A Bundle of Home Remedies

I am firmly of the mind that you should exhaust all home remedies before seeing a doctor (disclaimer: I am not a doctor and if you are having serious symptoms, by all means call 911!).
p.s. I learned many of these tricks from my grandmother who didn't see a doctor for 50+years (the time between having her last baby and breaking her arm when she was around 75 years old).

• For digestion problems, take an acidophilous pill (found in the vitamin aisle, it replenishes the bacteria in your stomach that helps you digest food; these little bugs can be wiped out by antibiotics, stress, foreign bugs, etc).
• For constipation, drink a lot of water, eat rolled oats (the long cooking ones, not the instant ones), and exercise vigorously (like take a brisk walk for an hour). Repeat.
• If you are cold at night (grandma didn't have central heating in her home, just a wood stove in the living room and kitchen), put a pillow over your feet while you sleep.
• If you are tired, take a nap instead of jolting yourself with caffeine.
• Take vitamin B12 for a couple of days in advance of heading out comping, it will help ward off mosquitoes.
• If you get sunburned, cover the burned area with Noxzema. Grand dad used to put vinegar on sunburns but I think Noxzema works better.
• Take a multi vitamin every day.
• If you feel a cold coming on, double up on the vitamin C until it passes.
• If you are sick, stay in bed in a cool room with a bunch of blankets over you until you feel better (this works well for me and I usually kick any kind of malady in a day or two).
• Tea tree oil works great to disinfect scrapes, abrasions, and other potential infection sites.
• If you feel a urinary tract infection coming on, drink quantities of cranberry juice mixed with water.
• Don't take antibiotics unless you have a BACTERIAL infection that hasn't resolved after a bit of time.
• Your basic germs are actually good for you, they help boost your immune system.
• Make sure your vaccinations are up to date.
• Don't eat heavy meals except on Thanksgiving and Christmas.
• Do a headstand/handstand each day. For some reason, the body likes to be inverted.
• Remind yourself to stand up straight (I heard this about a million times from grandma), it makes you look better and it is better for your skeleton and internal organs.
• Congestion or sore throat? Drink tea and/or soup broth.
• Blood problems? Boil beef bones and drink the broth.
• Fast for a day every once in a while.
• Don't lay down/sit down after eating. Take a walk first. If you must lay down (ie: you are ill), lay on your left side.
• If you are constantly chewing on ice, it may be a sign that you have low blood iron levels; a doctor can diagnose this definitively.