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
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