Comments on: Home grown

By: Leslie

Leslie — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 14:36:22 +0000

I think I need to print off all the comments from this post! Some great suggestions…Jeanie, Vicks down the throat…oy!

Julie, hope you’re better today!

By: Dayle

Dayle — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 02:39:39 +0000

Hi, sorry to hear that you’re sick. I’m just getting over a sinus infection myself. No cold just nasal conjestion. No headache either. I went for almost two months and it wasn’t until hubby moved out of the bedroom due to my “unbearable” snoring that I figured I should go to the doctor. Two weeks of tetracycline (last dose in a couple of hours) and I’m all cleared up. And hubby’s moved back into the bedroom :love2:

As for home remedies…for warts I can say this works 100% - soak your hand/foot whatever in warm water to open the pores. Remove any dead skin around the wart. Take a clove of garlic and crush it with the back of a spoon so that the garlic oil is oozing from it. Place a piece of the garlic on the wart and secure it in place with a bandaid. Leave it overnight and remove in the morning. Warning…you may wake up in the night with a sharp stinging sensation…it means it’s working, although it may not sting and still work. When you look at the wart the next morning your skin will likely be red. Remove the garlic, wash your hands and replace the bandaid. You may need to repeat this for a couple nights in a row. Then leave the wart alone and uncovered and in about a week, it will be gone and with no scars. I had about 10 on my hand and they were spreading when I was pregnant. I had numerous treatments (freezing, topical medicines, etc.) and none worked but this did. And…the warts have never come back.

By: Yolanda

Yolanda — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 02:21:36 +0000

Katie - for your migranes, try drinking a tall glass of ice water, filled with ice, top to the glass full and make sure the water is cold. Don’t sip, drink like you’re really thirsty. Ideally, it will give you almost an ice cream headache and nutralize the migrane and then the ice cream headache goes away in a few mintues … if done on the onset it usually works. Good Luck.

By: catslady

catslady — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:59:55 +0000

OMG you are bringing back horrible memories with the Vicks - my mother used to get two huge gobs and stick it up my nose. I refuse to have the stuff in my house Hope you feel better soon!

By: Cherylann

Cherylann — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 23:57:07 +0000

Hope you feel better Julie

no home remedies here either. when I had bronchitis I took the the antibiotic the Dr. gave me and the prescription codiene cough medicine

When I don’t feel good the closest I can get to homemade chicken soup is Won Ton soup.

Just makde sure you drink lots of hot liguids tea or water to loosen everything up.

By: Jodie

Jodie — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 19:56:35 +0000

The prescription cough medicine you guys are talking about might be Tussinex. Knocks me right out but causes my son to be wired, he can’t take it anywhere near bedtime.

When I was little I always heard the jokes about my dad and his cough syrup. I didn’t know until I was 25 that Dad dumped the cough syrup out and just put straight whiskey in the bottle. No wonder he was always so happy when he had a cold!

By: Lois

Lois — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 19:28:34 +0000

All I have is when I had an asthma attack as a kid, in went Return of the Jedi. I mean, there is a reason why there are so many Darth Vader/breathing jokes, because of me! LOL

Lois

By: Carolyn A.

Carolyn A. — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 19:11:18 +0000

Feel better Julie! No home remedies here. We always drank lots of hot tea with honey and ate chicken soup or broth. Get well soon.

By: Gigi

Gigi — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 19:10:25 +0000

HI Julie,
Good to know that the honey , whiskey and lemon home remedy is a winner:thumbsup2:

Here is a great one to avoid chronic ear infections.

You mix a 50-50 solution on white vineger and rubbing alcohol together. a few drops in each ear after washing your hair or taking a shower helps keep ear infections away.:thumbsup2:

It has worked for over a year on my daughter who had chonic ear infections. My daughter has type 1 diabetes and her ear infections were always bad until the doctor told us to try this home remedy to avoid ear infections.

This also works for dogs that have hanging ears like spainels:doggie: and such. I saturate a cottonball with the solution (warmed) and squeeze it into the dogs ear. Works like a charm.

By: Donna M

Donna M — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:28:56 +0000

The Hot Toddy works, whiskey, brandy–your choice, lemon, honey in hot tea, even if it doesn’t cure it after a couple you don’t care!!!!! However, to be serious, it does seem to help. Mom always put Vicks on our chest & that really does help a lot. I did it for my kids also when they were little.
Feel better soon Jule, take care of yourself. :love2: