Home remedies & family cure-alls

Originally Posted by a_lurker

My coworker's grandmother's solution for all your illnesses: a nice good poop. And it works, too!

This is the first thing my grandma asked us if my parents ever dropped us off for a sick day from school. "When's the last time you pooped?!"

If we ever had a sore throat, Grandma would make us gargle salt water. Of course, as we were little kids, we werent very good at gargling, so we ended up drinking half of it and getting a stomach ache. Thats when the ginger ale came out.

For burns, I've always been taught to put it under cold water for a moment, and then wrap it in cellophane for a little bit. Something about cutting the air off from it, I guess...?

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