Monday, January 9, 2012

Apple Cider Vinegar (must have house hold staple)

So it’s been a while. I just bought my first bottle of apple cider vinegar in Suriname. I would say this a staple for my household. By all means I am not a professional and not intending on being one. So if you have a problem with my blog just hit the x-button on the upper right of your page.
I want to start by saying that the reviews I am giving are of my own opinion and I do no get paid by these companies to do so.
Having said that, I know I will raise some eye brows as I do when I talk to people on what I use this for.
I am a very frugal person and now times are hard so I will share this with you. Also because this is a pretty inexpensive holistic treatment to use.
You can google the different uses of this vinegar if you would like more information. I bought mine at ‘Choi’s supermarket’, but Tulip should have it. For 32fl.oz (946 ml) was SRD 7.85.
I have 3 uses for this:
  1. Living in the States I did not have any access to medical insurance, it was just plain to expensive and I couldn’t afford it (I lucked out because God kept me save). But every now and then I would get a bladder infection (blaas ontsteking). This was such a life saver. What you do is you take a tall glass put about 2 tablespoons of ACV and fill the remaining with water. You should do this 2-3 times a day for about 5 days straight. The bacteria can not handle the acidic environment from the vinegar. It is a very good holistic medicine, and you don’t need to take (anti-biotic) pills (which prescribe for everything here it seems).
  2. The above solution also helps to deter mosquitoes, because it changes the ph of you blood
  3. I have a dandruff problem and that requires me to buy dandruff shampoo mainly ‘head and shoulders’. But using it often will make your scalp somewhat resistant to it, which results in making using it more. The main reason why I use this was because I got some regular shampoo from someone as a gift and I didn’t want to waste it (I know me being cheapo).So what you so get an old shower- or shampoo bottle (yay reuse). You fill it half way with ACV and the remaining with water. Shake it up. Put this mix on your hair scalp (NOT hair) and sit for 15 minutes (with your shower cap). Well ladies it will be very vinegar-y, let’s just say Andre didn’t like that the ‘new’ bathroom odor. After the 15 minutes we get smell out wash you hair twice with regular shampoo and continue your normal hair washing routine.I would suggest doing this 1-2 times a week.
  4. Fly Spray. I discovered another recipe if you have horses to help them deter flies. You will need: a bottle of original 'dawn' the blue kind (Choi's Supermarket it was about SRD 15.50) about 1/3 cup, 1 cup Apple Cider Vinegar and 1 cup water. Get a spray bottle (bought mine at Kirpalani). Put in the spray bottle and mix. You would be quite surprise how it works.
  5. For horses also if they have wound just dap it onto it. It heals it with minimal scarring.
Small calculation 100 ml= SRD 0.83 fill with water (200 ml solution). Cheap shampoo is SRD 15.
Total  SRD 16 (one person uses a bottle shampoo six months, I do at least). Which comes down to SRD 2.67 per month for dandruff shampoo.Compare to ‘head and shoulder’ SRD 33, That’s SRD  5.50 per month.Savings SRD 5.50- SRD 2.67= SRD 2.83. Per year 12 x SRD 2.83= SRD 33.96 minimum that’s the monthly waterbill saved. I know I go to the extreme, but that is just one item that you can save if you have 10 items it add up to SRD 340 !!! But far most important this is very natural. Thanks guys for reading this love ya :o)
Remember:  Recycle, Reuse, Preserve Nature
               Don’t waste be inventive and innovative

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