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Halt Herpes with Herbs

What you can do: Look for herbal creams with certain ingredients, and brew your own tea to combat herpes simplex infections.

Powerful Remedies for Poison Ivy and Its Itchy Cousins

What you can do: If you do stumble into an ivy patch, get in the shower.

Get a Good Night’s Sleep with Skills, Not Pills

What you can do: To beat insomnia, train your body and mind to shift to a sleep state when it’s time for bed.

5 Herbs That Cure The Flu

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Popular Cold Remedy Zicam Wipes Out People’s Sense of Smell

What you can do: Load up on vitamin C at the onset of a cold, cut fatty foods from your diet and replace with lots of fruits and vegetables.

8 Nifty Uses for Vinegar

What you can do: Keep a healthy stock of white vinegar on hand for cleaning, and some apple cider vinegar to cure what ails you.

Coffee Could Hold Secret to Fighting Bad Breath

What you can do: Drink coffee black, and drink lots of water to stay hydrated.

Simple Remedies for 7 Strange Smells

What you can do: Fight offending odors with vinegar, lemon peels, and hygienic habits.

Hurt Yourself? Go Ahead and Swear—Then Do This

What you can do: Freeze parsley in ice cubes to have an herbal bruise remedy on hand.

3 Ways to Keep Your Favorite Herbs from Going Extinct

What you can do: Turn your backyard garden into a medicinal plant sanctuary; buy supplements from companies that do their part to save species.