Home Remedies

Colds
1: Take Vitamin C and Zinc lozenges this can help stop the cold from going through the entire process.
2: Take Echinacea and goldenseal extracts. These boost the immune system.
3: Put eucalyptus oil in 2 cups of boiling water and breath in the steam, this helps with congestion.
4: Native Americans use Hyssop in tea form as an expectorant and to fight viruses.
5: Gargle: A mix of water and pure tea tree oil this helps sore throats.
6: Drink chicken broth and potato peeling broth.
7: Do not use handkerchiefs, use paper tissues and flush them after use, the cold virus lives for several hours, thus increasing the risk of re infecting yourself.
8: Wash your hands frequently, this reduces the chances of re infecting yourself and others.
9: Sage is used to cure sore throat, stuffed nose, gingivitis and coughs, is a powerful antiviral, antibacterial and antifungal. Use as a gargle.
10: Wild indigo is an antiviral and antibiotic for infections, it stimulates the immune system and cures chronic sore throats.

Hair Loss
In general, hair loss is a condition that reflects the level of health of the person, although not a dangerous disease, millions of people are desperately seeking a cure for hair loss, our society drives us to look healthy and young, hair loss damages or looks and our self esteem, making us less sure of ourselves.
But why do some people suffer from hair loss and others enjoy a full head of hair throughout their lives? Usually we lose about 100 hairs per day, after a few months, a new hair grows out of the same follicle. In some men, the new hair is thinner then the one before, when this one fall the next one is even thinner, until eventually the follicle stops producing hair.
Women also suffer from hair loss as they age and reach menopause, though they don't lose as much hair as men. Childbirth can cause hair loss. Mothers usually lose a lot of hair during a 6-month period after giving birth. Other reasons for hair loss in men and women are; stress, infection, surgery, high fever, diets, over brushing, syphilis, and tumours.
There are some drugs that claim to re-grow hair, but they only achieve mild results and are full of side effects.
1: Take Vitamins A, B6, B12, Folic acid, biotin, and Vitamin C. Caution: Too much Vitamin A can cause hair loss keep your intake less than 100,000 IU daily.
2: Take Silica in capsules one a day, makes hair stronger and thicker.
3: Rinse your hair with a mix of apple cider vinegar and sage tea this helps hair grow.
4: To improve blood circulation to the scalp, take Ginkgo Biloba.
5: Take Saw Palmetto, this herb unblocks hair follicles and heals the prostate (like the drug found in Rogaine) decreasing residues of dihydrotestosterone (DHT) in the scalp. It is 3 times more effective then Proscar in healing the prostate. It may be 3 times better then Rogaine
6: Nettles can be used locally or internally to prevent baldness and stimulate hair growth, it contains high amounts of silica.
7: Use locally Rosemary oil to stimulate hair growth. Improves oxygen delivery to the follicles.
8: Neem has been used in ayurveda for hundreds of years to help hair growth. Thickens hair, heals follicles and it cleans the scalp.
9: Horsetail contains silica therefore promoting hair growth.
10: Use shampoos and conditioners containing silica and biotin extracts.
11: Avoid hair sprays and gels.
12: Do not brush your hair too much.
13: When towel drying your hair, don't rub instead pat your hair dry gently.