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Have you tried any of these old wives tale remedies?
Cure a runny nose by sleeping with onion slices in your socks. According to Chinese medicine, there are meridians at the bottom of our feet that act as pathways to the internal organs, and onion slices are supposedly able to open those meridians and draw out the toxins.
Speaking of socks, here is an old English remedy. Take a pair of dirty socks and wrap them around your neck after first greasing the neck with either rendered chicken fat or lard. This process is thought to bring on sweating.
Putting garlic cloves in each of your nostrils is supposed to alleviate sinus pressure and congestion by sending a rush of mucus out of your nose.
POLLEN COUNTS
Pollen counts are high and rising, and it seems like a great opportunity to find the perfect Allergy remedy you’ve been looking for, especially with around 40 percent of the population being hay fever sufferers, but just how reliable are these natural remedies?
Hay fever is caused by an allergy to certain types of pollen, affecting most people in the spring. Hay fever symptoms are caused by by histamine, a chemical which helps your immune system fight certain substances in your body.
Rubbing rum on your chest to ease congestion is another remedy. Take a capful of rum and rub it on your chest. Supposedly the alcohol acts the same as the tingly ingredients in menthol rubs. You could also rub on some cedarleaf oil, nutmeg oil, or turpentine oil, to clear congestion.
Try making a mustard poultice. Simply mix 4 tablespoons of flour with 2 tablespoons of dry mustard. Add enough lukewarm water to make a paste. Take a smooth tea towel (not terry cloth) and spread the paste over half the tea towel, to one side. Fold the remaining half of the towel over the paste and apply to the chest. Leave the poultice in place for twenty minutes.
Use turnips to relieve your sore throat or painful, persistent coughing. Peel and cut a turnip into pieces, boil them in a pot with a litre of milk. Simmer for a good forty minutes. Strain the liquid off, and let cool for a bit before drinking it. To make it more palatable, add some honey. the concoction reduces coughing due to a naturally occurring sulfurous ingredient that loosens and eliminates phlegm and disinfects the respiratory tract.
Make a turnip syrup. Peel the turnip and cut it into thin slices. In a bowl or plastic container, place a slice of turnip, sprinkle with brown sugar, add another slice of turnip, sprinkle with brown sugar, and so on. Cover the container and let sit for at least twelve hours. Drain the turnip syrup and store in a bottle. Sip as needed.
