Over the years I have collected thousands of home remedies and special recipes for all sorts of ailments from friends, family, penpals, and from emails. So I decided to add this collection to my web pages. I hope these pages will help, enlighten, and maybe make you smile.
If you have a home remedy send it in. I'll be happy to add it to my pages with your name, email address and web page address, Just let me know which you prefer.
TEMPORARY FATIGUE RELIEF
Press point on bottom of foot below ball of foot under third toe. With four fingers, massage hollow at the base of the skull in a clockwise direction for two minutes. Press point between eyes on spot where the eyebrows come together. Massage area one hand up from navel for two mins. Press point on abdomen one and a half inches right below the navel, for 10 secs. Place hands in hollow behind the knees and massage for two minutes. To complete: Rub palms
together until heat is generated, then lay them gently over your eyes. This is very soothing. Press the point in the center of the sternum.
A SHORT HISTORY OF MEDICINE:
"Doctor, I have an ear ache."
2000 B.C. - "Here, eat this root."
1000 B.C. - "That root is heathen, say this prayer."
1850 A.D. - "That prayer is superstition, drink this potion."
1940 A.D. - "That potion is snake oil, swallow this pill."
1985 A.D. - "That pill is ineffective, take this antibiotic."
2000 A.D. - "That antibiotic is artificial. Here, eat this root!"
Try these for depression:
Cloves~ added to tea, can boost spirits and liven gloomy moods.
St. John's Wort~ has been proven to effectively liven spirits. Take in capsule form, as it has a nasty flavor and odor.
Optimism and humor are the grease and glue of life. Without both of them we would never have survived our captivity.
--Philip Butler, Vietnam POW
