Natural Health Remedy: Sip linden flower tea to reduce fever. It stimulates the hypothalamus to better control your temperature and dilate blood vessels.

Natural Health Remedy: If you graze your skin with a hot-from-the-oven cookie pan, apply aloe vera gel to the burn as needed.

Natural Health Remedy: Eat dark chocolate to curb a cough. Chocolate theobromine compound is more effective than codeine at suppressing persistent coughs.

Natural Health Remedy: To soothe a sore throat, gargle twice daily with a solution of six pressed garlic cloves mixed into a glass of lukewarm water.

Natural Health Remedy: To stifle hiccups, swallow one to two teaspoons of sugar. The dry granules stimulate and reset the irritated nerve.