52 Odd Health Interventions That Work Instantly

Over the years, I’ve collected various strange and odd “health” modalities that seem to work almost instantly. They won’t cure you or change your life;

Their unique characteristic is that they take very little time and effort to implement, they don’t require special knowledge or attention to detail, and with a few exceptions, they’re free.

I decided against linking sources and research for this first draft. If the post gets any traction, I’ll start expanding on each item (+1 since first draft). So, don’t ask for explanations. Take charge of your life and experiment!

1) Tape your mouth

Buy micropore medical tape (Leukosilk on Amazon is my go-to recommendation), and tape your mouth with a small piece before going to sleep.

2) Inclined Bed

Place 3-4 books under the head of your bed so it’s raised a few inches.

3) Sleep on your left side

Right side is ok too but do left side if you can.

4) Sit on the floor most of the time

Alternate between sitting and standing when working.

5) Very hot bath to drop your core temp before sleep

Your body will dump heat.

6) Create personal mantras associated with different tasks

Before studying, touch your thumb with your index finger. Once you finish, do the same using the other hand and say “I’m finished.”

7) Leave your windows slightly open

More negative ions and allows the full spectrum of sunlight inside.

8) Hang upside down for 2-3 minutes

Same as the one below but mostly improves circulation and other stuff.

9) Put your legs up

Against the wall. For 10-15 minutes at a time. Helps lymphatic drainage and removes fluid buildup.

10) Facial massage

Touch and press your face in weird ways.

11) Diaphragm and ribcage massage and abdomen massage

Get under your ribcage with thumbs or knuckles. Massage both sides and then across the ribcage as well for extra pain. Now do the abdomen too.

12) Use a toothpick after food

More saliva.

13) Touch grass

Grounding. Walk on wet grass.

14) Hum intentionally when you’re stressed

Bzzzzzzz

15) Stay still for 10-15 minutes

While standing. *chinese accent* More energy for you.

16) Eat a raw carrot salad

Or any kind of insoluble fiber. Thanks Peat!

17) Create magnesium oil

Mix magnesium chloride and water and apply to your body. Thanks Grim!

18) Cold plunge from the waist down

On your knees. Cold water below your waist. Good.

19) WATCH the sunset and sunrise light

Goes without saying.

20) Go to sleep before 11 pm

Boring, sure, but better for glymphatic drainage. More deep sleep.

21) Pinch/massage the squishy part between thumb and index

For 1 minute on each hand.

22) Plants in your house

Choose plants that produce oxygen during the night.

23) Use colors and scents

Especially in your bedroom. Citrus smell and earth colors. Just try it, damn it.

24) Cycle albuterol

2 puffs. Before exercise. 1 week on, 1-2 weeks off.

25) Pinch of baking soda in water

Extra bicarbonate.

26) 90/90 hip lift with a hip shift

Well-known PRI modality. YouTube is your friend.

27) Hold breath until strong air hunger

Move your head up and down. Rest for 30s. Repeat 6 times. Good for unclogging your upper respiratory system.

28) Use your non-dominant hand

To brush your teeth, to hold a cup, to press buttons.

29) Mewing

It won’t make you pretty but it helps to open up the airways.

30) Dermaroller

It’s fruity, I know. Whatever.

31) Put mental reminders

Use your brain like an alarm clock. Say you’ll wake up at 8 am, and eventually, your brain will obey.

32) “1-2 cigarette per week”

Low risk, low reward. This isn’t medical advice, idiot.

33) Red light therapy

Fire is better than the bulbs but whatever is available.

34) Learn to play music

Imagine being 30+ years old and not knowing how to play a few tunes on the keyboard.

35) Play chess (for a short time)

For 2-3 months until you hit a hard barrier and can’t progress anymore. That’s enough.

36) Dance once a week

Or do some kind of movement that coordinates the body with a rhythm and breathing pattern.

37) Zero Input

Once a week - no phone, no music, no writing, no reading, no TV. Don’t consume anything outside of social interactions.

38) Do 1 uncomfortable thing every day

It has to be intentional. Uncomfortable enough to feel hesitation but not too much so that you fail or abandon the challenge.

39) Cure Insomnia

Spend 1 night outside. Don’t sleep for 24 hours. Spend most of the day and night outside. Cures insomnia.

40) Cure Tinnitus

Hands behind your head, a few inches above your neck. Snap index fingers from middle fingers, tapping the back of your head. Doesn’t work for the chronic type.

41) Place cotton in your left shoe

Enough to feel it. Walk.

42) Walk 10,000

Steps.

43) Sleep on the floor

For back pain. You can use 2-3 blankets.

44) Keep sand from the beach

In a bag. In your home. Replace once every 2 weeks

45) Many small breathholds

When you’re walking or sitting. 5s after exhalation.

46) Cure allergies

*Local* raw honey, pine pollen, and royal jelly 2 months before spring.

47) Orangejuicemaxxing

Replace water with orange juice when you’re cooking

48) Stretch more than you lift

Yeah.

49) Eat food under direct sunlight.

When possible.

50) Add Chai Hu

To your tea or coffee

51) Griftmaxxing

BreatheLess Practice goes hard.

52) Fall in love

… amor fati. Find an obsession that will consume you. Stop debasing yourself by consuming mindlessly anything that poisons your mind and soul. Escape the low-energy state that increases your affinity for attachment to tribal groups that hijack your identity, slowly eroding your sense of self until you can only experience the world through an external filter. Commit to the great work by attempting to reach summa perfectionis, refining the function of your body and the mechanics of your mind until you can finally perceive reality sans naive attachments and fantasies that serve you in the way you want to be served, for time is the only enemy you have, yet the only friend who joins you in the path to overcoming the vicissitudes of fate; Saturn, the first boundary of material reality stands in your way, and you have to make a covenant only to kill Him when it’s time; yours and His time.

53) Dead Hang from a Bar

3 sets of 20 to 60 seconds, 2-3 times per week. Try hanging from your ankles too a few times.

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Alright, I’m running out of time. I think that’s enough for now. Try a couple of them. Don’t be lazy.

- Hyde