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5 Essential Natural Remedies for Natural New Age Mums

September 30, 2015 · 2 Comments

I often get asked what things are essential for NNAMs to have on hand for their family’s health, so today I am sharing with you my top five natural products. They are all multi-purpose and have a huge range of properties, benefits and uses around the home – not just for healing and health but for beauty and cleaning too!

The best thing about these natural remedies is that they are all affordable and having all-purpose products means you are saving money and have less clutter.

So, these are my:

5 Essential Natural Remedies for Natural New Age Mums

 

Jojoba Oil

♥ Jojoba Oil

As much as I love my coconut oil, I am finding that jojoba oil is replacing it as my go to oil (I know – even I am still a bit in shock!!!) Jojoba oil is similar to coconut oil – it is anti-bacterial, anti-viral, anti-fungal, analgesic, anti-inflammatory and hypoallergenic. It’s also a great all-purpose oil but where it tops coconut oil is that it has virtually no odour and it sinks straight into the skin without that greasy residue (its actually a wax and the closest oil to our natural skin’s oil).

Jojoba oil has great benefits for your skin as a daily moisturizer as it is very high in antioxidants and contains vitamins A, D and E, essential fatty acids and Omegas 6 and 9. However you can also use it for a wide range of ailments including acne, rosacea, burns, dermatitis, eczema, insect bites, psoriasis, sunburn, abrasions, skin rashes, scars, nappy rash, cradle cap and surgical wounds.

I love The Jojoba Company brand – it’s owned by an Australian family and grown ethically in NSW with lots of love and nurturing! Unlike other brands, its 100% pure and cold pressed without any heating or refined so the nutrients stay intact.

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♥ Lavender Oil

I am a huge fan of essential oils and use them daily but if I am pressed to choose just one (usually when I go on holidays and can’t take my collection with me) then I choose lavender oil.

It’s one of my favourite smelling oils but it is also a great all-rounder. It has anti-inflammatory, antifungal, antidepressant, antiseptic, antibacterial, and antimicrobial properties. It also has antispasmodic, analgesic, detoxifying and sedative effects!!

You can use it directly on acne, bites, stings, burns and muscle aches and a drop on your pillow helps with sleep. It’s great as an insect repellant (combine with a carrier oil) and to relieve tension, headaches, depression and anxiety.

I love the Twenty 8 brand of essential oils.  Sunshine Coast mum and aromatherapist, Kim Morrison has created a beautiful range of pure essential oils that don’t cost a fortune but are still of the highest therapeutic quality. Check her out here.

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♥ Epsom Salts

Also known as magnesium sulphate, epsom salts have a wide variety of uses to treat common ailments. It’s a naturally occurring mineral that can be used internally or externally. It can be used dissolved in a bath as a muscle relaxant, headache soother, as a treatment for sprains, bruises and joint inflammation and as a great way to absorb magnesium into your body (most of us are deficient).

2 tablespoons of epsom salts dissolved in warm water works as a laxative. A bath with epsom salts will relax and  eliminate toxins from the body and soaking also helps to remove splinters. You can even use it in the garden, as a fabric softener and for cleaning. It’s awesome!

 

♥ Apple Cider Vinegar

Apple Cider Vinegar is another all-purpose remedy that has so many uses, you can even buy a whole book about it! We look up the book if we have ailments to see if ACV can help and it usually does! Get a raw, organic, unfiltered version with ‘the mother’ for the best results.

Some health benefits include helping with digestion, acne, weight loss, sore throats, bad breath, sunburn, wart removal, toxin removal, lowering blood sugar, lowering bad cholesterol and more. You can take it daily in some water or use it on your meals! It makes a cracker salad dressing.

You can also use ACV for cleaning, disinfecting, as a hair rinse and for whitening your teeth! I like the Braggs brand in a glass bottle but as mentioned, any brand that is organic and unfiltered with the mother is good.

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♥ Chamomile Tea

Chamomile tea is the last of my must haves and again, it’s a really great all-rounder.  It’s properties include anti-irritant, anti-inflammatory, and anti-microbial. It’s not actually a tea, its flowers of the chamomile plant that you make up into an herbal infusion.

As well as being a nice herbal tea to drink, you can use it to relieve colds, soothe upset tummies, help you to sleep, relieve hemorrhoids and treat candida, eczema and allergies. Use it externally for under-eye bags, acne, conjunctivitis, fungal skin infections and abscesses. There is some research suggesting it can be helpful for diabetes and cancer. It’s a wonder herb!

You can buy chamomile flowers in teabags, but I prefer to get the loose tea herbs. Hilde Hemme’s herbals are in most health food stores or online. If pregnant or breastfeeding, please check with your health practitioner before using.

Yes, I know, it’s hard to stop at five natural remedies, but these are my top five that I buy regularly and use. What is in your top five? Are they the same as mine? 

Filed In: HEALTH / Tagged: apple cider vinegar, chamomile tea, epsom salts, family health, first aid, health, jojoba oil, lavender oil, natural health, natural remedies, natural remedy

Sonia’s Super Salad Dressing

February 19, 2014 · 17 Comments


Sonia's Super Salad Dressing

Sonia’s Super Salad Dressing

 

Do you make your own salad dressing?

Commercial salad dressings can be a really nasty toxic chemical cocktail. Let’s not even talk about the refined sugar and salt that goes into them.

Make your own with fresh, quality ingredients!  Trust me, it’s dead easy and once you taste it, you won’t go back to stuff in a bottle.

This ‘salad’ dressing is also delicious over steamed vegetables or tossed through rice or pasta to give them a bit of oomph.

Okay, so why is my salad dressing so super?

Well, it’s got supercharged ingredients that are really good for you!!

 

 ♥ Apple Cider Vinegar. There are so many benefits of ACV, I don’t know where to start. It is really ones of those things that is a cure-all. It has antiviral, antibacterial and antifungal properties. It helps alkalize your diet. It can help you lose weight, improve your digestion and so much more. We even use it to cure sore throats. Pretty much, get into it!!

We bought the Braggs Apple Cider Vinegar book a few years ago. It’s a good read for $10 and goes into a lot of detail of how to use ACV for all sorts of things.

 

Apple Cider Vinegar: Miracle Health System (Bragg Apple Cider Vinegar Miracle Health System: With the Bragg Healthy Lifestyle)

 

♥ Inca Inchi Oil. Inca inchi oil is a fabulous source of Omega 3 (with an appropriate combination of omega 6 and 9). It allows us to metabolise our own DHA, EPA & GLA and many more ‘non-famous’ omega 3 derivatives. This makes Inca inchi oil a far superior product for health (compared with other oils). This is a wonderful vegan/vegetarian ethical, sustainable alternative to fish oils. For more details and to watch Cyndi O’Meara on video talking more about Inca Inchi, go here.

 

♥ Pink Himalayan Salt with Dulse. This is the salt we use for mostly everything now. Himalayan pink sea salt isn’t your average table salt. Hand-harvested and minimally processed, it contains 84 minerals and trace elements that are highly beneficial for the body including magnesium, calcium, copper, potassium and iron. Dulse Flakes (seaweed flakes) are high in vitamins and minerals – specifically Vitamins B6, B12, A, Iron, Potassium, Phosphorus, and Manganese. It helps heal poor digestive systems, rebuilds and maintains all glands in the body and cleanses the body of heavy metals. It’s also high in calcium, fibre, and protein. It helps support healthy brain function. Very high in iodine for healthy thyroid function.

 

♥ Garlic. Another wonder food! Garlic has ant-viral, anti-bacterial and anti-microbial properties. It helps boost the immune system, detoxify the body and reduce inflammation. Choose organic garlic where you can for the best benefits.

 

♥ Raw Honey. Raw honey helps your body alkalize and it has many vitamins, enzymes and antioxidants. It also has anti-viral, anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory and anti-fungal properties. Raw, organic, local honey is best for your health. 

 

♥ Black Pepper. Not often thought of as a ‘health food’ but black pepper is indeed very good for you. It helps to improve your digestion, has antioxidant and antibacterial effects and stimulates the breakdown of fat cells. Pass me the pepper!!

 

Sonia's Super Salad Dressing

 

Did you know?? Nutrients from greens are better absorbed when accompanied with a little oil, so always have a salad dressing on your salad!! 

 

Sonia’s Super Salad Dressing

Okay, so this is what you need:

3 tablespoons organic apple cider vinegar (with the mother)

2 tablespoons inca inchi oil

1 clove organic garlic

1 teaspoon raw honey

pinch freshly ground black pepper

pinch pink Himalayan salt with dulse

 

Sonia's Super Salad Dressing

Okay, so this is what you do:

Finely grate the garlic using a microplane or fine grater. Add all ingredients to a glass jar. Shake the bejesus out of it! You can whisk it or pop it in a food processor, but why make more washing up?

Store in the fridge.

 [box] Get Creative! This recipe is just the starting point. You can add any sort of spices or herbs to your salad dressings. Try some tahini to make a creamy dressing or some wholegrain mustard for a little bit of texture.[/box]

 Do you have a signature salad dressing recipe? 

 

 

Filed In: FOOD / Tagged: apple cider vinegar, garlic, healthy oil, inca inch oil, oil, salad, salad dressing

How to use apple cider vinegar for a sore throat

August 14, 2012 · 23 Comments

 

How to use apple cider vinegar for a sore throat

 

How to use apple cider vinegar for a sore throat

 

The Natural New Age Dad is crazy about his apple cider vinegar (ACV)!

It’s his cure-all for every ailment.

So, when I had a sore throat the other day, he immediately looked up his Apple Cider Vinegar book and found me a remedy.

I was already taking all my favourite natural remedies, but I must say that this one worked really well and I will add it to my repertoire.

 

 

This is what we did:

* Put 1 teaspoon of Braggs Organic Apple Cider Vinegar into half a glass of water

* Gargle three mouthfuls of the mix each hour

* Spit it out (don’t drink because the ACV sucks up the germs)

* Cut down to every three hours once you feel some relief

 

Then, we did this:

* Soak a thin cloth in ACV and wring out

* Place around the throat

* Cover with plastic wrap (we had to cobble together something as we don’t buy plastic wrap anymore!)

* Cover with heat pack

* Lie down for an hour or so

 

Apple Cider Vinegar is awesome stuff. I am going to talk some more about it, but I will leave that for another blog post.

Just be sure if you are going to use it, that you buy an organic version, with ‘the mother’.

So there you have it, there really is no need to visit the chemist and load up on chemicals to treat a sore throat, go to your pantry first!

You might also like to read How to beat Cold and Flu Naturally  and the Best Natural Chest Rubs.

 

What’s your favourite remedy for a sore throat?

 

 

Filed In: HEALTH / Tagged: acv, apple cider vinegar, Braggs, natural remedy, natural remedy for a sore throat, organic apple cider vinegar, sore throat, sore throat remedy

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