Archive for the 'Home Remedies' Category

Green Life Guide: Home Remedies for Athlete’s Foot

Athlete’s foot is a fungal infection that causing itching, flaking, and scaling of the skin on your feet and is normally transmitted in open shower areas, bathhouses, and pools. You can save some money by making homemade athlete’s foot powder and avoid paying high prices for commercially available powders at the store. The same powder [...]

Green Life Guide: Homemade Calendula Ointment

The Calendula flower (or otherwise known as the marigold) has been used for various medicinal reasons since the 12th century. You can make homemade calendula ointment for little cost in order to make an ointment for burns, bruises, and cuts. It has been shown to help speed the healing of wounds and has even been [...]

Green Life Guide: Homemade Poison Ivy Treatment

Many people are allergic to poison ivy. If you are allergic, you can find yourself exposed to the plant in your yard, at the park, or in the woods. Making a homemade poison ivy treatment can save you some money while living a greener life and being more environmentally friendly. The key to any poison [...]

Green Life Guide: Homemade Insect Repellent

It seems as though every few years we find out about additional dangers found in every day applications such as insect repellents. Now, one of the best ways to treat bug or mosquito bites is to avoid putting yourself in a location or position to get bit. This isn’t always possible depending on where you [...]

Green Life Guide: Cough Drops

Since the global economy crashed in 2008, many consumers have been searching to find ways to cut costs in the home. One of the commodities that you may not think about making at home are cough drops. You can make your very own cough drops at home to help alleviate throat discomfort at a significant [...]

Green Life Guide: Bronchitis Chest Rub

Health care has been in the news a lot recently. With health costs rising, many consumers have turned to home remedies for day-to-day ailments that have not reached the level of having to go see the doctor yet. You can save a significant amount of money by making your own home remedy medicines before its [...]