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lighter:
I take curcumin every day, coupled with astaxanthin for anti-inflammatory properties. The astaxanthin was suggested by my dentist to help with swelling of nerve after a filling.
I brush my teeth with baking soda, and don't rinse at bedtime so my enamel has a better chance of making it through the night. I also floss, and use MI paste to harden up enamel while I sleep. I used to keep my toothbrush in mouthwas, but now I have an electric one. I feel better when I keep it in mouthwash.
MSM powder gives me energy in the morning. I'm not sure what else it does, but I feel like it helps with inflammation as well.
Unflavored biPro protein powder is great, bc it's thin, tasteless, and I can down it in a few gulps. Some powders have to be chewed, gack. It's also sugar free, which is great.
Biotin helps hair and nails look healthy, and happy.
I use vitamin D drops...... it's fat soluble so I'm told I can't expect Vit D levels to be normal overnight. Looking at a few months or more, and that's with me getting a good amount of sunshine daily.
Methocarbamol chewables Bluebonnet brand) Vitamin B12 tablets - brain needs this to function properly
If I don't remember anything else, I make sure I get these things in. I usually take a daily vitamin, but I've been off them lately.
Brain Doc said to take a Tbs of MCT oil in the evenings when food cravings creep in. This is new, and haven't tried yet. Looking forward to relief, bc I get very hungry at night.
Doc also said that rosemary essential oil increases the ability to focus, sometimes by as much as 30%. DD17 uses it, a bit under her nose, when she needs to concentrate to focus. Lavender oil, used the same way is calming, and can be used on burns as well.
lighter:
So sorry you fell, CB. That's tough, esp with the ear, antibiotics, and making sure you get that probiotic in. You eat a serving of kefir or yogurt after every antibiotic? Not sure how that goes these days... how long to wait. Just make sure you take it easy, so you don't compensate and create more issues for yourself. I have a hard time letting things heal. I tend to just go go go, and it's always a bad idea.
I wanted to thank Amber for getting me onto Curcumin. Not sure when she suggested it, but I took it to heart, and feel it helps a lot.
About the low vitamin D.... brain doc says that's to do with ongoing stress. Lord knows I spend a lot of time out of doors in the yard, but it's pretty shady.
When you mentioned taking Magnesium, I thought.... when am I taking Magnesium these days? Then remembered I don't. I take lots of baths, and load them up with Epson Salts.
I don't really love the smell of tea tree oil, lice days, and so it's not part of my life. Last week Moss'n Annie, the Moss lady in these parts, told me she's heard it's good to spray Tea Tree Oil in areas of moss yards where there's trouble with yellowing of otherwise healthy moss. I have an area I need to take up, then spray the earth and unhealth moss with the tea tree oil, then put down healthy moss. I'll isolate the yellow moss, and see if it recovers. I've just been telling people it's bear pee, but I think it's spreading.
Lighter
Hopalong:
(((((((((CB))))))))))
I'm so sorry you got hurt. The lovely thing about not using medications often is that when you do need the big guns, your body responds better. I hope it heals up fast and you soon feel totally recovered.
Hijack: At the mo' (because of the small stroke) I'm on very potent blood thinners. I cut off wine completely because it's a natural blood thinner and it added too much. I was hauling suitcases through airports and every time I heaved one up to a belt I banged my arm and began bruising with every little impact like an eggplant. One of the side effects from clopidigrel, which hopefully I'm done with soon.
Lighter, don't think those qualify as "hacks" save to read up on anything prescribed and take side effects warnings seriously. And always let docs know the supplements you take.
Me, I have a bucket full of bottles of supplements I'd get excited about and one day realized I was sick of taking them. Cut out all except calcium + D, B12 (I was low), occasional echinacea and zinc lozenges for colds. I take magnesium (as CALM) when I feel extra stressed, and that's it. I prefer whole foods too -- add chia seeds and flax meal to my oats!
But I just want to eat a wide variety of veggies, whole foods, whole grains, legumes and fish for protein, berries and mangos in my oats. And that's about it. I think I feel better on a whole food diet, and for me, supplements proved overload. They're also expensive and unregulated so although I know some work, some are from China and tainted, and the evidence for most is pretty contradictory.
I agree about tumeric, though and wish I'd remember! Bought a bunch of bottles from The Spice Hunter after I read an article about how tainted so much imported tumeric is (and it's all imported)...that was the cleanest brand they tested.
Interesting topic! I prolly won't have much to offer but will enjoy reading.
Hugs
Hops
lighter:
I've been told using peppermint oil, on the bottom of our feet, will reduce a fever: )
I used it on youngest dd once, and it seemed to work.
I also take Evening Primrose Oil daily, orally, to help keep my ears clear. That's been an amazing help.
Lighter
Hopalong:
Echinacea let me down this time, as did zinc. My fault for necking with M when he was getting sick but I didn't know. And Lord, I'd love an herb that safely diminishes tinnitus without side effects (gingko's out for me, unfortunately).
I have my concerns about interactions and safety profiles...when I researched herbs for various health problems for book chapters at Rodale the only trusted reference we were allowed to source to write advice for consumers was this one:
https://www.amazon.com/Complete-German-Commission-Monographs-Therapeutic/dp/096555550X/ref=asc_df_096555550X/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=333728472387&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=8471188011546842453&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9008335&hvtargid=pla-525785847349&psc=1
Germany is light-years ahead of any other Western country in its comprehensive and government-backed knowledge of herbal medicines. Wish I had a copy!
You can get a used copy on Amazon for $33. so don't let the $104 scare you off!
hugs, hope it's helpful,
Hops
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