Tips contributed by Barbara Trumbull

For sore throat, mix 1 teaspoon of apple cider vinegar in 6 oz water, gargle with the mixture every hour or when the pain returns.

Tips contributed by Nancy Wiedenbeck

For poison ivy, put clothing affected immediately in washer, then shower in water that is very warm with any dish detergent that is grease fighting. The heat from the water relieves itching and the dish detergent pulls the oil out of your rash that causes itching. May take several treatments, but know from experience that it works!

Drink coke mixed with salt. You can use normal or diet coke. This is supposed to bring down the heat in your body.

• Mix 1 tsp of chopped ginger, 2 tbsp of honey, lemon juice, and a cup of boiling water. Drink 3-4 times a day to soothe chesty cough
• Mix 2 tsp of cider vinegar and a cup of hot water to make decongestant
• Take echinacea or soluble vitamin C for cold remedy
• For a cold, mix chopped garlic and honey and leave it for few hours. Take 1 teaspoonful several times a day

• Mix 2 tablespoons of honey, 1 wedge of lemon, and 1 slice of ginger with a cup of warm water. Drink it to neutralize the acidity of alcohol in your body
• Blend 2 small red chillies with 600ml tomato juice and a dash of soy sauce. Drink as much as you can. This releases endorphins into the body
• Blend 1 banana with 600ml of soya milk and 2 tbsp of any fruit juice. Chill it and drink
• Eat 2 apples first thing in the morning
• Tips contributed by Barbara Trumbull: For hangovers, take vitamin B-complex before going out and then again before bed. You should wake up with very few if any hangover affects. Alcohol of any kind depletes vitamin B causing the hangover.