<a href="#">Medieval Remedies That Still Work Today</a><br>
Doug Smith<br>
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<p><p> Copyright 2005 by Doug Smith<br><br>Home Remedies - Facts or Quacks?<br><br>In a previous article we looked at several possible definitions<br>of a home remedy, and patched together a definition that met our<br>mental image of such a remedy. If you missed it, here's the<br>definition we derived.<br><br>A home remedy is an experience-based or even accidental remedy<br>or cure prepared from herbs, plants, or other available<br>ingredients by common folk when modern medical help was<br>unavailable (or hadn't been devised yet).<br><br>But Home Remedies Are From The Dark Ages, Right?<br><br>Not so fast! Countless myths, legends, and superstitions have<br>survived for centuries, so why not home remedies too? Think<br>about it: we bless someone after sneezing to ward off evil<br>spirits, throw a pinch of spilled salt over the shoulder to<br>prevent bad luck, say that breaking a mirror brings bad luck,<br>and we knock on wood or find four-leaf clovers to bring luck.<br><br>How Many Times Have You Used These Folk Remedies?<br><br>Home remedies from The Dark Ages are all around us. Quick:<br>name three ways to cure hiccups. No doubt you immediately<br>thought of scaring the victim, holding your breath while<br>drinking a glass of water, and breathing through a paper bag.<br>I'm sure some of you even thought of others.<br><br>At some time, these procedures must have worked well enough<br>to stop hiccups that others began using them. I'm sure you've<br>already noticed that each cure mentioned above changes the<br>victim's breathing rhythm, which may be why they sometimes<br>stop annoying hiccups.<br><br>Look Past The Obvious<br><br>The hiccup example demonstrates the assertion that home cures<br>and folk remedies have at least a grain of truth in them. <br>Think about that the next time you rub aloe vera juice on a<br>burn, starve a cold (or feed a fever), or hear of a mother<br>who puts her child with chicken pox together with her healthy<br>children so they all catch it now rather than later.<br><br>Are home remedies things of the past? I don't think so!<br><br>(You may reuse this copyrighted article provided no content<br>is changed - other than line length - and the author's box is<br>intact. All links must be active hyperlinks or made active.)<br><br>=================================================================<br>Doug Smith is a Chemical Engineer and the webmaster of<br><a href="http://www.SuperHomeRemedies.com">http://www.SuperHomeRemedies.com</a> You get free & natural home<br>remedies for fungus, lice, acid reflux, cold sores, yeast & more<br>at <a href="http://www.superhomeremedies.com">Home Remedies</a><br>Stay up to date with our Home Remedy News Blog at <a href="http://www.superhomeremedies.com/blog/">Home Remedies News</a><br>=================================================================<br><p> About the Author 
<p>Doug Smith is a Chemical Engineer and the webmaster of<br><a href="http://www.SuperHomeRemedies.com">http://www.SuperHomeRemedies.com</a> You get free & natural home<br>remedies for fungus, lice, acid reflux, cold sores, yeast & more.<p><p><p><p><p> 
 

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