Back by popular demand, home remedies article #2.  While

not being a replacement for medical attention, you should

always seek your doctor when you feel you have to and

please take these home remedies with a grain of salt.  Here

you go and enjoy.

Acne and Blackheads:

-Rub the acne area with a fresh  garlic clove.

-Drink at the very least 8 8oz glasses of water a day.

Even more in the summer.

-Mix one part of cinnamon into 3 parts of honey.Use as a

scrub.

-Dab a small amount of toothpaste (paste, not gel) on

pimples before bed; this helps dry out the pimples.

-Pour a little salt into a small bowl, add a few drops of

water and mix till it turns into a paste.  I've heard using

a little toothpaste (paste, not gel) to this mix gives it a

little extra kick.  Use this recipe to exfoliate.  Do not

leave on overnight.  Wash your face and rinse off.

-Baking Soda as an exfoliate

-Vitamin E gel tabs.  Use as a facial moisturizer.

-Honey and oatmeal as a facial scrub and exfoliate.

Dark Circles Around Eyes:

-Cucumber slice. Cover eyes with cucumber slices.  For 15

minutes.

-Potato slice. Cover eyes with Potato slices.  For 15

minutes.

-Lead a healthier life style. Get plenty of sleep, water

and a multi-vitamin

wouldn't hurt.

-Make a paste out of 1 tsp. tomato juice, 1/2 tsp.

pineapple juice and 1 tsp. of flour.  Apply around eyes.

Leave on for 10 minutes before rinsing.

-Moisturize with extra virgin olive oil or vitamin E.

-Try used Chamomile tea bags (cool bags) over eyes for 15

minutes.

Energizer:

-Try eating an apple or 2

-Mix 1 tomato, 1 orange, 1 clove of garlic.  For best

results, use a juicer.

-Aloe Vera Juice.  One of natures best detoxifiers. 

Gum In Hair:  There a few of these.  Here they are

-Try using baby oil

-Try peanut butter

-Non stick cooking spray

-Ice

-A mixture of baking soda with  water.  Rub it in hair,

brush it out.

Mosquito Bites:

-a paste of baking soda and water.

-aspirin capsule.  Works well with bee stings.   But for

bee stings,try to remove  the stinger.

-Use calamine lotion.

Hangover:

There seems to be a lot of these also but I cold tell you

what I

used to do for a hangover.  I am not suggesting you try it

but it worked

for me.  First off, you wake up with a sour stomach and

massive headache.

Alcohol dehydrates, so its time to replenish your body with

water.  Try a

glass of water with one tablespoon of sugar.  Water to

rehydrate, sugar for

the sour feeling in your gut.  Sometimes I will take

something for the

headache.  Aspirin or Advil whatever you want.  Next,

ice-bag for my head. 

I used to stick my head under cold running water in the

laundry sink.  When

your stomach is settled down a bit, and depending on how

your feeling, time for breakfast.

Bad Breath:

-Try some parsley.  This food garnish is rich in

chlorophyll, a green plant compound that kills the bacteria

that cause bad breath.

-Use the juice of half a lemon, one teaspoon of salt.

Gargle.

-Brush your teeth with a couple pinches of baking soda.

When done, brush again with regular toothpaste (optional).

I'm sure this is the tip of the iceberg, but these are the

ones I know of.  These home remedies are in no way a

replacement to a Doctors care so if you feel that you might

need to see a Physician, please do so.