Especially in the mornings She still kayaks, gardens, and shovels her own snow covered driveway. For over 80 years, she had one recipe for life: 2 Tbsps Bragg ACV and 1 tsp of honey mixed into water. This is the secret, she says, to a life worth living.
I decided to pour some ACV in a cup and soak a wash cloth in it. I took a plastic bag and placed it under his knee and then swabbed his knee with a little DMSO and placed the cloth on his knee. About two hours later he was walking without the cane! He said the concoction helped a lot. I am now doing the same and hope it makes things even better. I had a terrible sprain or strain of muscles or ligaments in my low back. It was so bad, I was using crutches and a wheelchair to get around my house.
Reading of the old remedy of "vinegar and brown paper, " I thought perhaps the vinegar drew DMSO out of the woodpulp of the paper This combination worked better than the DMSO alone and was almost miraculous in the effect it had. Several such treatments greatly resolved the excuciating pain I was in.
Simple remedy. As a child I was plagued with sprains. My grandmother mixed apple cider vinegar with red clay, heated it and made a paste. It was placed on the sprain and then wrapped with strips of an old sheet. After an hour the paste was soaked off with warm water and my sprain was healed.
Stepped off a ladder wrong and twisted and sprained my ankle. Immediately swelling and PAIN. Applied washcloth soaked with ACV and bag of crushed ice on top of that. After a few hours I continuously applied Helichrysum essential oil.
In 2 days I was back to work on my feet. Kept it wrapped in ace bandage with the oil applied first. Had just a mild limp. Swelling went down overnight! Barely a bruise. I've sprained this ankle before, usually extreme swelling and purple bruising and pain for a week or so. Also applied an Arnica cream at bedtime. One of my grown sons was removing tile from a kitchen.
He spent all day using a hammer against hard tile. His forearm was very, very sore when he got home. His face showed his pain and he is really pretty tough, so it must have really hurt. I soaked a couple of flannel cloths in raw apple cider vinegar and wrapped his arm. I covered that with plastic wrap and an old sock with the foot cut out to hold it all together. I also gave him 4 turmeric capsules internally for good measure.
Are you certain it was just muscle and not bone? This raised red flags for me and wondered if he was getting a good source of protein eggs for breakfast and following that with magnesium. I could be wrong, just wanted you to be aware of my thoughts about this! Definitely don't know for sure what it was. And he eats eggs for breakfast most days. He and his brothers say they feel best on days they eat eggs for breakfast! Many european and cultural grocery stores especially latin sell the arnica herb in little bags among their teas and cooking herbs.
Throw this in ceramic oven safe cookery and cover it with olive oil. Put it in the oven on your lowest setting F degrees and let it cook for hrs. Take it out and strain it into a pretty bottle with a cork or cap and label it DO NOT EAT , because arnica is poisonous unless used in homeopathic doses in tincture form. This oil is amazing! This does indeed refer to the use of vinegar and brown paper for the treatment of wounds, bruises and other injuries.
It is a very old remedy which is still used today for swelling and bruising, or headaches. The brown paper used in 18th and 19th centuries was made of old rope, canvas and other sacking, and could be very coarse, but it was found to be useful when applying a substance to the skin.
Cider vinegar, meanwhile, has been used in medicine for hundreds of years. For bruises, one method was to take six or seven sheets of brown paper and soak them in a saucepan containing vinegar. The vinegar was heated and allowed to simmer making sure the paper did not break up. However if any of the following occur, you should contact your GP: - If you are unable to walk more than a few steps without severe pain - If the ankle is not improving after 5 to 7 days.
The pain may not be gone but it should be improving. Zulema Matzen Supporter. Do you need crutches for a sprained ankle? You may need to use crutches until you can walk without pain. If you do use crutches , try to bear some weight on your injured ankle if you can do so without pain.
This helps the ankle heal. Rapita Tribout Beginner. What is the best way to heal a sprained ankle quickly? Cataldo Kaemmerlings Beginner. What helps a sprained ankle heal faster? Compression helps decrease swelling and provides stability to your ankle by immobilizing it.
You should apply a compression bandage as soon as a sprain occurs. Wrap your ankle with an elastic bandage, such as an ACE bandage, and leave it on for 48 to 72 hours. Wrap the bandage snugly, but not tightly. Yeneba Klingenschmidt Beginner. What was vinegar and brown paper used for? Vinegar and brown paper were a home cure used as a method to draw out bruises on the body. Hanne Rzhevsky Beginner. Does white vinegar help sore muscles?
Many have found that either drinking apple cider vinegar or rubbing it directly on the area of the sore muscle or joint can help to relieve pain. Those who drink it typically mix it with water and honey to help with the sour taste while others simply take a tablespoon full. Ask A Question. Co-authors: Updated On: 25th April,
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