Weird First Aid

[pumba]

a wart to get rid of it.......or rub a penny and throw it over your right shoulder......whoever finds the penny gets the wart and yours is gone......hahaha......not exactly first aid.....sorry alex.......I am a naughty lady

 

[betz]

It used to be put a raw potato on a wart and it would go away.
Now it is put duct tape on a wart and it will go away.
In fact, duct tape has so many medicinal remedies, I am thinking of duct taping my thighs and butt to firm them up. Much easier than that step machine.

Chewed tobacco on a bee sting.
Chewed plantain on a wound.
Toothpaste on a zit.

 

[sudiequ]

I've actually seen a girl duct tape her boobs together for clevage . Too bad her dress wasn't big enough to hide the fact

 

[Saffron]

Pumba you are too funny!!! I never pick up coins I see on the ground. I always think a child will find them and feel like they've found a treasure. Now I know for a fact that I will never, ever pick up a penny I see laying on the pavement somewhere.

Betz!

Nativetxn -- a have poker straight, baby fine hair so I put a lot of "stuff" in my hair to keep a curl in. The vinegar strips my hair clean. I have to do it on a weekend so it doesn't smell by Monday.

 

[Mermaid02]

Hey Pumba... when Jack was about 3 he got the bag balm- I didn't know it of course..... all of a sudden I could smell it.... he had taken it and rubbed it ALL OVER THE DOG! Poor thing, she was just standing there taking it. She had to go to the vet too (already had an appointment) my dh told the vet what had happened and he said she was laughing her fanny off! He covered her in Hershey's syrup once too........

 

[minniepumpernickel]

Tobacco juice on a bee sting? Sounds disgusting, and it isn't my idea!

 

[Kermit]

Originally posted by pumba
How about the raw potato on a wart to get rid of it.......or rub a penny and throw it over your right shoulder......whoever finds the penny gets the wart and yours is gone......

Everyone knows that the way to get rid of a wart is to rub a dirty rag on it and then dig a hole in the ground and put the rag in it. But you can't tell anyone that you did it, or it won't work.

 

[vickyBaby]

Remember the Friends episode where the urine stopped the pain of the jellyfish sting? Ewwww.

 

[snuggles]

I've always heard that if you have a fever blister you should kiss a red headed person to make it go away.

My grandaddy always said to put tobacco juice on a bee sting too.

 

[Micca]

Somebody on Survivor peed on a jellyfish sting a season or two back.

When I was a kid and always getting upper respiratory problems, my mom would rub me down with Vick's vapo-rub, and then have me stick my finger in the jar, get a little dollop, and swallow it.
Mom has some funny ideas, but she's 88 years old so she's doing something right.

 

[MerryPoppins]

I have an earache and sore throat right now. Any advice?

My whole family has been sick for a week with a terrible cold/virus. We are a miserable bunch. I'll try just about anything to get some relief. I'll pass on the urine-in-the-ear method, but I'm open to other ideas.

 

[Dream]

OMG Merrypoppins!!! You want advice??? I have some for ya....run as far away from this thread as you can, as fast as you can!!!! (Hope you feel better soon!)

 

[pumba]

then maybe an antihistame....or whatever......like sudafed the one that will not make it so you won't sleep for a year medicine....it would get rid of the pressue in your head and then make your ears feel better........but make sure you dont' have strep......or something else......take care

 

[MerryPoppins]

LOL Dream! Really didn't have much hope that you guys would have a home remedy, but I might be willing to try one if it wasn't too far out.

DH went to the doctor and he didn't have strep. Just had gone into a sinus infection. He got medicine and feels better now. His throat and DD's throat are better, so I have hope.

If I don't get better soon, I'll go in. I really think it is a bad case of RSV. Seem to get hit with that every fall/winter. I've been doing decongestants, cough medicine and also echinacea.

Thanks for the well-wishes. I really meant to joke, not to sidetrack the thread.

 

[Sonya]

My grandpa used to blow cigarette smoke in our ears for an earache.

It didn't work.

 

[Snowwark]

When my Mother was very young, she was made to eat raw eggs because she was considered "puny."

Six kids later, and 80 years old, she still shudders at the memory. Maybe it worked (didn't Rocky eat raw eggs?), but I'm surprised she never became ill from it.

 

[MerryPoppins]

Snowwark, first time in my life that I'm glad I was never considered puny.

 

[sudiequ]

My mother used to make me take Geritol because i looked pale I just have Snowhite skin . But honestly, that stuff tastes GROSS!! I had to ask the Dr. (i think it was at my 5th grade physical) to tell my mom not to make me take it anymore, and i remember the Dr. giving my mom a look of lol.