I just started using baking soda (1 tablespoon) as shampoo and cider vinegar as rinse and conditioner. Start teaspoon by teaspoon with baking soda (add a little water to make paste) starting at crown of head and massaging through whole head. Then rinse with the what’s a perfect ph for the hair apple cider vinegar- only on the ends of hair though. If hair is a bit stiff after pour small amount on comb and then comb through hair. It sounds bizarre, but it is great for your hair and friends will notice how thick and shiny your hair is!

Hi Andrea,

Amazing how the Mayo treatment works huh?  First time I tried it, I thought "Ugghh  I am going to smell like a bowl of macaroni salad!" But the smell doesn’t hang around after a wash.  Your hair is so soft and feels stronger after.   I’ll have to try the vinegar sunburn remedy on hubby after a day of fishing. Thanks! 

Hi Andrea,

Does vinegar really work for sunburns?….. I would think it would hurt like hell, but if it does thank you so much for sharing. I have got to try it out. ….=0)

Deniseann

Enzymedica is a brand that makes protealytic enzymes - I call them digestive enzymes.  Anyway, I am sure they have a site that you might get some help from.  Check out the formula they have called Repair, that might help.  Do you take acidophilus?  How about papaya or pineapple enzymes - they have an anti-inflammatory effect on digestion.

 Irritable Bowl Syndrome is something many have but no one likes to talk about it.  

Number ONE see a doctor who is a gastroenterologist.  Many people have IBS of one sort or another. Constipation, dirrahea, cramping, gas problems. There are prescription meds to help, I have some suggestions.

 Number TWO don’t stay on the toilet for more than 15 minutes, you need to retrain your body to expect to defecate or urinate when on the toilet and not wait 4 hours.  You will get stuck to it if nothing else … can see it now.  EMS comes to pry you off the pot.  Okay a little humour :o)  . .  but it isn’t funny.  Tension, anxiety are reasons this can happen … our gut is so sensitive that our brain controls the bowl.  So you may need to see a therapist also to get at the reason and try to learn to relax.  It is difficult.

I had to cancel a free plane trip once because I had such smelly gas so often I couldn’t go anywhere.  

To get fiber and soften the stool I take 2 T Benefiber, 1 T Citrucel in 6 oz of tap water and I add 1 heaping measurement of MiraLax.  I have built up to this dose as the Benefiber can cause gas so start with the Citrucel and the MiraLax.  The Citrucel will thicken a bit so needs to be stirred and add the MiraLax and gulp it down. Drink more liquid. These are not laxatives that will give you the "dreaded laxative habit" we hear about.  I also found that taking Flaxseed capsules help smooth out the digestive track and don’t repeat on me.  I use tap water as the Citrucel does stir in easier but an ice cube can be added.  I get the sugar free orange but you get whatever you might. Try a small container.  The Benefiber can be put into anything and just start by using 1 or 1 teaspoons and it will be clear in the water or liquid. Eating oatmeal is great for good stool movement, tastes good too.

I take the fiber twice a day and the MiraLax once a day and I make certain I have a soft stool movement every day. The doctor on Oprah says we are to check our stool and it should form a soft stool looking like a banana.   If not I add a glisteren suppository to get the colon moving again.  

 I began with gas and  diarrhea when I was in my twenties. Later it became constipation.   Hemorroids can develop from both conditions and I have had to have mine banded and some lanced.  I wish you well - there is an answer for you somewhere. Relax! Easier said than done.  Bless you, Be Well, Omie