Pioneer Home Remedies

Today, let's have a little fun with three home remedies from pioneer days here in the United States.

Rheumatism Home Remedy
For painful points apply equal parts of vinegar and whiskey. Put some cucumbers in a pot over a slow fire, add a little salt and leave over the fire for an hour. Press the juice from the cucumbers, bottle tightly and place in the cellar for a week. Wet a flannel cloth with this liquid and apply to the painful parts.

Wart Home Remedy
Sell your wart to someone for five cents. Rub raw potatoes on the wart then bury the potatoes. When the potato is rotten, the wart will be gone.

Cold Sores Home Remedy
Put honey faithfully on the sore every hour. If applied all day this will make any girl blemish-free and ready for a box social by night. This also works on shingles, burns, and warts, but healing takes longer.

Today's pioneer home remedy tips courtesy of Heritage of the High Country, A History of Del Bonita and Surrounding Districts.

Chet Day
Editor, The Health Circus
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