# Home Health Remedies **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 29, 2000, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-health-remedies/47658 "2000-12-29T15:02:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2000, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-health-remedies/47658/1 "2000-12-29T15:02:38Z")
What’s your favorite home health remedy that you or your family uses? Heres mine: If you have rough feet…apply udder balm (sometimes called Bag Balm…you get it at places like Farm & Fleet) to the underside of feet at night …cover with socks… Repeat several nights for smoother feet 🙂 Next? ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2000, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-health-remedies/47658/2 "2000-12-29T17:08:13Z")
Oatmeal for skin irritations. Years ago I had a persistent rash on my arm that multiple (expensive) doctors and prescriptions didn’t help. Found the oatmeal cure in a book and it cleared it up in a few days–all for the price of small handful of Quaker oats. BTW, the book is part of a series from Prevention magazine: Doctor’s book of home remedies. There’s a general volume, but special titles for children, men, seniors, etc. available too. The tips in there _rock_. Veb ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2000, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-health-remedies/47658/3 "2000-12-29T19:01:22Z")
Any ideas for a home remedy for dry, itchy winter skin that I can put in a bath or something (instead of putting on lotion over and over and over…)? ---
**Author:** ![MissBHaven](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missbhaven/32/7170_2.png) [@MissBHaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissBHaven)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2000, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-health-remedies/47658/4 "2000-12-29T20:45:09Z")
My dad makes a great drink for when he’s sick _[sub](great because it works, not because it tastes good)_[/sub]: Boil onion and garlic and carrot (I think) and make a broth; strain out the chunks of stuff and add lemon and honey. Drink this throughout the day and watch your cold disappear. ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2000, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-health-remedies/47658/5 "2000-12-29T21:29:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Miss B. Haven \* > \*\* Drink this throughout the day and watch your cold disappear. > > \*\* …because you’re too busy gacking to remember that you have a cold? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![AVSC916](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@AVSC916](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AVSC916)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-health-remedies/47658/6 "2000-12-30T18:33:13Z")
My Mother told me of home remedies her parents swore by, which I’d not touch with a 20 foot pole. Their favorite for a winter cold – or any cold for that matter, was a glob of goose grease mixed with a shot of whiskey, a spoonful of honey and slurped down fast. She says it was disgusting and I believe her. Her father believed in mixing a little kerosene with either honey or goose grease, spreading it on a slice of bread and eating it. I always figured he was nuts and that proved me right. I’m more modern. I believe in the power of chicken soup for a cold, along with major amounts of Vitamin C. I also believe in the properties of ‘juicing’ fresh vegetables and fruits, though the stuff, not being pasteurized or flavor enhanced takes some getting used to. As a preventative, I consume daily a B-150, 800 mg of E, 800 mg of C, and 1000 mg of B-12, along with various dosages of other vitamins. I also believe in the healing properties of garlic, which might explain why my neighbors tend to talk with me while up wind and standing several yards away.