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So, you got a bone fracture? Besides proper immobilization, during the first 6 weeks, nutrition is pretty important. Bone is basically minerals held together by protein chains. To make bone you need to keep ingesting adequate quantities of its ingredients throughout the healing period. Here is what you need to take:
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Some great info on naturally treating constipation here
Some good info on constipation related disorders here
Something that I have used and really helps with gas, bloating and constipation is vegetable carbon products that usually contain more than just carbon. The one that I have used here in Italy is TrioCarbone and is really good.
Vegetable Carbon (aka Activated Charcoal) is not known to have any side effects. See here Also see here Products like CharcoCaps (see previous link) and Trio Carbone is what you need (usually over the counter).
Enzyme and probiotic type of treatments/products (e.g. Beano) have not helped me.
However after trying this new probiotic tratment I found it to be the most effective yet - in fact, together with cetrtain diet changes described elsewhere on this site, it has completely solved my problem.
There's multiple free and premium multi-drug interaction checkers. Of the free ones, these are the ones that I have found to have the most extensive drugs list and most comprehensive interaction checking:
http://www.drugs.com/drug_interactions.php
http://healthtools.aarp.org/drug-interactions
AARP (American Association of Retired Persons), an NGO, offers a great host of health related tools here: http://www.aarp.org/health/health_tools/
Topical hydrocortisone cream is mainly used for the treatment of hives or other allergic reactions of the skin (e.g. eczema).
However, is it safe to use hydrocortisone cream on hives or eczema in case the skin of these areas is broken/open (e.g. because of scratching) ?
It turns out that it is definitely safe. In fact, it seems that in case of infected wounds, the use of hydrocortisone can be beneficial, while in teh case of uninfcted wounds hydrocortisone seems to make healing slower.
References:
http://www.ecolife.nl/polysaccharide.htm
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?artid=1515458&blobtype=pdf
Many couples trying to conceive try to maximize their chances by making sure they have sex while the woman is ovulating and maybe assuming the right position during and after sex. However few pay attention to the possibility of naturally increasing the potency of sperm.
Here is a few quick, painless and safe ways to increase your sperm potency:
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I have found that consuming 2-3 instant coffees per day for a number of days or weeks may result in serious nasal congestion - not sure if this was what caused it for me but I am throwing this out as a possibility. Stopping the coffee intake along with minimal daily exercise has resolved this for me.
Natural nasal congestion remedies:
Doctors are children of a system that likes to sell drugs. Drugs whose quick results are often deceptive in that they don't really cure you; they just temporarily relieve your symptoms while increasing your chances of more serious disease and other, often quite horrible, side effects as well as addiction to the active ingredient.
A fantastic example of how modern "scientific" medical practice is very often misguided, incomplete, plain wrong and, perhaps most alarmingly, dogmatically attached to certain practices and ideas, is nasal decongestant sprays. Most of those, except perhaps the more powerful corticosteroid based versions, are OTC drugs that anyone can get without prescription; not that medical doctors show any real constraint in suggesting them or prescribing ever more powerful stuff.
Yet, how many really know that these products for a period longer than just 3 days(!!) to one week, won't cure you but will throw you into the claws of a nasty condition knows as "rhinitis medicamenosa", also known as "rebound congestion", whereby your nasal congestion condition returns with a vengeance, worse than ever, and it won't go away, unless, like a junkie, you snort some more of the "innocent" and "safe" OTC stuff. Oh, by the way, did you know that prolonged use of these decongestants can give you high blood pressure problems as well?
For those of us who suffer from nasal congestion due to allergies and need some real and SAFE relief, I'd like to introduce you to the wonders of nasal irrigation using a mixture of sterile saline buffer solution (sold at all pharmacies - no prescription required) and pure vitamin C (ascorbic acid or better yet sodium ascorbate that is the non-acidic version of pure vitamin C) that can be bought at pharmacies or health food shops, usually in a powder form (just make sure it is completely free or preservatives and other additives).
Vitamin C is potent natural antihistamine and anti-bacterial agent and has incredible healing and restorative properties. Vitamin C is so good for your health that IV introduced high doses of it have been found to heal certain cancers. Indeed, as a nasal decongestant it works wonders and it does so in a completely natural and safe way.
Just mix one-fifth of a level teaspoon of pure vitamin C powder in 50ml (you increase or decrease this to your liking), stir until fully dissolved and snort the stuff up your nose either from the palm of your hand or using a syringe (with the needle removed of course). Do this 3 times a day and at least an hour before you go to bed, as you may need to clear your nasal passages of released mucous and other debris during this time. I guarantee you will feel better in a couple of days without having to take any nasty drugs.
It is amazing to me that most doctors don't know and won't suggest this simple and very effective alternative to very bad and ineffective drugs.