

"They are amazing, inexpensive and available at most pharmacies." "I use them in the car on windy roads, on ships and airplanes," a reader wrote. We also heard positive feedback for the elastic wristbands we mentioned in the column, which keep a small plastic knob pressed into an acupressure point inside the wrist. Regarding a column about motion sickness, we heard from several of you that, when you're unable to be the one behind the wheel, keeping one eye closed can help keep nausea and dizziness at bay. If the label states the product has been pasteurized, it means the good bacteria have been killed during processing.

If you're eating sauerkraut for the probiotics, be sure to shop the refrigerator case rather than the canned-goods shelf. That's correct, and we thank him for the clarification. "Of course, it has taken awhile for the nails to grow out, but soon they looked normal again." Then a friend suggested rubbing a capsule of vitamin E oil on my affected nails daily, and it worked!" she wrote. "I did everything I could to rid myself of the dreaded toenail fungus, and nothing helped. A small amount on a nail brush used to scrub the affected nail every day was effective."Ī reader from Newport News, Virginia, also followed a friend's advice. "A friend recommended powdered Ajax cleanser, and that did the trick. "I was plagued with this on both large toes, and several remedies, including Vicks VapoRub, didn't help," she wrote. Although the evidence for these types of natural agents remains limited, some people do find them helpful, and the approaches readers have shared here are not harmful.Ī reader from Napa, California, had success with a friend's approach. A column about the challenges of dealing with toenail fungus has brought a bumper crop of mail, with many of you sharing home remedies. Dear Readers: Welcome back to our monthly letters column.
