have you been successful with, I'd love to hear about them :)
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