Its cold outside, even here in florida its dropping below freezing. Hands and feet are especially difficult to get/keep warm, here's a trick my granddad taught me many years ago and its as close as the condiment shelf of your refrigerator. It also works great on sore muscles and for those suffering from arthritus
WARNING: Use caution when using this method and be sure not to touch your eyes ! As with any home made remedys caution should be used in the preperation and use until you see how your body reacts
WARNING: Use caution when using this method and be sure not to touch your eyes ! As with any home made remedys caution should be used in the preperation and use until you see how your body reacts
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I usually keep a bottle of red water available, most of you will know this as tabasco, louisiana,franks, hot sauce but Im out so Im using a habanero hot sauce. You can use the red water straight from the bottle but using some sort of oil will make it easier to massage in and helps with skin dried from the cold. Your going to need.....
a bottle of Hot Sauce, tabassco or any thats in your fridge
Oil, olive oil works best but any cooking oil will do
a shot glass
a bottle of Hot Sauce, tabassco or any thats in your fridge
Oil, olive oil works best but any cooking oil will do
a shot glass
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I tried your recipe, and let me tell you that maybe I did a mistake, so help me with this...I used Tabasco sauce and canola oil, the quaentities that you said, and doesn`t work at all....it never came hot... so, what should I change?? do you have another real recipe?? or it has a secret?
thanks!!
Given that we are expecting 39c tomorrow/next day, and we went to 41c last week, this is on hold!!!
I am looking for something that will do the opposite! (From the land downunder!).
Needless to say you can't get it now.
A typical american barbarian I don't know how to convert celsius to farenheit, but I take it that 41c is rather warm, last week we had temps in the upper 70's to low 80's f, today the high is 48f with an expected low of 27f ! Its predicted to be a record cold spell for florida = (
I know I know, I am a brainiack ;0)
BTW, I lived in MI for 5 years and was treated very well and very kindly and never once did I run into any Barbarians. Sorry but YOU seem kind too so the Barbarian award can not be claimed by you ;0)
I know 41 c is about 102/3 f......I guess Google is our friend if we really want to know!
(Up in the North West mining areas, the summer temperatures can get to 48/9 c!! And in Coober Pedy -the Opal mining area, people live underground where the ambient temperature stays around 24 c. Even their Motel is completely underground!).
For the Northern and Southern Hemispherians....what we DO know, is when it is too darned hot-and too darned cold!
In Britain I suffered badly with chilblains on my hands and feet - any way of alleviating that would have been handy.
It's morning here - I will head out before the excessive heat,- then come back and hunker down with the cooler on.
Good luck to all of you coping with such freezing temperatures (anonymouse 197 - I saw on our news this am. that the Northern area of Britain has had heavy snow). I envy you;- you envy me...
Such is life!!
Well, the grass on the other side of the hill is always greener!, because I envy you!!
Cumbria is beautiful! Snow and sleet...honestly, I'd give my eye teeth!!
I've been here 32 years (from Shropshire),......and it IS getting MUCH hotter. Our heat wave last year, and this year reached temps of 46c;-people were dropping like ninepins-it killed 72.
Without air-conditioning you are in a really dangerous situation.
We are also in a drought. This country will turn to desert in a heartbeat if water runs too low,-it literally will become uninhabitable.
I have to admit the young "Poms" backpackers are on the beach in seventh heaven--because it's a novelty.
How I long for a winter Christmas. We sing Santa/snow songs in sweltering heat!!
Oz has been good to me, but as you can guess, in the summer, I find it increasingly unlivable.
Rant over!
(My apologies for highjacking your Instructable 18nite {o_-} !).
I tried the same thing I do with Armorall and it worked great.
I soaked a soft car waxing sponge-thingy in it and used it to massage my sore arm muscle. When I was done I soaked it some more and placed it in a zip lock bag. Now I can just grab the thingy out of the bag and it is ready to go. (I do squeeze it out a little into the bag before removing it) I think today I will try warming the thingy in the microwave for a short burst and see how that works.
Thanks for sharing this great idea - very practical!
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It sounds like it is a way to induce the blood vessels close to the skin to "loosen" letting more blood flow to the skin. Is my supposition correct?
If this is the case it will be inappropriate to use it before going out in cold weather, as it will lead to faster energy loss.
BTW, how much is the smell of the thing?
As with any home made remedys caution should be used in the preperation and use until you see how your body reacts.
Thank you for the comment, I'll add the answer to this very good question into the body of the "ible"
Caspicium, the active ingredient in red peppers that make them hot is used to cure pimples and other types of skin disorders. There may be some relation here. I like your idea. I suggest olive oil as the oil to mix it in because it is such an excellent moisturizer of the skin.
Here's another home remedy: gargle with a home made gargle made of dried red pepper powder and some salt in mildly hot water. Some people swear it works, other say no.
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I don't see that this is ACTIVELY risky. I'm old enough to remember 'Thermogene', an old (pre 1920's) therapy thing for sprains and chills. It was a roll of cottonwool (or whatever it's called in the US) impregnated with cayenne - you just wore it next your skin under your clothes for a shortish time. It had a warning on the packet not to use it over a long period in case of burning, and obviously worked like hot oil. I don't know if they still make it, but it was a sort of District (home visiting) Nurse standby.
Apart from the risk of making up too powerful a mixture with the oil - like most oldfashioned remedies, less is more - I think I'd sooner rub it in. Thermogene became very very 'fragrant' after several applications, but it worked!
One thing that no-one has mentioned is that you use this on damaged skin at your peril: the burning effect is much more likely to cause some sort of permanent damage on a cut or graze!
Thanks for a new method.
This Method might even be contra productiv the same way as alcohol is.
By moving more warm blood into the cold areas, your body core temperatur actually drops.
If its to cold, get near a nice fireplace, a radiator, drink something hot and warm your hands on the cup etc.
It is not intended for extended use.