You wake up with a sore throat, a slice of pizza left you with heartburn, or a long walk in the park ends with sore feet. Your body can throw you for a minor loop at any time. Wouldn’t it be great to have a live-in doctor to treat all these minor ailments?

Unless you married a doctor, or maybe live next door to one, consider trying a few proven home remedies. Everything you need to cure common ailments could be right under your roof. Here are some common issues and home remedies proven to work. Keep in mind though — these remedies aren’t a cure-all and if issues persist or get worse, it might be time to visit the doctor.

Tennis Ball For Foot Pain

Standing on your feet for long hours may cause aching feet and soreness. Use a tennis ball to take away your pain. Put the ball beneath your foot and roll it back and forth. Make sure to pay special attention to the aching areas. If you can’t find a tennis ball, or any ball, try rolling your foot on a bottle of frozen water. It works just as well and the ice will help numb the throbbing pain.

Vodka For Foot Odor

Some people are cursed with smelly feet. This could be due to bacteria growth or maybe they just have a strong natural odor. There are several products on the market that promise to get rid of foot odor but some people are sensitive to the ingredients in these sprays. An alternative? Vodka. The extremely high alcohol content in vodka can kill odor causing bacteria on contact and it has a drying effect that helps eliminate the moisture on the feet. If you don’t want to pour good booze on your toes, try rubbing alcohol instead.

Clean Your Eyeglasses With Coffee Filters

Smudged and dirty eyeglass lenses can lead to many issues like headaches and even accidents from poor vision. Instead of using tissues or paper towels to clean eyeglass lenses, try coffee filters. Good-quality coffee filters are made from 100% virgin paper, and won’t leave lint behind on your eyeglasses. Filters can also be used to safely to polish mirrors and TV and computer monitors.

Cure Motion Sickness With Lemons

Do you feel queasy in moving vehicles? If so, lemons may be able to help. They contain citric acid which calms the stomach and can prevent vomiting. Motion sickness is also often accompanied by excess salivating. The tannins found in lemons (and in olives, too) dry out the mouth, eliminating saliva and, in turn, ease the issue of motion sickness

If you know that motion sickness is an issue for you, you can take the following steps before hitting the road:

• Mix the juice from half of a lemon with 1 teaspoon of honey in a glass of lukewarm water, drink before leaving your home. Or,
• Add lemon juice and a pinch of salt to a cup of warm rice water and drink before leaving your home.

Yogurt For Bad Breath

Yogurt has several health benefits and one of them involves the bacteria in your mouth.
Research shows that the live bacteria in yogurt suppresses levels of odor-causing bacteria in the mouth. The good bacteria in yogurt may crowd out the “bad” odor-causing bacteria. Of course, brushing your teeth is always the best option, but a couple spoonful’s of yogurt might do in a pinch.

Krazy Glue On Heels

Usually it’s better to avoid contact with Krazy Glue, but in this case, the super sealing agent helps when it touches skin. Krazy Glue is a great little trick to fix cracked heels. Soak your feet in water for a few minutes then apply moisturizer and dab the glue on the remaining cracks. Just one application should do the trick.

Get rid of corns with licorice

Corns and calluses (hyperkeratosis) are painful areas of thickened skin that appear between the toes and on the soles of the feet. You can pick up some licorice powder at your local drug store. All you need to do is coat the affected area with a mixture of the licorice powder and some mustard oil to make a paste. Cover the area with plastic wrap and a sock while you sleep. The estrogen-like substances in licorice will work their softening magic.

 

Pencil For Headaches

How do you handle feeling anxious or stressed out? Many people clench their teeth and jaw which, in turn, puts a strain on the muscle that joins your jaw and temples. This leads to headaches or sometimes even worse conditions like lockjaw. A pencil can relieve your headache. Just put the pencil in between your teeth, but don’t bite down, and it will relax the jaw muscle and reduce the pain.

These are just a few of the many home remedies that can improve your health and well-being. To learn more, check out https://www.peoplespharmacy.com/, http://everydayroots.com/arthritis-remedies and http://www.100homeremedies.com/. You could spend days looking through all the remedies available. Have fun, but remember to speak with your doctor before making any changes to your medical protocols. Happy Healing!