This document provides home remedies for treating colds, including gargling salt water and drinking warm fluids. It also discusses how foods like soup can help soothe cold symptoms by providing nutrients in an easy to digest form. Additional remedies covered include using ice packs on the head to reduce pain and swelling, getting rest, and gently massaging pressure points on the head. Natural remedies for acne like raw potatoes, lemon juice, and olive oil are also outlined. Links to additional health resources are included at the end.

1. By: Ronald Marquez and Alan Lopez
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3. 1. First thing you need is a cup.
2. Then add a tablespoon of salt into the cup.
3. Fill the 2/3 of the cup with warm water.
4. Then mix for about 10 seconds.
5. Gargle water.
6. Remember to spit out don’t swallow!
7. Do this until you’ve spitted out all the water in cup.
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4. o Drinking water can really help in fighting other cold symptoms.
o Drinking water helps keep your mucous membrane moist and
better for combat against bacteria.
o You can also drink hot tea which helps offer soothing relief.
o So remember staying hydrated is staying healthy.

5. • How does food help in helping cold?
• First of food helps in everything ok.
• Soup is a very old remedy in soothing the cold.
• The chicken broth in soup has anti-inflammatory properties.
• Swallowing food would be difficult with a sore throat but soup
is a liquid and makes the nutrients you need easier to digest.

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7. • Get or make an ice pack
• Apply to the painful area of the head (for example the
forehead, neck , templates, etc.)
• Leave the ice there for about 30 minutes or until the pain is
gone.
• How does it work?
• When your head hurts most of the time its because your veins,
and brain arteries are swollen and increase in temperature.
• The cold of the ice pack regulates the temperature and
prevents the arteries from swelling.

8. • Another way to treat your headache is to rest.
• just go anywhere you can be alone, lay or sit down and close
your eyes.
• Relax for a while.
• Sleep (optional but recommended)
• Stay there for a while and see if the headache is gone.

9. • When you have a head ache a good remedy is to get either
your index fingers or your thumbs and place them in the painful
area.
• Gently rub
• Put a little bit of pressure on the area.
• Maintain that pressure for about 7 to 15 seconds.
• Then your headache should be gone.

11. • One potato can provide 70% of vitamin C (which boosts
collagen production in the body and helps prevent and heal
damage from the sun
• raw potato will not only act as an acne remedy, but help
remove hyper-pigmentation, bright the skin and prevent
wrinkles.
• Plus, potatoes contain niacin for skin-lightening due to hyper-
pigmentation from acne or other skin conditions.

12. • Not only does this allow pimples to dry out, but it also kills
acne bacteria
• Lemon is known to provide a calming effect to the skin and the
vitamin C content maintains healthy and glowing skin
• For direct application to the skin, take a cotton ball and
squeeze fresh lemon juice on it and apply it to problem areas.
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13. • For scarring treatment, use olive oil. Although you may cringe at
the thought of olive oil helping with any aspect of acne, when
you have acne.
• it may cause the skin to lose its expansion properties
• The oil helps rejuvenate your skin and bring it back from its
damaged and dry texture that acne brought on
• Apply a salt and olive oil mixture on the skin and rinse with
warm water.
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15. • http://www.health.com/
• http://www.webmd.com/