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This versatile guide brings together more than 3000 helpful hints, practical tips and remedies from days gone by and shows you how they can benefit your health, lifestyle, home and garden. All have been researched and tested and more often than not you'll find the ingredients right there in your cupboard.
Did you know you can make wooden platters look like new just by rubbing them with a solution of vinegar? Or that you can get your linen as white as snow by adding a few teaspoons of bicarbonate of soda to the washing powder? That a cold wristband can bring rapid relief to headache-sufferers? Would you like to learn how easy it is to make dried apples, apricots and other fruit without the use of preservatives?
This versatile guide brings together more than 3000 helpful hints, practical tips and remedies from days gone by and shows you how they can benefit your health, lifestyle, home and garden. All have been researched and tested for their practical application in today's world and offer simple, effective alternatives to expensive products and those using toxic chemicals--and more often than not you'll find the ingredients right there in your cupboard.
The book includes:
* Safe, time-honoured remedies to treat or prevent health problems
* Homemade cosmetics and traditional beauty tips to help you look your best
* Clever, environmentally friendly cleaning techniques to keep your home in tip-top condition
* Traditional advice for preparing great-tasting, nutritious food economically in the modern kitchen
* Tried-and-trusted principles of decoration and organization to make your home a welcoming haven
* The proven know-how of generations of gardeners to help you create a flourishing garden that is safe and chemical-free
For each of the six most important areas of life covered in the book, topics are presented in an A-Z format with special features on topics of interest, such as essential home medicines, natural cleaning products, and a season-by-season guide to gardening.
Author Notes
Reader's Digest simplifies and enriches consumers' lives by discovering and expertly selecting the most interesting ideas, stories, experiences and products in health, home, family, food, finance and humor. Reader's Digest is available around the world in print; online; via digital download on iPad, mobile apps, Kindle, Kindle Fire, Nook, Sony Reader and Zinio; books and home entertainment products; Facebook, Twitter and other social media outlets. For more, visit: www.RD.com, follow Reader's Digest on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @ReadersDigest and tag #ReadUp to join the conversation.
Table of Contents
Good healthy... naturally | p. 8 |
Acid reflux | p. 10 |
Acne | p. 11 |
Back pain | p. 12 |
Bladder and kidney disorders | p. 14 |
Blood pressure | p. 16 |
Breath problems | p. 18 |
Burns and scalds | p. 19 |
Colds | p. 20 |
Constipation | p. 22 |
Depression | p. 23 |
Diarrhea | p. 24 |
Earache | p. 26 |
Essential home medicines | p. 28 |
Eye problems | p. 30 |
Fatigue | p. 32 |
Flatulence | p. 34 |
Foot care | p. 35 |
Gallstones | p. 37 |
Hemorrhoids | p. 38 |
Hair loss | p. 39 |
Hay fever | p. 40 |
Headaches | p. 41 |
Heart and circulation problems | p. 43 |
Insect bites | p. 45 |
Joint treatments | p. 46 |
Muscle pain | p. 48 |
Muscle sprains | p. 49 |
Nausea | p. 50 |
Nervous problems | p. 51 |
Respiratory disorders | p. 52 |
Shingles | p. 54 |
Skin treatments | p. 55 |
Sleep | p. 58 |
Stomach complaints | p. 60 |
Strengthen your defenses | p. 62 |
Teeth | p. 64 |
Throat problems | p. 66 |
Varicose veins | p. 68 |
Warts | p. 69 |
Women's reproductive health | p. 70 |
Beauty and Body care | p. 72 |
Homemade beauty products | p. 74 |
Age spots | p. 76 |
Blemishes | p. 77 |
Cellulite | p. 78 |
Deodorants | p. 79 |
Eye care | p. 80 |
Facial cleansers | p. 82 |
Facial masks | p. 84 |
Foot pampering | p. 85 |
Hair care | p. 87 |
Hair coloring | p. 90 |
Hand care | p. 91 |
Lip care | p. 92 |
Moisturizers | p. 93 |
Nail care | p. 96 |
Natural perfumes | p. 98 |
Nutrition for beauty | p. 100 |
Oral hygiene | p. 102 |
Relaxing baths | p. 104 |
Scrubs | p. 105 |
Shaving | p. 106 |
Skin care | p. 107 |
Smart housekeeping | p. 110 |
Bathrooms | p. 112 |
Beds and bedding | p. 114 |
Carpeting | p. 115 |
Curtains | p. 117 |
Dishes | p. 118 |
Doors | p. 120 |
Fabric dyeing | p. 121 |
Floors | p. 122 |
Footwear | p. 124 |
Furniture | p. 126 |
Glass and mirrors | p. 128 |
Glassware | p. 129 |
Housecleaning | p. 130 |
Household aids and accessories | p. 132 |
Ironing | p. 133 |
Jewelry | p. 134 |
Kitchen care | p. 136 |
Kitchen gadgets and utensils | p. 138 |
Laundry | p. 140 |
Leather | p. 142 |
Lighting | p. 143 |
Odors | p. 144 |
Pests | p. 146 |
Pots and pans | p. 148 |
Sewing and mending | p. 150 |
Silver, brass and pewter | p. 152 |
Stain removal | p. 154 |
Traditional cleaners | p. 156 |
Upholstery | p. 158 |
Walls | p. 160 |
Windows | p. 162 |
Home cooking | p. 164 |
Baking, cookies and cakes | p. 166 |
Bread | p. 168 |
Cooking tips | p. 170 |
Drying food | p. 172 |
Entertaining | p. 174 |
Flavored liqueurs | p. 176 |
Food safety | p. 178 |
Freezing | p. 180 |
Grains | p. 182 |
Herbs | p. 184 |
Jams and Jellies | p. 186 |
Juices | p. 188 |
Kitchen safety | p. 190 |
Leftovers | p. 192 |
Meat, fish and poultry | p. 194 |
Nonalcoholic beverages | p. 196 |
Oils and vinegars | p. 198 |
Pasta and rice | p. 199 |
Potatoes | p. 201 |
Preserves | p. 202 |
Preserving in vinegar and oil | p. 204 |
Rescues and solutions | p. 206 |
Sauces, gravies and dressings | p. 208 |
Seasonal produce | p. 210 |
Shopping | p. 212 |
Soups and stocks | p. 214 |
Spices | p. 216 |
Sweets and treats | p. 218 |
Table and place settings | p. 220 |
Thrift in the kitchen | p. 222 |
Style and comfort | p. 224 |
Balconies, decks and patios | p. 226 |
Beautiful bedrooms | p. 228 |
Blankets and throws | p. 230 |
Book care | p. 231 |
Candlelight | p. 232 |
Choosing carpets | p. 233 |
Clocks | p. 235 |
Colors | p. 236 |
Decorating | p. 238 |
Displays | p. 240 |
Door wreaths | p. 241 |
Fireplaces and woodstoves | p. 242 |
Floral decorations | p. 244 |
Fragrances in the home | p. 246 |
Fresh, bright bathrooms | p. 248 |
Furnishing for comfort | p. 250 |
Heating and cooling | p. 251 |
Home safely | p. 252 |
Indoor plants | p. 254 |
Light conditions | p. 256 |
Lighting | p. 257 |
Maintaining your home | p. 259 |
Natural materials | p. 260 |
Parties | p. 262 |
Pictures | p. 264 |
Pillows and cushions | p. 265 |
Space saving | p. 266 |
Storage solutions | p. 268 |
Table linen and kitchen fabrics | p. 270 |
Wallpaper | p. 272 |
Wall treatments | p. 274 |
Window dressing | p. 276 |
Gardening with nature | p. 278 |
Berries and currants | p. 280 |
Bulbs | p. 282 |
Climbing plants | p. 284 |
Companion planting | p. 286 |
Compost | p. 287 |
Crop rotation | p. 289 |
Feeding and revitalizing | p. 290 |
Flower beds and borders | p. 292 |
Fruit trees | p. 294 |
Fruit vines | p. 299 |
Gardening tools | p. 301 |
Hedge care | p. 302 |
Herb gardens | p. 304 |
Kitchen gardens | p. 306 |
Lawns | p. 308 |
Organic pest control | p. 310 |
Ornamental shrubs and trees | p. 312 |
Plant diseases | p. 314 |
Planting for privacy | p. 316 |
Plant propagation | p. 318 |
Pot and container plants | p. 320 |
Roses | p. 322 |
Season by season | p. 324 |
Soil | p. 326 |
Tasks for winter | p. 328 |
Transplanting | p. 329 |
Vegetable and salad beds | p. 330 |
Watering | p. 332 |
Weed control | p. 334 |
Index | p. 336 |