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I've been developing arthritis in my fingers. My mom said she had the same issue in her 20s, and to drink 1 tbsp raw unprocessed apple cider vinegar, 1 tbsp raw unprocessed honey, mixed with some orange juice (to cut the taste) (I doubled everything because I'ma big guy). And voila! She said she had to do it for a year straight before it helped, but I've been doing it barely a week and I already feel ~15% better!

Do you all have any stories of unconventional home remedies / alternative medicine?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you are going to drink that make sure to use a straw or you'll wreck your teeth.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Didn't even think of that, I've actually enjoyed the taste and been swilling it around my mouth πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈπŸ˜… thanks for the tip!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm curious, what's the rest of your diet like?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I'd say relatively pretty decent, I eat fruits and vegetables everyday, decent meats (avoid red), but also some processed/sugary/fried stuff too. How come?

[–] TheBiscuitLout 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can’t say anything about the above, but CBD oil helped me a lot

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] TheBiscuitLout 2 points 1 year ago

Treating arthritis in my hands. CDB seems to be pretty good at treating inflammation when taken over long periods.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I drink yerba mate daily. It has many health benefits

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My brother brought some from an education trip to Argentina, I just thought it was their version of tea/coffee. Cool!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Apparently it has the health benefits of green tea, chocolate, and coffee all in one. Often if I wake up from a poor sleep feeling crappy, Yerba usually makes me feel better. Not to mention the joy of drinking it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'd recommend adding nettle to your diet to help with the arthritis.

You can drink it as a tea and it's quite nice but tbh I think you get better mileage from using dried nettle leaves as a substitute for dried parsley and/or as an addition to where you would use spinach. It's very nutritious too.

Basically, if you're going to make something like spinach and ricotta lasagna then you can add a heaping pile of dried nettle leaves (anywhere from a tablespoon to a handful) and you won't even notice it.

I think you need to be a little cautious about incorporating it into your diet early on because too much can cause diarrhoea and stomach upsets but once you've adjusted to it then you can go hard on it.

Nettles have been a subsistence food and peasant food for centuries, if not millennia. It's prole af.

[–] TheBiscuitLout 4 points 1 year ago

The newest leaves also makes a great pesto.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Never heard of that, interesting, I'll look into it!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Olive oil is great for dry skin problems. I had some very deep cracks in my foot causing me lots of pain. After a week of applying some every night they were as good as new. Just don't use it on acne-prone parts of your body like your face, for obvious reasons.