Vinegar remedies have been used to heal and minimize the effect of many scrapes and bruises, conditions and sicknesses, since the random discovery of vinegar many thousand of years gone. However, as much as it is true that vinegar has been incorrectly hailed as a blanket treatment for many sicknesses and conditions, the reality is that vinegar does have a valid place as one of the more flexible liquids available to us. An acidic liquid, the side-product of wine making, vinegar actually does have some incredible healing properties, which we’ll explore here in this article.
Apple cider vinegar is the mainstay of lots of the kitchen based natural cures that have been handed down through generations. Taken internally apple cider vinegar helps the body access some necessary vitamins and nutrients that may be found in some foods. It further helps us to absorb these minerals and vitamins and can regularly be taken as a drink at meal times: one spoonful added to a drink of water.
Especially it can be a vital addition to the diets of some women; females have traditionally found it hard to absorb calcium for hormonal reasons, at certain times during their lives. A tumbler of water mixed with a spoon of apple cider vinegar can make a drink that may help these women to soak up the calcium that they take in. This drink is also helpful for anyone that is lactose intolerant and can’t consume dairy products.
Of the vinegar remedies that are to deal with external wounds to the body, vinegar is very beneficial. It is effectively used as a means to reduce bruising and swelling and this could be done by soaking a clean material in a solution of cold water and vinegar and then using it as a compress against the influenced area. Remember that well known nursery rhyme of “Jack and Jill?” This employed this classic use of vinegar. When “Jack slipped down and broke his crown…” he had to have his hurt head bandaged with vinegar and brown paper!
Vinegar remedies for the unpleasant toenail fungus, have also proved their worth. Principally it involves the soaking of the feet in a bowl of water and some vinegar for roughly 30 minutes. It works by the vinegar fighting the micro-bacteria that causes the fungus and then it further softens the skin.
Vinegar remedies for common-or-garden occurrences like bee stings, light sunburn and even dandruff have all been documented over time and it simply involves covering the influenced area with white vinegar or apple cider vinegar as needed and repeating when required.
Essentially, one of the nice things about vinegar is not just is it so versatile but it is also freely available to us!
