Use this tag for "natural" solutions to common problems such as healthcare conditions, but also everyday nuisances and problems. See also "folk remedies" or "home remedies".
Questions tagged [natural-remedies]
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Can drinking "harmonized" water prevent sunburn
Osmosis Skin Care offers what they call "Harmonized H2O" This product is a UV Neutralizer-Tan Enhancing[sic]: Boost your body’s defenses with this innovative new technology utilizing frequencies that work against the damaging effects of the…
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Is squeezing pimples bad for you?
I've always been told, or notice others being told, or hear it in popular media, that squeezing pimples or blackheads is somehow "bad" for you. Certainly, when there is a chance that the skin breaks, we have to worry about introducing infections…
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Can I get high using binaural beats?
Some sites claim that you can get high using binaural beats:
All I-Doser doses are tested by a panel of users who consider themselves experienced in binaural beat modification. A dose is not passed on to the I-Doser Store until it is proven working…
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Does aloe vera help cure sunburn?
I'm on vacation and got sunburnt, so someone said I should go get Aloa Vera since that apparently helps. There seems to be a plethora of made-for-adsense-sites that claim the same.
http://www.care2.com/greenliving/caring-for-a-sunburn.html
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Can regular cold showers reliably improve health?
I have encountered anecdotal claims that the act of taking a cold shower fairly frequently (e.g. once a day) improves health, or at least, reduces susceptibility to illness.
Is there any scientific evidence that this does indeed work, even if only…
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Can locally produced honey help to build an immunity to hayfever?
I suffer quite badly in the summer months with hayfever and I've been told by numerous people that eating a spoonful of locally produced honey a day in the months leading up to summer will help me become immune to the local pollen that causes my…
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Does baking soda remove odors?
I have always been told that an open box of baking soda will "absorb" odors and make a fridge smell less. I have even seen people with three boxes in one fridge. My question is whether there is any scientific evidence for this claim.
It seems…
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Is a glass of red wine a day beneficial for the heart?
It has been stated that drinking a glass of red wine per day is good for the heart. There has been a lot of discussion surrounding this issue; two examples are this article from the Guardian and this CNN article.
I am wondering whether there is a…
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Does drinking coffee improve concentration?
Will drinking a cup of coffee before I sit down to work improve my concentration, compared to drinking a cup of water?
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Can scaring a person cure hiccups?
There is a popular belief that scaring a hiccuping person would cure the hiccups.
Is it true?
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Does honey cure or alleviate the symptoms of a common cold?
A friend of mine insists that downing honey by the heaping tablespoon at the first sign of a cold will alleviate the symptoms, shorten the duration of the cold, or prevent it entirely - any and all of the above. I have found a few sites online (that…
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Can you successfully treat a burn by covering it in ordinary flour?
I'm not sure how long this particular email has floated around the internet before it landed in my inbox, but it seems to claim that you can treat a mild (First or Second degree) burn by covering it in ordinary flour.
It claims that the flour will…
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Is 432Hz sound frequency more "natural" or beneficial to human body than 440Hz?
I have been reading about tuning musical instruments to A=432 frequency instead of recently (meaning in the last century) arbitrarily defined standard of tuning to A=440Hz.
Supposedly the 432Hz frequency and its derivative tones have been…
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Does the temperature of the water when you shave affect your pores?
I have heard from a number of people advice that using hot water either before or during shaving "opens your pores" to give you a closer shave. (As discussed on a makeup site, The Art of Shaving, and The Consumerist)
Similarly some people claim…
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Does vinegar help with dandruff?
This of many such sites, claims that vinegar can help with dandruff.
Have a problem with the dreaded “dandruff?” Here’s the “sure cure” and you’ll find it in your kitchen. Vinegar!
Yes, it is just off your kitchen cupboard and you do not need to…
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