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26. whole clove placed pressed against a sore tooth or mouth ulcer will numb the area (and I've been told is also antiseptic).

And with towels and underwear I put canesten in the final rinse to help prevent thrush infections. I have never heard of doing this, is it quite common? (I have moved to wee wipes recently) Sorry if this is tmi but I used to get thrush monthly so I started using this http://www.canesten.com/product...

Your right they don't say much about the details like what is in them or if the materials are eco friendly ie recycled plastic. I found one site that says the granules are ceramic http://www.grownupgreen.org.uk/features/?id=802 Another says they contain Higher alkyl sulfate, non-ionic surfacant, sod...

They seem quite simialr http://www.greenbeans.co.nz/index.php?m ... cts_id=302

Inspired by the Given a tip by an NHS nurse thread in eco parenting I thought I'd start this thread.

I just bought some code laundry balls for $10NZ and so far so good. I have them in the middle of the aggitator and I don't have to put anything else in (unless I"m doing my nappies and whites) and everything comes out clean and smelling good. Another great thing is that it's also saving power a...

I'd forgotten the honey thing until recently when I burnt my right hand and had a wound go septic on my left hand. Honey under the badages worked magic :cheers: . Rehydration drink: 2 cups of water, juice of 1 lemon, 2 pinches of salt, 2 teaspoons of honey. Sip often. Replaces lost salts like MrsD'v...

Be infinately glad she had that pain. I had a UTI that went completely symptomless, up till the moment it dropped me in my tracks. Still recovering from that. Glad to hear LO is on the mend! Mine was kid of like. Suddenly one day it hurt when I pee'd and seeing as I had just found out that my partn...

Oh my freaking goodness! Leaving a little one for a week with a UTI :shock: what if had travelled up the system and infected her kidneys (happened to my sister last week poor thing). In New Zealand we have a thing called 'inner health plus' which is a capsule with billions of live good bacteria. If ...

"Fornication!!!" Heard young minister use this when he ripped a chunk of flesh from below the cuticle

My friend used to test her parents by saying "bucking fastard!"

mrsflibble wrote:I love it when she goes round collecting drinks cans, stamping on them in her size 6 wellies and then chucking them in the recycling bag lol!

That is so cute and adorable.

I remember my first scan, DD was just 38 days gestation and was 7mm long, her yoke sac was the same size as her. I'd drunken 2 litres of water to ensure that they'd be able to find her, gosh I've never been so glad to pee or pee'd for so long

The only green lessons I can remember from school is when we buried food scraps and plastic which we had to dig up once a week and note how they'd changed (the teacher ended up secretly removing the food scraps because they weren't breaking down fast enough :roll: ). And the trip to the recycling fa...

Pahiatua, Wairarapa, can see the windmills from my back yard

and I've asked for the wood and they've said yes! So on the list of things to make with the wood Walls for my vegie garden so that it is raise a bit. Compost bins Bird houses Sheltered bird feeders Maybe a surround to 'hide' my plastic water butt I'm so excited I can't hardly wait. Plus it'll be gre...