# Common cure-alls? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 22, 2011, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-cure-alls/575571 "2011-03-22T04:42:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-cure-alls/575571/21 "2011-03-24T17:10:29Z")
One of the most popular cure-alls out there is vinegar. Not just plain ordinary vinegar, mind you. It must be _apple cider vinegar_, and not your regular ACV, but the special stuff with goop floating on top (the “mother”), available through your favorite natural food and supplement dealer. An amazing number of people believe ACV cures just about anything (the following [list](http://lacetoleather.com/wondrugpag3.html) is instructive, though not all-inclusive): ARTHRITIS ASTHMA BLOOD LOSS COLITIS COUGHS DIARRHEA DIZZINESS EAR DISCHARGE ECZEMA EYES (TIRED AND SORE) FATIGUE FOOD POISONING HAIR LOSS HAYFEVER HEADACHES HEARING HEARTBURN HEMORRHAGES HICCOUGHS (HICCUPS) HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE INSOMNIA KIDNEYS AND BLADDER (page 4) AILMENTS (M-Z): MENSTRUATION MUCOUS DISCHARGES NAIL PROBLEMS NERVOUSNESS NOSE BLEED NOSE - STUFFY OBESITY SHINGLES SORE THROAT TEETH VARICOSE VEINS WEIGHT GAIN WEIGHT LOSS ITCHY SCALP I was especially struck by how ACV combats both weight _gain_ and weight _loss_. There’s got to be some powerful juju that lets it do both things! Maybe both at once! Cures cancer too. Just don’t make fun of ACV in any forum in which there are devotees. They’ll take your head off (it must not be real good as a mood enhancer). ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-cure-alls/575571/22 "2011-03-24T17:35:54Z")
I’m going with warm salt water. Bathing any boo boo, in warm salty water, seems to always work. A coincidence, that tropical beaches, provide an endless supply of warm salty water? Who can say? So my cureall is a tropical beach vacation! I usually prescribe a 3 wk course. You’re welcome! ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-cure-alls/575571/23 "2011-03-24T18:22:59Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > One of the most popular cure-alls out there is vinegar. > > Not just plain ordinary vinegar, mind you. It must be _apple cider vinegar_, and not your regular ACV, but the special stuff with goop floating on top (the “mother”), available through your favorite natural food and supplement dealer. An amazing number of people believe ACV cures just about anything (the following [list](http://lacetoleather.com/wondrugpag3.html) is instructive, though not all-inclusive): A big one missing there is gout. It also is good for washing your floors and helping out with your laundry - well, white vinegar is. (Menstruation? I didn’t realize that needed to be cured.) ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-cure-alls/575571/24 "2011-03-24T18:39:36Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > So my cureall is a tropical beach vacation! Yes, doctor. I’ll get on that by August, latest! I find that taking a good dump cures a lot of stuff. ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-cure-alls/575571/25 "2011-03-24T18:49:43Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > 😃 > > That’s how I am with lavender essential oil. We’ve had a rough week with skin insults this week at Casa Not…several mild burns, some cuts, a mysterious “thing” in a knuckle and a raw, slightly infected heel blister (yay, spring sandals! :rolleyes:). The house smells like a field in France because we’ve been dipping into the lavender e.o. so much. > > My son claims my headstone is going to read, “Put some lavender on it…it’ll be fine.” That was my grandfather with Listerine. It was like the Jewish version of Windex. He washed his hair in it to avoid dandruff. He put it on his face when it was too oily. He rinsed with it, he used it to get rid of all ills. My cure-alls are usually healthy food, sleep and exercise. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-cure-alls/575571/26 "2011-03-26T04:40:03Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > One of the most popular cure-alls out there is vinegar. > > Not just plain ordinary vinegar, mind you. It must be _apple cider vinegar_, and not your regular ACV, but the special stuff with goop floating on top (the “mother”), available through your favorite natural food and supplement dealer. An amazing number of people believe ACV cures just about anything (the following [list](http://lacetoleather.com/wondrugpag3.html) is instructive, though not all-inclusive): > > ARTHRITIS > > ASTHMA > > BLOOD LOSS > > COLITIS > > COUGHS > > DIARRHEA > > DIZZINESS > > EAR DISCHARGE > > ECZEMA > > EYES (TIRED AND SORE) > > FATIGUE > > FOOD POISONING > > HAIR LOSS > > HAYFEVER > > HEADACHES > > HEARING > > HEARTBURN > > HEMORRHAGES > > HICCOUGHS (HICCUPS) > > HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE > > INSOMNIA > > KIDNEYS AND BLADDER > > (page 4) > > AILMENTS (M-Z): > > MENSTRUATION > > MUCOUS DISCHARGES > > NAIL PROBLEMS > > NERVOUSNESS > > NOSE BLEED > > NOSE - STUFFY > > OBESITY > > SHINGLES > > SORE THROAT > > TEETH > > VARICOSE VEINS > > WEIGHT GAIN > > WEIGHT LOSS > > ITCHY SCALP > > NThere’s got to be some powerful juju that lets it do both things! Maybe both at once! > > Cures cancer too. > > Just don’t make fun of ACV in any forum in which there are devotees. They’ll take your head off (it must not be real good as a mood enhancer). I believe this is the funniest post I’ve ever seen on IMDB. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-cure-alls/575571/27 "2011-03-26T04:41:03Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > One of the most popular cure-alls out there is vinegar. > > Not just plain ordinary vinegar, mind you. It must be _apple cider vinegar_, and not your regular ACV, but the special stuff with goop floating on top (the “mother”), available through your favorite natural food and supplement dealer. An amazing number of people believe ACV cures just about anything (the following [list](http://lacetoleather.com/wondrugpag3.html) is instructive, though not all-inclusive): > > ARTHRITIS > > ASTHMA > > BLOOD LOSS > > COLITIS > > COUGHS > > DIARRHEA > > DIZZINESS > > EAR DISCHARGE > > ECZEMA > > EYES (TIRED AND SORE) > > FATIGUE > > FOOD POISONING > > HAIR LOSS > > HAYFEVER > > HEADACHES > > HEARING > > HEARTBURN > > HEMORRHAGES > > HICCOUGHS (HICCUPS) > > HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE > > INSOMNIA > > KIDNEYS AND BLADDER > > (page 4) > > AILMENTS (M-Z): > > MENSTRUATION > > MUCOUS DISCHARGES > > NAIL PROBLEMS > > NERVOUSNESS > > NOSE BLEED > > NOSE - STUFFY > > OBESITY > > SHINGLES > > SORE THROAT > > TEETH > > VARICOSE VEINS > > WEIGHT GAIN > > WEIGHT LOSS > > ITCHY SCALP > > \*\*I was especially struck by how ACV combats both weight _gain_ and weight _loss_. \*\*There’s got to be some powerful juju that lets it do both things! Maybe both at once! > > Cures cancer too. > > Just don’t make fun of ACV in any forum in which there are devotees. They’ll take your head off (it must not be real good as a mood enhancer). I believe this is the funniest post I’ve ever seen on IMDB. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-cure-alls/575571.md?page=1)