Home Remedies

Yikes...it's that time of the year when we're scattering to find a place where we can run in and get our flu shots or Billy or little Mary can't go to school because of the sniffles, sore throats or from coughing all night.

I tell you it will just wear you down to a frazzle. But when it comes to Moms, it's entirely another animal. We just don't take the time to care for us like we do everyone else.

So I came across some awesome home remedies and cute illustrations I thought might be most helpful to those who fit into this category and who knows they could actually cure us while we create!

For instance if you suffer from a toothache you can retrieve a splinter from a tree which has been struck by lightening and it will clear it right up! Who knew?

To cure a sore throat:

1. Put kerosene on a dirty, worn sock and tie it around your neck.
2.Also gargle salt water.
3.Gargle with Tabasco sauce, ten drops, in a cup of warm water.
4. Place some chopped onions or garlic under your pillow.

And a great tip to remember for next year:

5.If you go barefooted in the summertime enough so that the bottoms of your feet get tough, you won't have many colds or sore throats the following winter!

To stop hiccups, place your hands over your ears and swallow three times.

To relieve a headache.

1.Chew a piece of willow or birch bark.

2.Soak a towel in vinegar and wrap it around your head.

3.Sprinkle some brown paper with vinegar and place the paper on your head.

4.Lie down and place a fresh lemon peel across your forehead.

Tip Of The Day:
And ladies, if you should be one of those terribly unfortunate ones to suffer from those pesky nits and lice I'm told that if you simply use your hair dryer on a daily basis it will prevent those unwanted critters from getting a toehold on a person's head.

So hope this helps at least one person today!

Note: Copied from "Kiss A Mule, Cure A Cold" by Evelyn Jones Childers