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Make Your Own Baby Wipes
To make your own diaper wipes (what a savings), use:
1/2 roll of Bounty towels with the core removed.
Make a solution of:
1 cup water
1 Tbsp baby oil
1 Tbsp baby shampoo
Place the paper towels in the solution and let it stand for a couple of hours to absorb all of the liquid. Remove wipes from the center of the roll for easy one-at-a-time use. They fit great into a square 2 Tupperware container.
Interesting Home Remedies
- Drinking 2 glasses of Gatorade can relieve headache pain almost immediately without unpleasant side effects.
- Colgate toothpaste makes an excellent salve for burns.
- To help relieve a stuffed up nose, chew 2 Altoid mints.
- To relieve achy muscles from the flu, mix 1 Tbsp. horseradish with 1/2 c. olive oil. Let the mixture sit for 30 minutes BEFORE applying. Then massage in for instant relief.
- To heal a sore throat, mix 1/4 c. vinegar with 1/4 c. honey. Take 1 Tbsp 6 times a day. The honey soothes the throat while the vinegar kills the bacteria.
- Take Alka-Seltzer at the onset of a urinary tract infection to stop it dead in its tracks.
- To combat blemishes overnight, put a dab of honey on the affected area and put a band-aid over it. The honey kills the bacteria and keeps the area sterile while healing.
- Soaking your toes in Listerine mouthwash, will get rid of problems with toenail fungus. Listerine is also good as antiseptic for broken blisters.
- The phosphoric acid in Coca Cola will get rid of rust.
- Formula 409 and hairspray are great bug killers!
- To remove a touch splinter, pour a drop of glue on the skin, let dry and then peel the dried glue off. The splinter comes out when the glue comes off.
- To soothe the pain and bring a boil to a head, dress it with a compress with tomato paste on it.
- To heal a bruise and reduce its 'blueness', apply a cotton ball soaked with white vinegar for an hour to the affected area.
- Add a few drops of Dawn dishwashing detergent to your dog's bath and as you shampoo your pet, you will kill any fleas on it.
- To remedy 'sticky rainy dog' smell, wipe your pet down with a dryer fabric softener sheet.
- Massaging a few drops of corn oil in your cat's ear and then clean the area for 3 days will rid your cat of ear mites, soothe the skin and promote healing.
- A dollop of petroleum jelly on your cat's nose will lubricate any hair in its stomach and aid the cat in passing it more easily.
- Microwave 2 cups instant oatmeal with 1 c. water for 1 minute, allow to cool slightly. Apply to your hands to relieve arthritis pain.
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