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Weird Home Remedies That Are Effective

Home remedies are natural and effective too. Instead of wasting money on expensive medications and treatments, you can always opt for the safe home remedies. They do not have side effects and are helpful too. Many of the home remedies are very simple and ingredients are easily available at home. These ingredients like yogurt, olive oil, ginger, sugar, lemon etc can be used to treat several health, skin and hair problems.

For example, ginger can treat cold, cough and several other infections. Similarly, lemon can help aid weight loss and treat nausea. There are few simple ingredients that offer unexpected home remedies. For example, duct tapes can cure warts. Similarly, biting pencil sticks is a common habit. This can be used as a home remedy to cure headache. Want to know other such bizarre home remedies? Check out...

Weird home remedies that works wonder:

Vodka

Vodka

Have a smelly feet? Well, you can cure your foot odour by washing your feet with vodka. You can also soak a cloth piece in vodka and wipe your feet to avoid foot odour.

Tennis ball

Tennis ball

These small balls can help cure foot pain. Treat your achy feet by using tennis ball for foot massage. To avoid accidents be careful when you land up on these balls.

Listerine

Listerine

You can treat blisters by using this mouthwash. Moreover, toenail fungus and dandruff can be treated with listerine. Mix few drops of listerine in water and soak your toenail. You can also wash your hair with it to treat dandruff.

Sugar

Sugar

Are you getting hiccups? And is water not helping you out? Then this weird home remedy will surely work. Swallow a teaspoon of sugar (granules or powder) and see the effect.

Headache balm

Headache balm

The aroma of strong headache balm can be applied to get relief from bad cold. Blocked nose opens instantly with headache balms.

Cushions

Cushions

You can relax and get relief from back pain by trying some simple cushion exercises. This is one of the weird yet very effective home remedies to treat back pain.

Pencil

Pencil

Chewing pencil sticks is a common habit that we all have. If you are stressed, then you can try this one of the bizarre home remedies to treat the rising health problems.

Duct tapes

Duct tapes

Cover up a wart with a duct tape for a week. Remove and clean with pumice stone. Cover again and follow the process till the wart goes completely.

Mint leaves

Mint leaves

Apart from being a mouth freshener, mint leaves also boosts up your body metabolism. Energise yourself by chewing few mint leaves.

Yogurt

Yogurt

Mouth odour can be a really embarrassing problem. You cannot chew gums all day long. So have yogurt. It has probiotics that reduces mouth odour.

Vegetable oil

Vegetable oil

Treat your fragile fingernails and dry feet with this home remedy. Massage with vegetable oil to keep your hands and feet moisturised and prevent brittle nails.

Story first published: Friday, May 17, 2013, 18:59 [IST]
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