Dr. Caroline Hartridge, DO
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Top Ten Recommendations

Below are items I find myself recommending to patients, family members, and friends on a regular basis. Everything is $35.00 or less and can be found at your local drug store, or you can purchase online and have them sent straight to your home.

Tea Tree Oil  |  $7.00 (1 oz)
Natural anti-microbial. Apply topically. Add to spray bottle with white vinegar for multipurpose cleaner.

Neti Pot |  $9.00 (one neti bottle and 5 single use packets)
Warm saline rinse of the nasal passages can help reduce symptoms associated with allergies and colds. It is SO easy my daughter began to self administer when she was three (because no one likes the pre-school induced snot nose).

Epsom Salts  |  $30.00 (for 25 lbs)
Magenisum sulfate salts added to a hot bath can relieve aches and pains and help your body clear out toxins.

​Magnesium Citrate  |  $9.00 (10 fl oz)
Taken in larger quantities, magnesium citrate can act as a laxative. One swig a morning can act as a vasodilator and help relieve muscle cramps.

Coconut Oil  |  $23.00 (30 oz)
I keep one jar in the kitchen and one in the loo. In the kitchen, I add a spoonful to my coffee; a quick whiz of coffee and coconut in the blender and I promise you will not miss half and half. In the loo, I like to keep it on hand for moisturizing my skin and hair.

Sesame Oil  |  $35.00 (16 oz)
Oil pulling (swishing oil in your mouth until it emulsifies) can support gum health and help flush the lymphatic tissue in your mouth.

Lavender Oil  |  $15.00 (1 oz)
Add a drop or two to your white vinegar and tea tree spray bottle for an all purpose household cleaner. Rub a drop or two on your temples for headache relief.

Clove Oil |  $10.00 (2 oz)
Add to your homemade household cleaner for anti-fungal coverage.

​Tooth Soap
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$10.00 (2 oz)
I was first introduced to the idea of tooth soap in Costa Rica. These products use minimal packaging and have a pretty short and easy to pronounce ingredient list. Twice daily brushing and flossing, with oil pulling a few times a week, keeps my trips to the dentist drama free.

Diva Cup  |  $28.00 (1 reusable cup)
You try to consume organic products and be mindful of what lotions and potions you put on your body. Why, then, are you putting bleached cotton into your vaginal canal?!? Diva cups (there are also other manufacturers) offer a sustainable solution to the modern menstruating woman. ​

If you would not put something IN your body, why put it ON your body? 

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