Old Remedies

Carol's thread on Dandelions, made me think of a thread about old fashioned remedies and 'cures' from Grandma's day and beyond.


Can anyone remember some?

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with my father??-if it hurts tell him he is not man enough.

But I do remember one from a very sweet old lady-rub a dock leaf on a stinging nettle sting. It works

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Being a walker, yes I know it definitely works OG. Thank goodness. Nettle stings are nasty.

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Same here OG, it did seem to work, but not sure if it was in the mind.

Horse liniment for bad back / sprains, dolly blue bag for wasp stings, and olive oil for earache,just heard that one being recommended by the receptionist at the GP`s for a guy wanting his ears syringed.

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Rubbing a stye in your eye with a gold ring.

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I once saw an item about this in a medical programme on BBC 2 and apparently the dock leaves were tested and can work against nettle stings because they contain some kind of anti irritant/ antihistamine substance.

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I seemed to thrive to adulthood on thr trinity of remedies my mother used.

Beechams pills,

Milk of Magnesia,

Calomile lotion.

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My friend is a great believer in the power of garlic. She reckons she made a wart disappear by rubbing a slice of raw garlic on it a few times a day.

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My Grandma always made a paste with Bicarbonate of soda and then use it on heat lumps or chicken pox, it worked too and I used it when my daughter was young when ever she had heat lumps.

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boiled stinging nettles for aches and pains especially rheumatism ..
boiled cabbage water for urine probs ...................plus load vitamins in it ....