When you have a sick child in your family your first knee-jerk reaction is to load them up in the car and get them over to the doctor as soon as possible.  There are some instances where natural home remedies can come into play and save that outrageous co-pay that is a par of your health insurance cost today. Prescription costs can get out of hand as well if a particular medicine is not covered by your current health insurance policy.

Where I work there is one of those “Quick Medi-Clinics” located within the building and it never ceases to amaze at how many people are sitting in the waiting room for minor medical problems that can be solved by simply talking to your local pharmacist and seeing what other-the-counter medications are available. Guess what

- that same pharmacist usually knows what alternative medicines as in herbs, extracted oils, etc that have the same healing effect. Most times the recovery from a rash or simply getting rid of acne with a natural home remedy if not better than purchasing the same thing a “prescribed medication”.

Simple things like Suphur Tablets, Sassafras tea, or fish oils, can clear up minor medical symptoms and keep your money in the bank where it belongs. There is also usually a very detailed reference guide in your healthy living section of your local grocery store, or regular book that has time tested cures from natural products that you may already have in your home.

If you check with Granny or Gramps on what their mother did for them when they were sick you might be surprised at what natural home remedies were performed in past years that worked just as efficiently as visiting a G.P. or emergency room.