One of the most controversial home remedy for stopping leg cramps and restless legs at night involves placing a bar of soap under your bed sheets when you go to sleep. Even though there has yet to be any sort of scientific evidence in support of this cure, many people who once had leg cramps on a nightly basis now swear that they’ve had barely a muscle spasm since trying it.

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For many of us who suffer from leg cramps and charley horses at night we’ve actually learned to recognize some of the feelings of an impending leg cramp. For some they feel an uncomfortable tingling sensation in their legs, while for others there’s an add tension that in their calf and leg muscles that wasn’t there before. Some people can feel the tension building in their legs throughout the day or evening and are almost certain that when they go to sleep they may suddenly be woken up with a piercing pain….

One of the most popular and well-known folk remedies for preventing and curing leg cramps is drinking apple cider vinegar and honey. There are lots of different versions of this leg cramp drink. Some versions prescribe just using apple cider vinegar and water to prevent leg cramps and some prescribe just using honey, but the most common leg cramp prevention recipe calls for them to be mixed together. Here’s the general recipe:

Mix 4 ounce of high quality organic apple cider vinegar with 4 ounces of …