Natural Remedies that Really Work!

Author: Shannon Miller

Cherries - natural remedy for inflamation and pain

Check out these natural remedies that health and fitness expert, motivational speaker, and wellness consultant Susan Smith Jones, PhD, recommends in her new book Walking on Air: Your 30-Day Inside and Out Rejuvenation Makeover.

by Susan Smith Jones, PhD

Soothe with a little aloe vera.

Grandma Fritzie would always keep a potted aloe vera plant on her kitchen windowsill and I always do, too. It requires no care beyond weekly watering. For itching, inflamed skin, bug bites, tooth ache, hemorrhoids, a minor cut or wound, sunburn or any other irritated skin conditions, snip off a thick leaf and slit it open; scoop out the gel from the inner leaf and apply it to the infected area.

Assuage achy, arthritic joints with cherries.

Cherries are a delicious, vitamin-packed fruit that actually relieves arthritis pain. And they are proven to work as well as or better than aspirin and ibuprofen. Long a folk remedy for gout, cherries now have scientific proof of their pain-prevention powers. Researchers at Michigan State University found that a substance in cherries stops the production of chemicals that cause inflammation and pain. The scientists say cherries relieve arthritic pain as well as or better than over-the-counter drugs! A bowl of 20 cherries (fresh or frozen) a day during a bout with gout is enough to neutralize the aches and swelling, too, with no stomach upset or other side affects. A later study on people in California reported the same pain-relief results.

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