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 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
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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).
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.
