Forgotten medical cures

by Sharon on Thu Dec 27, 2007 4:14 pm

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/8929/cures.html

Was just sent this, thought I'd share, it's pretty neat.

Here are a couple of examples.

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Insect Bite

When bitten, one should cut an onion and put the inside of the onion towards the location of the bite. Works every time.

Ant Bites [u]
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You can also pour bleach over an ant bite or put Vicks on it and it will stop the festering. My sister-in-law Cecile taught me this.

My mother goes on and on about vinegar. It has helped me a lot with antbites. I just rub over the bite and within a few minutes it stops hurting. It also usually does not leave a mark if I do it right away. She drinks vinegar and water everyday and is 74 now without any health problems. She swears it cures everything.

Ant Bites- and other stings/bites: raw potato, finely grated, applied to a sting or bite, will reduce or remove swelling, and pulls the sting from the wound. Also works on spider bites, including black widow and Brown recluse- the potato will literally "suck" the poison into itself.

[u]Fire Ant Bites
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I grew up in tobacco fields. And spent most of my time bare foot. When I stepped on a honey bee, someone would put wet tobacco on it. I live in Texas now, and use tobacco from a cigarette (preferably a left over butt) to cure fire ant bites. works on yellow jacket stings too. With fire ants, they leave a permanent pustule that hardens...not if you use wet tobacco within 5 minutes.

I live in Florida and want to pass on some information regarding the "sting" of fire ants. A couple years ago a little gal staying at the resort here fell into a large mound of fire ants. She was rushed to the hospital emergency room (at a cost of $300 and some change) and all they did was spray her with Windex WITH amonia. (It has to be the kind with amonia added) So the next time I got bit, I tried it ~~~~ it works!

My fiance and I just moved to FL (him for the first time, me for the third). I warned him to stay off the grass and watch for ants. This advice was soon forgotten yesterday when he was tinkering with his car (laying on the ground). He got bit at least 50x from what I can see.

Since the poison in fire ant bites is different from other ants (it's basic rather than acidic). Things that are bases (pH over 7) don't work, and can make it more painful. Ammonia and baking soda are bases. I mixed ti-tree oil with a vitamin E cream and rubbed it all over his arm and leg. He complains how it smells "mediciny." My mother says to make him soak in an Epsom salt bath to help dry out the pustules that occur several hours after being bitten. My grandmother says to use used tea bags soaked with hot water to take the sting out of the bites. If the pustules break, wash the bites with soap and water and pour honey on the open sores, wrap it in gauze or an ace bandage.

This has worked for me and my family, and I intend to use it on my fiance. I recommend it for anyone who has had the displeasure of fire ant bites.
[u]Red Ant Bites[/u]

I have terrible reactions to red ant bites... Ammonia does help a lot, but what really does the trick is "tea tree oil!" Works wonderful!

I was bitten on the hand several times by tiny red ants. Rubbed toothpaste (any brand) on my hand and it did not allow the bites to even form. Nothing, not one single bite.