I took a two year course in
I took a two year course in home herbals.
Personal experience includes the following but much more.
Ulcer - drink 1/2 cabbage juiced each day for two weeks - take 1 lg tbls of turmeric in water with lemon juice and stevia about a half hour before meals. I told the gastroenterologist and he said, "well, natural is good". No little purple pills for me. this happened again about 5 yrs later and worked yet again.
My sister in law had GERD ( gastro esophageal reflux disease ) I suggested taking the turmeric 1/2 hr before meals - she did this and now only needs it occasionally!
MRSA - took 8 drops of Oil of Oregano ( make sure you get good quality ) in a tsp of water followed by a glass of water.
4 x a day for 10 days. I had a huge, nasty, hot, raised what I believe about 90% was MRSA on my abdomen. The Doc gave me a script for a wide spectrum antibiotic. I had read the day before a research paper from the UK about Oil of Oregano killing MRSA so I took that instead. It worked.
Skin rash - Emu oil and /or cold pressed organic coconut oil. I love the coconut oil! Buy it by the gallon from Rawfoodworld.com
I make my own colloidal silver and have used it with Oil of Oregano when I have felt flu like symptoms coming on. If I do get sick it doesn't last long at all.
Blood root tincture or just Organic Apple Cider Vinegar cured my husband's toe nail fungus.
I have removed warts, skin tags and moles with blood root tincture. How you do this is tricky. Take some of the powdered bloodroot and make a paste ( it doesn't take but a spoonful so don't make too much) . Put a TINY bit directly on whatever it is and add a drop of the tincture to get it wet. Make sure it is minimal on any skin that you are not trying to affect. Cover with a small bandaide. Do this once or twice a day until it falls off. Now, the caveat is that the skin around it can get itchy so sometimes I have used a think cream or if you have lanolin or something protective to put around the problem part do so.
But this has worked for us!
Joints - tumeric with lemon juice and stevia - MSM powder and my newest discovery is serrapeptase which must be taken on an empty stomach but is good for joints, cholesterol, inflamation and much more.
We use the above mentioned coconut oil for all of our cooking except occasionally cold pressed organic olive oil for salads but not for cooking. I mix the coconut oil half and half with organic butter. It is so good . I also mix the coconut oil half and half with organic peanut butter. Because of the MCT content of coconut oil a few spoonfuls a day are supposed to be wonderful for the mind. The following site documents a physicians success in helping her husband do much better with Alzheimers by just taking coconut oil.
http://www.coconutketones.com/whatifcure.pdf
Coconut oil contains mostly Medium chain fatty acids which are amazingly good for you. There is a marvelous site
http://www.westonaprice.org/know-your-fats/526-skinny-on-fats.html
In our state it is legal to buy raw milk straight from the farm. So silly that it can't be sold in stores. My kids grew up on raw milk from a neighbors farm and are just fine and healthy! The article about explains all about the good fats that are messed up by pasturization etc.
I use coconut oil mixed with emu oil for a sunscreen instead of the stuff with all the yuk in it.
Niacin for cholesterol, too and it helps me with Raynauds.
Also, for those of you , like me, with Restless Leg Syndrome, if you live in a state that has legal medical marijuana; one or two tokes works very quickly! It is not legal in NYS, however, I do take dronabinol ( generic pill form of synthetic THC) with one other medicine at night only ( laugh ). It takes about 1 1/2 hrs for the pill form to kick in.
It is an antispasmodic and anti inflammatory. It also takes away the side effect of nausea, I don't have the nasty muscle contractions, sleep better and keeps the mirapex from needing augmentation. For me anyway.
Organic apple cider vinegar with the mother _YES - good for so much - even GERD!
These are just a few of the natural things we do. Thank you Abide for starting this thread! So many helpful ideas here for sure.
Sorry this is long but I hope some of my personal experience and some reading I have done may be helpful to someone else.
Peanut