What natural or homeopathic treatments or remedy do you swear by?  

I have one tried and true natural remedy that I swear by. Whenever I have a fever, I cut up an onion and I put the pieces in my socks, so they rest against the bottoms of my feet. I sleep with them on overnight, and it never fails to break even the toughest of fevers.

I use therapuetic grade essential oils and other products from www.youngliving.com If you are using essential oils for healing, you need to consult with a homeopath or wholistic practioner. If you use oils from a drug store, health store, or bath shop you WILL do harm.

I swear by theses oils and can't even remember the last time I had a cold. I have spent many years studying in this area. I am a registered therapuetic massager therapist, I am licenced to teach Touch For Health and I am also a registered Wholistic Practiioner with the AMTWP here in Canada.

Therapuetic grade essential oils can be used to treat almost any ailment from preventing colds, healing earaches, weight loss, atheletes foot, aid in healing cuts and stings, headaches and migranes, skin ailments etc.

I am very fortunate that we have a doctor here in town that is willing to work with me rather than against. I have guinea pigged my self a number of times with amazing results. I do not refuse medical treatment when necessary and neither should anyone else.

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we have lots of natural remedies here in the Philippines (esp the herbal kind). The one i've used the most is oregano plus honey for cough and cold.

I have been on hormone therapy for almost 30 years. I wanted to get off, but the hot flashes were murder. My doctor suggested I go to a homeopathic place. I did, and I feel better than I did on the meds. Blessings, M&M

I'm a nurse too and there are somethings that alternative medicines help with that traditional medicines don't! When I had my cancer surgery 6 years ago, they removed lymph nodes from up by my heart and down in my groin. They also removed the greater omentum (which has nodes and lymph passageways in it too.) I developed lymphedema from it a few months after the surgery. There is NO cure for lymphedema, you just swell up and there's really nothing much you can do in the realms of conventional medicine besides wear compression garments, do manual lymph drainage massages and alter your lifestyle (so that you don't swell up.) I had lots of problems with swelling, I'd be normal in the morning, then only be able to wear mumuus or caftans by the time half the day was over.

I went to a homeopathic doctor (regular MD with homeopathic training) who put me on mountain ash buds (a liquid preparation.) Since being on this for the past year and a half, I no longer have the swelling to the degree I had it before. It encourages lymph drainage, and it has made a giant difference in my lifestyle. I take it twice a day, and when I don't take it or run out, I swell up to giant proportions like I used to before taking it.

Homeopathy is a very overlooked part of the medical world. My cancer dr says it's snake oil, but I say the proof is in the pudding. It works for me, and with or without my oncologists approval I will continue taking it because it lets me live a much more normal life than I did before I started with it. I am very thankful that I saw the homeopath!!

I had tonselitis for many years. It never failed. Once a year usually during january I would develop the symptoms. I had no medical insurance so I couldn't go to the doctor. Honestly, my tonselitis would be gone within two or three days. I put fresh garlic cloves in ramen noodles, ate fresh jalepeno peppers, and drank green tea. All of these are supposed to boost your immune system and contain very powerful antioxidants. It worked for years. Since then I have had my tonsels removed but still I never get sick. I don't believe in flu shots, nature has it's own way of not only prevnting, but curing, illness. :) My mother, bless her heart, raised me on the ideals of eating healthy. It truly does have it's benefits.

I have never tried this, but I heard about it from many people....I had really bad heartburn with my 2nd pregnancy and had to be on meds. AFTER I gave birth, people started tellling me that if you take a spoon full of apple cider vinegar, the heartburn is gone in 5 minutes! I haven't tried it becaues I don't have heartburn hardly ever now, but I don't know if I could stomach the taste of vinegar. :)

well not many people have heard about it but pranik healing is very effective. one can just do self healing and get such amazing results its unbeleivable. it teaches you the techniques to cleanse the energy feild of the body or in simple terms the aura...whc keeps u not only physically but mentally strong.

L-Lysine for cold sores is very effective! I am also impressed by what Apple Cider Vinegar can do, but I am not always able to make myself drink it because I can't stand the taste.

I developed eczema in my ear canals last summer. At first the doctor treated it as otitis externa (swimmer's ear) because I had been to the beach a few times. It cleared and then came back. Then the thought was an allergic reaction to new stethoscope ear pieces, but changing them didn't help. A dermatologist said it's not unusual to have eczema in the ears, especially when females use hair products. I've had to put steroid cream in them every day with a q-tip or else it flares up. 6 months ago I tried using tea tree oil- I apply it with a q-tip at night. It works great! I haven't needed steroids for 6 months. I've also read that tea tree oil is good for acne, and when I get a pimple I dab some on and it goes away overnight or in 1 day. I swear it's a miracle. The only thing is that it doesn't smell to great.

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