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Another way to heal a Sore Throat...

Take a Soother, they taste delicous and help an alful lot.

A soother... you mean like a cough drop or lozenge?

Oh, I know they work.

Putting honey on a cut involving a horse paddock and an iron bar is not a prudent idea. Anytime you're cut deeply near horses especially if it's a puncture wound, you need to go the emergency room and get a tetanus shot. Getting cut while around livestock definitely increases your chances of getting this disease. Honey does not cure lockjaw.

Also, I caution very strongly against leaving a bandage on a wound for 10 days. Any bandage should be removed at least once a day, or when it becomes wet, either with blood, water, or some other fluid. The cut should be cleaned, and then bandaged again. Not removing the bandage doesn't allow you to keep the cut clean, unless you have a magical, airtight bandage, and also doesn't allow you to check to see if the wound is healing properly, i.e. without infection, blood poisoning, etc.


Also, please note: home cures may be fine in some cases, but they should never take the place of qualified medical professionals.







Are you referring to an endorphin reaction. I think you are, considering that the webbing between thumb and forefinger contains a rather well-known pressure point.

Does Mosquito Bites count? Well I guess it will especially in those kind of seasons *grumbles* >.>

*Mosquito Bites
With the permision of parents or someone doing it for you, Cut in half a small green or yellow lemon and squirt it on the mosquito bite, You can also gently press the lemon on it and leave it there for a while (Just don't scratch it, I know it'll feel a bit stingy)

It's usefull for a lot of people that live in places like Mexico and/or Cuba, Espeacially Cuba >.> I use it alot since I live in Mexico, It actually works...Crappy little vampire wannabes.....

Points very well-made, but I don't think anyone was trying to say home remedies should ever replace medical help. However, a lot of people tend to go running to the doctor for minor problems which can be fully treated at home. If you have something serious, by all means call a doctor. But some people get worked up about a little thing and go rushing off to the doctor over a headache or some such ailment.
This article is intended to be chiefly about such minor discomforts. You will notice we prescribe no remdies for if, say, you slip with a chainsaw and injure yourself that way. Common sense, which sadly is far from common nowadays, makes that pretty obvious.
As for the endorphin reaction, that may be it. That's the thing about home remedies; you are likely to know that they work without knowing how or why.


Yes, thank you very much for that input. Having been one of the unfortunates to suffer from being especially attractive to mosquitoes (you know, the type people take on camping trips to keep from getting bitten themselves), I appreciate the input on behalf of myself and all others with the same problem.

I have 2,but one's a bit messy
Injury swelling:
When you get a bump on the head from getiing physical trauma,the area will start to swell up.A way to release the pressure would be to take a knife and cut the swelling.Yes it will bleed,but the pressure will then release.You'll know what I mean if you've seen "Apocalypto".

cold hands and feet:Whenever your hands and feet are cold,simply move your fingers and toes around to get blood into them faster.Might be a bit late since winter is over,sorry

I'm no doctor, but I definitely think that first one's a bad idea, especially with a movie as your source. Movies are notoriously bad as medical resources, like the infamous remedy of sucking snake poison out as popularized by old cowboy movies. The second one's good, though.

I could never bring myself to take a knife to my forehead to reduce swelling. Added with that the possibility of infection. If anything, and this truly is only if the swelling was bad, I might consider using a needle to release fluid. But even that's a longshot that I'd imagine I'd never revert to.

I think this one is safe to put down: NEVER cut or puncture your body (not counting hair or fingernails) unless otherwise instructed by a medical professional (such as prescribed shots if you're diabetic).

O_o I see we could be having a Pandemic on our hands, so this has been advised by the doctors, for "swine Flu":

Symptoms:

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in humans the symptoms of swine flu are similar to those of influenza and of influenza-like illness in general. Symptoms include fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. A few more patients than usual have also reported diarrhea and vomiting.
Because these symptoms are not specific to swine flu, a differential diagnosis of probable swine flu requires not only symptoms but also a high likelihood of swine flu due to the person's recent history. For example, during the 2009 swine flu outbreak in the United States, CDC advised physicians to "consider swine influenza infection in the differential diagnosis of patients with acute febrile respiratory illness who have either been in contact with persons with confirmed swine flu, or who were in one of the five U.S. states that have reported swine flu cases or in Mexico during the 7 days preceding their illness onset. A diagnosis of confirmed swine flu requires laboratory testing of a respiratory sample (a simple nose and throat swab).

If you see any of these signs, GO TO YOUR DOCTORS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, SWINE FLU IS DEADLY!

Thanks,
Conay.

I never said I took it from a film,I was taught it by a former green beret(U.S special forces).

Sorry. I figured it was from a movie when you cited "Apocalypto."

Update: Acne added to the list.