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Gingivitis and Amazing Teeth Whitening... Plus a trick!

I started using hydrogen peroxide a couple of years ago as an experiment to whiten my teeth, which it did.  I bought regular 3% pharmaceutical solution of hydrogen peroxide from Walgreens (hydrogen peroxide diluted to only 3% strength in 97% water).   I followed the directions on the bottle and mixed the solution half and half with water (so the solution was now only 1.5% strength), and swished with it once or twice a day for 30 seconds or so.  My friends started mentioning my whiter teeth after a couple of weeks. That was a couple of years ago, but more recently I had a friend to whom I suggested the same thing.  He tried it, and actually didn't dilute the hydrogen peroxide any further, but just swished with the 3% dilution from the bottle.  After a few weeks he told me that he was really happy because his gums had stopped bleeding when he brushed his teeth.  He said his gums had been bleeding a lot every time he brushed for a number of y...

Eczema and Flaxseed Oil

I thought I would tell you my story of flax oil healing my eczema just in case it could help somebody somewhere: When I lived in Texas for two years I developed some very severe eczema on my legs.  It came partly from allergens I encountered in the air there (especially in spring), as well as my diet, when I ate too much dairy for my allergies to handle.   The eczema was so bad that I had bleeding sores all over my legs (I wore jeans all the time to keep them covered up!).  One day, when I went to the doctor for some other allergy prescriptions (for itchy eyes, stuffy nose/throat, cough, etc.), I asked if he could look at my legs as well.  When I pulled up my pant legs, he looked shocked and said that I needed to go on antibiotics right away because they could easily get infected.  He gave me some prescription-strength steroid crème, in addition to the oral allergy medications I was taking.   The steroid ...