OLD FASHIONED REMEDIES

  • Boil pumpkin seeds and use the tea for stomach worms.
  • Use blood of "bessie bugs" for the ear ache.
  • Onions boiled in sulphur molasses makes a good laxative.
  • Use mold off of cheese for open sores.
  • Bake an onion and use juice for colic.
  • Sugar mixed with a few drops of kerosene is good for coughs.
  • A goose grease rub will help sore muscles.
  • Wear an asafetida bag to ward off disease.
  • Use a burnt sponge to get rid of a goiter.
  • Rub turpentine and lard on a warm flannel cloth and put it on a child's chest for stopped up nose or croup.
  • Use a homemade mustard plaster for pleurisy.