Some old Mainers suggest boiling down sweet fern and applying the boiled down juice to poison ivy rash. After berry picking all weekend, I found a couple poison ivy blister patches on my hands and feet. I had made a mental note some time ago about where I'd seen sweet fern. I tried the concoction last night. Worked well.
Aloe of course does wonders on sunburn. I just cut a stalk off an aloe plant (get one they multiple like bunnies) and rub the liquidy stuff right on the sunburned skin. Very soothing. I've tried the bottled aloe stuff from the stores - it didn't seem to do much.
What home remedies do you use - that work?
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Mashed up orange peel to clear up acne. Ancient Jewish Secret.
Mix a little bleach with water and it'll instantly kill the itch and will completely clear up in 2 days.
publiusvarus wrote:
Mix a little bleach with water and it'll instantly kill the itch and will completely clear up in 2 days.
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Ginger ale seems to settle stomachs. Or you throw it all up. Win win!
Potent alcohol dulls pain a bit and relaxes you.
Aspirin to thin the blood and reduce a headache.
... ok, none of those are really "home remedies."
Potent alcohol dulls pain a bit and relaxes you.
Aspirin to thin the blood and reduce a headache.
... ok, none of those are really "home remedies."
Elinda,
I would rather kill the itch and be done with it in a day. A little bleach never hurt anyone.
I would rather kill the itch and be done with it in a day. A little bleach never hurt anyone.
publiusvarus wrote:
Elinda,
I would rather kill the itch and be done with it in a day. A little bleach never hurt anyone.
I would rather kill the itch and be done with it in a day. A little bleach never hurt anyone.
Unless you drink it.
Also, Paroxide will get blood out of anything. so much blood... so much
Edited, Aug 4th 2009 10:53am by toohotforu
In Varrus case hurt is not HURT. To long drinking ethanol from the still probably gave him an iron constitution.
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publiusvarus wrote:
Elinda,
I would rather kill the itch and be done with it in a day. A little bleach never hurt anyone.
I would rather kill the itch and be done with it in a day. A little bleach never hurt anyone.
Unless you drink it.
Also, Paroxide will get blood out of anything. so much blood... so much
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publiusvarus wrote:
Elinda,
I would rather kill the itch and be done with it in a day.
I would rather kill the itch and be done with it in a day.
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A little bleach never hurt anyone.
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Groggy,
Mexican food in south tx gave me an iron constitution.
Mexican food in south tx gave me an iron constitution.
The One and Only toohotforu wrote:
publiusvarus wrote:
Elinda,
I would rather kill the itch and be done with it in a day. A little bleach never hurt anyone.
I would rather kill the itch and be done with it in a day. A little bleach never hurt anyone.
Unless you drink it.
Also, Paroxide will get blood out of anything. so much blood... so much
Edited, Aug 4th 2009 10:53am by toohotforu
Unless you have a lot of iron in your blood, then you will need something similar to rust remover or you will be left with a ring around the outside of the stain.
Best thing for blood is peroxide AND ammonia. However, shouldn't be practiced by those not familiar with the technique as the fumes can make you sick.
For poison ivy, diluted bleach or seabreeze works wonders.
I use vinegar and salt mixed with warm water for a lot of medicinal purposes. I get that from my mom.
I've never had a problem preventing blood stains from setting by soaking a garment in cold salt water.
I don't put anything except cool water on a burn, including sunburn, until the "burn" fades.
I don't put anything except cool water on a burn, including sunburn, until the "burn" fades.
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I've never had a problem preventing blood stains from setting by soaking a garment in cold salt water.
I'll try that with my period panties next time.
darkflame,
You know if you start agreeing w/me on some things it's likely to carry over.
Best just to say i'm stupid and move on.
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For poison ivy, diluted bleach or seabreeze works wonders.
You know if you start agreeing w/me on some things it's likely to carry over.
Best just to say i'm stupid and move on.
Dunno about bleach - I wouldn't use it, personally - but Seabreeze does nothing for poison oak, for me.
Baking soda or good old Calamine lotion help.
Baking soda or good old Calamine lotion help.
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LockeColeMA wrote:
Ginger ale seems to settle stomachs. Or you throw it all up. Win win!
We use cola syrup (which you can get in the pharmacy) since I can't take carbonation. But ya, it works and for those of you who like drinking carbon dioxide in gaseous form, go for it.
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Potent alcohol dulls pain a bit and relaxes you.
My wife and I take little swigs of whiskey when we feel a cold coming on. The groundskeepers at my work swore by it and so I finally tried it. Really keeps symptoms down, it seems, for us.
I'm a big medicinal tea nut. Although I buy it premixed, I like valerian tea to fight insomnia. 8 hours of blissful, uninterrupted sleep.
Although its not exactly a remedy, if you have ants coming into your home, mix uncooked grits with borax and a little bit of water to make a paste, and spread it around the outside of the house. The ants that eat the grits will have them expand in their stomach and die. The ants that carry the grits home will be covered in borax and die after they get back to the colony. The ants in the colony feed the grits to the queen . . . and she dies. Thus, the colony dies. Needs to be reapplied every week or after a heavy rain, but it works well and you don't end up with ant corpses and fumes inside the house.
Although its not exactly a remedy, if you have ants coming into your home, mix uncooked grits with borax and a little bit of water to make a paste, and spread it around the outside of the house. The ants that eat the grits will have them expand in their stomach and die. The ants that carry the grits home will be covered in borax and die after they get back to the colony. The ants in the colony feed the grits to the queen . . . and she dies. Thus, the colony dies. Needs to be reapplied every week or after a heavy rain, but it works well and you don't end up with ant corpses and fumes inside the house.
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I find that making tea from poppy pods is a good cure for most ailments. You can also just scrape the poppy plant, allow the resin that comes out to dry and then collect and smoke it. It's a pretty miraculous natural cure (Appetite stimulant, sleep aid, headache cure, many other things), you guys should try it. Anyway, this site http://www.erowid.org/herbs/ has some pretty good information.
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