Natural remedies and home cures

Pine or spruce pollen—those light green tufts.

The more you have, the more sugar you need.

Just toss it all in a jar and set it out in the sun. Give it a shake every now and then.

Strain the mixture after 21 days.

Take two or three teaspoons of the syrup daily.

It’ll fight off just about any cold or flu coming your way.🙂

Cabbage leaves are actually killer for wound dressings and swelling. Just make sure you swap them out more often than you think.

Slicing up some potatoes and putting them under your feet can really help bring down a fever.

And honestly, pine needle syrup is amazing for a sore throat...

Here’s another one of those ideas Kenneth Hernandez67 was tossing around:
Take some young pine shoots—you want them while they’re still bright and tender—and soak them in honey. Use the same method as before, but skip the straining part; you might as well eat both the honey and the shoots together. It works wonders for a cough.
You can do the exact same thing with elderflower blossoms.

If you're dealing with anemia: go for blackberries, blackberry juice, or even a blackberry wine, then head out for some mountain air.🙂

To break a fever, try using egg whites mixed with vinegar—not just on your forehead, but on your neck too. Ramesses III 😁 Honestly though, it’s pretty unpleasant—you’re burning up, and then there's this slimy, cold egg white mess on your skin. I usually just let myself sweat it out to bring the temperature down.

Kenneth Hernandez67 said:Just grab some pine or spruce resin—you know, those light green sticky bits.

There’s a ton of it, which basically means a massive amount of sugar content in there.

So, you just toss it all into a jar and set it out in the sun, then maybe give it a little shake every now and then.

After about three weeks, you just strain the whole thing.

Then you can take like two or three little spoonfuls of the syrup every day.

It’s great for fighting off those nasty seasonal colds and flu stuff. 🙂

Wait, does it actually need to be sitting in the sun the whole time?
Like, what happens if we get a week where it's just totally cloudy and raining?😕

Well, we all gathered right here last year, so I suppose it's high time we pick up where we left off!
Does anyone happen to know the proper way to concoct a wild chestnut tincture—you know, the kind used for easing up rheumatism and arthritis?

FFE said:And what, you think there's acetaminophen or ascorbic acid floating around in whiskey?

It's because of the ascorbic acid 😕 😕
Anyway, the whole recipe kind of makes sense and doesn't at the same time... when you evaporate alcohol, it causes cooling because the temperature drops. It's the exact same principle behind why we sweat, just basic evaporation physics. The purer the alcohol is, the better it evaporates, making it a more effective compress. But honestly, instead of messing around with those outdated old-school remedies, it’s way better to just put someone with a high fever in a lukewarm bath. Water conducts heat about six times faster than air and has a much higher thermal capacity—meaning it's going to pull way more heat away from the body. It's just a lot more efficient and significantly smarter than using whiskey or any of that other nonsense...

Sagebrush cures everything, apparently.😎 My parents pushed that stuff on me so much growing up that I can't even stand the smell now.

Personally, I swear by that old-school trick for cleaning out ears—just wrap a cloth around a kitchen spatula, soak it in some wax, light one end on fire, and all that nasty gunk just gets pulled right out.

I've got one too. For coughs.
Onion tea. It sounds a bit bland, I know, but it actually works. The best part? You can barely even taste the onion, yet it does the job.

How exactly do you prepare this?

For mouth sores:
umm, how should I even put this? "that yellow stuff from your ear," you know, that secretion—I can't remember the actual name, something starting with C... you know what I mean, don't laugh at me. anyway, you just smear that on your lips and it clears right up... sounds gross, I know, but it works!

you just have to wait a few days for it to build up...😉 , then just apply it

Michael Jones23 said:Ugh, how should I put this? That yellow stuff in your ear—that discharge... I can't recall the actual term, something starting with a C...

Cerumen.

Honestly, it's pretty gross. 😢 Any kind of grease would work just as well, and it’d be way more pleasant.

If we're talking about old-school "home remedies" for sore throats, though, people usually suggest rinsing with sage tea.

shadowfalcon33 said:Cerumen.

Honestly, this whole thing is just gross. 😢 Any kind of grease would probably do the trick just as well. And let's be real, it’d be way more pleasant.

If we're talking about those old-school "home remedies" for sore throats though—try rinsing with some sage tea.

yeah, that's... CERUMEN

but it's actually fine 👍

Lisa Richardson8 said:How do you cook it?

I caramelize a good amount of sugar until it hits a light brown shade, pour in some water, and toss in two sliced onions. Let it simmer on low heat for about half an hour.
The kids love it.

Well, that is simply wonderful, I truly cannot thank you enough!👋

Michael Jones23 said:It's just Cerumen

but honestly, it's fine 👍

Exactly

I don't even find it that gross

For a sore throat: grab some lemon and honey, bite into a lemon slice, then wash it down with a spoonful of honey.

For lung stuff (inflammation): mix some grated horseradish into honey and take three spoonfuls a day. It’s absolutely revolting, but it works.

To break a fever: soak some socks in apple cider vinegar.

If you're trying to bring a fever down, try making some poultices out of sliced potatoes and wrapping them around your feet.
Just so you can watch those potatoes get roasted alive.👍

mrsavipas said:Do you all believe in folk medicine? What kind of old-school home remedies are you familiar with? It doesn't matter if we're talking about a simple common cold or something more serious like kidney, heart, liver, or lung issues. Personally, when I catch a cold, I make sure to rub some garlic on myself, and if my throat starts acting up, I always mix honey and egg into some warm milk... I've even heard of people trying to bring down a fever using brandy compresses applied to the neck... What methods do you all use? And do they actually work for you?

I absolutely believe! I have experienced it firsthand. When I was just a little girl, I suddenly developed an eye infection while staying out in the countryside at my grandmother's place. We used chamomile, blah-blah-blah, every single day, but the eye just kept getting redder and redder, stinging and aching, and nobody could figure out what was causing it or why... Our first neighbor was a local "folk healer," but nothing worked. Finally, after many unsuccessful days of treatment, my grandmother took me to a woman who specialized in those things and explained the situation. This woman grabbed a broom—one of those rustic ones made of twigs—snapped off a small branch, and waved it around my eye while reciting a little chant. By the very next morning, the redness was completely gone! It was as if nothing had ever happened. So, how can anyone tell me that this stuff doesn't work!?

p.s. maybe that was actually something a bit deeper than just standard folk medicine

If you’ve got kids—especially boys—this is a total lifesaver for bruises:
all you gotta do is smear a bit of regular margarine on the spot where they took the hit, and if there’s any swelling starting, it’ll go down fast before a bruise even has a chance to show up. You’ll see pro boxers using this all the time. I actually picked up this trick from a lady at my kid's preschool who always keeps a little tub of margarine in her bag just in case.
I’ve had to pull this move on my little guy more times than I can count, and he hasn't ended up with a single bruise. Before I found this, I was doing what everyone else does and trying to use ice, but let’s be real—kids absolutely hate that stuff, right? With this, he doesn't even notice I'm doing it.

Ashley Nguyen5 said:So, I guess we’re just picking up where we left off last year, right? Does anyone actually know how to make that wild chestnut brandy people use for rheumatism and arthritis?

CHESTNUTS
Fall is basically when you go out and start gathering all those chestnuts. The thing is, they’ve got starch, oils, proteins, vitamins B1, C, K, and a bunch of other medicinal stuff in them.
If you want to make an extract, you take maybe 12 to 15 fresh ones, grate them up really fine—keep the brown hulls on there too—and then slowly pour about a cup of hot brandy over them. Once it cools down, you just strain and filter everything through. You could also just pour cold brandy over the grated nuts and let it sit in a glass bottle with a stopper for like 6 to 8 weeks before filtering it.
These extracts are meant for internal use, like taking drops to help with circulation, hemorrhoids, or varicose veins. It might even help with sinus issues, bronchitis, or some lung and gut problems, I think.
Usually, you’d take 15 to 20 drops in some water three times a day. But if you’re dealing with really bad hemorrhoid pain, you might need to do 40 drops, six times a day.
The extract is the main way to go, though people also drink tea made from the chestnut buds and flowers.
Then there's this tea made from young bark and the brown outer shell (just leave out the yellow part), which helps with hemorrhoids, prostate issues, inflammation, and swollen veins, plus it settles the pain from all that.
You can toss some walnut hull, willow bark, or plantain into that tea too, simmer it for about 10 minutes, let it sit for ten more, then strain it. Drink a cup in the morning and one at night, and it’s supposed to help with gout.
For swollen or varicose veins, there’s a salve you can make by mixing 20 grams of that wild chestnut extract with 60 grams of lanolin (that fatty stuff you get from sheep wool). You just rub it on and wrap the area with a bandage.
And if you have a fever or a cold, you can apparently eat a quarter of a grated chestnut on an empty stomach with a little water for two or three days.

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