Home remedies vs medicine pt1
But it turns out that everyday items work like home remedies and have secret healing powers.
Nobody denies the wonders of modern medicine. What would we do without medications like penicillin to treat infections? But it turns out that everyday items have secret healing powers. Learn more about home remedies. Duct tape to remove warts In 2002, a group of doctors compared the effectiveness of duct tape against liquid nitrogen in removing warts. After two months of using duct tape on a daily basis and using a pumice stone once a week to exfoliate dead skin 85% of the patients’ warts were gone, while freezing only removed 60 percent. “The question is whether there is something in the chemical adhesive itself, or whether suffocation causes the destruction of the wart,” says dermatologist Robin Blum. “The other idea is that the duct tape causes irritation, which stimulates our body’s immune cells to attack the wart.” Vic Vapor Rub to Cure Nail Fungus While there are no studies to prove it, coating infected nails treated once or twice a day with Vic Vapor Rub is an effective treatment for nail fungus. Some maintain that it is the menthol in the balm that kills the fungus and others say it is the suffocating effect of the thick gel. If the Vapor Rub application is used constantly, it has been shown to get rid of not only the fungus but also the infected nail, as it will turn black and eventually fall off. When the new nail grows, it will be free of the fungus. Yogurt to cure bad breath Bad breath comes from a number of places, the two most common being the mouth and the stomach. The powers Neutralizing yogurt and other pro-biotics treat the latter cause. “Yogurt should have no effect on the bacteria living on the tongue because it is not long enough,” says Robert Meltzer, MD, a New York City-based gastroenterologist and the attending physician at Lenox Hill Hospital. However, it is likely to have a neutralizing effect on the acid found anywhere between the mouth and the stomach. Including the back of the throat and esophagus, he explains. “I think almost any dairy product or food containing live cultures would have the same effect.” While yogurt can get rid of bad breath, which results from gastrological conditions, such as acid reflux, it will have no real effect on bad breath that is the product of gum, lung or liver disease.
