Old Home Remedies
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Recipe Introduction
DO NOT USE ANY OF THESE.....[Please think twice before using these remedies as a few of the ingredients are now known to be poisonous.]
HEAL SORES OR CRACKS IN THE SKIN OF MAN OR BEAST: Use pine tar to Coat the sore area well to keep off insects and promote healing.
SLACKED LIME: dust on animal cuts to seal injured area and promote healing.
FOREIGN OBJECT IN THE EYE: Drop a flax seed into the eye. The particle in the eye will stick to the flax seed and the flax seed is easy to see and remove.
COUGH REMEDY: 2-3 drops of kerosene on a tsp of sugar.
COUGH REMEDY: Equal parts of oil of peppermint, friars balsam and tincture of red lavender. Mix and use drop by drop on a tsp. of sugar to alleviate the condition.
COUGH SYRUP:
1 tsp Honey
1 tsp glycerin
juice of 1 lemon
Mix well and use when needed.
CANKER AND COLD SORES: Collect the berries from wild rose bushes and make a tea from them. (These berries may be picked and dried for winter use.) Drink a little of this when you feel a canker or cold sore coming and it should clear up. (This is nothing more than vitamin C.) A little pot ash daubed on a cold sore will also clear it away.
SUNBURN AND STEAM BURNS: Sprinkle area with vinegar.
DYSENTERY AND DIARRHEA:
Take a liberal amount of black pepper on a tsp and cover this with thick cream and take this to relieve the situation.
Toast bread until almost burned pour boiling water over this. Drink the brown water for diarrhea.
PIONEER LINIMENT: Beat one egg slightly and measure the beaten egg. Add to the egg the exact amount of turpentine as egg and the exact amount of apple cider vinegar as the egg. Mix altogether well and store in a covered jar. This is very good for Arthritic and Rheumatic pain.
HONEY: Honey has been used through the years to cure many things. Taken internally, it has been known to relieve arthritis. Externally it is good first aid for wounds and burns. Bacteria will not live in honey. [Editor Note: This was before we learned about honey being able to harbor botulism.]
Burn Salve (1860)
1 tea cupful lard
1 tea cupful mutton tallow
1 tea cupful olive oil
beeswax the size of an egg
resin the size of an egg
2 tsp carbolic acid
Dissolve all ingredients on the stove except the olive oil and carbolic acid, which you add upon removing from the heat. Mix well and store in covered jar.
Flu Ointment (used for epidemic of 1918)
2 large jars white Vaseline
2 oz. turpentine
1/4 oz. menthol crystals
2 cakes of camphor gum
1/3 oz. oil of peppermint
1/4 oz. eucalyptus
1/4 oz. oil of wintergreen
Melt and mix well over low heat and store in covered jars.
Black Currant Tea
(An infallible remedy for a sore throat)
1 Tbsp black currant jam or jelly
juice of half a lemon
1 pint boiling water
sugar to taste
Simmer altogether for 15 min. the hotter you are able to drink the tea the better.
Mustard Plaster
You have to be careful with mustard plasters. If not very careful you can get a real bad burn!
Good for chest colds
Use the white of an egg instead of water with the dry mustard. The egg will prevent blistering of the skin. Mix egg white with half dry mustard half flour, cover the mustard mix on a cloth or paper. Cover the plaster with gauze or soft cloth and hold in place on chest with tape.
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