Missus struggling with hay fever in this new spring down here. All the usual crap - Zyrtec etc. After she'd been suffering with puffy and streaming eyes for a week, I told her to bathe her eyes in room temperature milk. Did it 9pm - all clear next morning. Thanks grandma.

We the discussed others we remember like a ball of cotton wool soaked in lukewarm olive oil for earache. That works too - especially two of 'em when the missus is giving you earache.

We've forgotten loads more - anyone else remember any of 'em?

Glass of peppermint for a bloated stomach.

Sugar water for hiccups.

Clover oil for toothache or in my Dads case neat Whiskey. In fact he used to have us gargling Whiskey for a cough. No wonder we are all pisspots nowb

12 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Glass of peppermint for a bloated stomach.

Sugar water for hiccups.

Clover oil for toothache or in my Dads case neat Whiskey. In fact he used to have us gargling Whiskey for a cough. No wonder we are all pisspots nowb

I remember whiskey for toothache! Explains alot. 😂

Whiskey/hot toddy’s are a regular drink in our gaff. Cures everything from bad AIDS to insomnia.

Much more effective than ‘rubbing it with a bloon’

Apple cider vinegar, ginger, lemon and hot water  cures a sore throat/cough 

Rubbing a dock leaf on your leg if you'd been stung by nettles. It's only recently I found out it was dock and not dot! 😂

Olive oil for a stiff neck. It was only available in Boots or Timothy Whites in very small bottles.

My mum used to boil up some vinegar and melt Uncle Joe’s Mintballs in the boiling liquid. Fucking rancid!

It was then used as cough medicine.

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10 minutes ago, MickyD said:

My mum used to boil up some vinegar and melt Uncle Joe’s Mintballs in the boiling liquid. Fucking rancid!

It was then used as cough medicine.

Did it work?

my sprog has a shocking cough at the moment. Sounds like she’s on 40 a day, currently down to 10 but it’s still bad 

When I used to read the Beano as a kid, the initial treatment for toothache for the characters was always a bandage wrapped around the jaw and top of the head.

I tried it once and it didn’t work, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it won’t for anyone else

 

Was forever scraping my knees and elbows as a kid. God forbid if I did it when I was at my grandmas. She used to go on about using iodine for cuts but couldn’t get hold of any thank the lord. So it was her homemade version of TCP in this brown bottle. 30 years on and I can still picture it fuck me that triggered some PTSD.

Lord knows what was in it but it stung like a fucker. Cleared up the next day like 

3 minutes ago, Rudy said:

Was forever scraping my knees and elbows as a kid. God forbid if I did it when I was at my grandmas. She used to go on about using iodine for cuts but couldn’t get hold of any thank the lord. So it was her homemade version of TCP in this brown bottle. 30 years on and I can still picture it fuck me that triggered some PTSD.

Lord knows what was in it but it stung like a fucker. Cleared up the next day like 

Iodine is one of my fave dressings at work. Leg falling off? Iodine. Bad aids? Iodine. 

Love. It. 

Used to remove a bit of fluid and then inject into unburst blisters in the Army, omfg!!! 

Does nobody do poultices anymore?

13 minutes ago, bolton_blondie said:

Iodine is one of my fave dressings at work. Leg falling off? Iodine. Bad aids? Iodine. 

Love. It. 

I’m gonna find out what was in her version and I’ll make you a bottle up 

Camphor oil for bad chest & congestion. 

5 minutes ago, Rudy said:

I’m gonna find out what was in her version and I’ll make you a bottle up 

Not sure I'd be insured for that. I'd be like Boltons version of Jesus going round healing all the diabetic leg ulcers. 

3 minutes ago, bolton_blondie said:

Not sure I'd be insured for that. I'd be like Boltons version of Jesus going round healing all the diabetic leg ulcers. 

Turn water into wine and boom. Happy customers

1 minute ago, Rudy said:

Turn water into wine and boom. Happy customers

Think they prefer special brew. 

Rubbing Vicks on the bottom of you feet 

what's that for...... it dose work just forgot why 

20 minutes ago, bolton_blondie said:

Think they prefer special brew. 

BANGA

Removing a wart off your hand.  Rub it with bacon and bury the bacon in the back garden.  As it rots so does the wart.  It doesn't work with genital warts though. Apparently. 

This thread will get the site shut down...

Big Pharma are watching and waiting and plotting - they don't take threats lying down. Ask 'Crazy' Randy Quaid...

They've already weighed in on 'Knitbone' (Comfrey) which they claim:

'...contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids which are toxic compounds readily absorbed via the stomach or skin, and have potential to increase the risk of fatal liver toxicity. In 2001, the US Food and Drug Administration and Federal Trade Commission banned the sale of comfrey products from the market due to its potential toxicities.'

Actual folk remedies that work - Honey on wounds, fresh clear decent quality stuff, not Smartprice crap with toast crumbs in it.

Witch Hazel (£1.49 200ml Home Bargains, please cut and paste this into the 'Pissheadery' thread) works better on pimples and zits than any of these expensive quack remedies.

In fact the only expensive quack remedy that has some effect is Witch Hazel-based, so cut out the middle-gyppery.

Anyone with kids or who has it themselves (acne) - stop washing your face excessively and don't use your hands, even clean hands are filthy - use cotton wool pads. Don't use shite 'guaranteed' products - all they are is dessicants, they jist dry out skin = more sebum produced = more spots.

Drink at least 3L of water a day.

Preferably tap - All the Oestrogen in it from women's piss/the pill will counter the testosterone and supplement the cleansing properties of el agua.

Stop wanking (as much).

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@bolton_blondie 

Grandma Badmon’s homemade antiseptic recipe for cuts and scrapes 

witch hazel

Diluted dettol 

Lemon

Diluted White vinegar 

Test it on a child first if I can hear them scream you’ve made it right 

2 minutes ago, Rudy said:

@bolton_blondie 

Grandma Badmon’s homemade antiseptic recipe for cuts and scrapes 

witch hazel

Diluted dettol 

Lemon

Diluted White vinegar 

Test it on a child first if I can hear them scream you’ve made it right 

Christ that would smart. 

Just now, bolton_blondie said:

Christ that would smart. 

She probably sprinkles it on her chips. Hard as fuck my grandma