• The Curative, Cleansing and Edible Medicine Cabinet for Beauty and Wellness Spring 2009
• I know it takes more than a few creams to rebel against aging. My favorite beauty and wellness staples are probably right in your home. Most skin care concerns can be addressed with the basic staples found in my kitchen or medicine cabinet. For the most common skin and wellness ailments, I’ve got less than ten cure-alls. A few that I believe should be in everyone’s home include Hydrogen Peroxide, Epsom salts and Coconut Oil. My holistic medicine-cabby and age rebelling tips will rescue distressed skin from within.
• Hydrogen Peroxide 3%
  • Soothes rosaceous skin.
  • An anti-inflammatory agent for the gums and on the skin.
  • Anti-bacterial (a hospital staple for so many years). Helpful on acne, reduces skin redness.
  • Produced in our own bodies as a line of defense against invading viruses, bacteria's and parasites. Topically Hydrogen Peroxide can help with skin rashes and infections.
• Epsom Salts
  • One cup in the bath soothes tired muscles.
  • Sprinkle in your palm and mix with bath gel-you've got a skin scrub. For really dry skin, use coconut oil with the salts.
  • Taken internally it helps with constipation-add one teaspoon Epsom Salts to warm water. For a de-tox flush you can add ½ teaspoon of flax seed oil, coconut oil or castor oil add to the salt water.
• Vicks Vapor Rub
  • For flu like symptoms, rub Vicks on your chest and take a warm bath. Sleep with the balm on your chest.
  • If you have a fever, put Vicks on the soles of your feet and cover with a pair of cotton socks. Sleep in them.
  • Hangover Helper - Dab Vicks on your fingertips and massage temples and earlobes. Then take a warm bath followed by a cold rinse.
• Carmex
  • Hard to beat this great moisturizing balm for chapped lips, dry cuticles and red parched skin under the nose.
• Coconut Oil
  • A natural anti-oxidant and great skin protector.
  • Helps with chapped lips, hands and dry skin on elbows and knees.
  • Softens calloused skin - Put it on your feet and soak feet in a bath.
  • It is a great base to mix with your favorite essential oils to make your own body moisturizer.
  • A healthy oil to cook with great flavor. I use Coconut Oil for making pancakes, and for all my Asian meals.
• Tea Tree Oil
  • Tea Tree Oil works well for any fungus, skin infection, gum infection, ear infection.
  • Essential oils must be diluted with a carrier oil, gel or in a water base.
  • Never use Tea Tree in full strength.
  • To use on the skin-Take one small dab of Coconut Oil and mix to this one or two drops of Tea Tree Oil. Rub on the infected area.
  • Add a drop of Tea Tree Oil to a diffuser or a vaporizer to soothe a headache or sinus infection.
• Apple Cider Vinegar
  • A rinse of Apple Cider Vinegar will leave your hair so shiny.
  • Added to a bath, your skin will feel so refreshed.
  • It is naturally antiseptic. A swipe on the skin is a great skin tonic.
  • Contains pectin, minerals, enzymes, essential acids and beta carotene. Drink this skin hydrating multi-vitamin by adding a capful of Apple Cider Vinegar, with a teaspoon of honey to a glass of water.
• Aloe Vera Gel...
  • A first aid must for burns, insect bites, skin allergies and inflammation.
  • You can drink food grade Aloe as a digestive aid and helps with stomach upsets. Aloe taken internally helps to nourish the cells.
  • Apply Aloe to soften the skin and regenerate skin cell tissue (which is why it works on burns).
  
• Suggested Reading
  Hydrogen Peroxide, 12th Edition by Conrad LeBeau
  “Coconut Cures”
  Amazing Apple Cider Vinegar by Earl L. Mindell
  “Our Need for Aloe Vera by Rafael B Lugay, Jr. M.D.
  
  

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