Copyright People’s Pharmacy Q: About 30 years ago, I got shingles from my hip to my knee. A doctor told me to get a bottle of original Listerine and rub it on often. It took about a week or two, but that Listerine got rid of that terrible pain. I […]
Copyright People’s Pharmacy Q: My pediatrician confirmed my suspicions that my daughter had lice. Needless to say, I was upset, She will soon be heading for camp, and I did not want her to suffer the humiliation of being diagnosed there or spreading lice to other kids. The Pediatrician warned […]
Q: After gall bladder removal in 2014, I started having bouts of bad diarrhea leading to nausea and dehydration, and then to the hospital. I could no longer go to meetings or even shop safely. Then I remembered reading stories from this column and decided to try coconut cookies. Two […]
Q: I use turmeric as a spice rather than buying capsules of it. It is absorbed much better if you take it with a little pepper or ginger. I used to just put a little turmeric on a spoon with some kind of fat and some pepper and eat it, […]
How to actually balance yin and yang Truly balancing yin and yang foods on your own dinner plate is a complex, individualized process. Visiting a traditional Chinese medicine provider cab assess your constitution and help you get it right. Xie said practitioners use a questionnaire to evaluate someone’s constitution and […]
This concept from Chinese medicine could lend a new type of balance to your diet.Many of us find ourselves trying to eat a more balanced diet with the turn of the new year, but here’s another type of balance you may want to consider: balancing warming and cooling foods. Achieving […]
Q: In all the time I’ve read your column, I haven’t seen pineapple juice mentioned as a cure for hiccups. It works with one sip! A: People use a huge number of remedies for hiccups, ranging from eating an olive to sipping pickle juice or sucking on a lemon wedge […]
Q: I have found that 5,000 micrograms of biotin daily is a miracle drug for my weak, brittle fingernails. My dermatologist recommended this. Also, because of previous skin cancer, I wear sunscreen whenever I am outside. My family doctor told me to take 2,000IU of vitamin D3 to get my […]
Q: Now that we are into cold season, it’s a pity that the use of elderberry isn’t better known. A traditional treatment for coughs and colds is elderberry rob – a vegetable juice thickened by heat. To make this, elderberries are boiled with honey, cinnamon and allspice, and the resulting […]
Q: I have been using gin and golden raisins for almost 30 years. It absolutely works for me. I stopped taking it for a while because of a scheduled surgery. A few weeks later, I noticed I was having joint pain again. I resumed the concoction and am now much […]