Grandmother’S Medicine (Traditional Medicine) Article Summary

Grandmother’s
medicine is a nickname given to traditional natural medicine and treatments. In
many cases the traditional medicine is a certain type of food that considered to
posses positive qualities. But it also includes substances which are supposed to
rubbed on the body and other treatment
options.

Below is a
short list of some of them:

• Eggnog- a mixture of
  warm milk, raw egg or yolk, and sugar or honey- designed to treat sore
  throat.
  


• Gurgling of salt
  water- treatment for
  a sore throat.
  


• Fish
  oil- treatment for
  joint inflammation
  


• Chicken
  soup- treatment for
  a cold.
  


• Syrup from a grated onion and
  honey (to be kept in
  a refrigerator)- treatment for cough
  


• Dry dates cooked in
  milk- to reduce
  coughing.
  


• Prunes- treatment for
  constipation
  


• Mixture of olive oil and wine
  vinegar- substitute
  for ear drops.
  


• Dark rye
  bread- treatment for
  insomnia
  


• Almonds- treatment for
  heartburn.
  


• Tea with a little bit of rum or
  cognac- for reducing
  high fever
  


• Willow bark
  tea- for lowering
  temperature.
  


• Coca
  Cola (without the
  gases)- treatment for a stomach flu. In South America, chewing the leaves of the Coca plant is a
  traditional treatment for stomach aches. There is an effective pain reducing
  substance in the Coca from which the beverage Coca Cola was once made and the
  drug Cocaine is still produced from.
  


• A Wet rag quenched in water, vinegar
  or arrack, laid on the patient’s head- for reducing
  fever.
  


• Mixture of yeast and lemon juice
  that is rubbed onto the face- for drying up
  acne.
  


• Cucumber
  peel- for soothing
  bites.
  


• Yogurt or sour
  milk- for soothing  burns,
  especially sun burns.
  


• Avocado
  mask- avocado
  contains vitamins that are essential to the skin. The avocado does not contain
  oil so that it doesn’t make the skin oily and that’s why it is used for
  facials.

Grandmother’s
medicine is characterized by using ingredients which are readily available in
our own kitchens and which are beneficial for our bodies. They can be made from
simple and inexpensive materials- and trust me they help. We are talking about
food products that are rich with vitamins and are beneficial for external use as
well, such as: olive oil, arrack, vodka, yogurt, and are used to heal illnesses
and reducing pains.