Experiences with Apple Cider Vinegar

The most dramatic results so far seen by my patients are for seasonal allergies, which work in minutes if it was of recent onset, or a day or 2 if ongoing.

I take it to prevent and treat colds before they get full blown and it does the job for the past few years. Also great for allergies.

Apple cider vinegar (ACV) is a wonderful, natural antibiotic. I've used it for minor irritations and I give it to my cats for eye infections. Just dab a drop of ACV diluted with warm water, and apply to the back of the cat's neck (scruff). They will rub and ingest indirectly when grooming themselves. It really does work!

After seeing Brenda Watson, ND's program on PBS I became a believer in this. She recommends organic apple cider vinegar with the "mother (a live vinegar)" to help with digestion. So if I have indigestion after eating a meal, or uncomfortableness at any time, such as a bloated bowel, I take two teaspoons in 4 oz. of spring water, which has no chlorine or chloramine; some use distilled water instead. I am usually better in a about 15 to 20 mins. It apparently adds just the right type of acid (malic) to aid digestion. When most people are reaching for an ant-acid, I am reaching for the acid in organic apple cider vinegar. I buy BRAGGS brand. Ultimately, I feel it is best to drink 15 min. before a meal to get the enzymatic process going and ready to digest food. Also, use a straw, to keep the cider away from teeth enamel. I am about to invest in stainless steel straws, made in the USA because I think the cider may leach unwanted toxins from plastic straws.

I use apple cider vinegar (actually any vinegar - balsamic, red wine, white) to treat leg/ankle/foot cramps, principally at night. Take a good swig of vinegar at the onset of night cramps and within 20-30 seconds they are gone. I have done this for 18 years and it has never failed to work. I had tried walking, massaging, running water (some of it tears) over them and they would continue up to an hour in time. I read this somewhere (no idea where) and I hobbled to the kitchen, took a swig and by the time I had returned to the bedroom, the cramps were gone. I always said that if one time it didn't work - I wouldn't have to swig the vinegar, but it works everytime. It has taken up to a couple of minutes (rarely). I have had to use pickle juice, worked okay (not as fast). I am a diabetic.

Mix with dark tart cherry juice & honey. Yum. Bye bye gout, arthritis and other systemic inflammation. Mildly anti microbial and anti fungal. Lightens the body.