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Unique, Unpopular or Interesting Natural Remedies?!
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Unique, Unpopular or Interesting Natural Remedies?!
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First off this an an awesome discussion. I have a ton of natural remedies that I go too, a lot of which I’ve seen here, and I’ve learned a couple new ones by reading through the comments. I’ll share a few that have really helped me, that I didn’t see posted here.
The first is honey and cayenne powder on to speed up healing and prevent infection on cuts. This one burns, but it works. You take a small pinch of cayenne (the more you use, the more it will burn so be careful) and mix with a spoonful of natural honey, and apply with your finger on top of wounds (first you want to clean the wound obviously, and you have to be tough as nails to put this on a fresh wound that hasn’t had a chance to dry or scab up at all. If you can’t handle that kind of pain, wait till a thin layer of scab or dry membrane forms over the wound, then it will burn less. This remedy is especially good for deep or bad cuts with a big surface area, like cutting off the tip of your finger while cooking, or any time you’re worried about infection close to the surface of a wound. I’ve used this over and over and I’m always amazed at how fast and how well the wound heals. If you’re in a situation where you can’t get stitches and you are worried about infection, this could be a life saver. If you have a low pain tolerance you can always use just a couple grains of cayenne in the honey, it will still help!
The second remedy I’ve used a lot that I didn’t see on here is Yierba Santa. I’m in central California and I’m not sure if this plant grows outside of California or not, but it’s all over California especially in the foothills. It has long, sticky aromatic leaves and grows as a shrub that’s usually about chest high. This herb is excellent for the lungs and the immune system in general, especially for healing damage from smoke, clearing out infection and phlegm, and for opening and strengthening the lungs when someone is suffering from asthma or other breathing issues. Just make a tea by steeping a couple leaves, fresh or dried (I think fresh works better but use both). You can also make a steam bath by pouring boiling water over a handful of leaves in a big bowl, and breathing it in with a towel over your head. We did this a lot with our babies when they got stuffy noses and couldn’t breath well, and it worked wonders.
One more herb that I didn’t see listed here that can be a life saver is mugwort. There are different varieties but they all work. This herb should never be used by pregnant women, and probably not if you’re breastfeeding either. It’s extremely bitter. Mugwort tea is my go to for fever, malarial symptoms, and anything related to COVID-like symptoms. It’s also good for strengthening the immune system in general, but shouldn’t be used as an everyday type tea like nettle or peppermint, just when truly needed. My advice with any herb, and this one in particular, would be to get to know it by trying a weak tea (just steeping a few leaves) and see how it makes you feel, so that you yourself start to have a relationship with the herb and start to get an idea of what it does for you. I think most people who work with herbal remedies know this, it’s about having a relationship with the plant or whatever form of medicine you’re using, and using it by feel, rather than just following instructions blindly.
Hope some of that helps somebody. Thanks to everyone else who has shared!
-Nick
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Highly appreciate the in depth viewpoints, personal testimonies, shared knowledge, excitement and passions, and the sharing of necessary and much needed information regarding survival, revival and thrive-full! Thank you, and I’ll make sure to take notes on everyone’s awesome input! Thank you.
– Savannah
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I did the honey and cayenne powder last year. It worked. I had a slice on my finger tip. Cleaned it up and closed within two days. It wouldn’t have done that if I didn’t use the two. I have an abnormally high pain tolerance, so it’s definitely for emergency use, and not for the physically weak. It burns for sure. Also, Honey and turmeric, stops bleeding, and also pulls out venoms from a snake or insect bite.
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Currently laid up with an infected finger- quite swollen and painful, it happened fast!- I will try the honey cayenne mixture. I’m soaking it in ACV right now which is soothing the pain but not helping the swelling.
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Let me know how it goes. If the infection is close to the surface it should definitely help. I hope you’re all better soon.
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Thank you! I put the honey-cayenne mixture on my finger then covered with a glove (to keep the bed clean) before bed. Just woke up and it seems slightly less swollen. It’s definitely less red and less painful. I’m going to fight the infection from within as well by starting a fast today. This is a nasty one and I don’t want to take any chances. Especially with the antibiotic shortages.
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Prayers for rapid recovery and fast healing. The best way to learn is experience. In Jesus name! God bless you! ❤️🙏
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Thank you for prayers- I appreciate it! 😊😊
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That’s what we are here for! 😃🌻🌳🙌🏼🕊
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I have been using plantain tincture for itchy bug bites on my family for a couple of years and it works really well. When my wife was pregnant we may have gotten poison ivy. After a month of trying over the counter products I broke down and tried the tincture. The tincture got rid of the ivy in a couple of days and i will never go back to that over the counter junk.
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That’s so good to know! My husband got the worse case of poison sumac/oak/ivy I’ve ever seen. It peeled off layers of skin and left him even bedridden. I wish I knew that then. I used colloidal oatmeal baths and fresh Jewelweed salve and spray. Jewelweed was the plant God created to defeat the reactions of poison ivy. The Jewelweed salve I used did have plantain in it. Wonderful! Thank you for sharing. You never know who it may help 🙂
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I make it with really strong vodka so it can be consumed for other ailments.
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I do not know about the other remedies, but using honey on infections is a very old beekeeper’s remedy. It works well enough for doctors to try it on my son
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That is a very good point! I carry honey around in my bag wherever I go. 😃🙏 It never expires and is one of the best things. John the Baptist lived off of locusts and wild honey!
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Natural Honey is the best for all sorts of remedies both internal and external
then there the propolis [well overlooked] made by bees which is great chewed for toothache
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Lovely!!! Yes, ✝️😊🙌 Thanks for sharing!!
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you are welcome
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Elderberry tincture is easy to make and powerful for sickness.
Oregano oil, used properly, can cut through “head colds” fast. Or inhaling oregano oil (one drop only in a pot of boiling water) with a towel over your head that is over the boiling water.
This isn’t fancy but most “heart burn” is a lack of acid, or abundance. A spoonful of vinegar can often stop it in under a minute. I’ve used vinegar based hot sauce for the same effect when I had no vinegar. Not as good but it worked enough.
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Thanks for the tips.
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Awesome! Thank you for the helpful tips. Oregano is amazing!!!! So is elderberry!!! I have both!!! Just need to make it happen!!!! PRAISE THE LORD!!!!
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Black walnut tincture from the outer husk – natural dewormer!
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YES!!! Have you ever tried it, ma’am? – Savannah
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You just reminded me of: MIMOSA PUDICA! The most powerful dewormer!!!! Check it out if you haven’t already 😃😃 I ask the Lord to provide these things for me, because He will. I am a living testimony!!! Thank you so much!!!!
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It’s high vitC.
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It is a good medicine. I didn’t know all this information, though! Thank you, Sojourner!
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That’s a happy truth! Amen.
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Absolutely stunning! 🌺🌺🌺
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Isn’t that what the name is all about?! 😇 Just hold on. We fly soon….. 🕊🕊🕊
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YES! Excellent! Us too!
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No problem! 👍🏼🌱
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Well said! And welcome!
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Thank you so very much for your in depth explanations of your own testimonies and personal stories, and your understanding of what is truly effective and ineffective. I appreciate it immensely and I’m sure others do too! I am thrilled to hear your husbands story and how you used God’s remedies to heal him – That is truly inspiring and what we ought to do!I love what you shared about pregnancy and mother’s health. Birth is probably my favorite and one of my many passions too, so that is definitely necessary information for anyone, especially women. There’s some things that I wasn’t 100% sure on, so it’s reassuring to hear from an experienced individual. As far as infusions, how do you go about infusing the nettle and the comfrey? And not steeping like tea? Just wondering. Also, I was recently gratefully gifted dried elderberries, but was waiting to hear from an experienced person who makes their own syrup. Could you give me a brief description of how you make your syrup? I’ve had a bottle or two of elderberry syrup before I’ve never made it. Thank you so much!
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I agree! We practice the same over in these parts. 😃👩🏼🌾👨🏻🌾
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ALLELUIA!!!!!!! 🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊
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👍🏼 Can’t wait!
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I honestly believe the enemy (Satan is the reason we got so far from God, since the fall of man in the Garden Of Eden and his natural organic ways) sun separated us from Our Creator. It’s up to us to connect with Him again. I had no idea comfrey was the only plant with vitamin B12. I don’t eat much meat and am probably deficient in something so it would be good to get some (B12) asap. I get a little with nutritional yeast, but probably nothing compared to the comfrey. Which really is a miracle plant. I eat salmon and tuna and sometimes other fish every week, however. And I’m never hungry haha. I really appreciate you explaining to me how to make nettle and comfrey infusions and inspiring me to do it, sounds like anyone can make it and I’m certainly blessed to have access to this information. I think it’s wise to have it written down, hard copies, on paper. The internet only goes so far. One day it will all be shut down. I’m fine with it. I never felt more alive then when I’m in the woods or by the water, somewhere untouched by man, or if it is, it’s taken care of and loved.
Brilliant discussion. Thanks again, and please know it’s a massive blessing to connect. I’ve been praying to hear about someone with the experience on these plants. So glad to hear it!
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Solid information. I understand the vitamin C thing, when you look at the science of it, you’re absolutely correct!! It’s amazing how many people don’t really grasp that even after you explain it to them in detail. I didn’t know (that much) though! I was just thinking about oranges this morning. Thanks for the tips, too!
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