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A beautifully illustrated guide to the recipes and treatments that have preserved family health for generations
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To treat a cold sore:
As soon as the first symptoms are detected, put honey on the affected part of the lip.
To cure toothache:
Make a plug of cotton wool, soak it in whisky and apply it to the troublesome tooth.
For fainting:
Chop an onion and persuade the patient to inhale the fumes until tears come.
Grandma's Remedies is an endlessly fascinating collection of traditional cures and treatments for everything from acne to wasp stings. Many are surprisingly effective, and all of them paint a vivid picture of the world of our grandparents and great-grandparents, where resourceful and inventive women were the guardians of family health.
If you're intrigued by the traditional and natural approach to healthcare, if you've ever wondered how to make a poultice or a tincture, or even if you just want to find out about the more domestic side of history, Grandma's Remedies is interesting - and enlightening - reading.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Grandma's Remedies is a fascinating look at the natural remedies which we've turned to over the years before we all reached for a pill in a blister pack, packed with interesting first hand accounts of how to use foods, herbs and other items from the natural world that'll help to cure everything from Headaches to Anxiety and from Bee Stings to Bronchitis.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
All those things you heard muttered when you were young about natural remedies, some as batty as your ol' granny, but all relied upon through the ages and even now modern science has to admit there was something in some of them, others remain a mystery..... Jolly good read!
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Grandma's Remedies is a great book, I read it this weekend from cover to cover and found out a lot about family healthcare through the ages and there's certainly a few remedies I'll try myself. I also loved reading about the 'Bee sting' remedy for arthritis; though I doubt anyone will try this, it's still a fantastic example of how different remedies were used in an age when universal healthcare did not exist.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
grandma knew
A great book. Some of the remedies I knew but Rose Hip syrup has proved a great benefit for aches and pains.
Published 5 months ago by I. Asquith
A Great Book
This is very well-written with a wide range of information ranging from the invaluable to the entertaining. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Charley 316
Great little book
This is a great book with lots of interesting stories and remedies. It's easy to read and a good reference book to keep on the shelf.
Published on 30 Mar 2010
Grandmas remedies.
I enjoyed the book very much and found some of the articles nostalgic. I leave the book on the coffee table in the lounge and I am amazed at the number of people who pick it up and... Read more
Published on 18 Mar 2010 by Mrs. Jennifer Warden
Highly recommended
I highly recommend this book. Full of remedies and recipes I remember my Grandmother using when I was a child. Read more
Published on 16 Mar 2010 by Deborah Mcleod
Ancient
I did not find this book particularly interesting as it contains very little useful information. Perhaps because I am elderly I have used many ancient remedies which were passed... Read more
Published on 8 Sep 2009 by Eve D'Omville
This book first, piils last!
I have been waiting for such a book! I have been waiting through knee and muscle pains, headaches and stiff necks, twisted ankles and back pains. And stress. YES! Read more
Published on 18 April 2009 by Andreas Augustin
Grandma's Remedies by Cherry Chappell
I found this book very informative and even remember my late mother using some of the treatments and remedies on us children, there were five of us. Read more
Published on 17 April 2009 by Mrs. Patricia A. Kerswill
One to keep
This useful little book is packed with generations of tried and true remedies. Many will be remembered from childhood but only vaguely - how wonderful the have the recipes to hand... Read more
Published on 1 April 2009 by Pathfollow
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