DIY Home Remedies

How to Cure and Heal Ailments at Home

By: DIY Made Easy

Narrated by: Kurt Feldner

Length: 47 mins

Publisher's summary

Learn the Simple, Natural Home Remedies to Help Yourself and Your Family Stay Healthy

Every now and then everyone faces medical problems at home, at school, and at work. But do you know how to address an ailment when the need arises? What is the first thing that you need to do if someone suddenly collapses from a heart attack? What needs to be done if someone suffers from a second-degree burn? How do you deal with appendicitis? Also, with so many tips and strategies out there, how can you tell which ones are absolutely safe, effective, and efficient? This book will show you the best DIY home remedies for a wide variety of ailments that are common in many households. Read and absorb all of the information that you will find in this book so that you will know how to take immediate action when facing injuries, animal bites, wounds, and other emergencies. In this book you will find the following important information:

• Prevent accidents and ailments from happening at home
• Assemble a basic first aid kit
• The correct way to administer CPR
• How to act efficiently during a medical emergency
• Remedy appendicitis, diarrhea, and other abdominal conditions
• Treat allergies, including anaphylaxis
• Help remedy diabetes and its symptoms
• Treat wounds and injuries efficiently, including bleeding, blisters, burns, and so on
• React to heart ailments such as angina and heart attack
• And so much more!

What You'll Know from DIY Home Remedies:

• Prevention is Better than Cure
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
• Initial Assessment for Medical Emergencies
• Remedies for Abdominal Problems
• Remedies for Allergies
• Remedies for Diabetes
• Remedies for Wounds and Injuries
• Remedies for Ear Problems
• Remedies for Heart Problems

©2014 DIY Made Easy (P)2015 DIY Made Easy

Summary Review

What did you love best about DIY Home Remedies?

It provided practical and easy to understand remedies.

Which character – as performed by Kurt Feldner – was your favorite?

Kurt was easy to understand and easy to listen to.

No Place Like Home

If you could sum up DIY Home Remedies in three words, what would they be?

Informative Simple Encouraging

What did you like best about this story?

As it's not a story, I'd say that it is simply full of information made simple to understand. It is information that we likely will need but also hope to never need. Good narration :)

Which character – as performed by Kurt Feldner – was your favorite?

Home Remedy guy :)

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

How to avoid an ER if possible

Home remedies? Not so much...

Would you consider the audio edition of DIY Home Remedies to be better than the print version?

I have not read the print version.

Would you be willing to try another book from DIY Made Easy? Why or why not?

Possibly. The book and the content was informative, but the title is misleading. It would have been better to title this book: DIY First Aid at Home or DIY How to Handle Home Emergencies. It was only in the last chapter of the book that there were any of what I would consider home remedies. Most of the content was first aid tips that I learned in sixth grade health class. I would be more careful about what I was choosing if I decided to read another by this author.

The narrator did a great job with the material. I would imagine this type of book is difficult to narrate as there is not the inherent ability to change the tempo with action or dramatic moments. I thought the pacing was right where it needed to be: it was fast enough to keep you interested, but still allowed enough time for the material to be 'digested'. Since this is more like a textbook, speaking too quickly would have made it hard to absorb. The narrator rode that line with ease.

What does Kurt Feldner bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

I tend to be an auditory learner, so the narration by Kurt enabled me to listen and absorb more of the text than I would have if I had read it on my own. I most likely would have skipped or skimmed through chapters in the print book, but I listened to the entire thing this way.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Not really that kind of book :)

Short and Informative

Would you listen to DIY Home Remedies again? Why?

Possibly. It's a good resource for handling everyday things that come up.

What did you like best about this story?

The "story" was very informative. I don't think I would sit down and read this book, but listening to it in the car is best. The narrator did a great job turning a plain, informative book into something I could learn from.

Have you listened to any of Kurt Feldner’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

I've listened to other books from Kurt Feldner, and the content of this book was much different the last I listened to. I've enjoyed listening to both, so I suppose that attributes to the versatility of Kurt Feldner's narration. As mentioned above, he did a great job turning a plain, informative book into something I could learn from.

What’s an idea from the book that you will remember?

I've learned there's pretty much a home remedy for almost every common ailment.

Informative!

Any additional comments?

I personally loved this audio book! Has a lot of informative information on things you can do yourself at home for ailments you may have and provides detailed solutions for each one. Of course, it is always wise to seek professional medical help, but at least this book gives the listener some ideas as to what you can try before your visit to your health care provider. The narrator’s voice is very soothing and he did not read so quickly that a person could not understand what was being said. You are able to think about what had been read to you. I would highly recommend this audio book.