Dried mustard powder in hot water for tired feet ... Have you any old fashioned remedies?

Baking soda in your bath water to soothe sun burn


Put raw onion on bee sting to remove the stinger


Toothpaste (not gel) on zit overnight to dry out


Half a lemon rubbed on to rough elbows to smooth


Used teabags on closed eyes to relieve puffiness


Shaving cream applied to mirrors and then rubbed off will create a fog free mirror


Kitty litter will absorb motor oil stains on driveway


Dried mustard powder in hot water for tired feet ... Have you any old fashioned remedies?
for a tooth ache, put a clove on the tooth and bite down (not to hard, just a little bit of pressure) the clove has a numbing effect on the tooth.Dried mustard powder in hot water for tired feet ... Have you any old fashioned remedies?
Stick duct tape over a wart to heal it.


Chewing gum to tackle heartburn


Sniff lemons to prevent asthma


Salt water up your nose prevents colds


Pressing your ankle prevents period pains


Chew cheese after a meal to clean your teeth



If you have a cough, put mentholatum (sp.?) on your feet, put on a pair of socks, go to bed and you won't cough through the night.
Never tried that I think the mustard would make me sneeze. I like the body shops Peppermint reviving foot soak and peppermint foot cream.
I've tried loads of old fashioned remedies.


My aunt left me a book that belonged to her grandmother. It is full of them. There are even things that use arsenic.
Put bicarbonate of soda in the bath if you have a child with chicken pox, helps to dry scabs and lessen irritation.
A spoon of bicarbonate of soda in a little water for heartburn
Turmeric in hot milk - It will give good relief for throat infections.
Cheap way to clean all gold/silver rings etc. is to put them in warm water with eggcup full of vinegar. Come out sparkling.
Yup.





Take a teaspoon of vinegar to ''fix'' acid reflux...
never tried that one