There is a long tradition in rural medicine of the home remedy as patients often would be left to care for themselves without a doctor anywhere near by. Often these treatments do have at least an inkling of benefit to them, and some scientific basis. Others are just colorful. If one looks at many of the complementary/alternative treatments that are so the latest rage, many of them began with in the hills with granny rubbing a little salve of something on the kids to get them healthy.
I bring this up because a reader recently sent me a link to an online article posted on the Nursing Online Education Database. The article goes through 101 potential home remedies we can offer. I certainly do not endorse all of these and would leave them to the reader's discretion to try out. My personal favorite: garlic juice for ear aches.
Here's the link:
http://noedb.org/library/nursing-careers/101-at-home-remedies-for-common-ailment The Country Doctor
I bring this up because a reader recently sent me a link to an online article posted on the Nursing Online Education Database. The article goes through 101 potential home remedies we can offer. I certainly do not endorse all of these and would leave them to the reader's discretion to try out. My personal favorite: garlic juice for ear aches.
Here's the link: http://noedb.org/library/nursing-careers/101-at-home-remedies-for-common-ailment
The Country Doctor