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Part I: Simple Cures, Simple
Preventions
Here are tidbits of information and potpourri of homemade cures and preventions for old and trendy
diseases. However, talk to your doctor first before using
them.
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE (AD)
Health experts believe the real cause of AD is brain
inflammation. Toxins slowly accumulate in the brain over the years and the
buildup triggers inflammation that gradually damages brain cells and leads to
memory loss and AD.
- Low-cost anti-inflammatory drugs like aspirin,
ibuprofen, and naproxen are used to reduce swelling of arthritis but they may
ease brain inflammation as well. According to New England Journal of
Medicine (NEJM), taking any of these drugs regularly for 2 or more years could
cut the risk of AD by up to 80% even to those that already have the
disease.
- Have a balance intake of Vitamins B, C & E -
Lean meats and low-fat dairy products for B12, bananas, potatoes, and green
veggies for B6, orange juice, and fortified cereals with low-fat milk and
grains for folate.
- Have a low-cal diet - Lab study on old mice who'd been
fed with low cal diet showed fewer signs of aging in their brain cells than
mice that had been fed with traditional diets. Have a rainbow meal of
colorful fruits and memory-boosting antioxidant veggies like carrots and
mangoes for beta carotene.
- Skip a little bit on fat and keep fit - People
who carry the Alzheimer gene Apo E4 are more likely to develop AD if they eat
high-fat diet. Take a walk and supply your brain with fresh supply of
oxygen.
- Stop smoking - It doubles, even quadruples, the risk
of dementia.
- Socialize and keep active.
BITES AND STINGS
Bees and yellow jackets like me. They really,
really like me. One time I was in the yard barbecuing and a honeybee left
a stinger in my thigh. What I did do:
- Using a finger remove the transparent hook-like
stinger before it pumps the venom. Allergic reaction to bee sting can
kill in less than an hour. Bites by bees, wasps, and yellow jackets
cause more deaths than all other venomous animals like dogs, spiders, and
snakes.
- Wash the area with warm water to prevent
infection.
- Mix unseasoned meat tenderizer with water and apply
the paste to the bite.
- Hold an ice pack or ice cubes wrapped in paper towel
on the red swelling for 20 minutes, and then leave it off for 10
minutes.
BREAST CANCER (BC)
How to beat the odds:
- Enjoy a refreshing drink - Grape juice spritzer (a cup
of grape juice, half a cup of club soda, a dash of lemon juice, pour over ice
and bottoms up); banana-carrot or apple smoothie (toss a medium banana and
half a cup of plain or vanilla yogurt into the blender. Add 2 cups of
fresh carrot juice or a cup of apple juice); apple iced tea (place few slices
of apple in the teapot, sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon to taste and add two
tea bags, pour in 2 cups of boiling water, and steep.); green tea.
- Soak up the sun - Spend at least 30 minutes a day and
get a D, the sunshine vitamin. According to a recent study, women who
live in the northern part get BC more often than women in the tropics and
sunny southern part of Europe.
- No alcohol allowed - According to USDA guidelines,
even one drink a day can raise the risk of BC.
- Control your fat - Obesity, especially abdominal fat,
is a major risk factor for BC.
- Get physical after menopause - The risk is cut by 40 %
by occupational and household activity (using the stairs, walking a block or
two, loading your own groceries, gardening, sweeping and raking the leaves,
walking with pets and other activities.
BURNS
Most burns occur at home. There's the first (top
skin layer), second (deeper), and third (deepest) degree burns. For
instance, once in a while I get burn (ouch, ouch, ouch!) when I fry chicken and
other meat which I do a lot because it's easy. What I did do:
SIMPLE PRECAUTIONS
- Lower the temperature setting located at the bottom
part of the water heater. Make sure the temperature does not go above
120 degrees.
- Use mitten holders for hot pots and pans - They were
not placed in the kitchen for decorations.
- Be extra careful with food cooked in a microwave -
it's cool outside but may be hot inside.
- Wear rubber gloves and protective eye goggles when
using household chemicals like oven cleaner. If you can afford, buy a
self-cleaning oven.
- Never use the stove or oven to heat your home.
- Keep hot cups and food dishes away from the edges of
counters or table cloths.
- In fast food drive-in, don't drink hot coffee and
drive on. Stop and park.
- Don't smoke in bed.
- Store household chemicals in a high place out of reach
of children. Pot handles and iron cords must be placed away from the
edges of stove and ironing board where a child could reach or pull
them.
SIMPLE TREATMENTS
- Run cold water over the burn for 10-15
minutes. You can also soak the burned area in cold water or
cover with wet towels. Do not use ice.
- Cover the burn with a gauze bandage.
- Don't apply butter, mayonnaise, or commercial
burn ointments. They slow healing and increase the risk of
infection.
- Don't pop a blister. It's the body's way
of protecting the burned tissue. If one breaks, apply a light layer of
antibiotic cream.
- Use common sense. If it's a bad burn,
seek medical help.
COLD SORES (CS)
Everyone gets cold sores. I've seen worse
case of CS in friends and co-workers. The herpes simplex virus I (HSVI)
must have been activated and the immune system was under attacked. There
are homemade remedies beside Abreva. (Abreva is an
FDA-approved nonprescription medication for CS. The active ingredient
docosanol does not work by destroying the virus but it changes the skin cells
creating a barrier against the virus. A tube costs $15.
Here are simple household cures:
- Lemon balm - According to research, using a
cream made from this minty herb 4 or 5 times a day cuts the healing time much
shorter.
- Eat food rich in zinc such as meat, shellfish,
beans and grains. Place zinc lozenge directly on the sore and let it
dissolve slowly.
- Break off a tip of a leaf of Aloe vera plant
(if you got one) and squeeze the gel on the CS. Apply 3 times a day
until the sore dries up. Aloe vera reduces inflammation and fortifies
the skin with B vitamins, vitamin C, and amino acids.
- Ice, ice baby - As soon as a sore appears,
apply ice for 15 minutes a day. Drinking a cold liquid or sucking a
frozen popsicle might also work.
- Got milk? Dip a soft, clean cloth in milk
and apply directly to CS. Do the 5 & 5 - press for 5 seconds and
remove for 5 seconds. Continue this process for 5 minutes. Repeat
every few hours. Some experts think the protein in the milk speeds
healing.
- Anal to oral? Pepto Bismol, the diarrhea
medicine, might really work on CS. Strange but one person reports
getting relief from applying Pepto Bismol when a CS appears.
- Drink tea. Additional studies might be
needed according to Dr. Milton Schiffenbauer of Pace University in New York
but drinking all kinds of tea, hot or cold, black or green, blended or
unblended, filtered or unfiltered, and bottled tea drinks like Bigelow
and Snapple may destroy the CS virus.
- Take Aspirin. It's not called the wonder
drug for nothing. Take one every day until the symptom
disappears.
- Eat yogurt. Just be sure to buy yogurt
with live culture of Lactobacillus
acidophilus and must be refrigerated. Capsules
are also available in health food store.
- Take lysine, an amino acid present in wheat
germ, poultry, pork, cottage cheese, and ricotta cheese. According
to doctors at Indiana University Medical School, lysine can prevent CS from
reappearing in chronic sufferers. Lysine is also available as a supplement at
many health food stores.
- Have a well-balanced diet of vitamins - C,
E, folic acid, and zinc.
Published 5/24/06 ALT MSN Group
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