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POA PUTS SOME HOME REMEDIES TO THE TEST
Here are the remedies that actually work and save you money at the drug store...

General Wellbeing and Weight Reduction: Every day, mix ¼ cup Apple Cider Vinegar, ½ cup honey and 32 ounces of water. Drink four, 8-ounce glasses of mixture every day to keep arteries clean, reduce weight and stay healthy. Headaches: Drinking two glasses of Gatorade can relieve headache pain almost immediately -- without the unpleasant side effects caused by traditional "pain relievers". Flu: When you feel it coming on: Crush two cloves of garlic and swallow with lots of water. Take two aspirin and swallow with water. Mix ¼ cup Apple Cider Vinegar, ½ cup Honey and ¼ cup hot water. Drink. Take a hot bath to open the pores. Turn the room temperature to 80 degrees and go to bed and sweat. The next day you will feel better. Or, to relieve achy muscles associated with the flu, mix 1 Tablespoon of horseradish and I cup of olive oil. Let the mixture sit for 30 minutes, then apply it as a massage oil, for instant relief for aching muscles. Sore Throat: Mix ¼ cup of vinegar with ¼ cup of honey and take 1 tablespoon six times a day until the mixture is gone.

Urinary Tract Infections: Just dissolve two tablets of Alka-Seltzer in a glass of water and drink it at the onset of the symptoms. Alka-Seltzer begins eliminating urinary tract infections almost instantly -- even though the product has never been advertised for this use. Arthritis Pain: Mix 2 cups of Quaker Oats and 1 cup of water in a bowl and warm in the microwave for 1 minute, cool slightly, and apply the mixture to your hands for soothing relief from arthritis pain.

Leg Cramps: Sleep with a bar of regular bar soap like Ivory or Coast. Make sure it’s next to your skin. Leg cramps will be gone the next day. For those who get leg cramps during long drives, duct tape a bar of soap to your arm or stomach while driving and you will not get leg cramps while driving. Burns: Colgate or Crest toothpaste make excellent salves for minor burns. We hear it makes a good silver polish too. If you burn your tongue, put sugar on it for relief. Sunburns: empty a large jar of Nestea into your bath water and soak for several minutes for immediate relief. Acne: Cover the blemish with a dab of honey and place a Band-Aid over it. Honey kills the bacteria, keeps the skin sterile, and speeds healing. Works overnight. Or, if you want to remove blackheads and exfoliate dead skin, coat your face with Elmer’s Glue, let dry completely then peel off the glue. Aging around eyes and puffiness: Place Preparation H pads on closed eyes for a few minutes to eliminate puffiness and reduce the signs of aging. Quick Dry for Nail Polish: Pam Cooking Spray. Toenail or Fingernail Fungus: Soak your toes in Listerine mouthwash or rub on Vicks Vapor Rub. Hair Conditioner/Shiny Hair: Budweiser beer, Cool Whip or Mayonnaise are all great conditioners (use separately) and brewed Lipton Tea adds shine to hair. Bruising: Soak a cotton ball in Heinz white vinegar and apply it to the bruise for 1 hour. The vinegar reduces the blueness and speeds up the healing process. Boils: Cover the boil with Hunt's tomato paste as a compress. The acids from the tomatoes soothe the pain and bring the boil to a head. Broken Blisters: To disinfect a broken blister, dab on a few drops of Listerine... a powerful antiseptic. Splinters: Pour a drop of Elmer's Glue all over the splinter, let dry and peel the dried glue off the skin. The splinter sticks to the dried glue. Paper cuts: Krazy Glue or chap stick. Heavy dandruff: Pour on the vinegar. Stinky feet: Jello. Athletes feet: Cornstarch
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Home remedies
Bee stings: Meat tenderizer Chigger bites: Preparation H. Head Lice: Mayonnaise. Pest Control: Rid your home or garden of bugs by mixing peanut butter and Borax into little balls and place the little balls in problem areas. (see WD40 article too) If you’ve got fleas in your carpet, 20 Mule Team Borax - sprinkle and let stand for 24 hours. Vacuum up residue. If menacing bees, wasps, hornets, or yellow jackets get in your home and you can't find the insecticide, try a spray of Formula 409. Insects drop to the ground instantly. Extend Life of Fresh Flowers and Xmas Trees: Add a little Clorox, or 2 Bayer Aspirin , or just use 7-up or Sprite instead of water. Clean Dishwasher pipes: Just put Kool Aid in the detergent section and run a cycle. It will also clean a toilet. Remove Candle or Other Wax: Take a paper towel and iron it over the wax stain, it will absorb into the towel. Rust Removal: Saturate an abrasive sponge with Coca Cola and scrub the rust stain. The phosphoric acid in the coke is what gets the job done. Crayon on the wall: Apply Colgate toothpaste and brush it off. Dirty grout: Listerine To Age Brick: Mix yogurt and milk and spray onto

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BE BREAD SMART:
Shoe Polish in a pinch: Rub the inside of a banana peel on dark colored shoes and buff as usual. Eyeglass Protection: To prevent the screws in eyeglasses from loosening, apply a small drop of Maybelline Crystal Clear nail polish to the threads of the screws before tightening them. Fireproofing Fabric: For fireproofing fabric: 1 box of 20 Mule Team Borax and a half tub of hot water; mix to dissolve; insert fabric into tub and let soak; let it drip dry outside - don't wring out. Pet Care Fleas: Dawn Dishwashing Liquid kills fleas instantly. Add a few drops to your dog’s bath and shampoo the animal thoroughly. Rinse well to avoid skin irritations. Rainy day cure for dog odor... Next time your dog comes in from the rain, simply wipe down the animal with Bounce or any dryer sheet, instantly making your dog smell springtime fresh. Eliminate ear mites... All it takes is a few drops of Wesson Corn Oil in your cat’s ear. Massage it in then wipe with a cotton ball. Repeat daily for 3 days. The oil soothes the cat’s skin, smothers the mites and accelerates healing.
Don’t miss the article entitled “How to Get a Man to do Housework” for related tips. It’s on page 5 and is a must read for every woman!

new brick for that historic look. Remove Scratches from CDs: Apply peanut butter and wipe off with coffer filter paper. Sticking bicycle chain: Pam no-stick cooking spray. Ink Stains: Peanut butter (hard surfaces only) Wine Stains: Pour on the Morton salt and watch it absorb into the salt. Grass Stains: Karo Syrup. Grease Stains: Coca-Cola will remove grease from driveways overnight and works on most clothing too. (see WD-40 article too.) General Stains on clothes: Colgate toothpaste. (see WD-40 article too.) Keep Goggles, Glasses or Full Face HEPA Gear from Fogging: Colgate toothpaste. Remove Labels/Stickers Off of Glass: Peanut butter. Remove Paint/Grease from Hands: Pam cooking spray. (see WD-40 article too.) Can’t Get Baked-On Food Off of Pots/Pans? Fill container with water, get a sheet of Bounce fabric softener and the static from the Bounce towel will cause the baked on food to adhere to it. Soak overnight. Also; you can use 2 Efferdent tablets, soak overnight. Need to Preserve a Newspaper clipping? Mix large bottle of club soda and cup of milk of magnesia, let paper soak for 20 min. and let dry, will last for many years.

When you go to buy bread in the grocery store, have you ever wondered which loaf is the freshest? From now on, take the guess work out of buying the freshest bread. Bread is delivered fresh to the stores five days a week: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Each day has a different color twist tie or plastic clip. They are:
Monday (blue) Tuesday (green) Thursday (red) Friday (white) Saturday (yellow)

So, buy the bread having the twist tie or clip color on or immediately before your shopping day.

KIDS PLAY
• Make a fun (and edible) finger paint for kids by mixing Kool Aid and Dannon plain yogurt. Make Body paint for kids by mixing Crisco with food coloring. Heat the Crisco in the microwave, pour in to an empty film container and mix with the food color of your choice. Let cool to room temperature before applying to skin. Make a Tie Dye T-shirt - mix a solution of Kool Aid in a container, tie a rubber band around a section of the T-shirt and soak. Cornstarch will help Barbie’s clothes slide on to her skinny little body.

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