Do you ever have leg cramps in the night, or do you wake up because someone else in your household is having a bout of this pain? If so, you know it can be agonizing.  I woke before dawn this morning as my husband was experiencing it. I asked if I could massage his leg. He said there was nothing I could do. Oh yes, there is, I thought to myself. I will blog about home remedies for leg cramps. So here we go… What Causes Nighttime Leg Cramps? If you go to bed with tight muscles, you are more … Continue reading →

I added more turmeric to my diet. I knew it had a long tradition of use in Indian cooking… it’s in curry powder, for example. Why did I want to do this? It seemed to me that it might be a help to my health, based on a variety of articles I read. Here’s one: Dr. Mercolas’s video and page about turmeric. This is a sales page for particular brand of turmeric but I still thought it did a good job of talking about the spice. That brand looks just fine, too, but I am so frugal that I wanted … Continue reading →

When my dentist told me that my gums were a little inflamed and that I should use a mouthwash, I thought of those foul-tasting, vile-colored things you get at most stores. As I’m in Mexico at present, my choice of natural mouthwash products from a health food store was probably nonexistent. I asked my dentist if there was something more natural I could use, perhaps involving salt. Generally, Mexican medical specialists know more about herbs, homeopathy, and natural remedies than their North American counterparts, and this dentist was no exception. “Certainly,” he said. “Make a strong manzanilla tea — how … Continue reading →