Dry eyes – Bananas are rich in potassium which helps control the balance of sodium and the release of fluid in your cells. Eat a banana a day

Itchy eyes – tea bags soaked in cool water will help soothe itchy eyes. Place 1 tea bag over each closed eye for 15 minutes

Eyestrain – cucumbers, lie on your back and place 1 slice  of cucumber over each closed eye. Leave on the slices for 2-3 minutes or replace the first pair with another, cooler set of slices.

Use good lighting, try reading

Ever think that the earache is worse at night? Well it’s true! Plugged Eustachian tubes which lead from the back of the throat to the middle ear, are the most common cause of earache for children and adults. It can be aggravated by a cold, sinus infection, or allergy. During the day you hold your head up and the tubes drain naturally. As you chew and swallow the muscles of the tubes contract, opening them and allowing air into the middle ear.

But at night when you sleep, things change. The

Almost 50% of all diaper rashes go away by themselves within one day, some can last 10 days or longer, and it’s going to feel like a 100 years! Here are some hints to give relief and help you survive.

Breast feed – breast fed babies have fewer cases of diaper rash than bottle fed babies

Give the bum some air – take the diaper off and lay him chest down, with his face turned to one side. Better lay him on a towel with something water proof underneath. Leave the baby there for as long as you

Everyone gets the blues. Everyone has ups and downs. Mostly we call this the blues, the blahs, or the I just don’t want to get out of bed days. There is such a thing as clinical depression and this needs meds and a doctors help, but if you’re going through a hard time for a short time, here are some things you can do to help relieve the blues and get back on track.

Benjamin Franklin said that nothing is certain in this world but death and taxes, however he missed sadness. It happens to

We all get them, we trip, we fall, we didn’t pay attention when we used the knife. Here are a few things you can do to speed the healing.

Stop the bleeding – The fastest way to stop the bleeding is to apply direct pressure. Place a clean absorbent cloth, a bandage or towel over the cut and press your hand against it firmly. If you don’t have a cloth use your finger. This will usually stop the bleeding within a minute or two. If the blood soaks through your first bandage, add a second one and

If it goes in, it must come out. Should be easy, sometimes it isn’t, here are some helpful hints for both ends of the problem!

Are you really constipated? Advertisements over the years would have us believe that if we don’t have a bowel movement every day we are constipated. But we all vary greatly in what's normal for our bodies. Some move 3 times a day, some move 3 times a week. So don’t go by what someone else says, go by what is normal for you. If you experience significant changes in