Home Remedies - Share Yours

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Before you rush off to the pharmacy to get meds filled with side effects, what are some natural grandma remedies do you know of...please share. I'll go first.

For Arthritis pain:

  1. Take a box of golden raisins. (note: they must be the golden variety, sometimes called white raisins, not ordinary black raisins).
  2. Place the raisins in a shallow container.
  3. Cover the raisins with gin.
  4. Let the raisins soak in the gin for a few weeks until the gin evaporates.
  5. You then eat nine of these drunken raisins a day to help your arthritis.

My mom and I use this remedy all the time and it works.

Specializes in LTC.

oil of oregano for thrush

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Specializes in ER/PDN.
Vinegar for a sunburn. It takes the fire & heat out of the burn, although it doesn't totally stop it from hurting. .

my Grandma put Maalox on my BAD sunburn when I was a kid. It burned like fire for 2 hours then felt better! she claims vinegar too but she says vinegar for every thing :barf01:

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A clothes pin on the nose works great for gas.:chuckle

Ok, seriously my grandmother always made us drink lots of orange juice and chicken soup for any kind of respiratory ailment. If it was the flu she made us take 2 asprin as well every 4 hours. Like someone else posted, if we were not better

This is a great thread - just an FYI - not trying to be a downer . . . . .do not give aspirin or any product containing salicylate to children. It can cause Reye's Syndrome.

http://www.reyessyndrome.org/

(I'm also not crazy about giving kids whiskey).

steph

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My grandma insisted that I treat my acne by rubbing ice cubes over my face . . . . (didn't work :bluecry1: )

steph

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Specializes in ER/Trauma.

Hiccups:

Soak a fresh lemon slice in Angostura Bitters. Add a spoon or two of sugar into your mouth (optional - this is only for those who can't stand the taste of the Bitters), drink as much of a glass of water as you can, and then bite into the bitters-soaked lemon. Don't eat the rind.

May repeat in 5-10 minutes if first dose ineffective.

When I used to bartend PRN, this worked with an 80% success rate. :)

Somebody needs to do a study on this...

garlic seed mullen for ear infections

Garlic oil for earaches - poke and squeeze the oil out of garlic pills into the ear canal.

Ahhh, yes! The whole "garlic oil" for ear aches.

Tried by my Mother.

Didn't work! :(

The only thing that helped?

Chloramphenicol IP 5% w/v

Beclomethasone Dipropionate IP 0.025% w/v

Clotrimazole IP 1% w/v

Lignocaine Hydrochloride IP 2% w/v

in Glycerine IP and

Propylene Glycol IP Base

4-5 drops 3-4 times a day.

My mom always swore by hot toddies when we were sick as kids.
Yep :) 1-2 teaspoons of brandy when we were kids...

cheers,

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My mom used warmed olive oil for ear aches. I have done the same with my kids to get them through the night - it does help with the pain. Then, off to the doc!

steph

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Specializes in school nursing, ortho, trauma.

saline irrigations (via a neti pot) for impending sinus infections.

Once winter starts to lift and spring is upon us, I find a jar of locally harvested honey and take a teaspoon full every day. Keeps seasonal allergies at bay.

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Specializes in ER/Trauma.
Once winter starts to lift and spring is upon us, I find a jar of locally harvested honey and take a teaspoon full every day. Keeps seasonal allergies at bay.
Oooh, just remembered something about honey.

1-2 table spoons of honey with a glass of warm milk.

Decent laxative. Mild enough for daily use, if need be.

cheers,

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Specializes in Med-Surg/Oncology, Psych.
I am sure many of you have heard of "The People's Pharmacy" a radio show on public radio. It is a great show that takes a complimentary approach to medicine. Many of the listeners call in with their home remedy. The remedies that seem to work are posted on the website....check it out http://www.peoplespharmacy.com/archives/home_remedies/index.php

Thanks so much for sharing this site! It's awesome!!!!:bow:

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Specializes in Med Surg, LTC, Home Health.

Toothpaste will get rid of a pimple very quickly (paste not gel).:)

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Specializes in tele, oncology.

Oh, I forgot about thrush! Gentian violet clears it up in no time flat. One of our sons had chronic ear infections as a baby and he battled thrush every time he started another round of antibiotics, Nystatin did nothing to help. A little purple in the mouth and it was all gone every time. Of course, all of his toys and clothes got covered in purple as he drooled it out, but it was worth it!

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Specializes in Utilization Management.

For eye puffiness (worked for a bug bite near the eye too): Take a regular tea bag, dip it in hot water until it starts to steep, then take it out and let it cool. When it's cooled off, lie down, place on your eye for about an hour.

For eye "sand": use no-more-tears baby shampoo.

And everyone knows that Colace (use a pin, squeeze into the ear, hold the head sideways for 1/2 hour) is a good ear wax softener.

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