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Clean Cures: The Humble Art of Zen-Curing Yourself
Why use strong chemicals to treat minor ailments when there are safe, natural, and effective remedies that relieve everything from aching muscles to toothaches to zits?
Clean Cures is the new book in the successful Clean series—all written by cleaning expert Michael DeJong, beautifully packaged by visionary designer Joost Elffers, and espousing a green philosophy that offers substitutes for mass-produced products. DeJong bases his cures on just six essential elements, used alone or in combination: baking soda, honey, lemon, olive oil, salt, and apple cider vinegar. And with these simple, inexpensive, readily available ingredients, he concocts therapies for an A to Z of problems: aching joints, bad breath, colic, insect bites, nosebleeds, sinus headaches, warts, and much more. There’s even help for such nagging troubles as sleep disorders and panic attacks!
With solutions that are gentle on the body—and on the earth—this is the perfect little volume for anyone interested in alternative healing.
Clean Cures is the new book in the successful Clean series—all written by cleaning expert Michael DeJong, beautifully packaged by visionary designer Joost Elffers, and espousing a green philosophy that offers substitutes for mass-produced products. DeJong bases his cures on just six essential elements, used alone or in combination: baking soda, honey, lemon, olive oil, salt, and apple cider vinegar. And with these simple, inexpensive, readily available ingredients, he concocts therapies for an A to Z of problems: aching joints, bad breath, colic, insect bites, nosebleeds, sinus headaches, warts, and much more. There’s even help for such nagging troubles as sleep disorders and panic attacks!
With solutions that are gentle on the body—and on the earth—this is the perfect little volume for anyone interested in alternative healing.
189 pages, Hardcover
First published October 6, 2009
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November 1, 2025
Basic information but it was a helpful resource.
November 10, 2009
Clean Cures: The Humble Art of Zen-Curing Yourself is a very resourceful book to keep on hand. It is filled with lots and lots of helpful tips on how to cure sinus headaches to black eyes. All you need in order to try these home remedies listed in this book is to make sure you have on hand the following six items…Apple Cider Vinegar; Baking Soda; Honey; Lemon; Olive Oil; and Salt.
Yes that is correct… from these six items you could possibly save hundreds of dollars but not having to buy expensive medications or visiting doctors.
Take for example Bruises. We have all had a bruise or two in our lives. They can be bothersome; especially when you have a huge one on your leg or arm. If you are like me… you don’t do anything and just try to cover them up till they go away on their own. Well try these tricks next time you have a bruise.
Apple Cider Vinegar
Soak a cotton ball in apple cider vinegar and apply it to the bruised area for one hour. The apple cider vinegar reduces the blueness and speeds the healing process.
Honey
Put a small amount of honey on your bruise and cover it with a bandage. Honey will minimize the bruise by causing your swelling to go down.
Be warned that Michael Dejong does not promise miracles. It is also advised that if you are really sick that you do seek medical attention. If you want more cool tips likes these then you have to pick yourself up a copy of this book today.
Yes that is correct… from these six items you could possibly save hundreds of dollars but not having to buy expensive medications or visiting doctors.
Take for example Bruises. We have all had a bruise or two in our lives. They can be bothersome; especially when you have a huge one on your leg or arm. If you are like me… you don’t do anything and just try to cover them up till they go away on their own. Well try these tricks next time you have a bruise.
Apple Cider Vinegar
Soak a cotton ball in apple cider vinegar and apply it to the bruised area for one hour. The apple cider vinegar reduces the blueness and speeds the healing process.
Honey
Put a small amount of honey on your bruise and cover it with a bandage. Honey will minimize the bruise by causing your swelling to go down.
Be warned that Michael Dejong does not promise miracles. It is also advised that if you are really sick that you do seek medical attention. If you want more cool tips likes these then you have to pick yourself up a copy of this book today.
October 10, 2014
I don't know why I read this stuff.
It started out with a standpoint that is just not true. At the beginning he explicitly states that salt is an element on the periodic table and the fourth most common element in the world as well. It's not. Salt is sodium chloride (NaCl) and therefore a mineral--made of more than one element--not an element in itself.
Then, the "cures" are mostly identical. Almost any ailment can be fixed by drinking a teaspoon of apple cider vinegar in a cup of water or bathing with a half cup of baking soda. Sometimes it tells you eat some honey or rub something on your skin.
This one had too much nonsense to finish. Even if there was some credibility in some of the pages, he lost my confidence from the start. By the way, I picked this book up out of sheer curiosity. Science-based medicine trumps So-Called Alternative Medicine (S.C.A.M. for short) on all counts, because it actually works.
It started out with a standpoint that is just not true. At the beginning he explicitly states that salt is an element on the periodic table and the fourth most common element in the world as well. It's not. Salt is sodium chloride (NaCl) and therefore a mineral--made of more than one element--not an element in itself.
Then, the "cures" are mostly identical. Almost any ailment can be fixed by drinking a teaspoon of apple cider vinegar in a cup of water or bathing with a half cup of baking soda. Sometimes it tells you eat some honey or rub something on your skin.
This one had too much nonsense to finish. Even if there was some credibility in some of the pages, he lost my confidence from the start. By the way, I picked this book up out of sheer curiosity. Science-based medicine trumps So-Called Alternative Medicine (S.C.A.M. for short) on all counts, because it actually works.
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