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Gout
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An treatment for gout my parents used was to wrap toe (for example) in a dark green cabbage leaf. It seems to relieve the pain.
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Soothing sore nipples after breastfeeding
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Take a cabbage leaf and put it in fridge/freezer to chill. Then insert against breast-hold in place for as long as is comfortable.
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Treating toothache
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A cabbage leaf was warmed in front of the fire and then spread with butter and pepper and held against the face.
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Treat a headache
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Chamomile has a sedative action and we use to use it for treating headaches, to promote sleep and as a rinse for fair hair. Put chamomile in bo... More ...
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Treating a sore throat
My grandmother in Ireland use to make us a drink with leon if we had a sore throat. She made a “traditional lemonade”, heat it until... More ...
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Episode 2: World of Pain
In the second programme the twins travel through Asia to examine the region’s attitude to pain control. They start their journey at the Hi... More ...
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Honey for neuropathic pain
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The topical application of honey on areas of pain caused from neuropathy is helpful acoording to word along the grapevine…
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Menstrual Pain
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I’m from Lima, the capital of Peru so medicine for my little problems was available but I was not keen to take them for little things like... More ...
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Chef's Pain Control
Not so much a remedy, but more control. I used to be a chef and on a daily basis would deal with burning hot food/equipment. To deal with the re... More ...
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Heat for ear aches
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When I was a little girl and had an ear ache, my mother used to put a heating pad on it, or blow it with a hairdryer on the hot setting for a fe... More ...
