ime to try soaking my fingers in a bowl with enough vinegar to cover the nails for 10 minutes each night for about 2 months. Within 2 months the fungus was gone. I wondered if it was the vinegar or the medicine, and when I got it again, I didn't want to spend so much money on medication again, so I tried JUST the vinegar this time for 2 months. And YES - it worked. The fungus is gone and my nails are nice and white and look great. Soaking your nails periodically is great to do anyway as it whitens your nails, but for removal of the fungus you MUST do it for 2 months in order for the fungus to be completely gone. The vinegar creates an acidic and uncomfortable environment for the fungus to grow and it will eventually die off.

If you have restless leg syndrome, put full strength apple cider vinegar in a spray bottle and saturate legs. It takes itching and jerking away completely so you can sleep.

Our son had a wart growing near the cuticle of his finger. After putting apple cider vinegar on a band-aid and wrapping it on the finger for about a week, the wart was gone and never grew back. Place a new apple cider vinegar band-aid on it each night.

My mother drinks this every day and does not have high cholesterol. My aunt had very high cholesterol a prescription drug for it caused liver problems. She tried this and lowered her cholesterol by 40 points: 1 quart apple juice, 1 pint purple grape juice, 1/4 to 1/3 cup apple cider vinegar. Drink 1/2 to 1 cup daily.

Douse a cold sore repeatedly with vinegar it will dry it up and eventually prevent further outbreaks.

I was having terrible hot flushes until a friend told me about apple cider vinegar. I take 1 or 2 tsp of vinegar with a glass of water 3 times a day or more and the hot flushes are gone. The taste is not bad and it doesn't upset my stomach. I feel like I'm back in the land of the living!

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 wrapped with strips of cloth. After an hour the paste was soaked off with warm water and my sprain was healed.

A chiropractor who checked my urine told me it was "gunky." He said to drink 1 teaspoon of apple cider vinegar in 4 ounces of water once a day for 5 days.

I have blepharitis, a recurrent eyelid condition that causes intense itching, redness and swelling. After trying every OTC I could think of (and reading the Vinegar Page) I tried dipping a cotton swab in full strength apple cider vineger and carefully swabbing the affected eyelid 2-3 times a day. Within a week the symptoms were gone! I told my doctor about it and he said just be careful not to get the vinegar in your eyes.

My husband had a toothache for 2 days and tried all the over the counter relief medicines with absolutely no relief. I had been reading the pages about medicinal uses of vinegar and when I read how it takes the pain out of a sprain and arthritis I figured, "What does he have to lose?" So we put apple cider vinegar on cotton balls and he put it in his mouth and bit down gently for a few minutes. To our surprise his pain was gone. My mother then told me later that her father used vinegar for his teeth. Its amazing how the old fashioned home remedies really work, and of course they are cheaper. (Note: Rinse your mouth thoroughly after using vinegar, as it deteriorates the enamel. --Pat)

For a cough that will not stop, make a remedy my brother and I always called Witches Brew, from my Great Grandmother.

1 Tbs Butter

1 Tbs Sugar

1 Tbs Vinegar

Melt together, and take while warm.

To resolve chronic indigestion or heartburn, take 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar in 1 ounce of water each evening after supper.

I suffer from chronic acid reflux where I wake up usually at 2 a.m. regurgitating. I've tried many medications but always quit because of side effects. A doctor said to take two teaspoons of vinegar for the acid reflux. I did it and I now swear by it. For some reason the acid from the vinegar stops the acid from the reflux. In the last six months I have regurgitated only once when I forgot to drink the vinegar.

When I was growing up whenever one of us caught our finger in a door, Mom would get a cup of vinegar and stick our finger in it. It would sting for a bit but it helped take the pain away very quickly. I think the smell also helped calm us. As an adult I have done this and it works.

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