Reader's Digest Home Hints & Timeless Tips: 2,635 Tried-and-Trusted Techniques for Everyday Troubles

by Reader's Digest (Editor)

Overview

This versatile guide brings together more than 2,000 helpful hints, practical tips and remedies from days gone by and shows you how they can benefit your health, lifestyle, home and garden. All have been researched and tested and more often than not you’ll find the ingredients right there in your cupboard.

Did you know you can make wooden platters look like new just by rubbing them with a solution of vinegar? Or that you can get your linen as white as snow by adding a few teaspoons of bicarbonate of soda to the washing powder? That a cold wristband can bring rapid relief to headache-sufferers? Would you like to learn how easy it is to make dried apples, apricots and other fruit without the use of preservatives?

This versatile guide brings together more than 2,000 helpful hints, practical tips and remedies from days gone by and shows you how they can benefit your health, lifestyle, home and garden. All have been researched and tested for their practical application in today’s world and offer simple, effective alternatives to expensive products and those using toxic chemicals—and more often than not you’ll find the ingredients right there in your cupboard.

The book includes:

• Safe, time-honored remedies to treat or prevent health problems
• Homemade cosmetics and traditional beauty tips to help you look your best
• Clever, environmentally friendly cleaning techniques to keep your home in tip-top condition
• Traditional advice for preparing great-tasting, nutritious food economically in the modern kitchen
• Tried-and-trusted principles of decoration and organization to make your home a welcoming haven
• The proven know-how of generations of gardeners to help you create a green space that is safe and chemical-free

For each of the six areas of life covered in the book, topics are presented in an A-Z format with special features on topics of interest, such as essential home medicines, natural cleaning products, and a season-by-season guide to gardening.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781621454915
Publisher:	Trusted Media Brands
Publication date:	06/16/2020
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	54 MB
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Table of Contents

Good health … naturally 8

Acid reflux 10

Back pain 11

Bladder and kidney disorders 13

Blood pressure 15

Breath problems 17

Burns and scalds 18

Colds 19

Constipation 21

Diarrhea 22

Essential home medicines 24

Eye problems 26

Fatigue 28

Flatulence 30

Gallstones 31

Hair loss 32

Hay fever 33

Headaches 34

Heart and circulation problems 36

Insect bites 38

Joint treatments 39

Muscle pain 41

Nausea 42

Nervous problems 43

Respiratory disorders 44

Shingles 46

Skin treatments 47

Sleep 50

Stomach complaints 52

Strengthen your defenses 54

Throat problems 56

Women's reproductive health 58

Beauty and body care 60

Homemade beauty products 62

Age spots 64

Cellulite 65

Eye care 66

Foot pampering 68

Hair coloring 70

Hand care 71

Lip care 72

Moisturizers 73

Nail care 76

Nutrition for beauty 78

Oral hygiene 80

Relaxing baths 82

Skin care 83

Smart housekeeping 86

Bathrooms 88

Beds and bedding 90

Carpeting 91

Curtains 93

Dishes 94

Floors 96

Furniture 98

Glass and mirror's 100

Glassware 101

Housecleaning 102

Kitchen care 104

Kitchen gadgets and utensils 106

Laundry 108

Odors 110

Pests 112

Stain removal 114

Traditional cleaners 116

Upholstery 118

Walls 120

Windows 122

Home cooking 124

Baking, cookies and cakes 126

Bread 128

Cooking tips 130

Food safety 132

Freezing 134

Grains 136

Herbs 138

Kitchen safety 140

Leftovers 142

Meat, fish and poultry 144

Nonalcoholic beverages 146

Pasta and rice 148

Rescues and solutions 150

Sauces, gravies and dressings 152

Seasonal produce 154

Shopping 156

Spices 158

Sweets and treats 160

Thrift in the kitchen 162

Style and comfort 164

Balconies, decks and patios 166

Beautiful bedrooms 168

Candlelight 170

Choosing carpets 171

Colors 173

Decorating 175

Door wreaths 177

Fireplaces and woodstoves 178

Fresh, bright bathrooms 180

Furnishing for comfort 182

Heating and cooling 183

Home safety 184

Indoor plants 186

Light conditions 188

Lighting 189

Maintaining your home 191

Natural materials 192

Pictures 194

Pillows and cushions 195

Space saving 196

Storage solutions 198

Wallpaper 200

Window dressing 202

Gardening with nature 204

Bulbs 206

Companion planting 208

Compost 209

Feeding and revitalizing 211

Flower beds and borders 213

Gardening tools 215

Herb gardens 216

Kitchen gardens 218

Lawns 220

Organic pest control 222

Ornamental shrubs and trees 224

Plant diseases 226

Planting for privacy 228

Pot and container plants 230

Roses 232

Season by season 234

Soil 236

Tasks for winter 238

Transplanting 239

Vegetable and salad beds 240

Watering 242

Weed control 244

Index 246