The initial reaction to this question is of course no, but for most people born in the west the answer gets a bit complicated. Western medicine is wonderful! We have things like vaccines, antibiotics, x-rays, CT scans and MRI's. Most people in the west have grown so accustomed to these that we forget that nature also supplies health aids.
I have to admit I was a bit skeptical of doTERRA and essential oils in general. However, I have used natural remedies in the past without a second glance. Epsom salt in a bath for achy muscles or in a bowl for dealing with ingrown toenails. When I was pregnant with both of my children I lived on peppermint and ginger to help manage my raging morning sickness. When my oldest, Scientist, was born and he had coughing fits, later diagnosed as asthma, we would sit with him in the bathroom and run a hot shower for the steam. We have used a warm glass of milk or chamomile herbal tea to help us fall asleep. Lemon herbal tea and warm salt water for sore throats. Baking soda and oatmeal pastes were used for insect stings and rashes.
I'm sure that most of these remedies have been used by most people at one time or another in many different forms. So today I'm issuing a challenge. Think of all the natural remedies that you use now or used growing up and share them with your friends and with me!
If you have a natural remedy that isn't listed above please share in the comments section!
Clove for tooth pain. I had dry socket after getting my wisdom teeth out. The oral surgeon packed the socket with clove. Even now after 18 years I can still taste clove every once in a while. It is amazing at helping with tooth pain also when a root canal wasn't doene right and silk causes me pain after five years.
ReplyDeleteI love that the oral surgeon both knew and used a natural remedy for this!
ReplyDeletenot as popular today because of the harm smoking can cause, but I recall my brother being stung by a full, HUGE, nest of hornets - we were out in the country and getting to a doctor or urgent care facility (if they even existed at the time - this was the mid 70's) would have been difficult to say the least. My aunt and uncle who both smoked at the time acted quickly and broke open their cigarettes to pull out the broken tobacco leaves and wet them down... they placed tobacco "mud packs" all over my brother, on every sting and the pain went away almost immediately and not a single one got infected. In fact they healed remarkably fast!
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