Thursday Thirteen #7

Thirteen Home Remedies as Scavenged by SHOSHANA I might not always do them, but I am very fascinated with "home remedies." So this Thursday, I'm having 13 home remedies found all over the world. Read these with a grain of salt. Or take a whole bucketful if you have to. Have you heard anything more outlandish than that one from China below? Bruises 1. Croatia INGREDIENTS: margarine or butter INSTRUCTIONS: Rub a little to liberal amount of butter on the bruise and leave it. Works on the worst of bruises. From a boxer! 2. Korea INGREDIENTS: raw beef, bandage INSTRUCTIONS: When people get a bruise in Korea, they use raw beef. First, cut the beef in a small piece and put it on the bruise, after that cover it with a bandage. If you repeat three times at least. 3. Japan INGREDIENTS: butter and sugar INSTRUCTIONS: all you do mix butter and sugar sure that it cold and spread. Bad Breath 4. Austria INGREDIENTS: Mint leaves INSTRUCTIONS: Chew on mint leaves and your breathe will be fresh. This is an Austrian thing, and I have used it myself and it works really well. 5. South Africa INGREDIENTS:Tropical Fruit named : Paw Paw INSTRUCTIONS: Cut paw paw open, scoop out pips and cut into wedges or bite size cubes, eat at least 2-3 dessert bowls of bite size cubes daily. This really is very good for cleaning the stomach which is often the real cause of bad breath. Make this part of your daily diet and I guarantee it will stop bad breath. I got this remedy from a Doctors article in a South African family magazine. 6. Canada INGREDIENTS: CLOVE (whole) INSTRUCTIONS: Chew a entire clove or if it's too spicy for you, keep it in your mouth. It's the best for bad breath (even toothache!). Diaper Rash 7. USA INGREDIENTS: Egg Whites INSTRUCTIONS: I was on vacation in Florida and we stayed with friends who had well water. My niece got really bad diarrhea from the well water in her formula she had the worst diaper rash I've ever seen. She couldn't even walk without crying. Take about 3 or 4 eggs and just crack them open get rid of the yolk and pour the egg whites over the clean & dry rash and put on a clean diaper. The rash should look better by the time you change them again. 8. Canada INGREDIENTS: liquid antacid INSTRUCTIONS: For a really bad diaper rash you just pour some on the diaper and it will clear up in a flash! 9. USA INGREDIENTS: 100% pure vaseline (the one in the jar not the tube) INSTRUCTIONS: Glub on plenty of vaseline on baby and diaper. This forms a waterproof layer between baby's skin and diaper.It works almost instantly. Stuffy Nose 10. Russia INGREDIENTS: one clove of garlic (or more if needed) or a piece of an onion little bit of honey a piece of an aloe plant (just the tip of a leaf thingie) INSTRUCTIONS: This is what my grandmother did for me when I had a stuffy nose. Grind up the garlic so the juice comes out, mix it up with honey and squeeze out a bit of the juice from the aloe plant into the mixture. Then soak two cotton balls in this and stick them up your nostrils... Maybe five or ten minutes? It works quite well. 11. Canada INGREDIENTS: Butter INSTRUCTIONS: When we were little kids and had a stuffy nose, my mom would rub butter on the upper bridge of our nose (between the eyes) before we retired for bed. For some reason it kept the airways open. We could breath at night and had a restful sleep. I have to this day used the butter method. It works. Nosebleed 12. India INGREDIENTS: Frehly sliced onion INSTRUCTIONS: This is a great home remedy from our age-old Ayurveda and it works every time. At the onset of a nose-bleed,make the person lie down with the head tilted back, slice a big chunk of onion and place it under the nose. The fumes from the raw onion act as a natural coagulant and the bleeding stops in a few seconds. 13. China INGREDIENTS: water INSTRUCTIONS: I suffered nosebleeds as a child. I had a particularly bad nosebleed that I couldn't stop. My Grandfather took a mouthful of water from a glass, pursed his lips and sprayed a fine layer of water into my face. He aimed for the bridge of my nose, but of course it went everywhere! I don't know if it was the shock of what he did, or if something else was at work but the nosebleed stopped as the water hit me. He told me it was an old Chinese remedy. It works. related post: *Home Remedies #1