Colds
★★★★★
(Somewhere, Europe)
01/24/2013
A similar drink that works just as well is: rose-hip tea with honey and lemon. 3-4 cups a day usually works within 48 hours.
Coughs
(Texas)
03/03/2015
I just had a question. Do you know anything about a paste that can draw out splinters etc. Smells good and is light brown. We know it has bees wax in it, maybe alcohol. My dad had the recipe from his mom but it is gone and both are deceased. Thanks for all your help and reading this.
(Ten Mile, Tn.)
03/03/2015
HI U CATHY OF TEXAS, , , , , , , , I think you got the right string, but the wrong yoyo. Years ago folks used Ichthammol Ointment to bring a boil to a head or splinters that could not be removed without going to an MD. It is a petroleum product worked like the crude old coal tar shampoos that would cure hair dandruff , fungus or Roseasa. Amazing , shampoo your hair and cure the roseasa on your face. Those products I can no longer find. It's doctor thing.
Watched the Netanyaho speech and saw many of the congressman have red noses and face. That is a sign the they have heath problems big time. I have a red nose and red face and I know I have health problems.
This ointment would cause pus to form around a splinter and then with pressure it would come out. I'm convinced the medical folks sought it's demise because you could heal lots of problems without seeking a doctor's service. Thats just the way folks are these days. You too dumb to self medicate, you must go to a doctor.
This ointment now has to be specially ordered and we did that a few years ago. Most folks under 50 have no clue about this ointment. Don't need it often, but it works as you remember.
Wish you well.
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(Columbia, SC)
12/22/2020
The name for the black salve here is --Prid --get it in the Drugstore, cost approx. $ 7.--
The Newspaper AFP (American Free Press) has still advertisement for it in it's pages. Pills and Salve.
(Somewhere, Usa)
03/03/2015
Don't know if this is what you are looking for, but there is a product in most Wal-Mart stores called Smile's PRID. It is a drawing salve. It says it is homeopathic. It is light brown and has Beeswax in the ingredients and Petrolatum and Rosin. It says it is made by Hyland's INC.
Sauerkraut
★★★★★
Oh, I also remember it was great for hangovers when I was older.
The side effect of sauerkraut is it gives you gas.
Sauerkraut is big in Czech Republic so most of the families used to have a big jar of their own homemade sauerkraut at home. We always had our own in our cellar. I don't think people still do it there because I assume it's easier to buy it now.
Sore Throat
★★★★★
I've been using this remedy for years. I actually found it in a book I had long time ago that was loaded with old Czech home remedies. I wish I knew where the book is now because it was a real treasure. It's probably somewhere with all our stuff we left back in Czech.
I just did a quick search and found that the liver paste is also loaded with some great stuff like a ton of protein, potassium and then Vitamin A, Calcium, Vitamin D, Thiamin, Niacin, Vitamin B6, Phosphorus, Selenium, Vitamin C, Iron, Vitamin E, Riboflavin, Vitamin B12, Manganese, Copper, Magnesium, Zinc. Maybe that's why I crave it when I'm sick.
