Home Remedy for Poor Circulation of the Legs- Horse Chestnut

Maureen from Buffalo Grove, IL writes: "I've suffered with poor circulation of the legs for a few years now. Standing for short periods of time left my legs feeling tired and achy. My legs had a heavy feeling when walking, too. Worse, any pressure applied to my ankle area resulted in pain. My doctor put his hands around them to see if I was retaining fluid and I could have cried from the pain. After doing research online, I started taking 900 mgs of horse chestnut and 350 mgs of pycnogenol each day. It's been only four weeks, but the difference has been amazing. My legs feel lighter, no more pain near the ankles, no more fatigue when standing for long periods. There have been medical studies on this, which is why I decided to try it myself. I highly recommend taking these supplements at these doses each day for improved circulation of the legs."

Also Apple Cider Vinegar is a good old folks remedey for swollen legs: "Edema, Poor Circulation:
This was also submitted from Jodi from La Quinta Ca.on another site that I know will be of interest to those who suffer with this problem. She wrote:
I recently was told by my Naturopath to begin 1Tbsp of ACV before every meal. One of my health complaints has been very swollen ankles ( even legs sometimes) and cold pale feet. It has been a week and among other things, my ankles are very skinny, my feet now have color again and my overall circulation has improved. I also have dropped 5 pounds- but I'm also following the Elmination Diet to identify allergies so I can't completely credit that to the ACV. My whole body seems to have been de-bloated. I notice that after drinking the ACV my appetite wanes, so I do eat less and can definitely feel my food digesting.

One way to know if you are digesting food properly or not is to check your stools. Do you recognize your meals? If you can identify what's there- you are not digesting your food.

I'm thrilled with the results so far and am anxious to see what else happens from my new dosing."
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MS woman wins right-to-die fight

Debbie Purdy: "It gives me my life back, it means I don't have to make a decision"
A woman with multiple sclerosis has made legal history by winning her battle to have the law on assisted suicide clarified.

Debbie Purdy wanted to know if her husband would be prosecuted if he helped her end her life in Switzerland.

Five Law Lords ruled the Director of Public Prosecutions must specify when a person might face prosecution.

Ms Purdy, 46, from Bradford, said she was "ecstatic" at the ruling and she had been given her life back.

The Director of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer said he would publish an interim policy on when prosecutions could occur by September before putting the issue out to public consultation. Permanent policy will be published next spring.

Ms Purdy said the Law Lords' decision was "a huge step towards a more compassionate law".

"I'm ecstatic - I feel like I've been given a reprieve.

"I want to live my life to the full but I don't want to suffer unnecessarily at the end of my life.


HAVE YOUR SAY It's not for the state to choose how Debbie Purdy and others live or die. It must be the choice of the individual, with protection from the state for those who help
Jim, Halifax, UK
Send us your comments "The decision means that I can make an informed choice, with Omar, about whether he travels abroad with me to end my life because we will know exactly where we stand."

No one has been prosecuted for assisting someone's death, although the law says they could potentially face 14 years in prison.

The House of Lords, the highest court in the land, said the law was not as clear and precise as it should be.

Five Law Lords unanimously backed Ms Purdy's call for a policy statement from the Director of Public Prosecutions on when someone might face prosecution for helping a loved one end their life abroad.

Ms Purdy said she would like to see the policy distinguish between "what is acceptable and what isn't" so people in situations like hers could make decisions about what to do.

A spokesman from the Ministry of Justice said any change in the law was up to parliament.

"In a free vote on the issue on 7 July, the House of Lords rejected an attempt to decriminalise assisted suicide in circumstances where terminally ill people are helped to travel to countries where assisting dying is lawful," he said.

Human rights

The Law Lords also said she had the right to choose how she died, under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.


That must be better than the current legal muddle

Sarah Wootton, Dignity in Dying


Q&A: Assisted suicide ruling
In a summary of their decision, the Law Lords said: "Everyone has the right to respect for their private life and the way that Ms Purdy determines to spend the closing moments of her life is part of the act of living.

"Ms Purdy wishes to avoid an undignified and distressing end to her life. She is entitled to ask that this too must be respected."

She had previously lost challenges in the High Court and Court of Appeal. The Lords ruling was her last chance of success in the UK legal system.

Ms Purdy, married to Cuban violinist Omar Puente, was diagnosed with primary progressive MS in March 1995. She can no longer walk and is gradually losing strength in her upper body.



DPP Keir Starmer: "I will be issuing a policy on assisted suicide"
She has suggested that at some point she may travel to Switzerland to take a lethal dose of barbiturates prescribed by doctors at the controversial Dignitas organisation.

More than 100 UK citizens have so far ended their lives at Dignitas, and no-one who has accompanied them has ever been prosecuted on their return to the UK.

However, the reasons why legal action has not been taken have never been made clear.

'Significant victory'

Ms Purdy had previously said if the law was not clarified she would have had to end her life earlier than she wanted to.

Sarah Wootton, chief executive of Dignity in Dying, said: "This historic judgement ensures the law keeps up with changes in society and crucially, provides a more rational deterrent to abuse than a blanket ban which is never enforced. Source: News

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Old Folks Remedies- Athelets Foot Remedy

I had Athelets Foot and I tried several of these Old folks remedies and believe me they worked

In order to prepare athlete foot home remedies, you should know what to be aware of when it comes to athlete foot symptoms and a cause of this foot infection.
Athlete foot (athlete's foot or tinea pedis) infection is similar to ringworm infection that can appear and infect any other part of the body: head, legs, nails ...you name it. It is caused by organisms belonging to a group called Dermatophytes, a wide spread fungi. Other causes of the athlete foot may be a bacterial infection caused by Candida albicans.
Athlete foot symptoms
Feet naturally have an environment where bacteria live and grow. However, the ringworm causes a disbalance of the bacterial colony and causes an infection. Itching is usually the first symptom of ringworm infection you should look for. Then, the redness appears as the skin gets more and more infected. Often, there is crusting and scaling of the skin. The cracks in the skin may actually lead to blistering which can be painful and can expose the raw tissue increasing the risk of infection.
Even though it is called athlete foot, this infection can easily spread to the rest of the foot, affecting the soles and toenails that then become brittle and suffer disintegration. Touching it causes it to spread to the scalp or anywhere else on the body. Whenever the ringworm infection affects a fold on the body, such as fold between the toes or armpits, it is called intertrigo. You can see it in this athlete foot picture. Prevent the athlete foot cause
Keep your feet dry
Athlete foot infection is different from ringworm (tinea) infections that appear elsewhere on the body simply because this fungus thrives in environment that feet provide. They grow best in areas that are moist and dark, and the fold between the toes are just that.
Keep your feet dry, change your socks often and apply foot care powder a few times a day. Make sure your shoes are comfortable so they don't cramp your toes and cause sweating. Buy good quality sock, cotton ones are the best as the cotton allows the skin to "breathe" better. Wash your feet and dry them thoroughly after that.
If this routine still doesn't provide a barrier for the fungus, you might want to try a few simple athlete foot home remedies that take only a couple of minutes to make, but kill the fungus and stop it from spreading.
Athlete foot home remedies and treatment
There are numerous ingredients you can use for athlete foot home remedy. Before applying any of them, wash your feet well.Here are a few:
Tea Tree Oil
Use a cotton pad that you have previously dripped a few drops of tea tree essential oil. Gently apply on all areas affected by the infection. Let it dry off. Tea tree oil is recognized as a strong antiseptic that prevents and stops the infection. It acts as a powerful anti fungal agent, that stops the growth of fungi.
Baking soda
Baking soda is a base that returns the pH affected by ringworm to normal, thus killing the fungi.
Mix baking soda and some distilled water until you get one of these two consistencies:
paste-like orliquid.
For the first one, use it as you would use a paste. Spread it on the skin, let it dry off and then rinse off.
If you prefer, you can make it a bit more liquid so you can dip cotton balls or cotton pads in it and apply it on the skin.
You could also soak your feet in water to which you have added a cup of baking soda.
Vinegar
Vinegar is highly acidic and very successfully kills the fungi.
Apply it by either soaking cotton pads in it and then on the skin, or by soaking your skin in water to which you have added 2 cups of it.
AlcoholA highly potent disinfectant, it can be used in a combination with vinegar or solely. Dip cotton balls in alcohol and apply the same way you would vinegar.
To mix it with some vinegar, add a 1/2 cup of it and then 1 cup of vinegar to water,
Salt
Add 1 cup of salt to water and soak the feet.
Warning!
Once the infection has progressed and blisters have appeared, do not try this athlete foot remedy. It will cause even more burning than you blister have already.
Hair dryer
Use it every time you wash your feet. The dryer the feet, the better the chances are fungi will stop spreading.
Bleach
Mix 1 gallon of water with 1 tablespoon of household bleach. Dip the cotton ball in it and apply it 2-3 times a day.
Aspirin
Aspirin contains actely-l-salicylic acid AKA Beta Hydroxy Acid used in cosmetics to open the clogged pores. In this case, it can certainly be used as an athlete foot home remedy because it is a powerful anti-inflammatory agent that clears out any inflammatory process on the skin's surface.
By using this athlete foot home remedies properly, the infection should clear out within a couple of weeks.
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Weird warning Labels

Have you ever come across a weird warning label that just did not make sense? well I found some on the web that I thought were real weird and strange and yet funny so I hope you all always read your warining labels on your pill bottles no matter what they say be careful about what you read make sure you make good sense out of it................................" Fools do not Open" "If you cannot read (...) warnings, do not use this product"............................................................... "Use care when operating a car (...)" (on a bottle of dog's pills) "Never use a lit match or open flame to check fuel level" (found on a jetsky user manual) ..............................................................."Do not hold the wrong end of a chainsaw" "All ranges can tip if you or child stand sit or lean on open door" (on an oven)............................................ "Caution: Please do not use this directory while operating a moving vehicle" (On a Bellsouth Yellow Pages for Augusta)............................................ "Do not iron" (on a lottery ticket)........................................................................... "Machine can fall over and cause serious injury or death" (on a vending machine)........................................................ "Do not use for personal hygiene" (on Scrubbing Bubbles Fresh Brush)........................................... Source: The Web Lilyruths"This and that friendly cottage" Pets welcomed. "Old folks remedies, to cure what ailes you.. find it here. You can leave your COMMENTS, your likes or dislikes,"this and that" Speak about anything is what this cottage is all about! Tell your friends. about "Lilyruths "And SUBSCRIBE to my Readers Feeds: http://feeds.feedburner.com/LilyruthsThisAndThatFriendlyCottageYourPetsAreWelcomed

Kitchen Cures to help cure what ailes you

When you're feeling run down or ill, especially during these hoidays forget spending a fortune on over-the-counter drugs: healthy food is the safest medicine money can buy. Good quality foods have countless benefits and none of the side-effects of synthetic drugs. This is because foods are broken down by the body's metabolism, and their special components are used in different ways to maintain health.

Long term, we know that adding the right ingredients to our diet (such as garlic, which is rich in antioxidants) helps prevent chronic illnesses such as heart disease and cancer. And some foods, like potatoes, honey and oats, even have healing properties that can bring instant relief to ailments.

Ancient kitchen cures
The earliest records of kitchen pharmacy go back 5,000 years. The ancient Egyptians used herbs, nuts, spices and other foods as remedies for health and aids to beauty - the most celebrated being Cleopatra, who famously bathed in milk and honey.

Plant medicine was virtually the only medicine available until the sixteenth century, when chemicals began to replace herbal cures. Today, we've gone full circle, and modern scientific research tends to confirm what ancient civilisations already knew: food has powerful medicinal properties.

First-aid food
You can transform food into first aid with common supermarket ingredients. Teas, soups, tinctures, gargles, baths, compresses, juices, steam treatments, massage oils, medicinal honeys and syrups can all be easily made at the kitchen table.

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Old Cure for throat inflammations: Dog Dung

"Album graecum" is the dung of dogs or hyenas that has become white through exposure to air. It is used in dressing leather, and was formerly used as a medicinal drug, often mixed with honey, to cleanse and deterge, chiefly in inflammations of the throat. Externally, it was used as a plaster, spread on skin to close and heal wounds. Source: Web News

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Old Folks Remedies: Old Cures

Please forgive me for not posting my articles everyday like I usually do but as I explained to you all ... Im having alot of trouble with my computer and this is why I have been asking for donations for a new computer so I can keep on blogging and bringing you up to dates on the latest. I do hope you all will open up your hearts and donate whatever amount you can give so Donate so I can get my new computer and continue to bring you the latest .... Thank you for your patience...Old cures,other wise known as Folk Medicine,has been used for centuries to aid the sick.Though many advancements has been made in the medical world,folk medicines has survived time and is still used around the world. While something as simple as chicken soup drew controversy among many medical doctors,some has finally come to agree that it has medical benefits but they're not sure why. Like many of the old cures used during the early years,the old folks didn't know why their boiled herbs worked,but only that they did.Many cultures such as the Indian, Japanese, Mexican, African and many others were deeply rooted in folk medicines, folklore, voodoo,or old folktales. They didn't know anything about test tubes or pills, but there was the boiling of the roots and leaves;some were even smoked. This form of healing has laid the foundation for what is, and what will be, in the medical Future.My study of Old medical documents;one being an old home medical book dated 1926 by William Evans M D.,shows a close relationship between traditional healing and folk healing. This old book is truly an antique and covers a wide range of old cures like: home remedy for ringworm, pink eye, sore throat, tooth ache, how to get rid of pimples, hives, the history of small pox, scarlet fever, scurvy,malaria symptom, rickets disease,eczema and many other interesting subjects.Many ingredients that were contained in old home remedies are used in todays prescription Drugs. Though these ingredients may be listed under some fancy scientific name the end result is the same. The Old folk,as they were sometimes called! Would probably change some of these names to something simple like vinegar, corn meal, pine tar, onions, baking soda, salt, peppers, tree bark, roots, corn silk, sassafras,dew berry roof, aspirin; Why aspirin? Because it has been long used as a pain killerand though mostly synthetically made today,it was originally made from salicin, the active ingredient in willow bark, (acetylsalicylic acid,) and was a primary ingredient in folk medicines. The same can be found in strawberries, almonds and tomatoes. So It's plain to see that by consuming the right combination of fruit, herbs and vegetables,some bodily ailments would not exist,or the limiting affect of the aliment would be greatly reduced. Did you know that store bought cloves are good for a tooth ache? Nearly all medical benefits and cures has come from simple nature. Even One of the most deadliest human diseases,malaria,was first treated with the extract from the bark of a South American tree.The old folks knew a great deal about healing herbs, but didn't speak of what they knew, unless with a family member or close friend. For this reason unfortunately; many old remedies has been lost forever, and the rest remains secret. My ancestors are great examples this; they could be called the keepers of old cures. They did a lot of healing but revealed very little of how it was done. However, before my mother's death (Martha Marr- Fitzgerald,) revealed some of what she knew about folk healing to the local newspaper. Click on the folk medicine link and read some of what she had to say. Though most old cures has been covered in mounds of dirt along with the people that processed them. I am honored to reveal this article and give thanks to Frances Hallam Hurt,that took the time to investigate and publish this article which was printed in"The Bee." A newspaper located in Danville, Virginia.I would like to dedicate this page to early pioneers of all cultures for their contribution to the healing of the sick. For they were true pioneers,that has paved a path through history,that has lead us to what we call the present.By A M. Fitzgerald Sr.Col., Ohio
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Are These Diabetes Myths Keeping You Down

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