Oatmeal, Brown Sugar Scrub
Equal amounts oatmeal, brown sugar
Mix them and use as an exfoliating scrub.

Pre-Bathing Revitalizing Treatment

1 tablespoon olive oil, 1 cup mashed strawberries, 1/4 cup clover honey
Work one tablespoon olive oil into one cup of thoroughly mashed, freshly picked strawberries. Add 1/4 cup sweet clover honey. Use to revitalize the skin before bathing.

Prickly Heat Remedy

Wheat bran
Mix a large portion of wheat bran with either cold or lukewarm water and use it as a bath 2-3 times a day.

Prickly Heat Remedy II

Baking soda
Bathe parts with baking soda and water, dry thoroughly.

Prickly Heat Remedy III

Bran, common soda, cornstarch
Bathe 2-3 times a day with warm water in which a moderate quantity of bran and common soda has been stirred. After wiping the skin dry, dust the affected parts with cornstarch.

Prickly Heat Remedy IV

Cornstarch
Dust parts with browned cornstarch.

Prickly Heat Remedy V

Salty water
Bathe parts with cool salt water.

Prickly Heat Remedy VI

Vinegar, water
A mixture of vinegar and water will often relieve the heat and burning.

Relaxing Massage Oil

1/4 cup sesame oil, 2 tablespoons almond oil, 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Combine ingredients with whisk or fork, then let stand for at least 3 hours. Strain mixture into jar through paper coffee filter or paper towel to remove ground spices. Use liberally during massage.

Rough Areas Treatment I

Salt, lemon juice
Make a paste by combining salt and lemon juice. Rub this abrasive mixture on rough and tough areas such as elbows, feet and knees. Wash the paste off with cool water. Particularly good for dry elbows is a mixture of 1 tablespoon coarse salt with 1 tablespoon olive oil. Massage in for 1 minute, rinse and then rub with half a fresh cut lemon for 30 seconds.

Rough Areas Treatment II

Juice from 3 lemons, 1 cup powdered milk
Make your own alpha-hydroxy cream by mixing the lemon juice with the powdered milk to form a paste. Cover elbows, knees, feet. Wait 15 minutes, then scrub off with nylon net.

Skin Brightener

2 oranges, 1 qt water
Sickly looking skin can be brightened by chopping and boiling two unpeeled oranges in a quart of water. Mash up real good and all to bath water.

Skin Infections

Garlic juice
Apply garlic juice to minor skin infections.

Skin Infections II

Alfa-alfa juice
Use a juicer to obtain 4-6 oz of juice from fresh sprouts. Apply to any surface infection.

Skin Lightener

Fresh tomato
Lighten the color of the face by rubbing down twice a day with a fresh tomato.

Skin Moisturizer

Olive oil
Apply daily to dry spots or stretch marks.

Skin Moisturizer Variation

1/2 cup coarse sea salt, 1 cup olive oil
Mix the salt and oil and rub into skin.

Skin Rejuvenator

1 cup oatmeal, 1 cup blueberries, 1 Tbs. honey, 1 Tbs almonds
Puree ingredients in the blender. Massage into clean, damp skin. Let dry for 15 min. Rinse with cool water.

Skin-Softening Milk Bath

1/2 cup powdered milk, 1/4 cup cornstarch, 1/4 cup honey, 5-7 drops rose oil, 2-3 tablespoons distilled water
In blender or food processor, combine powdered milk, cornstarch, honey and rose oil. Add distilled water slowly until mixture becomes a smooth paste. Add to running bathwater. Soak for 10-20 minutes. Or, you can use just the powdered milk mixed in the bath water.

Skin Tonic

1 qt milk, 3 lemons
To guarantee lovely skin, wipe the body down regularly with a quart of milk to which the juice of 3 lemons has been added.

Starch Treatment for Irritated Infant Skin

Fine powdered starch
Keep parts dry and dusted with fine powdered starch.

Stretch Marks Remedy

1 tablespoon sesame oil
After a shower or bath, gently massage sesame oil all over your entire body, not just the stretch marked areas. Eventually, pregnancy and weight loss stretch marks may disappear.

Sugar Body Scrub

1 cup sugar, water
Mix the sugar with enough water to make a paste, then use fingers as a washcloth to work it over the skin. You can use it on your face too.

Sun Screen

Equal quantities olive oil and white wine (or apple cider vinegar)
Sun may be screened from the skin by applying a solution of one half olive oil, one half white wine (or vinegar).

Sun-Weary Skin Renewal

Lemon rinds or 1/2 cup lemon juice
Just add the lemon rinds or lemon juice to your bath. Or, for on the spot soothing of sun-drenched skin, mix 3 drops of lemon juice with water in a spray bottle and squirt on you body.

Troubled Skin Treatment

Broth of boiled cabbage
Troubled skin may be cleared by wiping regularly with the broth of boiled cabbage. Or, especially good for skin breakouts due to allergy, wash inner leaves from a white cabbage and remove ribs. Press leaves with frying pan bottom to soften. Then place on irritated skin for half an hour.

SLEEP PROBLEMS

DROWSINESS

Garlic Inhaling

1 clove garlic
Slice a garlic clove and inhale deeply.

INSOMNIA

Garlic Remedy

1 garlic clove
Rub the soles of your feet and the nape of your neck with a peeled clove of garlic.

Relaxing Honey Bath

2 oz honey, 5 drops lavender oil
Mix the honey with the oil. If the honey is too thick, heat it by placing the glass in warm water. Add 1 -2 tablespoons of the honey-lavender mixture to your bathwater to help you relax and combat insomnia.

NIGHT SWEATS

Vinegar Treatment

Vinegar
Pat down the body with full strength vinegar before retiring

NIGHTMARES

Lemon Remedy

1/2 lemon
Soak your feet in warm water for 10 minutes. Then rub them thoroughly with half a lemon. Don't rinse them off, just pat them dry. Take a few deep breaths and have pleasant dreams.

SORE THROAT

Brewer's Yeast and Honey Remedy

4 tablespoons brewer's yeast, 1 teaspoon honey
Mix the yeast and honey into a cup of water and gargle 2-3 times an hour.

Garlic Remedy

Raw garlic clove
Chew a raw clove every few hours. This is also good in cases of tonsillitis.

Ginger Gargle Remedy

1 teaspoon powdered ginger, 1 cup hot water
Stir the ginger into a cup of hot water. Gargle for one minute. Ginger's anti-inflammatory agents also relieve congestion and flu symptoms.

Honey Remedy

1 glass warm water, 1 tablespoon dark honey, 1 teaspoon lemon juice
Mix the ingredients and gargle with it. You can substitute apple cider vinegar for the lemon juice with excellent results.

Lemon Juice or Vinegar and Water Gargle

Mixture of 1 teaspoon lemon juice or vinegar to 1 cup water
Gargle with the mixture every hour or so. Prepare new batches every time.

Sage Remedy

1 teaspoon sage, 1 cup boiling water
Steep the sage in the boiling water. Strain. Gargle in the morning and at bedtime.

Salt Remedy

1/2 cup coarse salt
Warm 1/2 cup coarse salt in a frying pan. Then pour the warm salt in a large, clean, white handkerchief and fold it over and over so that none of the salt can ooze out. Wrap the salted hanky around the neck and wear it that way for an hour. Another treatment involving salt requires mixing one teaspoon salt into one cup of warm water and gargling with it for 15 seconds, 3 times a day.

Tea Remedy

3 non-herbal tea bags
Steep 3 non-herbal tea bags in a cup of boiling water. Leave them there until the water is as dark as it can get - almost black. While the water is still quite hot, but bearable, gargle with the tea. DO NOT SWALLOW ANY OF IT. No one needs all that caffeine. Repeat every hour until you feel relief.

Thyme Remedy

Dried thyme, boiling water
Make a strong tea with the thyme and then gargle with it. You can also add cinnamon along with the thyme. It is good for treating sore throats, laryngitis and coughs.

Turmeric Remedy

1 teaspoon turmeric powder, 1 cup boiling water
Mix the two and use as a gargle to soothe and heal sore throats.

Whiskey Remedy

Whiskey
Gargle with whiskey diluted with a little water.

SORES

Bread and Milk Poultice

Bread, milk
Make a bread and milk poultice, then sprinkle finely powdered charcoal over it and apply. Valuable for cleansing old sores.

Carrot Remedy for Ulcerated Sores

1 lb boiled, bruised carrots, 1 oz flour, 1/2 oz butter
Mix the ingredients with as much water to form a pulp. Apply as a poultice to ulcerated sores.

Green Banana Peels for Cancerous Sores, Herpes Lesions and Diabetic Leg Ulcers

Handful of green banana peels
Green banana peels are grated and dried or else burned to ash and then applied to the sore.

Pumpkin Poultice

Stewed pumpkins
Make a poultice out of stewed pumpkins. Renew every 15 minutes.

Remedy for Festering Sores and Ulcers

Half and half mixture of honey and garlic juice
Pat the mixture onto the sores.

Turmeric Remedy

A little turmeric powder, half a squeezed lime, a little water
Make a smooth paste and apply to herpes lesions, measles, mumps, chickenpox, any small cut or scrape.

Vinegar Remedy for Swelling

Vinegar
Apply vinegar several times a day to cuts and sores to take out redness and swelling.

SPLINTERS

Baking Soda Remedy

1/2 teaspoon baking soda, few drops of water
Mix the water with the baking soda until it forms a paste, then smooth over the splinter. Cover the area with an adhesive bandage for two hours. As the paste dries, the baking soda draws toxins, including the splinter, to the surface, making it easy to grab.

Oatmeal and Banana Remedy

Oatmeal, banana, water
Make a paste of oatmeal, banana and a little water and apply it to the splintered area. Alternate it with salad oil compresses, and by the end of the day, you should be able to squeeze out the splinter.

Raw Onion Treatment

Slice of raw onion
If the splintered finger is very sore, tape a slice a raw onion around the area and leave it on overnight. The swelling and the splinter should be gone by morning.

SPRAINS

Egg and Salt Remedy

1 egg white, salt
The white of an egg and salt mixed to a thick paste is one of the best remedies for sprains or bruises. Rub well the part affected.

Egg, Ginger and Salt Remedy

2 egg whites, 1 oz ginger, 1 teaspoon fine salt
Make the ingredients into a poultice and lay it on the affected part.

Egg, Honey and Salt Remedy

1 egg white, 1 tablespoon honey, 1 tablespoon fine salt
Beat the ingredients together until very well mixed. Let it stand for 1 hour and anoint the sprained part with the oil, which is produced from the mixture, keeping it well bound with a flannel bandage.

Egg, Vinegar and Salt Remedy

3 egg whites, 1/2 pint vinegar, 1 spoonful salt
Beat well together and apply to the parts affected. Bathe them well and put on flannel.

Garlic and Lard Liniment

Garlic, lard
A wonderful healing liniment can be made by mashing boiled garlic into lard. Rub it on, gently, to soothe sprains, muscular aches and the pain of rheumatism and arthritis.

Leek Liniment

4 leeks, 4 tablespoons coconut butter
To help relieve the pain from a severe sprain, rub on leek liniment. To prepare it, simmer 4 leeks in boiling water until they are mushy. Pour off the water and mash 4 tablespoons of coconut butter into the leek. As soon as it's cool, massage it into the sprained area. Keep the remaining liniment in a covered container. It can also be used for most muscle aches and pains.

Turmeric Remedy
Apply the paste to the affected area.

Vinegar Remedy

1 cup water, 1 tablespoon salt, 3 oz white vinegar
Heat a cup of water and add a tablespoon of salt and three ounces of white vinegar. Soak a cloth in the liquid, wring it out and wrap it around the sprain. When the cloth begins to dry, soak it again and reapply. Bran may be added to the vinegar. Or oatmeal. Or bread crumbs.

STINGS

Basil as a Preventative

Fresh basil
Rub fresh basil leaves on the exposed parts of your body.

Miscellaneous Remedies for Bee, Wasp, Hornet and Yellow Jacket Stings

Onion OR potato OR horseradish root OR wet salt OR Vinegar & lemon juice in equal parts OR 1/3 teaspoon meat tenderizer OR a drop of honey
To relieve the pain and keep down the swelling of a sting, apply any one of the following for 1/2 hour then alternate it with 1/2 hour of ice on the stung area (or simply apply an ice cube to the spot):

A slice of burnt toast (or charcoal)

A slice of raw garlic (Rubbed on the skin all over may prevent insect bites)

A slice of raw onion

A slice of raw potato

Grated or sliced horseradish root

Vinegar and lemon juice in equal parts dabbed on every 5 minutes until the pain disappears

1/2 teaspoon of unseasoned meat tenderizer dissolved in 1 teaspoon of water

A drop of honey

A wad of well chewed celery stick applied to the wound

Cold steeped tea bags

Slices of raw cucumber

Parsley as a Preventative

Fresh parsley
Rub fresh parsley on the exposed parts of your body to prevent insect bites.

Remedy for Jellyfish, Portuguese Man-of-War and Hairy Caterpillar Stings

Olive oil
If you are stung by any of the above, immediately apply olive oil for fast relief, then seek medical attention.

Remedy for Mosquito Bites

Mixture of equal parts vinegar and lemon juice
Once you got bitten by a mosquito, treat the bite with saliva, then a mixture of equal parts vinegar and lemon juice.

Remedy for Rattlesnake Bites

Salt Remedy
Wet some salt, put a hunk of it on the bite, and then wrap the area with a wet-salt pack. GET TO THE DOCTOR!

Remedy for Spider Bites

Bicarbonate of soda, (salt) water
Make a paste out of the bicarbonate of soda and water and apply it to the bite. Or make a mixture of equal parts soda and salt. It should neutralize it almost immediately.

Remedy for Spider/Centipede Bites

2-3 tablespoons sesame seeds
Grind the seeds into a coarse powder and then made into a paste with the addition of a little water. Apply to the afflicted area and left until the pain and swelling subside.

Sage Poultice for Itching and Swelling

A few fresh sage leaves
Crush or chew up a few fresh sage leaves. Mix them up with a little saliva to make a crude, wet poultice and apply directly to the afflicted areas. Secure in place with tape.

Turmeric Remedy for Insect and Snake Bites
Apply paste to the site of the bite.

Vinegar Remedy

Vinegar
Douse fresh stings with vinegar, then go to the doctor. Vinegar can also prevent insect bites. Dab vinegar around face and other places prone to bug bites.

Vinegar, Garlic and Honey Remedy

Vinegar, garlic, honey
Mash a clove of garlic into a paste. Add honey to make it stick better and apple cider vinegar to increase anti-infection action. Rub on insect bites.

STRESS

Adaptability Boosting Bouquet

1 peach, 1 cinnamon stick
Peel, pit and quarter the peach. Bake wedges in a 140 degree oven for 6 hours, or until leathery. Cool; place in a potpourri satchel with a cinnamon stick. Hang anywhere you may be faced with unexpected challenges, like in the car.

Anxiety Reducing Bath Soak with Sage

Dried sage leaves
Place dried sage leaves in a mesh satchel and hang beneath the tub faucet, allowing water to run through the bundle. Soak as usual.

Honey Almond Soak

1 teaspoon olive oil, 3 tablespoons honey, 1 teaspoon almond extract
Add these ingredients to bath water. Give it a swish and then soak.

Mental Clarity with Rosemary

Rosemary sprig
Keep a sprig of rosemary by your desk for a mental pick-me-up. It may have memory boosting powers as well.

Spanish Spice Bath

1/4 cup sesame oil, 2 cinnamon sticks, 6 cloves, 1 bay leaf, dash of rum
Combine the ingredients in a dark glass bottle. Steep for one hour, then add three drops to your bath.

Spirit Lifter with Lemongrass

Lemongrass
Dab a cotton ball with the Vietnamese herb lemongrass (available at health food stores) and sniff when you need a lift.

Sweet and Spicy Bath Mix

1/2 cup baking soda, 2 tablespoons sugar, 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger, 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
Mix all the ingredients. Add 2 tablespoons of the mix to a tub of water. The recipe makes enough for 2-3 baths.

SUNBURN

Apple Remedy for Sunburned Eyes

Grated apples
Make a poultice of grated apples and rest it on your closed eyelids for a relaxing hour. Rubbing half of an apple on sunburned skin (other than eyes) will also prevent peeling.

Cucumber Remedy

Fresh cucumber slices
To ease the pain of sunburn, apply fresh cucumber slices to the area. Keep on for 10 minutes.

Egg White Remedy

1 egg white
Make a poultice from the lightly beaten white of an egg. Bandage the poultice on the closed eyes and leave it there overnight.

Mayo Soother

Mayonnaise
When you get a first degree burn, apply a thin layer of mayo to the area and wrap some gauze around it. The burning sensation is usually gone within a few minutes.

Milk and Salt Remedy

Equal parts milk and ice, 2 tablespoons of salt
Mix the milk and ice and add salt. Soak a washcloth in the mixture and place it on the sunburned area. Leave it on for about 15 minutes. Repeat the procedure 3-4 times throughout the day.

Oatmeal and Milk Remedy

Oatmeal, milk
Treat sunburn with a poultice of oatmeal soaked in milk.

Sage Remedy for Sunburnt Face

Sage leaves
Wash face with decoction made of sage leaves.

Tea Remedy

6 regular (non-herbal) tea bags, 1 qt hot water
Steep the tea bags in hot water. When the tea is strong and cool, drench a washcloth in the liquid and apply it to the sunburned area. Repeat the procedure until you get relief. To ease the pain of a sunburned scalp, prepare a cup of green tea and let it cool. Wash your hair as usual, then massage the tea into your scalp. This alleviates peeling, burning and itching and gives your hair a healthy shine.

Tomato Remedy

Peeled tomato slices, buttermilk
Soak the tomato slices in buttermilk, then apply directly to the sunburn. Or make a puree out of thinly peeled tomatoes with a little buttermilk added.

Vinegar Remedy

2 cups apple cider vinegar, 2 cups water
Mix the vinegar with the water and gently sponge the liquid over the sunburned area.

Yogurt (or Sour Cream) Remedy

Yogurt or sour cream
Spread yogurt or sour cream over the sunburned area, particularly the face. Leave it on for 20 minutes, then rinse off with lukewarm water.

See BURNS for additional remedies.

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TOOTH CARE AND REMEDIES

DAY TO DAY CARE

Baking Soda and Salt Gum and Teeth Massage

Equal quantities of baking soda and common table salt
Massage your gums and teeth with the baking soda-salt mixture, using your finger not a toothbrush. Or simply sprinkle 1/2 teaspoon baking soda on a damp toothbrush and brush as usual. It will brighten your smile.

Citrus for White Teeth

Equal parts fresh grapefruit, lemon and lime juices
Brush your teeth two to three times a week with a combination of the three citrus fruit juices.

Grape By-Product Treatment

Ashes from burnt grape branches
Rub the ashes from the burnt grape branches onto teeth every morning. It is supposed to give you sparklingly white teeth after just a few applications.

Lemon Peel Treatment for Bleeding Gums

Lemon peel
Rub your teeth every morning with the white part of a lemon peel. This will also brighten your smile.

Rhubarb as Tooth Enamel Strengthener

A few fresh rhubarb stalks
Express some juice from the rhubarb and apply to the teeth with a soft bristle brush or rubbed with some cotton balls.

Sage Tea Gargle for Healthy Gums

1 cup boiling water, 2 teaspoons dried sage
Steep the sage in the boiling water. Use daily as a gargle.

Strawberry Treatment

1 fresh strawberry
Cut 1 fresh strawberry in half and rub your teeth and gums with it. It may help remove stains, discoloration and tartar without harming the enamel. It may also strengthen and heal sore gums. Leave the crushed strawberry and juice on the teeth and gums as long as possible - at least 15 minutes. Then rinse with warm water. Use fresh strawberries only and at room temperature.

Tea Treatment As Cavity Prevention

1 black or green tea bag
Brew a tea bag in a cup of hot water for at least 6 minutes. Squeeze the bag before discarding. Use this as a mouth wash and dental rinse after every meal with sweets.

Thyme Tea/Toothpaste Remedy
Use as a mouth wash for bad breath, tooth decay, cold sores. The "toothpaste" is made out of 3 handfuls of fresh thyme (lightly crushed) soaked in 1 cup of brandy for about 5 hours. A brush can be dipped in this solution and the teeth cleaned with it. This solution is good for about 4-6 brushings. Then another batch needs to be made. Or make thyme (or lemon thyme) tea to soothe sore gums.

TEETHING

Honey Remedy

Honey
Rub the sore gums with honey.

Ice Remedy

Ice
Give the child very small pieces of ice to melt in his/her mouth.

Olive Oil Remedy

Olive oil
Rub the sore little gums with olive oil to help relieve the pain.

TOOTHACHE

Alcohol and Pepper Remedy

1 slice toast, alcohol, pepper
Saturate a slice of toast with alcohol, then sprinkle on some pepper. The peppered side should be applied externally to the toothache side of the face.

Basil Remedy for Swollen Gums

Eight leaves, boiling water
Add the leaves to the boiling water, steep, then strain. Rinse with this tea.

Cayenne Pepper Remedy

Cayenne pepper
Apply just a few grains of cayenne pepper to the affected tooth and gum. At first it will add to the pain, but within seconds, the toothache should stop.

Clove Remedy

Oil of cloves or whole cloves
The oil should be soaked in a wad of cotton and placed directly on the aching tooth. If using a whole clove, dip it first in warm honey. Then chew the clove slowly, rolling it around the aching tooth.

Coriander Remedy

- See Coriander Preparation
Hold in the mouth or soak cotton ball with it and insert to relieve toothache.

Eggplant Remedy

Several top parts of eggplants (the part by which the vegetable is attached to its stem), 1/4 cup sea salt, 2 tablespoons powdered kelp
Roast the top parts from the eggplants on a cookie sheet at 175 degrees for 24-30 hours until they can be easily powdered by crushing or grinding. Roast the kelp and salt on another cookie sheet at the same temperature but for half the time. Then mix with the ground eggplant tops. Rub some of this mixture into the gums near the painful tooth or area affected with pus (pyorrhea). Leave it on for awhile before rinsing away.

Fig Remedy

1 fresh, ripe fig
Split open the fig. Squeeze out the juice of the fruit onto your aching tooth. Put more fig juice on the tooth in 15-minute intervals, until the pain stops. Or, rinse your mouth with organic apple cider vinegar, then cut a fig in half, heat it slightly and apply as warm compress to the tooth. Some people use figs to clean teeth with (rub the cut side against the enamel for a few minutes.)

Garlic Remedy

1 garlic clove
Place a slice of peeled garlic to the affected tooth to ease the pain. Or cut a clove in half and hold one piece on each side of a tooth that is aching. A folk remedy using garlic asks for holding a peeled garlic clove in the bend of each knee. If you have delicate skin, wrap the cloves in a soft cloth. Also, loose teeth may be made tight again by rinsing the mouth morning and evening with a good strong garlic tea.

Ginger and Red Pepper Remedy

Ground ginger, ground red pepper
Mix ground ginger with ground red pepper in enough water to form a paste. Apply it directly to your tooth, avoiding the gum area.

Horseradish Remedy

Horseradish root
Grate horseradish root and place a poultice of it behind the ear closest to the aching tooth. To insure relief, also apply some of the grated horseradish to the gum area closest to the aching tooth.

Lemon Treatment (Preventative) for Pyorrhea

Rind of one lemon
Cut the scrubbed rind of a lemon and massage the gums with the inside of the slices of rind. Not only may this treatment prevent pyorrhea, but it will also help remove stains from the teeth.

Lime Juice Treatment

Fresh lime juice
Soak a wad of cotton in the lime juice and put it directly on top of or next to the site of pain.

Onion Remedy

1/2 onion
Roast the 1/2 onion. Then, while it's still hot, place it on the pulse of your wrist on the opposite side of your troublesome tooth. By the time the onion cools completely, the pain should be gone.

Powdered Milk Remedy

Powdered milk
Pack powdered milk in a painful cavity for temporary relief.

Salt Remedy

Bag of salt
A bag of hot salt held against the cheek brings comfort to those with the pain of aching teeth.

Sesame Seeds Remedy

1 part sesame seeds, 3 parts water
Combine the sesame seeds with the water. Boil until liquid is reduced by half. Cool and apply directly to your tooth.

Tea Remedy for After Extractions

1 tea bag
Dip a tea bag in boiling water, squeeze out the water and allow it to cool. Then, pack the tea bag down on the tooth socket and keep it there for 15-30 minutes.

Vinegar Remedy

Vinegar
Soak a cheek-size piece of brown paper bag in vinegar, then sprinkle one side with black pepper (grated ginger can be used instead). Place the peppered side on the side of the face with the toothache. Secure it in place with an Ace bandage and keep it there for at least 1 hour. Vinegar also works when a gauze is soaked in it and applied to the aching tooth or gum after extraction.

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VARICOSE ULCERS

Honey and Cod Liver Oil Treatment

2 tablespoons cod liver oil + 2 tablespoons raw honey
Make a poultice from the ingredients and apply it to the ulcers at bedtime. Repeat nightly until the ulcers heal.

Vinegar Remedy for Varicose Veins

Apple cider vinegar
Wrap the varicose legs with a cloth wrung out of apple cider vinegar. Leave this on, with the leg propped up, for 30 minutes, morning and evening. Also, immediately upon rising in the morning, rub apple cider vinegar on the soles of your feet and let it dry before putting on socks or stockings. Apply still more vinegar before dinner. Considerable relief will be noticed within 6 weeks.

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WARTS

Banana Peel Remedy

Ripe banana peel
This is an excellent remedy for plantar warts. Apply the inside of a fresh banana peel to the wart and tape it down. Keep it on at all times. When you take a bath or shower, take it off, and then dry your foot. Apply a fresh peel and leave it on until your next bath. In a few months, the wart will be gone forever.

Basil Remedy

Fresh basil leaves
Pack the wart area with crushed fresh basil leaves and cover with a bandage. Repack every day for 5-7 days.

Carrot and Olive Oil Remedy

Carrots, 1 teaspoon olive oil
Grate carrots and combine them with the olive oil. Put the mixture on the wart for 1/2 hour 2 times a day. The carrot may be mixed with salt instead of the oil.

Dandelion Remedy

Dandelions
Pick some dandelions. Break the stems and put the juice that oozes out of the stems directly on the wart - once in the morning and once in the evening, 5 days in a row.

Fig Remedy

1 fresh fig
Crush a fresh fig until it has a mushy consistency and put it on the wart for 1/2 hour each day. Keep doing that until the wart disappears.

Garlic Remedy

Clove of garlic
Place the garlic on the wart and secure with a bandage. Leave on overnight. In the morning, take it off. Repeat every night for 7 days.

Lemon Juice and Onion Remedy

Lemon juice, 1 onion
Dab lemon juice on the wart, immediately followed by a raw chopped onion. Do that 2 times a day, 15 minutes each time.

Papaya Remedy for Warts and Corns

Green papaya
Drip the milky latex of the green papaya onto warts. Do this several times a day for up to a week. The wart will shrivel and fall off.

Pineapple Remedy for Genital Warts

Pineapple skin
Gently rub the inner side of pineapple skin on the affected parts. Repeat every morning and evening until the warts are gone.

Potato Remedy

1 white potato
Slice a potato and put it on the wart. Wrap in a linen cloth and leave on all night. Repeat every night for one month.

Tea Remedy

Used tea bag
Apply a used tea bag to the wart for 15 minutes a day. Within a week to 10 days, the wart should be gone.

Vinegar and Baking Soda Treatment

A few drops of apple cider vinegar, baking soda
Put the vinegar on the wart and dust it with baking soda before it dries. Remove the layer of baking soda fifteen minutes later. Repeat the procedure several times a day until the wart is gone.

WEEPING SORES (INFECTIONS WITH PUS)

- Also see Boils

Carrot Remedy

Carrots, lard/oil
Apply a poultice of either raw, grated carrots or cooked, mashed carrots to which a little lard or oil has been added, to stop the throbbing and draw out the infection.

Honey Remedy
Honey
A honey poultice is disinfecting and healing.

Lemon Remedy for Infected Fingers
1 lemon, salt
Soak the infected finger in hot water. Then heat a lemon in the oven, cut a narrow opening in the middle and sprinkle salt in it. Take the infected finger and stick it in the lemon. Within minutes, the pain may disappear.

Papaya Remedy
Papaya
Place a piece of papaya pulp on a weeping sore. Keep it in place with a big Band-Aid. Change the dressing every 2-3 hours until it clears up.

Pork Rind Treatment
Salted pork skin
Take the pork skin, well molded, place between bandages and apply to the wound. It will draw out infection. Also good if a nail or pin has run into your foot. It is said that this application will also bring boils to a head.

Raw Onion Poultice for Infected Fingers/Toes
Raw onions
Apply a poultice of raw onions and change every 6 hours.

Salt, Pepper, Vinegar and Egg Yolk Remedy for Infected Fingers/Toes
1 teaspoon fine salt, 1 tablespoon black pepper, 1 tablespoon vinegar and 1 egg yolk
Simmer everything together and bind on. Renew twice a day.

Thyme Tea Remedy
1 teaspoon ground thyme, 1/2 teaspoon lime juice, 1/2 teaspoon onion juice, enough honey to make a sticky paste
Apply the paste directly on the festering sore or boil. Leave on for 12 hours. Change again and apply a new paste.

Tomato Remedy for Festering Wounds and Sores

Slice of fresh tomato
Wrap a slice of fresh tomato around the festering sore. Hold it in place with adhesive tape. This is also good for localized pain.

WORMS

Garlic Remedy

Lard, garlic
If a child is beset with worms, rub a liniment of lard and garlic into the belly. Olive oil may be substituted for lard. Also, a few cloves of garlic placed in the shoes will keep children from becoming infested with worms.

WOUNDS (ASSORTED)

Bread Poultice Remedy (and Tetanus Preventative)

Few slices of not so fresh bread, condensed milk
Soak some bread slices into the condensed milk and apply to the site of the bite. Secure with clean gauze and adhesive tape. Change this dressing morning and night.

Brown Sugar Treatment for Wound Pain
Common brown sugar
Take a pan or shovel with burning coals and sprinkle upon them common brown sugar. Hold the wounded part in the smoke. In a few minutes the pain will be allayed.

Cayenne Pepper Remedy for Bleeding Wounds
Cayenne pepper
A few grains of cayenne pepper will stop the flow of blood from a cut within seconds. Put it directly on the cut.

Flour and Salt Remedy for Excessive Bleeding

Equal amounts flour and salt
Mix the ingredients and bind onto the wound with cloth.

Honey Remedy
1 teaspoon of fresh, processed honey
To treat small cuts and scrapes, rub the honey into the wound and cover with a bandage. In ancient times, even major wounds were treated with honey to which grease (fat or butter) was added. The combination is 1/3 honey to 2/3 fat. A little garlic juice added to the combination would speed recovery even further.

Lemon Remedy for Bleeding Wounds

Lemon juice
Squeeze some juice on the cut and be ready for the sting. But... lemon is an effective disinfectant and also stops a cut from bleeding.

Papaya Treatment for Wounds and Sores

Ripe papayas
Slice the fruit in strips and apply over the wound. Leave in place for 5 hours. Replace with fresh strips.

Pumpkin Seeds and Flowers Remedy for Scratches and Minor Wounds
Dry pumpkin seeds and fresh flowers
The dried seeds are first ground into a fine powder after which freshly picked blossoms are gently crushed and added in. Add enough water to make a smooth, even paste, which is then applied, directly to any kind of skin injuries.

Sage Remedy for Old, Suppurating Wounds
Sage
Suppurating wounds, if washed with a decoction of sage, will quickly heal.

Tea Remedy for Excessive Bleeding
Tea leaves
Apply wet or powdered tea leaves to the wound.

Thyme Tea Remedy
Bathe the wound with the tea.

WRINKLES, LINES AND SPOTS

Age Spot Remover I

1 slightly beaten egg white, 1 tablespoon fine sugar, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, 1 tablespoon hydrogen peroxide
Mix the above. Pat onto the offending spots or freckles and let dry. Do this frequently and the skin will soon become nice and clear.

Age Spot Remover II

1 stiffly beaten egg white, 1 tablespoon sugar, 2 tablespoons lemon juice
Mix the above ingredients. Rub into skin at night. Wash off early in the morning with clear water.

Age Spot/Freckle Remover
3 parts lemon juice, one part olive oil
Mix three parts lemon juice to one part olive oil and pat onto freckled skin or any sun darkened areas or age spots. Repeat every day until they fade.

Anti-Wrinkle Mask

1 cup milk, 2 teaspoons lemon juice, 1 tablespoon brandy
Boil the ingredients together. While the mixture is warm, paint it on the face and neck with a pastry brush. When it is thoroughly dry, wash it off with warm water and pat dry.

Cleopatra's Anti-Wrinkle Treatment

2 unpeeled cucumbers, dairy whipping cream, 1 tablespoon olive oil, 1 tablespoon honey, a little cornstarch, several lime or lemon halves
Slice the unpeeled cucumbers lengthwise and widthwise. Put them into the blender with enough dairy whipping cream to make a nice, thick, smooth mixture the consistency of cooked cream of wheat cereal. Add the olive oil and blend again. Add the honey and blend again. Finally, add some cornstarch and blend a few more seconds. Set in the refrigerator for half an hour. Scrub your face and neck with the lime/lemon halves. Don't wipe dry. Lay in a reclining position and apply the cucumber-cream mixture. Leave the mask for 1 1/4 hours before removing. Afterwards, when the face is thoroughly clean, dip your fingers into some more dairy whipping cream (unwhipped) and rub it in well in a rotating fashion. Let dry in the air. Do not apply anything else.

Eye Wrinkle Remover

Orange juice
Paint orange juice around the eyes, twice a day, to erase wrinkles.

Fine Line Remover I

1/2 cup strawberries (or half a banana), 2 tablespoons honey, 2 tablespoons heavy cream
Mash 1/2 cup strawberries (or banana) and add 2 tablespoons honey and 2 tablespoons heavy cream. Soak face for 10 minutes to rid the skin of fine lines.

Fine Line Remover II

1 egg white
Fine lines around eyes can be smoothed away by beating an egg white until it is frothy and dabbing it around the eyes. Let it dry, then apply makeup.

Honey, Vinegar, Egg Wrinkle Remover

1 tablespoon honey, 1 teaspoon vinegar, 1 egg white
For youthful skin, and to melt wrinkles from the face and neck, fold 1 tablespoon honey and 1 teaspoon vinegar into a lightly beaten egg white. Pat this solution onto clean skin and allow to dry. Rinse with cool water.

Lemon and Half-and-Half Treatment

2 slices lemon, enough heated half-and-half to cover
Put the lemon slices in a wooden bowl (never metal or plastic). Add warm half-and-half to cover. Cover the bowl and let set for 3 hours. Then strain and massage gently into the skin in a rotating fashion with the tips of the middle three fingers. Allow it to dry, then remove with a wet wash cloth and a little olive oil. Do this morning and evening.

Onion Juice and Vinegar Treatment for Age Spots

1 teaspoon onion juice, 2 teaspoons vinegar
Mix the two ingredients and apply with a soft cloth. Or, half of a fresh onion can be dipped into a small dish of vinegar and then rubbed across the offending skin. In a few weeks, the spot will begin to fade.

Strawberries and Olive Oil Treatment

8 strawberries, 2 tablespoons olive oil
Mash the strawberries with the oil. Smooth over wrinkles and leave it on for 5 minutes before wiping off.

Wrinkle Lotion

1/2 cup rosemary leaves, 2 cups water, 1/2 cup brandy
Gently simmer 1/2 cup rosemary leaves in 2 cups water for 30 minutes. Add 1/2 cup brandy and let set 10 minutes. Strain and wipe onto skin every evening to preserve a face free of lines.

Yeast and Yogurt Preventative

Equal parts brewer's yeast and yogurt
Mix the two and apply on the face. When it dries on the skin, gently wash it off with warm water and pat dry. Do this twice a week to prevent wrinkles.

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