Can you fight the common cold with a natural remedy?

Written by Kevin Sheldon


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Whilerepparttar cold is in full swing, try drinking potato peeling broth. The peelings should be half an inch thick, boiled it for about half an hour then strained and cooled, taken twice a day. Afterrepparttar 114121 fever goes, a low calorie raw fruit and vegetable diet can be attempted, although you may not feel much like eating at this point. Raw juices and herb teas will also help. The best herb teas for fightingrepparttar 114122 common cold are:-

Rose hips Camomile Peppermint Ginger

There are many products that help with runny noses and congestions - most are based on eucalyptus oil, and indeed, this is most helpful. Try putting a few drops in a cup of boiling water, then inhalingrepparttar 114123 vapors with a towel over your head. For a sore throat - gargling with crushed aspirin in warm water is also useful, although be careful you don't swallow it, and don't do it to frequently.

The most popular water treatments include hot mustard foot baths (to reduce sinus congestion), Epsom salt baths while drinking sweating teas, hot ginger chest compresses and salt water nasal douches to openrepparttar 114124 sinuses. Some people swear by steam inhalation (with eucalyptus, pine needles, cloves, or thyme).

And of course, you could always try prevention - stay warm, keep your immune system strong by eating sensibly and exercising regularly!

Kevin writes about natural remedies for www.freeremedies.com natural remedy site which is full of articles on health and the art of the natural remedy


Benefits of Green Tea

Written by Robert Rogers


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4. What arerepparttar results of human studies?

Although tea has long been identified as an antioxidant inrepparttar 114120 laboratory, study results involving humans have been contradictory. Some epidemiological studies comparing tea drinkers to non-tea drinkers supportrepparttar 114121 claim that drinking tea prevents cancer; others do not. Dietary, environmental, and population differences may account for these inconsistencies.

Two studies in China, where green tea is a mainstay ofrepparttar 114122 diet, resulted in promising findings. One study involving over 18,000 men found tea drinkers were about half as likely to develop stomach or esophageal cancer as men who drank little tea, even after adjusting for smoking and other health and diet factors (3). A second study atrepparttar 114123 Beijing Dental Hospital found consuming 3 grams of tea a day, or about 2 cups, along withrepparttar 114124 application of a tea extract reducedrepparttar 114125 size and proliferation of leukoplakia, a precancerous oral plaque (1).

5. Is NCI evaluating tea?

National Cancer Institute (NCI) researchers are also investigatingrepparttar 114126 therapeutic use of green tea. One recently completed but unpublished NCI trial studiedrepparttar 114127 antitumor effect of green tea among prostate cancer patients. The 42 patients drank 6 grams of green tea, or about 4 cups, daily for four months. However, only one patient experienced a short-lived improvement, and nearly 70 percent ofrepparttar 114128 group experienced unpleasant side effects such as nausea and diarrhea. The study concluded drinking green tea has limited antitumor benefit for prostate cancer patients (5).

Other ongoing NCI studies are testing green tea as a preventive agent against skin cancer. For example, one is investigatingrepparttar 114129 protective effects of a pill form of green tea against sun-induced skin damage while another exploresrepparttar 114130 topical application of green tea in shrinking precancerous skin changes.

Visit pcshealth.com for more articles and research on green tea.

Robert is a writer in the Washington DC area and specializes in health and fitness. Visit pcshealth.com for more articles and research on green tea.


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