Grandma's Home Remedies » Skin, Sores

People who are confined to a bed or wheelchair and cannot move without the help of others may experience weakened skin because of insufficient blood flow. Decreased circulation can lead to sores on the skin. To prevent the condition and encourage healing, home remedies for bedsores can alleviate some of the damage when in the [...]

The dreaded spots that cover elementary school-aged children can also affect adults too. Most everyone (at some point in their lives) will encounter a bout of chickenpox. This itchy, scratchy, highly contagious condition is almost looked at as a right of passage for kids. To make symptoms more bearable, becoming familiar with home remedies for [...]

Just when you thought pimples were the end of the world, it’s time to get familiar with boils – painful eruptions of the skin that easily draw unwanted attention. Two weeks is the typical lifetime of a boil and after it drains, you’re going to need to treat the aftermath. Use home remedies for boils [...]

Fever blisters have been around for quite some time – thousands of years, in fact. During ancient Roman days, Emperor Tiberius actually banned residents from kissing at public get-togethers because of an outbreak of fever blisters. In the United States, nearly 100 million cases reoccur on a yearly basis. Learning how to ease the symptoms [...]