hey what are the oddest remidies...?

Question

that you have ever heard of i cant really think of any off hand

like home remidies

Answer 1

I had a friend who used to cut up onions, put them in a sock, and pin it to her kid's pajama tops to wear during the night while they slept if they had congestion due to colds. She swore that by morning their congestion would be cleared up. She had many oddball remedies, but this one was by far one of her goofiest....

Answer 2

I worked as an occupational health nurse in a food processing plant. One day, one of the employees came in for first aid due to cutting her finger. I did the basic aid of cleaning the wound, applying the antibiotics and applied a bandaid for the dressing. Two days later she came back with a very infected finger that was giving off a very putrid odor, and had 'something' wrapped around her finger. The 'something' turn out to be a piece of salted pork fat. She stated her Grandmother told her when she got home on the day of the injury to wrap the fat around the finger to drive out the soreness. Needless to say, this small scratch turned out to be a major infection that required surgical intervention to remove the infection that had migrated into the healthy tissue of the finger.

Answer 3

I have a cook book that belonged to my greatgrandmother, it's print date is 1902, and it is really like a guide book for new wives! It is so fun to look at There are directions for mustard plasters, remedies for upset stomaches, snakebites, poison ivy, oak and sumak!

Answer 4

using cabbage water to heal warts or strapping cabbage leaves to ease arthritic pain.

Answer 5

putting raw steak on a black eye.