Go herbal to fix minor nicks and scrapes

Recently, Maggie wrote a post about how natural ingredients like ginseng and flaxseed may help treat cancer patients. While I've heard stories about natural therapies and ingredients being utilized more and more to treat serious, life-threatening illnesses -- paired with more traditional drugs, for example radiation and chemotherapy to battle cancer-- I haven't thought much about how stuff from the earth can help heal some of the minor bites and cuts that irritate us on a regular basis.

If you're interested in finding out how to use herbal remedies to treat everything from sunburns to toothaches to bee stings, check out this article that lists dozens of natural cures. Various interesting ideas include ginger for motion sickness (I've tried this before on a boat trip and while I didn't feel great, I definitely felt better than some of the green-faced women losing their lunches into paper bags), cinnamon as a decongestant and olive oil for chapped lips.

While a lot of the ingredients will be familiar -- aloe for a burn and vitamin E for rashes are both fairly well-known -- there are bound to be a few new tricks for everyone as well. So take a look and be prepared when your next ear infection, sore throat or nosebleed strikes. For those of you into natural healing, do you have any of your own tips to share?