How to Clean Green

How to Clean Green



Many household cleaners are poisonous, carcinogenic (meaning they cause cancer), flammable, or contribute to poor indoor air quality and asthma. The product labels contain these warnings, but far too often the warnings are overlooked. You can green clean most things in your home with baking soda, vinegar, or plain old soap and water.







Things You'll Need:





Soap




Water




Vinegar




Baking Soda









1


Green clean with vinegar. Fill a spray bottle with vinegar and keep it in your kitchen and bathrooms. Vinegar works well to clean mold, hard water spots, soap scum, and rust stains. I use vinegar frequently to green clean the bathroom and kitchen sinks. Vinegar works to clean alkaline substances because it is acidic. It has a strong smell, but the smell will subside and the fumes are natural and non-toxic. You can drink vinegar and it will not harm you, unlike the toxic cleaner most people use in their bathroom.





2


Green clean with baking soda. Baking soda is alkaline and works to clean greasy areas. It is slightly abrasive so it works well in the bathtub, or when scrubbing hard surfaces. You will not have to worry about your kids assisting with the scrubbing, because baking soda is also green and non-toxic!





3


Green clean with soap and water. You can sanitize most surfaces with soap and water. There is really no need to purchase expensive, toxic cleaners with "Caution," or "Hazardous," warnings on the label. The next time you mop your kitchen floor mop green with soap and water? You will breath easier.





4


Green clean everything else. There will be times that you need to purchase cleaners, such as automatic dishwashing detergent or carpet cleaner. Commercial green cleaners have become widely available including Seventh Generation, Planet and Ecover. All of these are completely bio-degradable so they will not pollute the environment. Also, green cleaners are formulated with essential oils rather than synthetic fragrances, so they will not contribute to poor indoor air quality. These green brands can be found online, or at your local health food store. My neighborhood grocery store also carries green brands.








Tips & Warnings










If you would like more information on toxic products in daily living, check out the Human Toxome Project. It is also known as "Pollution in People." There is a link below in the Resource section.



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How to Clean and Wash out Acne

How to Clean and Wash out Acne



Acne is an inflammatory skin disorder of the face, back, and chest. Although it is usually associated with hormone during puberty, it can also affect many adults. Whiteheads, blackheads, and pimples, result from an overgrowth of bacteria in oil-clogged pores. Keeping the skin clean is very important in helping to control acne, as taking vitamins, minerals, and herbal supplements, as wells as healthy eating and exercise habits, can be very beneficial.







Things You'll Need:





Vitamin Supplement




Echinacea




Goldenseal




Water




Eating Healthy




Apple Cider Vinegar or Plain Vinegar




Cotton Balls




Container




Tea Tree Oil









1


ASTRINGENT MIXTURE = Half apple cider vinegar and half cool water. You can also freeze this solution into ice cubes and use it as a cooling facial treatment on a hot summer day.





2


OVERNIGHT PASTE = Honey, wheat flour, and vinegar, use it to lightly cover a new outbreak of pimples overnight, rinse off in the morning. This should accelerate the healing process.





3


ACNE TREATMENT = Use a clean travel size bottle to mix 1 part vinegar and 10 parts water. Clean your face as usual in the morning, then carry this bottle and a few cotton balls with you so you can dab acne spots several times during the day. This solution shouldn't dry out your skin, and the vinegar will help return your skin to a natural pH balance. This treatment may also help prevent future acne outbreaks. Discontinue use if irritation worsens.





4


SIMPLE ANYTIME TREATMENT = Apply 1-2 drops of Tea Tree Oil on your acne pimples or acne area, anytime of day or night. You can leave it on for as long as possible. Tea Tree Oil is an herbal anesthetic oil, works wonders on any part of the skin, except in the eyes.





5


Doing Aerobic exercise daily will help sweat the acne away.
Try a Detoxification.
Drink 6 - 8 glasses of filtered water daily.
Eat more raw vegetables.
Eat yogurt with live cultures.








Tips & Warnings










Discontinue use any of the treatments if irritation worsens.








Do not squeeze or pick at the pimples, this makes them worse and may cause scarring.



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How to Clean a Toilet With Alka Seltzer

How to Clean a Toilet With Alka Seltzer



Keeping your toilet clean is made simpler with the effervescence of the acid-reducing medicine called Alka Seltzer. It provides a safe way to clean your toilet without the harsh use of chemicals and household cleaning agents. The Alka Seltzer tablets, usually used to reduce stomach acid, will leave a sparkling toilet bowl behind for you and others to use.







Things You'll Need:





10 Alka Seltzer tablets




Measuring cup




Microwave




Two cups of warm water




Toilet brush









1


Remove 8 Alka Seltzer tablets and from the package and the package wrapper.





2


Fill a measuring cup with 2 cups of tap water.





3


Microwave the water on high for 3 minutes or until the water is very warm but not boiling. Remove the measuring cup from the microwave.





4


Add all of the tablets to the warm water and wait 15 minutes or until the tablets are completely dissolved.





5


Stop the temporary flow of water to your toilet by lifting up the float lever that is inside of the toilet tank. This will allow the valve to shut and not allow water to fill up in the bowl.





6


Flush the toilet so that all of the excess water is out of the bottom of the toilet.





7


Dump in the Alka Seltzer water to the empty toilet tank. Allow it to sit for 30 minutes.





8


Brush the bottom and the inside of the toilet bowl gently with the toilet bowl brush.





9


Lift the back of the toilet lid up and drop two dry Alka Seltzer tablets into the bottom of the tank. This will automatically keep the tank clean for the next few flushes.





10


Release the float and allow the valve to open and the toilet to fill up with water. Flush the toilet.








Tips & Warnings










Perform this cleaning task when no one will be using the toilet for a few hours.








If your toilet has severe rust, lime or grime stains, you may use up to double the amount of Alka Seltzer tablets.








If staining continues, repeat the process but allow the Alka Seltzer solution to sit for an extra 30 minutes.








You may substitute off-brand effervescent tablets if desired.








Do not heat the water in the microwave with the Alka Seltzer tablets in it; this could cause damage to the microwave.








Do not digest the tablets that are being used for cleaning.



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How to Clean a Colon With Home Remedies

How to Clean a Colon With Home Remedies



A clean colon is essential to good health. When your colon is filled with excess waste and toxins, you can't feel your best. Toxins from the colon can absorb through the intestinal wall into the rest of your body, causing you to feel sick and run down. Eventually, this leaking of toxins can lead to a host of other health problems. Unfortunately, constipation is a big problem in society today, since many people eat processed foods that are low in fiber and high in fat. However, it is fairly easy to clean a colon with home remedies.







Things You'll Need:





Fiber supplement




Volcanic ash




Rubber ball syringe




Coffee




Psyllium husks




Herbal laxative tea









1


Start with fiber. Taking a fiber supplement twice a day will encourage extra bowel movements and is a gentle way to continually clean your colon.





2


Clean up toxins as well as waste with volcanic ash. Volcanic ash can be purchased at most health food stores in a liquid preparation and soaks up toxins in the colon. It pushes out excess waste along with the toxins for an exceptionally clean bowel.





3


Give yourself a coffee enema. Prepare 1 cup of strong coffee. The coffee should be plain, with no added flavors, and preferably organic. Let the coffee cool, then place the coffee in a rubber ball syringe. Squirt the coffee into your anus with the syringe, let it sit for 2 to 3 minutes, then push it out. The caffeine in the coffee will cause your colon muscles to contract, which will push out whatever is in there.





4


Use psyllium husk. This indigestible fiber binds up excess waste in your colon and moves it out rather quickly. You can put psyllium husk in smoothies or use it in baking. Use 2 tsps. at a time to start. If this doesn't work for you, keep increasing your dose by 1 tsp. each time you use it until you get results.





5


Drink a laxative tea made from herbs. There are several brands of herbal laxative teas on the market to choose from, depending on your personal tastes. These provide a gentle cleanse that is excellent for times when you want a little extra help moving your bowels but don't want to do an intensive, explosive cleaning.








Tips & Warnings










Don't overdo it on the home remedies. Too much fiber, psyllium husks or laxative tea can actually make you sick by dehydrating you through the loss of fluids in the waste you eliminate. Start slowly with small amounts, and keep gradually increasing until you are eliminating at a generous, but healthy, level.



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How to Choose When to Use Moxibustion

How to Choose When to Use Moxibustion



Moxibustion is an alternative Chinese medicine that can be used in many applications and is becoming more well-known in the United States. Another common name of the treatment is Acumoxa, because it uses acupoints on the body.









1


Learn about Moxibustion. It applies heat from a burning bundle of tightly wound herbs, known as moxa, to targeted acupoints on the body. It is often used along with acupuncture. This technique is based on the Chinese belief that stimulating the body's acupoints allows the body to heal itself.





2


Familiarize yourself with the herbs. Moxa is created by drying leaves from the mugwort or wormwood plants. The leaves are then formed into a cone, by rolling them into a cigar shape.





3


Study the two styles of moxibustion. You can use indirect or direct moxibustion. Direct moxibustion places the cone directly on the skin, which often causes scarring and intense pain. This method is not used in the United States. Indirect moxibustion places the cone over an acupuncture needle and burns the cone or uses an electrical source to heat the needle.





4


Be aware of the dangers of Moxibustion. Aside from the obvious danger of burning the skin, the oils in the wormwood can be toxic if internally ingested.








Tips & Warnings










Never use this treatment in lieu of medical treatments.



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How to Get an Ionization Treatment

How to Get an Ionization Treatment



An ion cleanse, or ionization treatment, is an alternative treatment to remove waste built up in the body due to years of improper eating and exposure to a toxic environment. An ion cleanse leaves you feeling lighter and more energetic.









1


Find a local ion cleanse facility by calling local massage therapists, chiropractors and alternative medical providers to see if they do the treatment.





2


Wash your feet and wear clean socks before going for a treatment. An ion cleanse is done by placing your feet in specially treated water connected to a ionization system that will pull out the positive ions and replace them with negative ions.





3


Take along reading material. The treatment lasts about 1/2 hour. The reading material will help the time fly by.





4


Take off all watches, cellphone earpieces and other metal jewelry before arriving. You will have to take them off during the ion cleanse, and there's a chance you could forget them. Leave them at home where you can always find them later.





5


Go with a friend. Conversation is a great way to pass the time and having a friend along will allow the 2 of you to compare the sludge that comes out of your body and into the water. That is half the fun.





6


Drink a mineral and vitamin replacement drink. Most ionization therapists will have one for you, but just in case they don't, it's a good idea to bring one along.





7


Schedule your next appointment. A full ion cleanse usually requires several sessions.








Tips & Warnings










If your body is in a depleted state, let the ionization therapist know.



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How to Get Allergy Relief with Herbs

How to Get Allergy Relief with Herbs



Stinging nettle is by far my favorite herb for allergies. But, there are plenty of herbs out there that will work. Since everyone is different, you may not have the same positive reaction to stinging nettle that I do.

There are so many herbs and supplements that you can choose from that can all help. The goal is to find the herb that works the best for your needs.

Choose from the following herbs:

Stinging nettle
Green tea
White tea
Rooibos
Garlic
Ginger
Cayenne pepper
Turmeric
Goldenseal
Catnip
Peppermint

Choose one herb at a time to work with so you can test how it works. I also take extra Vitamin C, quercetin (note that garlic has quercetin) and grapeseed extract if my allergies are really bad.

My favorite way of taking any of the herbs listed above is with a tea. So the instructions for making a tea with the herbs are listed below. But, you can also take a pill. Just follow the instructions on the bottle.







Things You'll Need:





1 Tsp. of one of the herbs listed at the top.




1 Cup boiling water




A mug




strainer if using loose herb









1


Place the loose herb in a tea strainer or drop tea bag into the mug.





2


Pour boiling water into the mug.





3


Let steep for at least 10 minutes. If using stinging nettle, steep for around thirty minutes.





4


Remove tea strainer or tea bag. Sweeten and enjoy.








Tips & Warnings










Make sure the herbs you choose are high quality and are not filled with dirt or discolored.








Research the herb you choose in greater detail so you understand.








Make sure you let your doctor know about any of the herbs you are taking.



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