10 Quick Home Remedies for Food Poisoning

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10 Quick Home Remedies for Food Poisoning

All of us have suffered from food poisoning at some point in life. You may have had those mouthwatering sausages from the roadside stall, only to be visited by severe stomach ache and diarrhoea within a couple of days. It's probably food poisoning you're suffering from and you've caught it at least once in your life. With symptoms ranging from mild to severe abdominal cramps, diarrhoea, nausea, vomiting, headache, dizziness and dehydration, food poisoning is a condition not to be ignored.  Listed below are a few effective home remedies to cure food poisoning, right from grandma's own medicine chest!

Ginger: It adds flavour to your dishes, but is also an excellent home remedy for curing almost all types of digestive problems. Take a tablespoon of honey with a few drops of ginger juice to reduce inflammation and pain.

Cumin: Cumin or jeera seeds are a good way to soothe the inflammation in your stomach, reduce the tenderness and aid healing. Crush a tablespoon of cumin seeds and add it to your clear soup.

Basil: Basil is another excellent home remedy to cure infections of both the stomach and the throat. Strain the juice of a few basil leaves and add it to a tablespoon of honey. It's bound to show positive results within a couple of hours.

Bananas: Bananas are a rich source of potassium. They aid recovery and reduce the effects of food poisoning to an impressive level. Mash a couple of bananas and apple, or whip up a quick banana shake.

Apples: Apples are as effective against food poisoning as they reduce heartburn and acid reflux. Apples are known to have enzymes that inhibit the growth of the bacteria that cause diarrhoea and stomach ache.

Lemon: The acidity of the lemon juice kills most of the bacteria that cause food poisoning. Squeeze the juice of a lemon and add a pinch of sugar to it. Drink it as you would take any medicine, or you can even add lemon to your tea.

Activated charcoal: Activated charcoal absorbs all the unwanted gases and substances that may be harmful to the delicate lining of the stomach, thereby aiding speedy recovery.

Water: It is very important to keep yourself fully hydrated during the period of food poising, as your body tends to lose more water through diarrhoea. Also, keeping up your water content, rapidly flushes out the toxins and bacteria, which enhances your recovery.

Apple cider vinegar: Being acidic in nature, vinegar, specifically apple cider vinegar, soothes the gastro-intestinal lining. Also, it makes the environment of the stomach inhospitable for the bacteria to breed in, which helps speed up the recovery.

Peppermint tea: It's not just aromatherapy. Peppermint oil is known to have a soothing effect, which is extremely beneficial for people suffering from stomach spasms due to food poisoning. Add a few drops to your tea; your cramps will vanish in a couple of hours.

A glass of wine

From My Laughter Club:

A glass of wine

To my friends who enjoy a glass of wine
and those who don't and are always
seen with a bottle of water in their hand:

As Ben Franklin said:

In wine there is wisdom,
In beer there is freedom,
In water there is bacteria.

In a number of carefully controlled trials,
scientists have demonstrated that if we drink
1 liter of water each day,
at the end of the year we would have absorbed
more than 1 kilo of Escherichia coli, (E. Coli) - bacteria found in feces.
In other words, we are consuming 1 kilo of poop (crap or shit) annually.

However,
We do NOT run that risk when drinking wine & beer
(or rum, whiskey or other liquor)
because alcohol has to go through a purification process
of boiling, filtering and fermenting.

Remember:
Water = Poop,
Wine = Health
Therefore, it's better to drink wine and talk stupid,
than to drink water and be full of S--t.

There is no need to thank me for this valuable information:
I'm doing it as a public service

SMILE...........

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My aunt practices this and she looks good for her age. I recall someone telling me that she skips after drinking water.

Water Superheating in Microwave (True)

Be careful when heating water in your microwave oven. To prevent superheated liquid from bubbling up and out of the cup, here are some points to note:

1) Do not heat any liquid for more than two minutes per cup.
2) After heating, let the cup stand in the microwave for thirty seconds before moving it or adding anything into it.

I have been told by many of my friends to avoid using microwave oven. Here are some information supporting this advise of caution:

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A 26-year old person decided to have a cup of coffee. He took a cup of
water and put it in the microwave to heat it up (something that he had done
numerous times before). I am not sure how long he set the timer for, but he
told me he wanted to bring the water to a boil. When the timer shut the
oven off, he removed the cup from the oven. As he looked into the cup, he
noted that the water was not boiling, but instantly the water in the cup
"blew up" into his face.

The cup remained intact until he threw it out of his hand but all the water
had flown out into his face due to the build up of energy. His whole
face is blistered and he has 1st and 2nd degree burns to his face which may
leave scarring. He also may have lost partial sight in his left eye.

While at the hospital, the doctor who was attending to him stated that this
is fairly common occurrence and water (alone) should never be heated
in a microwave oven. If water is heated in this manner, something should be
placed in the cup to diffuse the energy such as: a wooden stir stick, tea
bag, etc. It is however a much safer choice to boil the water in a kettle.

General Electric's response:
Thanks for contacting us. I will be happy to assist you. The e-mail that
you received is correct. Microwaved water and other liquids do not always
bubble when they reach the boiling point. They can actually get superheated
and not bubble at all. The superheated liquid will bubble up out of the cup
when it is moved or when something like a spoon or tea bag is put into it.

To prevent this from happening and causing injury, do not heat any liquid
for more than two minutes per cup. After heating, let the cup stand
in the microwave for thirty seconds before moving it or adding anything
into it. If you pass this on ... you could very well save someone from a
lot of pain and suffering.