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Our Family Home Remedy List

December 17, 2012 By Gwen Brown 13 Comments

Usually, I can ramble off remedies all day long and twice on Tuesdays if it’s somebody else’s child with the stomach virus or poison ivy. But the minute my little one comes in clutching their tummy, my palms get sweaty, my mind blanks out, and get all “Mizz Scarlett! Mizz Scarlett! I don’t know nothin’…

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Ear Infection Remedy

April 3, 2011 By Gwen Brown 57 Comments

Ear infection remedies have been top priority here since our first run in with an ear infection with my two year old. She and I were up until the wee hours of the morning, and she was in so much pain that I ended up taking her to the ER for her first antibiotic. When…

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Onion Remedies

January 11, 2011 By Gwen Brown 37 Comments

Onion remedies are at your fingertips in the average kitchen. The humble onion can surprisingly treat many ailments very effectively.  They are the basis of many a historic remedy. I explore the onion nutrition and ingredients that make it such a potent remedy in this past post. Today we’ll talk about how and when I…

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Filed Under: Cough Cold & Flu Remedies, Health and Natural Remedies, Herbs In Your Kitchen Tagged With: ear infection remedy, kitchen remedies, onion, remedies you may already have in your kitchen

Garlic Remedies

September 3, 2010 By Gwen Brown 95 Comments

Let’s talk garlic remedies…last week, we talked about the health benefits of garlic, mainly from a standpoint of using it to treat common, acute illnesses.  Garlic is now the go-to herb in this house for a cold, sore throat or any type of infection or virus.  I’d love to share with you what I’ve learned…

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