From Ma...up on the mountain.

Nanc and my adopted 'Ma', sent me this handy tip, just in time for summer hiking, camping, fishing or just goofing around.
After all, even insects have to breathe, and since they use orifices on their sides...I would imagine that the necessity of breathing will cause them to forgo a meal!
A School Nurse has written the info below -- good enough to share - And it really works!!
I had a pediatrician tell me what she believes is the best way to remove a tick. This is great, because it works in those places where it's some times difficult to get to with tweezers: between toes, in the middle of a head full of dark hair, etc.
Apply a glob of liquid soap to a cotton ball. Cover the tick with the soap-soaked cotton ball and swab it for a few seconds (15-20), the tick will come out on its own and be stuck to the cotton ball when you lift it away.
This technique has worked every time I've used it (and that was frequently), and it's much less traumatic for the patient and easier for me.Unless someone is allergic to soap, I can't see that this would be damaging in any way. I even had my doctor's wife call me for advice because she had one stuck to her back and she couldn't reach it with tweezers. She used this method and immediately called me back to say,' It worked!'

Tea Tree Oil, a wonder from "down Under".

In the years since I have started using tea tree oil, the number of uses has increased.
It is an excellent antiseptic, in fact, I use it successfully on canker sores, clears up even the most aggressive in a day or 2. (To use it this way, shake a bottle of the oil, daub the end of a q-tip on the inside lid. Dry the area of the canker sore, apply and hold for several seconds, then hold the sore out and let the oil dry. I told the mother of a child about it, she tried it and only needed 2 applications to heal up a very large, open sore. Less than 24 hrs. was all it took.)
Any; acne, scrape, cut or other open wound heals quickly after application, and only a little dab will do you!
Nanc's daughter, zgirl, had a swollen gum, near a tooth that had lost it's filling. Since it was the weekend, a dentist just wasn't available. At a nearby small store, Nanc picked up some freshly made colloidal silver with a small amount of tea tree oil in it. The swelling and pain went down, and stayed down until zgirl could get into the dentist on Monday.
Also, a little bit on a cotton ball, can help dry up acne or boils before they get too big and really painful and obvious.
Here is a link with more information;
http://altmedicine.about.com/od/herbsupplementguide/a/TeaTreeOil.htm

And what the NIH has to say;
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/natural/patient-teatreeoil.html


And a special caution to cat owners;
http://www.messybeast.com/teatree.htm

Singing the praises of colloidal silver!

I love the stuff!

I have been able to fight off many a sinus infection with colloidal silver nasal spray, I have a generator to produce my own. But having sterile solution in a nasal spray package is so handy.

To produce my own, for oral or topical application, I heat a gallon of reverse osmosis water to boiling, add a scant pinch of sea salt(bet you haven't heard that term since your Grandmother), attach the .999% pure silver wires(12 gauge and NOT sterling(sterling is an alloy, you want pure))to the generator. Then set a timer for 14 minutes(no longer) and wait for the buzzer.

Store your colloidal silver in either glass or a clean hydrogen peroxide bottle(this is because the H2O2 bottle is inert ionically speaking and the silver ions won't bond to the surface.)

Colloidal silver has helped me clear up both bacterial and yeast(heat rash is a yeast)infections.

By consuming no more than 2 ozs. of silver solution a day, you can keep many of the common diseases from settling in your body. In flu season this can be very beneficial.

After the 2004 hurricane season, a neighbor and I came down with a terrible yeast infection of the skin. It ran from our shoulders to our knees in large raised welts that itched like a son-of-a-gun!

I started making the silver up, we drank and applied the silver, we both did yeast cleanses and increased our acidophilus consumption and changed our diets to starve the yeast. It took a few months, but we both cleared up without the liver damage caused by Difluken.

There are several generators out on the market, if you are interested, do your research and go for it.
Or go to this site; http://www.endtimesreport.com/Colloidal_Silver_Generator.html to learn how to make your own generator. Which is like the one I have.