Healing affects of lemons

Lemons have long been a remedy to many health issues. Lemons are loaded in vitamin C but what else?

Lemons properties include:

-Antibacterial
-Antiviral
-Citric acid
-Calcium
-Magnesium
-Bioflavonoids
-Pectin
-limonene (immune booster)

So whether you want to clean your kitchen, your skin, or your insides, lemon is the golden ticket to success.  Well, the Egyptians thought so anyway. Modern medicine has proven Egyptians right, score one for humans!

Here are some of the many uses of lemons:

Disinfectant: Lemon juice can disinfect any surface making it a must if you choose to clean naturally without chemicals.

Acne solution: Rub lemon on your face to cleanse blackheads or make a mask from lemon and honey and allow to sit for 20 minutes then rinse clean.

Eczema relief: same recipe as the face mask only soak a cloth in the honey-lemon mixture and place on problematic area everyday one to three times a day.

Corn and callus remover: Take a thin slice of lemon and place it on the corn or callus and cover with a bandage overnight. Repeat nightly until area is healed.

Weight loss: Drink water with lemon in it everyday to speed up your metabolism. Squeeze half or a whole fresh lemon in to hot or cold water daily.

Flu and cold relief: Mix the juice of 1 lemon with 1 tsp honey in a tea cup and then once mixed blend with hot or boiling water. Drink this as much as needed. The lemon helps boost your immune system, soothes a soar throat, and calms shivers associated with being ill.

Anxiety relief: Lemon is a calming fragrance so inhaling its sweet fragrance can actually center your worriers. Lemon balm essential oil can add calm to your homes aroma if you use it regularly.

Cold sore cure: Rinsing your mouth with lemon water can actually heal a cold sore faster than most store bought medication. Rinse multiple times a day until cold sore subsides. Caution-lemon juice will sting.

Fight fatigue: A sip of lemon juice can quench your thirst way more than water can. So sipping on a lemon is great for long distant runners or just someone looking for a quick boost without snacking. Lemon juice is no substitute for water but it is good to know that it can work if it has to. 

Halitosis cure: Bad breath is the worst so fight it with lemon juice. That is correct rinsing with lemon can freshen your breath and keep it fresh. Mix a tbsp in a glass of warm water a rinse for at least thirty seconds.

Health benefits of cinnamon

Once upon a time, cinnamon was more valuable than gold. And while these days I'm betting most of us would rather get our hands on 24 karats over 24 ounces - a bar over a stick - this bark-cum-spice has just as much bite as it does bark. The potential health benefits attributable to cinnamon could be stated as nothing short of astonishing.

It's possible we're just brushing the surface here, for Chinese medicine and Ayurveda have long revered cinnamon as a superpower used to treat things such as colds, indigestion and cramps and also believed to improve energy, vitality and circulation. The following are ten health benefits associated with this beloved spice that studies have suggested:

1. 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon per day can lower your bad cholesterol (or LDL).
2. Cinnamon may help treat Type 2 Diabetes by lowering blood sugar levels and increasing the amount of insulin production in the body.
3. Cinnamon has antifungal properties, and it's been said that candida cannot live in a cinnamon environment. 
4. Cinnamon can reduce the proliferation of leukemia and lymphoma cancer cells.
5. Cinnamon has an anti-clotting effect on the blood.
6. Honey and Cinnamon combined has been found to relieve arthritis pain.
7. When added to food, cinnamon inhibits bacterial growth and food spoilage, making it a natural food preservative.
8. Just smelling cinnamon boosts cognitive function and memory.
9. Cinnamon fights the E. coli bacteria in unpasteurized juices.
10. Cinnamon has been found to be an effective natural remedy for eliminating headache and migraine pain.
11. Cinnamon can also help stablize blood sugar (which is great for weight loss). A couple of dashes in your morning tea or cereal is all it takes!

Many new studies are revealing that cinnamon is more effective than the leading diabetic medication on the market.  So there you have it, cinnamon is for more than just a fragrance it is all natural medicine, who knew.

This information was obtained through http://www.organicauthority.com

Natural room scent

Don't settle for store bought scents when you can make your own personal concoction.
Today I made a wonderful scent and I wanted to share it with you all.
I took a pint mason jar a put in a sliced up lime, cinnamon, vanilla, tomato leafs, and filled with water. I simmered all day on a candle warmer.
It was a very pleasant scent, if I do say so myself.
I can't wait to try more mixtures of fruit, veggies, herbs, and spices.

Clothes line at my sink

Clothes line at the sink to hang up my dish rag. Awesome! Now my rag doesn't get stinky between dishes.

Soft science in the bath tub

I gave the boys each a cup full of baking soda, a cup with a little Epsom salt in it and spoons. They became mad scientist mixing in water to see what would happen. At the end of bath time they were super soft and clean without the use of any store bought soap.

Dandelion root tea

I am always looking for good natural detox solutions from all the crap I put in my body on a regular bases. Not to mention the fact that I am riddled with cysts. I came across a study that claims dandelion roots act as a detox for your liver, kidneys, pancreas, heart, just about your entire system. A laboratory in Canada discovered that dandelion root eradicates cancerous cell without harming other tissue. Studies also revealed that the detox effects also 'cured' arthritis, anxiety, melanoma, many blood and bone diseases.
I am sure that this wondrous magical wish making plant from my youth is more than just a weed. So after discovery that you can harvest the roots and make tea I had to try it. I dug up dandelions and cut off the root. Scrub the root clean, blend in the magic bullet, steep blended dandelion root in boiling hot water for ten minutes. Enjoy!!!
It taste like parsnip broth. Drink plain or add honey, ginger, or sugar.

DIY Napkins

I hate waste.

I hate wasting products and money.

Frustrated about how many napkins this family uses I decided to sew up some washable napkins.

I choose a woven black linen for one side and cotton camo for the other.

I cut out different sized squares so I could make small and large napkins.

I simply sewed the camo to the black inside out and left open a section to turn right side out. Once turned right side out I top stitched.

DONE!

Easy, cheap, and reusable. I love them!

Cinnamon house fragrance!

I wish you could smell this picture.

Simplest Christmas potpourri:
Apple peels
Orange rounds
Apple juice
Cinnamon
Spoonful of vanilla

Place ingredients in a small pot and simmer.
Enjoy the citrus cinnamon fragrance all day long.

Caution: do not eat
Keep an eye on the mixture, add more liquid if it drys up before you are done enjoying it.
Discard when done.

Cut down on your waste!

We made this chart for our family to tally up if their meal waste goes in the trash, compost, burnables, or recycling. After only one week, we have produced barely one bag of trash compared to our regular two to three bags.
Everyone in the house even visitors (Sophia) are way more conscience of their waste, mostly because none of us want to put a tally on trash.
This is a great way to visually see waste outputs.
As a species on earth we need to all do our part to "go green" and stop being the most wasteful being in existence.