A mucous cyst, also called a mucocele, is a small, fluid-filled sac inside your mouth. It may be due to a blocked or ruptured salivary duct or a sinus infection. If you suck on your lips, or have tongue or lip piercings, you may be at risk for a mucocele. They are not harmful, but they can be annoying.

During your pregnancy, it is often confusing determining which herbal supplements are safe to use. Angelica sinensis, or dong quai, is a root used by herbalists for centuries to improve circulation, alleviate menstrual pain and help with reproductive problems.

Urethritis is swelling and inflammation of your urethra, or the the tube that transports urine from your bladder to the outside world.

Acute sinusitis can give you a severe stuffy nose by causing swelling of the tissues in the nasal passages. This swelling blocks drainage of mucus, allowing it to back up and making it difficult for you to breathe through your nose. It can cause painful throbbing in the front of your face and bring on a sinus headache.

A minor burn, also known as a first-degree burn, harms only the very top layer of skin. While painful, this type of burn responds well to treatment at home. Sunburns, rope burns and most burns incurred while cooking are examples of minor burns you can treat with home remedies. Keep the burn clean to avoid infection.

Redbush tea is a beverage brewed from the dried leaves of the rooibos plant, a low-growing shrub native to South Africa and known scientifically as Aspalathus linearis. The herbal tea gets its name from the English translation of rooibos, which means “red bush” in Afrikaans.

Hippocrates, sometimes called the "Father of Medicine," may have used apple cider vinegar as an antibiotic in 400 B.C. Its popularity as a home remedy has increased since the publication of "Folk Medicine" by the Vermont doctor D.C. Jarvis, though there is little scientific proof of its real value.

Wormwood, native to Europe and naturalized to the northeastern North American continent, has a long and checkered history as an herbal remedy.

Flor Essence is a proprietary blend of herbs that are made into a hot herbal infusion, or “tea,” and consumed for purposes of stimulating your immune system and detoxifying your internal organs. Flor Essence is related to ESSIAC tea, which was developed by Canadian nurse Rene Caisse in the 1920s.

Evening primrose oil has been used for centuries to treat a variety of medical conditions.

Getting fiberglass on your skin can be painful, because this synthetic fiber consists mainly of glass. According to the Illinois Department of Public Health, fiberglass particles are rod-shaped, approximately three times longer than they are wide.

Bumps, pimples, acne, cysts; any name you call them, blemishes can be emotionally unsettling, especially when on the face. According to MayoClinic.com, acne can develop from hormones, family history or bacteria. Bumps form on the skin when the hair follicle shaft overproduces oil and gets mixed with dead skin cells.