Archive for March, 2009
Home Remedies for Psoriasis
Imagine the life cycle of your skin cells moving at warp speed. A normal growth cycle for new cells usually takes about a month to travel from the lowest layer of your skin to the outside, where they die, flake, and then fall off. However, psoriasis promotes a life cycle that completes within only a [...]
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Home Remedies for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
One day you’re happily typing away at your keyboard and the next, you start to feel a pinch in your hand. While working endless hours at a computer is often associated with carpal tunnel syndrome – the condition that attacks a rather important nerve in the wrist is also linked to other factors. Luckily, if [...]
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Home Remedies for Colic
When it comes to caring for a bundle of joy, you already knew that crying was part of the package deal of parenting – until that is…you notice that nothing seems to comfort your little one. If it seems that your baby soars into a crying fit around the same time each day despite any [...]
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Home Remedies for Bruising
Hit the side of the coffee table with your leg or bump into the car door and you’ll probably develop a nasty reminder of your blunder. A bruise is an injury to the tissue found under your skin. It occurs when an object makes contact to the blood vessels that run throughout your body. When [...]
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Home Remedies for Spider Bites
You probably didn’t know that nearly all the spiders you come in contact with are poisonous – a common feature that allows them to hunt their prey. However, the majority of spiders in the United States are harmless – too small to pose a threat to a human. Yet, if you live in a warm [...]
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Home Remedies for a Lost Voice
Whether you’re watching the Super Bowl, screaming for your life on a roller coaster, or yelling at your significant other – you run the risk of losing your voice. Irritation, infection, or overuse is often a factor when you encounter a case of laryngitis, a condition characterized by inflammation of the voice box. Fortunately, you [...]
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Home Remedies for Morning Sickness
While you’re waiting for your bundle of joy to make his or her first appearance in the world, you should also expect a great deal of biological transformations. Morning sickness is one of those responses that emerges early on in a pregnancy. While it tends to go away with time, it doesn’t hurt to get [...]
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Home Remedies for Dandruff
There’s nothing more embarrassing than meeting someone for the first time and you have little white flakes dancing on your shoulders. Dandruff is a common scalp condition characterized by itching and flaking of the skin. Although it’s not life threatening, dandruff often becomes an embarrassing reflection of your personal hygiene in the eyes of onlookers. [...]
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Home Remedies for Scratched DVD
You’re settled on your couch with a fresh bowl of popcorn – ready for movie night with your favorite flicks. However, there’s a slight problem. With the many years of use that your DVD collection has endured, there’s bound to be a couple of bumps in the road. A scratched DVD is every movie connoisseur’s [...]
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Home Remedies for Heat Rash
With saggy diapers and snug-fitting jumpers, babies are prime candidates for heat rash, while adults often encounter this skin irritation during an intense workout. Heat rash (also known as prickly heat) is your body’s response to heated sweat that becomes trapped on your skin. Usually, the condition strikes in clothed parts of the body, such [...]
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