Do you have a bottle of apple cider vinegar at home for your salads? Well, it has more uses than just adding taste to salads. Apple cider vinegar has antifungal, antibacterial, and antiviral properties. You can use it as treatment for persistent wart, sore throat, and heartburn. Maybe it is time to move it from your kitchen cabinet to your medicine cabinet. Read on and learn more uses of this inexpensive and natural juice.

Amazing Ways of Using Organic Apple Cider Vinegar

Apple cider vinegar can be used in various ways, from household cleaning to health conditions and to the beautifying of your skin and hair.

1. For Life

• Clean household: You can use vinegar to clean your home. To prepare your own cleaning solution, mix apple cider vinegar and water in equal quantities. Add a small amount of elbow grease. The solution may smell but it leaves your home free of bacteria, toxins, and dirt.
• Kill weeds: Vinegar is more effective in killing weeds than glyphosate. To use vinegar as an alternative weed killer, mix half a teaspoon of dish soap with a quarter cup of salt and half a gallon of apple cider vinegar. This solution kills any plants and so you must be careful when spraying.
• Remove bad odor: Apple cider vinegar can help you clear bad odor in your home. All you need to do is pour it in a dish and leave it near the source of the odor.

2. For Health

• Prevent diabetes: Apple cider vinegar is known to lower blood sugar levels. Taking two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar before sleeping could lower your blood sugar level by 4-6%. Apple cider vinegar contains an acid with an antiglycemic effect. This acid relieves insulin sensitivity.
• Reduce cholesterol levels: One of health uses of organic apple cider vinegar is lowering cholesterol levels. It lowers VLDL and triglycerides levels. These properties have been proved using rats that were fed with high cholesterol diets. The rats that were given apple cider vinegar had lower cholesterol levels.
• Detoxify the body: You can use apple cider vinegar to detoxify your liver and boost circulation in your body. The acid in it helps in removing toxins in the body. In addition, the potassium in apple cider vinegar helps in clearing lymph nodes and breaking mucus.
• Relieve a sore throat: The antibacterial properties in apple cider vinegar work everywhere even on your throat. If you suffer the initial symptoms of sore throat, gargle a mixture of apple cider vinegar and warm water.
• Ease itchiness and sunburns: You can apply it on your skin to relieve itchiness from a sting from jellyfish, poison ivy, and bites from bugs. You can use the liquid to relieve sunburns by adding it to your bath water. A cup of apple cider vinegar is enough.
• Prevent indigestion: Add a teaspoonful of apple cider vinegar and a teaspoon of honey to a glassful of warm water. Take the remedy at least 30 minutes prior to your meal.
• Clear a congested nose: Organic apple cider vinegar contains potassium that thins mucus and acetic acid that inhibits the growth of bacteria. Bacteria and mucus cause nasal congestion. Add apple cider vinegar, about a teaspoonful to a glassful of water and take the solution to clear your nose.
• Alleviate nighttime leg cramps: Low potassium in your body causes leg cramps. Add a teaspoon of honey and two teaspoons of apple cider vinegar together with a glassful of warm water. The mixture will relieve nighttime leg cramps.
• Control bad breath: Apple cider vinegar removes bad breath that proper brushing and mouthwash do not remove. You can take a teaspoon of the liquid or gargle with it to kill bacteria that cause bad breath.
• Cleanse your lymphatic system: The vinegar cleanses your lymph nodes and thins mucus in the body. Its ability to relieve nose congestion and clear mucous suggests that it can relieve allergies. In addition to relieving allergies, it is a remedy for sinuses infections and relieves their effects such as headaches and sore throats.
• Remove candida from the body: Candida is yeasts that cause thrush. The natural enzymes in apple cider vinegar help the body to remove candida. Other effects of candida include yeast infections, memory loss, fatigue, and sugar cravings. Taking apple cider vinegar prevents these infections.

3. For Beauty

• Lose weight: The acetic acid in the vinegar reduces water retention in your body and increases your metabolism. In addition, it suppresses your appetite. Besides, apple cider vinegar affects the digestion of starch and reduces the absorption of calories in the bloodstream.
• Clear acne: This vinegar is an ordinary toner that makes your skin look healthier. It has antibacterial properties that control acne. The lactic and malic acids balance your skin's PH, lessen red spots, and exfoliate and soften the skin.
• Whiten teeth: Gargling apple cider vinegar whitens your teeth and kills any bacteria in your gums and mouth. Brush your teeth as usual after gargling.
• Give your hair a shiny look: Using organic apple cider vinegar to rinse your hair leaves your hair shiny, smooth, and free of any dirt or oil. The vinegar balances the PH in your hair. This makes your hair smooth and seals the cuticles. You can also use the vinegar to relieve an itchy scalp, dandruff, and clear grease.
• Cause your skin to glow: Apple cider vinegar has many benefits on your skin that include toning, reducing wrinkles, and clearing blemishes. Dilute the vinegar and then use a cotton pad to dab the solution on your blemishes.