I have been reading all the old remedies, and I remember my mother giving me the sugar dissolved in turpentine for pin worms, although I don't know if she ever saw any. It clearly states on the Vicks vaporub, "not for internal use", but she used to put into my mouth. she always rubbed Vicks on my chest and covered my chest with a warm soft flannel cloth, and it did help me sleep. I always did that for my son when he was little. She would gather up certain plants walking across the ridge to my grandfather's house and when she got home, she would make a certain kind of "kidney tea". Tasted horrible. I still use vinegar for sunburns. When I think what my mother put in my mouth and down my throat in the name of health, I'm surprised I'm here to talk about it. Ruby -----Original Message----- From: FrankiGran@aol.com <FrankiGran@aol.com> To: SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com <SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, February 27, 1999 10:38 AM Subject: Re: Remedies and Cures >All this talk of home cures reminds me of a "not so happy" story. Back in the >very early 70's when everybody was "into" doing things the natural way, I >bought a book at a country auction on cures and remedies. This book had to be >at least 100 years old and was about 4 inches thick with a worn black cover. >My grandmother was always known for her ways of knowing everything. My >children were always having colds and congestion all winter. We lived in >Missouri. After reading this book, I decided to try a cure on my little 4 >year old boy. I put turpentine and lard on his chest then covered with a warm >flannel cloth and covered him up with quilts. I thought well, I'll go one >better and cover the padding on his chest with a heating pad since they didn't >have one in grandma's day. In about 5 minutes he started crying and when I >pulled back the padding his little chest was red and patchy. I quickly bathed >him in soap and water and threw the book in the trash and never tried to cure >anybody again! I do wish I still had the book just for the antiquity of it. > > >==== SW_VA Mailing List ==== >#1 When you have a new email address please UNSUBSCRIBE from the >old BEFORE you lose it; and SUBCRIBE from the NEW address as soon >as you get access to it. If you fail to do this please send the >old and new address to: ehoward@conknet.com and the Mailing List name >-sysop >