SOATP Old Home Remedies

OLD-FASHIONED HOME REMEDIES

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The remedies contained within this site represent the gifts of healing from individuals all over the world. These remedies are all safe, effective, home-grown and home-tested.

There are remedies here to cure just about any common health symptom. Colds, sore muscles, nausea and more! We invite you to take a gander at many of the home remedies that have been passed down for generations and that many individuals swear by.

If you've got a tried and true remedy that you don't see here, feel free to contact us and we will be happy to add it! If you have an alternative remedy to one of the categories, please leave a comment there with your own home remedy!

The information provided is intended as a reference only and should not be used as a medical manual. These remedies are meant to help you make an informed decision about your health and are not to be used as a substitute for any treatment prescribed by your doctor or for more serious health problems.

Warts

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CASTOR OIL
Rub castor oil on the wart once a day. Within several days you will notice a differene and within 3 months they will usually be gone.

DANDELION
Pick a fresh dandelion and break off the stem. You will see a white milk inside the stem. Rub the while dandelion milk on your wart several times a day and within a wee or so the wart will shrivel up.

IODINE
Apply iodine several times a day. Results dont take look. The wart will soften up and soon after, fall off.

SALT
Cover the wart with table salt and apply a bandage over it. In about a month, the wart will vanish.

Toothache

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CLOVE OIL
Drop a few drops of oil of clove on a cotton ball and dab on sore tooth.

WHISKEY
This is done in the same manner as the clove oil. Just soak a cotton ball and rub around sore tooth.

VANILLA
Soak cotton ball in vanilla and dab it on the affected area.

Splinters

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BACON FAT
Place a piece of bacon fat on the embedded splinter. Cover with a bandage. After a few days, the splinter pops out.

LARD
Wash the area thoroughly. Cover the splinter with lard. Wrap in foil and then a bandage. Within 12-24 hours, the splinter comes to the surface and can be pulled out.

Nausea

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GINGER
Drink a glass of ginger ale, eat some ginger cookies or cook up a ginger root. Any type of ginger in any form can instantly relieve nausea.

BARLEY SUGAR CANDY
Suck on a piece of old-fashioned barley sugar candy while riding in a car and never worry about being car sick again.

PEPPERMINT
Put a few drops of peppermint under your tongue. Within minutes it calms the stomach. Peppermint tea or peppermint candy also does the trick

CHAMOMILE TEA
Add two or three heaping teaspoons of pulverized dry chamomile flower heads to a cup of boiling water. Steep for 10-20 minutes then drink.

Muscle Aches

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EPSOM SALT
Draw a hot bath and throw in a few cups of epsom salt and soak for awhile.

ALOE
Rub down your sore muscles with aloe just before going to bed. Takes away the stiffness, soreness and throbbing.

HOT PEPPER
Mix a bit of baby oil with cayenne pepper in a jar. Apply to sore muscles each night. Results are not immediate, rather, gradual.

Indigestion

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VINEGAR
Take one teaspoon of apple cider vinegar in a glass of water and walk for 5 minutes. Stomach should feel normal within that 5 minutes.

HONEY
Take one or two tablespoons of honey. Results usually are felt within a half hour.

BAKING SODA
Mix a teaspoon of baking soda in a glass of water and drink. Causes you to burp more and reduce bloating.

CREAM OF TARTER
Combine a teaspoon of cream of tarter with a glass of water. Works within 15 minutes.

CARDAMOM SEEDS
Chew on a few of these seeds for stomach relief in 10 minutes.

Heartburn

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GINGER TEA
Take a 2-3 inch piece of fresh gingerroot. Slice it very thin and simmer it in a quart of water. Sip it as warm tea 2-3 times per day for three or four days.

BAKING SODA
Mix one teaspoon of baking soda in a standard glass of water and drink. Results are felt quickly.

VINEGAR
Add 1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar in a glass of water and drink. Heartburn is gone in seconds.

Headaches

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ICE
Apply a cloth full of ice to the head at the back of the neck or forehead. Results are usually quick.

BRUSH IT
Use a common brush to brush your hair gently to ease a headache. Brush all over, but especially upward from the back of the head and away from the face at the temples.

POTATOES
Tie a towel tightly around the head and tuck in a few potato slices beneath it on the forehead and temples. You may also choose to soak the potato slices in vinegar first. Leave on for a few hours.

Hay Fever

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HONEY
Eat 3 tablespoons of honey every day for a year to eliminate hay fever symptoms. Eat 1 tablespoon a day after that to keep them away for good.

VINEGAR
Drink a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar a day to keep symptoms down.

Gall Bladder Trouble

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WHISKEY
Down a spoonfull of pure corn whiskey and Black Draught.

Insomnia

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MILK & HONEY
Combine 1 tablespoon of honey with one cup of milk and drink.

WARM MILK
Many find that a glass of warm milk and maybe even a cookie helps to soothe them at night and helps them to fall asleep.

Hiccups

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PEANUT BUTTER
Just eat a teaspoon of peanut butter and forget you even had them!

SUGAR
Eat one teaspoon of sugar for instant hiccup relief.

PICKLE JUICE
Drink one tablespoon of pickle juice. Results are felt immediately.

LEMON JUICE
Either suck on a slice of lemon or drink a teaspoon of lemon juice for instant results.

Itching

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GREASY SALT
Put lots of salt in bacon grease or lard and apply to affect area.

BAKING SODA
Make up a paste of baking soda and water. Apply to the itchy areas and leave on for 5 minutes then rinse.

OATMEAL
Add a cup of oatmeal to a warm bath and soak for a bit. Do this a couple of times a day.

FLAXSEED
Take a few teaspoons of ground flaxseeds mixed with dried fruits and nuts. Eat this cocktail daily and within a few weeks skin improves 100 percent. Continue to eat daily to avoid itchy skin.

SALT WATER
Add two teaspoons of table salt per pint of warm water. Soak for five to ten minutes at a time and repeat often until your condition clears.

WITCH HAZEL
Just dab it on a few times and the itching is gone!

Fever

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VINEGAR
Soak a piece of brown paper bag, folded like a washcloth, in white vinegar. Apply to forehead or wrist. The bag will eventually seem to be heating up and by this time, your fever is gone.

RUBBING ALCOHOL
Splash some rubbing alcohol on your feet, wrists and palms. Relief usually comes within 15 minutes. For tougher cases, splash some on your back and legs as well.

COD LIVER OIL
Combine two or three tablespoons of lemon juice, 1/2 teaspoon of cod liver oil and honey to taste. Ingest one teaspoon at a time when a fever or cold is coming on.

Ear Aches

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GARLIC & ALCOHOL
Shed a cotton ball down so it is able to fit inside your ear. Soak the cotton ball in alcohol and set aside. Cut a clove of garlic in half and heat the pieces in a dry skillet until soft. Remove and use a spoon to squish them until the oil come out of them. Wrap it all up in the soaked cotton ball. Place the cotton ball just inside your ear while still warm. The alcohol cools quickly so put a hat over your ears to keep them warm. Leave it in your ear for a couple of hours.

HANKY
FIll a handkerchief with about 1/4 cup of table salt. Wrap a rubber band around it to make a little ball and warm it in the oven at a low temperature. Lie down with your ear on the hanky. This should draw out the pain.

BETTY BUG
Break apart a Betty Bug at the neck and squeeze one to two drops of blood into the affected ear.

Dry Skin

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KUKUI NUT OIL
This has been a skin moisturizing method among Hawaiians for hundreds of years. After bathing, spread the oil on your dry spots.

Dandruff

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VINEGAR
Mix together one cup of apple cider vinegar, one cup of water and a handful of mint to a boil. Remove from heat and let stand overnight. The next morning, strain the mixture and transfer to a container. To use, wet your fingertips with the liquid and rub it in your scalp. No need to rinse, just let dry.

Coughing

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FLOWERS
Echinacea, a pretty purple coneflower does wonders for a dry cough that has lingered after a cold. Dry the root of the plant and brew as a tea. Drink a cup of this 2-3 times per day for a week. By mid week, you should start noticing the cough lessen.

LEMON
Squeezed over a teaspoon of honey and sucked, poured into tea or added to water to gargle. If gargling, mix about 4 ounces of warm water with 1.4 cup of freshly squeezed lemon juice. Gargle 3-4 times per day.

SLIPPERY ELM
Slippery elm was a common remedy in colonial America. Mixed with water or milk, it was served as a soothing nutritious food similar to oatmeal. This can also be added to water to make a tea. Drink or eat 2-3 times per day.

PEPPERMINT
Heat a cup of water then add two drops of peppermint oil or 2 peppermint leaves. Hang head over the cup and breathe in the vapors.

ONIONS & SUGAR
Finely chop a whole oinion in a bowl. Cover chopped onion with a half cup of white sugar and allow to sit overnight. By morning, you should see a clear syrup in the bowl. Drink one tablespoon of the syrup every four or five hours.

KARO SYRUP
Mix one glass of water with 3 tablespoons of dark Karo syrup. Gargle this mixture each hour on the first day of your cough. Results are usually immediate.

MILK & BUTTER
Fill a cup with warm milk and add two teaspoons of sweet butter. Drink this mixture two to three times a day and feel the results within a few days!

Colds

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CHICKEN SOUP
Always a favorite cold rememdy, chicken soup is one of the first things to go for when you have a cold. Be sure to use plenty of veggies for the best results.

GARLIC

Add fresh garlic to as much food as possible that you will be eating. Garlic works even better if you start taking it at the moment you feel cold symptoms coming on.

HOT TOMATO JUICE
Combine 8 ounces of tomatoe juice with, juice of one or two cloves of garlic, juice of half a lemon and about 1/16 teaspoon of cayenne pepper.

HOT TEA
This can vary depending on your pallette. Any hot tea should do the trick to promote mucus flow and unclog your stuffy nose.

GINGER
Cut thin slices of ginger root into hot water and steep for about 10 minutes. Or use ginger powder to make a tea by pouring boiling water over a teaspoon of the powder or so in a cup.

Calluses & Corns

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LEMON
Before turning in for the night, cut a thin slice of lemon and apply to your corns or calluses. Secure it with a bandage and leave overnight. By morning, affected areas should be soft enough not to have to do anything to.

CASTOR OIL
Rub feet with oil before bedtime. Cover with a clean pair of socks and remove in morning. This should be repeated for a week or two for best results.

Burns

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MILK
Cool, whole milk is preferred. Soak affected area in the milk. Due to its fat content, it is not only soothing, but promotes healing as well.

ALOE
Fresh from the plant is always best to use. Apply directly to burned area to reduce pain, whitening and blistering.

Bruises

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ICE
Ice has always proven to constrict blood vessels which means less bruising. Apply to bruised or affected area to prevent bruising.

WITCH HAZEL
Boil one teaspoon of dried, powdered witch hazel leaves or twigs per cup of water for ten minutes. Strain and cool then apply directly to affected area. Bruise will lighten much faster. Results usually seen within 48 hours.

COMFREY
This herb works just like the witch hazel. Take a handful of comfrey leaves, boil for 10 minutes, cool and apply to affected area for 15-20 minutes.

Boils

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BOILED EGG
Boil an egg for 15 minutes. When cool, crack open and peel, paying special attention to the very thin lining just inside the shell. The lining is what you want to use. Peel a piece from the egg and place it over your boil and cover with a band-aid or something similar. The lining of the egg has squeezing properties and many claim that the lining will squeeze the boil to the surface overnight and many times may actually pop it for you.

BACON FAT
Wrap a small piece of bacon fat (big enough to cover the boil) in gauze soaked in warm water. Replace the piece of fat as needed. Overnight, the boil is said to rupture under the fat.

OATMEAL
Just before bed, apply a glob of warm oatmeal over the boil. Wrap the area with a bandage. The next morning, the boil is usually found to have broken open.

A BOTTLE
Fill a bottle half way with hot water (as hot as you can tolerate). Tip the bottle up so that the mouth of the bottle is firmly over the boil. As the water cools, the suction from contracting air. This will suck that boil to the surface, ultimately bursting open.

POTATOES
Cut a potato into slices and place directly on the boil. Wrap with cloth and leave overnight. By morning, they should have come to a head.

ONIONS
Sautee an onion slice about a quarter inch in size. Be sure to sautee in water until onion starts to become transparent. Apply to boil with a piece of we gauze or cloth over it to keep it moist. Secure in place. Results should be seen overnight.

Bladder Infections

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CRANBERRY & BLUEBERRY JUICE
Drink about 3 ounces of either juice, everyday, to avoid the infections altogether. If an infection occurs, up the dose to between 12 & 32 ounces per day until the infection is gone. You may need to dilute the juice with water if need be, for more tolerable drinking.

BAKING SODA
Mix a teaspoon of baking soda in a glass of water and drink once a day for 3 days.

GARLIC
Mix pressed garlic cloves with foods to be eaten that day. Eat at least two servings a day with the pressed garlic clove for three straight days.

Bee Stings

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SOAP FIRST
First, remove the stinger without squeezing the venom sac, draw a moist bar of soap across the sting. It should pull the stinger right out!

BAKING SODA
Mix up a paste of water and baking soda. Cover the affected areas with the paste and leave on until dry. Remove but pulling the dry chunks away from skin.

PAPAYA
Skin a papaya and cut into squares. Place a square of the papaya skin on affected area. You can freeze the unused squares for later use in a freezer baggie. Just remove a square from the freezer, run under cold water to thaw and place on affected area.

MUD
Nuttin like a good ol' mud bath! Make up a mock mud pie and plaster it on the affected area until dry. Then flake off.

SNUFF OR CHEWING TABACCO
Wet tabacco and place over affected area to bring down swelling and reduce pain.

Bad Breath

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BAKING SODA
Try brushing your teeth with baking soda instead of regular toothpaste. Baking soda changes the acidity in your mouth that bacteria does not care for.

PARSLEY OR MINT LEAVES
Chewing fresh parsley or mint leaves for a few minutes each day. This method orginated with the Romans.

Back Pain

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VALERIAN ROOT
Take a piece of Valerian root and brew it in hot water to make a tea. Sweeten this tea with honey to taste. Within 15 minutes of drinking the tea, pain will be gone for at least two hours. Drink a cup before bedtime to ensure a good night's sleep!

Athlete's Foot

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VINEGAR
Mix about a half cup of white vinegar per gallon of water in a small tub that your foot or feet fit into. Soak foot for five to ten minutes, twice a day. May take a few days for results to appear.

SALT
Add two teaspoons of table salt per 1 pint of warm water. Soak foot for 5-10 minutes. Repeat often until the condition clears up.

Asthma

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STEAM
Bring a teapot of water to a boil. Remove from stove. Hold a towel over both your head and the pot of hot water to trap the steam and breathe deeply. It may take about 5 minutes to feel results. If still congested, repeat this process again in about a half hour.

Arthritis

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FISH OIL
Take a swig of bottled fish oil twice a day. Once in the morning and once at night. Relieves pain in about a week to 10 days.

CIDER VINEGAR
This can be ingested or bathed in. Make up a concoction of hot water with two parts honey to one part apple cider vinegar and sip. For bathing, add one cup of apple cider vinegar and one cup of epsom salt.

Age Spots

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LEMON JUICE
Using a cotton swab or ball, dab fresh squeezed lemon juice on age spots at least twice a day. It may take a month or two to see results.

BUTTERMILK
Splash some buttermilk on the spots. Lightly blot.

ALOE
Fresh squeezed aloe fresh from the plant. Apply to spots once or twice a day. It may take a month for results to appear.

Acne

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EGGS
Thoroughly wash your face. Open the fridge and grab an egg out.
Separate the yolk from the white.
Dip your finger or a cotton swab into the egg white and apply to your blemishes.

OATMEAL
This works great for severe acne.
Mix up a bowl of oatmeal.
After it has cooled, spread it on your face and cover with a clean, damp cloth.
Let it sit for about 15 minutes and then wash off.
Repeat for at least a week.

VINEGAR
Soak a cotton ball in apple cider vinegar.
Dab the ball all over your face.
It may sting at first but after a day or so you will see results!