Home Remedies for Irritable Bowel Syndrome photo: via flickr Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a gastrointestinal disorder characterized by irregularity in the movements of the small and large intestines. Also called spastic colon and mucous colitis, IBS is one of the most commonly diagnosed digestive disorders, affecting approximately one in …
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4 Ways To Use Diatomaceous Earth Around Your Home
4 Ways To Use Diatomaceous Earth Around Your Home Buy HERE What is a toothpaste additive that looks like moon dust, is created by algae, and can help you transport dynamite? It may sound like a random trivia question, but the answer is one that could definitely come in handy …
Read More »20 Creative Uses for Toothpaste
20 Creative Uses for Toothpaste Toothpaste is one of those substances you have probably never thought of much. Its purpose is spelled out in its very name… it’s a paste to clean your teeth. In reality, though, the mild abrasive qualities and germ and odor fighters in the average toothpaste …
Read More »20 DIY Pallet Projects for Your Homestead
20 DIY Pallet Projects for Your Homestead Pallets are very much in trend these days with an estimated 2 billion pallets being used every day, and many more just lying around, no wonder there are so many projects that can be done using pallets. Everyone prefers to have at least one …
Read More »9 Home Remedies for Ingrown Toenails
9 Home Remedies for Ingrown Toenails credit to wikihow.com Like many people, I am hard on my toes. I spend a great deal of time on my feet, and not always in the most comfortable of shoes. At the end of the day, the result is often painfully swollen toes, …
Read More »7 Houseplants That Improve Indoor Air Quality
7 Houseplants That Improve Indoor Air Quality Depending on where you live, you may not get outside very much for fresh air and even if you can, the air outside isn’t exactly fresh. City dwellers tend to have more issues with breathing and lung function due to the constant exposure to …
Read More »8 Simple Tricks for Pesky Pimples
8 Easy Tricks to Get Rid of Pesky Pimples They’re frighteningly big, maddeningly persistent, and they always find those most conspicuous areas on your nose, forehead, and chin. Pimples wreak havoc on facial tissue and our psyche. Although there are tons of strong, chemical filled solutions, these can also severely …
Read More »WD-40: Not Just for That Squeaky Door
WD-40: Not Just for That Squeaky Door It’s not often that one gets into a conversation about that can of WD-40 that you have sitting up on a shelf in your garage or kicking around in a junk drawer in your house. Because, really, what do you use it for? …
Read More »40 Amazing Uses for Rubbing Alcohol
40 Amazing Uses for Rubbing Alcohol We’ve all got it, that bottle of rubbing alcohol in the medicine cabinet. Even the most inventive DIY types probably have a mere handful of uses for that bottle, be it rubbing on sore muscles or maybe treating a few odors around the house. …
Read More »Blackhead Treatments: 10 Simple Home Remedies for Clearer Skin
Blackhead Treatments: 10 Simple Home Remedies for Clearer Skin image credit Blackheads are annoying, and frustrating to deal with. Essentially a pimple in an open pore, blackheads are the oxidized accumulation of dead skin cells and sebum, the body’s natural skin oil. While the natural reaction to blackheads may be to …
Read More »18 Trees That Can Be Tapped For Their Sap
18 Trees That Can Be Tapped For Their Sap Some trees yield a sugar-rich sap which can be drunk raw, fermented into alcoholic beverages or gently boiled down to syrup. Below is a list of 20 tress that you can be tapped and their sap be used on your homestead. This …
Read More »Natural Remedies for Arthritis Pain
The traditional medical treatments for rheumatoid arthritis involve anti-inflammatory medications and pain relievers. However, there are natural treatments
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