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Natural remedies for healthy living, over 1000 smart solutions to help you live better today

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Natural remedies for healthy living

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over 1000 smart solutions to help you live better today

Features over one-thousand environmentally friendly, proven, and cost-saving home remedies, including using ginger tea to combat acid reflux, treating a burn with sauerkraut, and rubbing age spots with papaya

1. A natural approach to good health -- Acid reflux -- Acne -- Back pain -- Bladder and kidney problems -- Blood pressure -- Breath -- Burns and scalds -- Colds -- Constipation -- Depression -- Diarrhea -- Earaches -- eyes -- Fatigue -- Feet -- Flatulence -- Gall bladder -- Hair loss -- Hay fever -- Headaches -- Heart and circulatory system -- Hemorrhoids -- Insect bites -- Joints -- Muscle pain -- Muscle sprains -- Nausea -- Nervousness and anxiety -- respiratory ailments -- Shingles -- Skin -- Sleep -- Stomach complaints -- Strengthening your body's defenses -- Teeth -- The ideal home pharmacy -- Throat -- Varicose veins -- Warts -- Women's reproductive health2. All natural body care -- Age spots -- Blemishes -- Cellulite -- Deodorants -- Eye care -- Facial cleansing -- Facial masks -- Fingernails -- Foot care -- Fragrances -- Hair coloring -- Hair conditioners -- Hair washing -- Hand care -- Homemade beauty products -- Lip care -- Moisturizers -- Neckline and throat -- Nutrition and beauty -- Oral care -- Scrubs -- Shaving -- Skin care for your body -- Skin types -- Sun protection3. A well-managed home -- Bathrooms -- Beds and bedding -- Brass and pewter -- Carpeting -- Dishes -- Doors -- Fabric dyeing -- Floors -- Footwear -- Furniture -- Glass and mirrors -- Glassware --Housecleaning -- Housekeeping accessories -- Ironing -- Jewelry -- Kitchen appliances -- Kitchen utensils -- Kitchens -- Laundry -- Leather -- Lighting -- Odors -- Pests -- Pots and pans -- Sewing -- Shades, curtains, and drapes -- Silver -- Stain removal -- Traditional cleaners -- Upholstery -- Walls -- windows4. The traditional kitchen -- Bread -- Cold storage -- Cooking tips -- Dough basics -- Drying food -- Entertaining -- Food safety -- Freezing -- Grains -- Herbs -- Jams and jellies -- Juice -- Kitchen mishaps -- Kitchen safety -- Leftovers -- Liqueurs -- Meat, fish, and poultry -- Non-alcoholic beverages -- Oil and vinegar -- Pasta and rice -- Potatoes -- Preserves -- Preserving in vinegar and oil -- Sauces, gravies, and vinaigrettes -- Shopping -- Soup -- Spices -- Sweets -- Table and place settings -- Thrifty kitchen5. Comfortable living -- Bathrooms -- Bedrooms -- Blankets and throws -- Books -- Candles -- Carpets and runners -- Clocks -- Colors -- Decks and balconies -- Decorating -- Displays -- Door wreaths -- Fireplaces and woodstoves -- Floral decorations -- Fragrances -- Home safety -- Interior protection -- Lighting -- Lighting conditions -- Natural materials -- Parties -- Pictures -- Pillows and cushions -- Plants -- Sprucing up -- Storage -- Storage space -- Table and kitchen fabrics -- Upholstered furniture -- Ventilation and heating -- Wallpaper -- Walls -- Windows6. The traditional garden -- Berry bushes -- Bulb plants -- Climbing plants -- Companion planting -- Compost -- Crop rotation -- Diseases in the garden -- Fertilizing and revitalizing -- Flower beds and borders -- Fruit trees -- Furniture -- Garden birds -- Gardening tools -- Greenhouses -- Hedges -- Heirloom fruits and vegetables -- Herb gardens -- Kitchen gardens -- Lawns -- Organic pest control -- Ornamental shrubs and trees -- Plant propagation -- Pot and container gardening -- Privacy -- Roses -- Soil -- The garden in winter -- Transplanting -- Vegetable and lettuce beds -- Watering -- Weather lore -- Weeds -- Year-round gardening