What are some odd/weird home remedies that you use?

1 Answer

Answer :

My grandmother swears by a shot of Tobasco for allergy symptoms. I tried it once and have to say that allergies were not my main concern for a while.

Related questions

Description : Any home remedies for alleviating swollen feet, from a medical condition?

Last Answer : If there’s any chance it is a blood clot, do NOT massage it.

Description : Home remedies, grandma recipes: Everyone's got one for the cold and sniffles: which ones do not work?

Last Answer : My grandparents used to “put alcohol on it”, whether “it” was a bruise, scrape, or bone fracture. I can’t say the method ever worked.

Description : What are some natural remedies you use and would recommend?

Last Answer : I use honey in tea and its also a weight loss supplement (helps stimulate your metabolism). I really like herbal teas and I use lavender to help me sleep. The basics I suppose. I grew up with my ... . Not for any known rememdy reasons though I would recommend the raw milk though, its amazing. :)

Description : Any good homemade remedies/facials/masks for acne that help?

Last Answer : Eat a low glycemic diet In my experience it will clear you right up & is healthier for you. Anything you do to the outside of your body regarding your acne will be temporary.

Description : Isn't it a bit weird that , for example, an electric toothbrush comes with a manual in innumerable languages, yet a patient information leaflet for medication comes in just one?

Last Answer : Maybe the drug labels are printed in the one language of the country they are being sold in.

Description : How did you or a close friend or family member deal with the weird mixed emotions that sometimes happen when they started to recover from a chronic long term illness?

Last Answer : answer:Knowing that you can't get back those 10 years of misdiagnosis and severe lack of cooperation with doctors, etc., etc., being angry now is to much of a waste of engery. I do realize that ... out that you are now on the road to recovery because you found competent treatment (in your opinion).

Description : Have you had your flu shot and if so have you had any odd reactions?

Last Answer : I got my flu shot whie I was being attended to at Urgent Care (I went to UC because a scrape would not stop bleeding because of the blood thinner medications I am on.) Only strange occurrence ... event as being an extended dream as you were becoming awake, and nothing to do with your vaccination.

Description : Do you have any odd remedies for sleep deprivation?

Last Answer : If your from the US you could get Melatonin, which is a hormone that promotes sleep, I have looked for it here in Ireland but it’s not available, but in some countries I think you can get it in the health food shop.

Description : What do you like to eat that other people might find odd? Or weird?

Last Answer : answer:I love to eat haggis. Especially the version that has a bit of spice to it. My girlfriend loves chicken livers in peri sauce and I just find that strange. Wait a minute…I feel like this has already been answered.

Description : Weird/Odd action or outcome out of a serious situation?

Last Answer : answer:If I understand your question correctly, this story should be applicable. I was very sick and I was receiving IV nutrition. My doctor had recently decided to reduce it down so that I was only ... than some kind of medical crisis. No clue whatsoever. It bugs me a little bit to this day.

Description : This may seem odd to you, but what weird, gross, disturbing, or disgusting videos or articles have you seen or read lately?

Last Answer : answer:Well, there’s always this comic. Just keep scrolling, but don’t say I didn’t warn you. I thought that the Dying Nasa Scientist was really weird…

Description : Odd/Funny/Weird/Rude birthday or Christmas gift?

Last Answer : Butt plugs.

Description : Odd, creepy, or weird which would you rather someone call you if they did?

Last Answer : I’d rather be called weird. It’s more of a loving and generalized statement.

Description : What is the best home remedy for welders flash burn?

Last Answer : answer:Potato works great. My dad owned a welding and machine shop. I went there after school to sweep for Lego money. I got welders flash and it is horrible. My mom cut a potato in half and put them on my eyes and it worked. And welders flash is insanely painful.

Description : Does the prevalence of hospital births versus home births make sense?

Last Answer : Hedging our bets… they’re there just in case something goes wrong. I agree that much of the birth process in hospitals is overmedicalized, and submit that it has a lot to do with fear of malpractice suits.

Description : Is anyone out there a respiratory therapist? How do you like the work? Where do you work, in a hospital, nursing home, etc.?

Last Answer : I’m a RT department director. First off, RT’s don’t work in NH’s. Medicare won’t pay for RT services there, at least not yet. It can be a very rewarding job. The variety of services RT’s do can very greatly depending on the hospital.

Description : What do you do if you go on vacation (far away enough that you take a plane) and you leave your prescription meds home by accident?

Last Answer : You should be able to look up a pharmacy where you are vacationing and call them, tell them you left your meds at home and are on vacation, and they should be able to call your local pharmacy (you ... able to get a prescription for you to pick up. Not sure how the whole cash thing will work though.

Last Answer : You Below Things These To keep Can ,,,, antiseptic Cream : Cutting In the case In the wound Bandages Binding Before That Clear To do Urgent. So The first Work Will be ' Antiseptic ' on wounds ... That Changes New Medicine To keep Will be Of the family Everyone This Of equipment Use To teach Will be

Description : Where did the notion that we use only 10% of our brains come from? On what basis is this claim made?

Last Answer : Not true, @talljasperman. It came from pretty much nowhere, and goes as far back as the 1920s (There's an advertisement for the 1929 World Almanac containing the line There is NO LIMIT to what the ... to make it sound sciency. It was pulled out of someone's nether regions and now refuses to die.

Description : Processing medical marijuana: how long does it take to use a bubble bag etc?

Last Answer : answer:I am surprised and a bit dismayed to learn that concentrate is no longer available at the dispensary for patients. I know here in CO, there are a variety of concentrated items available ... reducing cannabis into a concentrated butter or oil (cannibutter) on the stovetop for use in edibles.

Description : Can I use the Biotene mouthspray for lip piercing?

Last Answer : If you mix a little bit of water in it and use it every time after you eat, it would be fine. Anything really works to clean it, it’s just the matter of would it sting or not..but your solution wouldn’t..don’t worry.

Description : Is it true that long-term use of Oxycodone creates pain by destroying your body (eg. ruining joints)

Last Answer : answer:Actually, its a vicious circle of pain and the threat of more pain. People who have migraine headaches are some of the most prone people to become addicts of pain medicene. I do not ... relief. I was a lifetime sufferer of migraine headaches. Its easy to become addicted to pain pills.

Description : It's been a long time since I've seen medications prescribed in a blue bottle. Do they still use them?

Last Answer : Every med I see these days (well for the last 10 years or so) is in a factory sealed blister pack so as to make tampering with them harder.

Description : When you take a muscle relaxant are you still able to make good use of the muscles?

Last Answer : answer:So-called muscle relaxants like Soma or Robaxin (there are many) act centrally to help relieve muscle spasm. In other words, they act on the brain (and possibly spinal cord) but not directly ... agent was curare, derived from the toxin used in South American blow darts to kill animal prey.

Description : How bad is it to use expired medicine?

Last Answer : answer:Use it. Did you read the results of the Army's 20 year study? Most of what is known about drug expiration dates comes from a study conducted by the Food and Drug Administration at the ... use even 15 years after the expiration date. http://www.health.harvard.edu/fhg/updates/update1103a.shtml

Description : Can you use Tylenol a lot?

Last Answer : Did you happen to read the dosage recommendations on the bottle?

Description : For Microbiologists, Chemists, Researchers – Can you think of a use for this material in your work?

Last Answer : Im not an expert but Ive got a feeling that its probably got a very good use in nanotechnology in some way. Is the inside hollow? Might be good for holding micro bacteria or Viruses.

Description : Do you think that those who use drugs (legal or illegal) would be suprised to know that we can tell just by looking at them?

Last Answer : I've often had the secret desire to tell someone you look like heck, lay off the drugs man . Of course that is my human nature and not the counseling side of me. :) These would be people I know who ... if I did say that, what the reaction would be. I'm left wondering if it would shock them or not.

Description : I have to fly in a small non pressurized plane tomorrow and I just started getting a head cold. What product shall I use?

Last Answer : The decongestant is probably a good idea. I’ve successfully used EarPlanes earplugs to stop the ear pressure/pain.

Description : Do you use/believe in complementary and alternative medicine?

Last Answer : As a rule I don’t believe in the healing power of alternative medicine, but I think many of them have beneficial ‘side-effects’, like relaxation, eating healthier, etc.

Description : What acne medicine do you use and do you like it?

Last Answer : answer:The stuff you used as a kid sounds like benzyl peroxide which is an excellent product apart from the bleaching clothes thing. Other stuff I've tried include lymecycline which is a once a ... later. Oh and however oily your skin is you still need moisturizer preferably one with sun protection.

Last Answer : body Extra Sweat Exploitation By The stench To be Don't pay Many times Scab Healed Extra In the sun Of the skin Cover As Work By Ghamachi Away By A lot

Last Answer : Insulin, Diabetes Relationships A lot Heat, Of temperature Of relationships Like. Insulin Hall A Hormones , which Of the human body Of the pancreas Eyelets Ab Of Langerhunts Beta Cells From ... Familiar. So Specific Rules Obey Syringe Disposal Box Use Please And These Specific In place Remove.

Description : Can you help me understand some things about dog's topical treatment?

Last Answer : I wouldn’t put it on right after a bath but wait a day or two so that the skin oils are restored if you are concerned.

Description : How many people here are on some kind of an antidepressant?

Last Answer : Me. I was prescribed after my mother’s death and other shitty things that happened to our family. The meds have been a tremendous help.

Description : Can I expect any grief in dropping my Medicaid in NYS (some brief details, I promise!)

Last Answer : Now that the ACA (Obamacare) is in effect, I would triple check that the organization is still giving medicine to people with no insurance. There aren’t supposed to be that many people left who have no insurance. The organization may not offer this anymore.

Description : Is it true that some people will tell secrets to a bartender that they wouldn't tell a doctor?

Last Answer : answer:Naw. Not friends. People don't tell friends anything. A Bartender is a stranger whose job is to listen without judging. They sell more booze that way. Doctors judge. They have to. They have to decide ... . If you tell a doctor, you will be held responsible for it. There's no way around that.

Description : Are some people better off not being cured?

Last Answer : They deserve the choice or chance to continue living. By this logic, we shouldn’t even release criminals from jail after they’ve done their time.

Description : If the big pharmas had their way, would every man, woman and child be on some sort of medication for something?

Last Answer : Yeah, money is money.

Description : Why do some directions for medicine read, “Only apply to infected area”?

Last Answer : Because some idiot probably ate it or stuck it in an orifice it wasn’t designed for and got sick so they ended up suing the company that made the medicine. To protect themselves, they put this disclaimer on their packages.

Description : I would say that the last few years, every cold or flu that I had morphed into some nasty infection; why is that?

Last Answer : Secondary infections may be due to a weakened immune system.

Description : Why is it that some people "have a thing" for gross bodily secretions (and other stuff)

Last Answer : Jude Thanks. That was so disgusting it made me laugh.

Description : Are flu shots really some kind of government or big pharma plot to control minds?

Last Answer : Yes..it is they have you now

Description : What are some of the weirdest side-effects you've had?

Last Answer : My doctor prescribed Lopressor for my heart. my normal heartbeat is 80 beats per minute. Lopressor has reduced my heart rate to 60 beats per minute. for the first three days of this new medicene, i could ... have some of my energy back. heartbeat is now 70 beats per minute. i can live with that.

Description : I'm taking antibiotics (Anelox) for a gnarly lower respiratory tract infection and I'm having some pretty intense stomach pains/cramps. I'm curious as to how antibiotics work?

Last Answer : How antibiotics work

Description : Have you ever suffered from a medical illness (of some sort) that made you feel depressed?

Last Answer : Yeah. Hypothyroidism can mask as depression, as can hypogonadotropic hypoganadism, and other illnesses as well. It is always a good idea to rule out medical causes before treating for depression.

Description : What are some low cost options for psychotherapy?

Last Answer : NAMI.org has resources for sliding scale, low or no-cost services. Hospitals have clinics and charity care. Medicaid covers medications, but I’m unsure about therapy. Support groups are another option.

Description : Why do I feel like fainting after taking some tylenol?

Last Answer : It thins your blood. Actually not certain that tylenol does necessarily, though many products of this sort do.

Description : Is anyone here familiar enough with Physiatry to know why it is regarded by some traditional MDs as "quack medicine" ?

Last Answer : I think that is merely an unfounded prejudice on the part of your GP. Perhaps he or she had it confused with something else. Physiatry is a recognized discipline, and I know of no reputable medical institution that stigmatizes it.

Description : Some Vampire Questions (True Blood type Vamps)

Last Answer : I havent ever seen the show, but reading your questions makes me want to know the answers. I’ll have to hire it tomorrow.