Due to rising costs of commercially available treatments, many a people are turning to home remedies or natural cures. Home remedies are as effective as the chemically treated medications that are so aggressively marketed. However, in most cases home remedies will come with the added advantage of being cost effective, and naturally free from repercussions of any kind. One of the most common ingredients found in home remedies is apple cider vinegar. Much like aloe vera, the contents of this natural treatment option has seen it become very beneficial in the treatment of a number of small health problems. But what exactly is apple cider vinegar? It is primarily a type of vinegar that is made via the fermentation of apple cider – which consists of the breaking down of the sugar in the apple cider with the help of the bacteria and yeast. The sugar will first be broken down into alcohol and then later into vinegar – causing it to become a cocktail of lactic, citric, malic as well as acetic acids.
While there are a number of other varieties of vinegar such as balsamic vinegar, red wine vinegar and rice wine vinegar, this is an exception where the vinegar is not really used as an aid in cooking – but was primarily created to help with the treatment of a number of medical complications.
Some of the most well known conditions that the concoction is known to help treat include diabetes, alkaline acid imbalance, and obesity. It is also known to be very effective when dealing with cases of dandruff, acid reflux, high cholesterol issues, and acne. With regards to soreness, apple cider vinegar is also considered to be a very potent muscle relaxer. All you need to do is completely saturate a cloth with apple cider vinegar and wrap it around the tense muscle for a period of about 20 minutes and you should notice the pain disappear in under a few hours. However, if the pain seems to be a little more intense, you may want to reapply the cloth over the affected area for the same amount of time at regular intervals over the course of the day.
The usage of castor oil to treat muscle pain is another very well known and beneficial treatment option. The treatment procedure is exactly the same as when you use apple cider vinegar where you need to soak a piece of cloth in the solution and apply it over the affected area for moderate a period of time.