Wacky health remedies Shower to soothe varicose veins: It stops throbbing because the veins distend and get wider with the heat and this causes pressure to build up in the surrounding tissue. A quick cold shower is one of the best solutions as it constricts the veins. A cold bath would work as well Press on your gums to stop a nosebleed: It’s believed putting pressure on your gums blocks an artery that supplies blood to the nose. Also try pressing the space between the eyes Cough during and injection to beat pain: According to the British Medical Journal, the act of coughing causes a sudden temporary rise in pressure in the chest, inhibiting the pain-conduction work of the spinal cord, leading to pain-free injections Wiggle your head to end pins and needles: A tingly hand or arm is often the result of compression in the bundle of nerves in the neck. Loosening and moving the whole head and neck area area would definitely help. Put chin to chest, ear to shoulder and chin to ceiling. If tingling persists for 3 or 4 days see your doctor (MS) Blow on your thumb to stop palpitations: First your thumb has its own pulse and if you can calm down that pulse, you are calming down the heart. Also because the act of blowing forces a person to deepen the breathing which clams down the heart Fingers in your ears for a sore throat: The ears are full of nerves which interlink to the throat and the nerves can affect each other Swallow sugar to stop hiccups: Hiccups are caused by uncontrolled spasms in the diaphragm. It is thought that the sugar somehow stimulates the vagas nerve – which leads from the brain through to the diaphragm – to stop the muscles in the diaphragm from contracting. Also while swallowing, a person holds their breath Put pressure on a burn: Covering the burn and keeping it clean are the important factors to prevent infection. It is thought that light pressure brings burned skin back to a normal temperature which makes the skin less likely to blister Put a banana skins on a sore bottom: It is believed that the slippery inside of a banana skin can be soothing when put on haemorrhoids. The sugar could be a factor in shrinking them due to osmosis and as a result allow them to pop back inside the anus. The sugar in bananas also has anti-bacterial properties which can prevent infection Wear bed socks to beat insomnia: Warm feet helps sleep by helping the body’s internal temperature to get to the optimal level for sleep. Our core body temperature is a key feature of our circadian rhythm. We have our highest body temperature during the day and lowest during the night Use duct tape to remove a verruca: Covering a wart or a verruca with duct tape kills it by preventing oxygen getting to the area. Plus, the component of the tape itself acts on the problem. Cover for six days with the tape, soak the wart and rub it with a pumice stone. Leave the wart uncovered overnight and apply more tape in the morning. Grunt to stop a stitch: Grunt when your foot hits the ground gets rid of a stitch releases the muscle spasm in the abdominal region Sprinkle black pepper on a cut: Stops bleeding and helps a cut to heal because the component of black pepper called peperine has strong antibacterial properties which would suggest it is helpful for healing. It also forms a crust over the cut to keep out infection. Adding the pepper to small cuts helps blood coagulate for faster healing while stimultaneously killing any lingering bacterial and reducing scarring Eat coconut to relieve diarrhoea: The coconut oil contains lauric acide is converted by the body into monlaurin – a compound which has ant-bacterial, antifungal and anti-viral properties which somehow soothes irritated intestines and reduced inflammation. Coconut flesh is high in calories and saturated fat, but the fat is more easily digestible than other dietary fats,
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