Posted on 02/20/2014 11:47:05 AM PST by US Navy Vet
Medical offices might have gone high-tech, but some of the advice you'll hear there these days rings more nostalgic: Complain of constipation or congestion and you may get an Rx for dried plums (née prunes) or a saltwater gargle.
"The more that old remedies pan out in studies, the more likely physicians are to suggest them," said Dr. Philip Hagen, vice chair of the division of preventive medicine at Mayo Clinic. "Part of the drive is the cost of health care—trying these at home could save you a trip to the doctor." Consider these golden oldies the next time you're feeling under the weather.
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I guess someone overdid the sniffing because it's not allowed anymore.
Don’t forget peppermint sticks for an upset stomach.
Pharmacists used to stock them for children as a belly ache and nausea relief. They didn’t get associated with Christmas until someone red striped them and sold them as Christmas candy.
Those new Vicks Vapor electric wall plug-ins are miracles! Whenever my kids or any of us have a bad cough, you plug one of those things in and it is just about an instant good night sleep.
“My mother had us kids swallow a little Vicks Vapor Rub ...”
She should have rolled it into a small ball and coated it with sugar ...
To help with sex,put petroleum jelly on the doorknob leading into your bedroom. Keeps the kids out when you are fooling around
Good one. I’ll remember that!
LOL...our mom did the same. We’d beg not to have to do that. We’d even read aloud from the label...NOT TO BE USED INTERNALLY!!
Many Physicians are still “Practicing” medicine.
I avoid doctors at almost all costs.
The flu ? A double shot of Nyquil, lots of water and sweat it out.
Toothache ? A series of warm saltwater rinses.
If you have an “infection” as the result of a cut, you can put the skin of a raw egg on it, it will literally pull the infection out. The skin is between the egg itself and the shell.
Nose Bleed ? Fold a small piece of paper to about the dimensions of the “striking portion” of a book of matches. Place this as far as you can under your upper lip. There is a pressure point there that will stop a nose bleed.
Sinus problems ? Lay flat on your back. Relax. There are a number of pressure points on your face that when pressed will relive your discomfort. You will likely have to experiment here. Place constant pressure to the bridge of your nose to relive nasal congestion.Some people will actually feel their sinuses draining. There are additional pressure points under your eyes and along your eyebrows.
I was hit twice, many years ago, with something called SVT,Supraventricular tachycardia, I drove myself to the emergency room on both occasions. I learned a few techniques that I may have been able to use for future reference. One, is to “crunch down” your muscles like your tying to go number two. The other is to put your face in a bowl of ice water. I also learned that most EMT’s carry an injection of Adenosine, which works in an instant.
I’m sure there are more conditions in which I have a solution for. But I’m only 50 years old.
colloidal silver is awesome too.
Why was silverware silver? Because germs can’t live on silver or in its presence.
I want to know how much $$ these pawns received to appear in the commercial.
When I was 21 I had a sore throat that was so painful it hurt to breath and was a pure nightmare when I swallowed. In desperation I gargled with Bacardi 151. Worked like magic.
Back in the 1800s a person could self label himself “doctor” if he had a copy of the book on Thompsonian Medicine.
I have such a great great uncle. Went by the name Dr. Priddy Meeks. During his lifetime, he migrated from Charleston SC, through Kentucky, to southern Indiana, Illinois, westward as a Mormon through Iowa, to Utah. Then to southern Utah.
While in southern Indiana he witness his father killed and brother injured by Indians.
Throughout he treated people using herbs.
His lifetime was described in a journal transcribed late in life to his daughter. The non-Mormon aspects of the book are fascinating, as they describe life during those times, in those places.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Thomson
Prunes?
Google Haribo Gummy Bears
LOL!!
Gargling a tall glass of salty, warm water has long been known as one of the best oral and sinus therapies out there.
Likewise, a mix of salt and powdered baking soda as toothpaste, alternatively with tartar control toothpaste, kills off the five kinds of spirochete bacteria common in the mouth. There are suspicions that these spirochetes may use gum disease as a conduit to the brain and may be implicated with Alzheimer’s disease.
“Because they feel similar when applied to human skin, there is a common misconception that petroleum jelly and glycerine are physically similar. While petroleum jelly is a non-polar hydrocarbon hydrophobic (water-repelling) and insoluble in water, glycerol (not a hydrocarbon but an alcohol) is the opposite: it is so strongly hydrophilic (water-attracting) that by continuously absorbing moisture from the air it produces the feeling of wetness on the skin, similar to the greasiness produced by petroleum jelly.”
I mention this because both petroleum jelly and glycerine have lots of traditional uses, and are important parts of a well stocked medicine cabinet.
bfl
After running over a yellow jacket nest with the mower, I learned that Anbesol (for mouth sores) works like a charm in that regard as well. Wish I'd known about the tobacco, but then, I didn't have that in the house either.
I also learned that:
- It's faster to go THROUGH fences than over or around them. Especially when 100 of those little stinging @#$#@$@ are chasing you.
- My lovely wife didn't think I was crazy when I started hollering and taking my clothes off (without going into too fine a detail, they got up under my shorts) in the back yard. Guess that sets a pretty high bar for "What ARE you doing", I suppose.
Great info
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