Home remedies are always fun to read. Â I do believe in the wisdom accumulated over generations before the dawn of modern medicine. Â Of course I also believe in modern medicine. But sometimes there is at least a kernel of something to these home remedies. Â The Amish, who historically lived in insular isolation in the USA, had to be self-sufficient and that often meant doctoring to one's own. Â These are some home remedies from the Wickey sisters in Switzerland County, Indiana's Amish community. Â Read and try at your own risk, no liability is assumed from Amish365.com or Kevin Williams if you try one of these with bad results, I am just sharing them for cultural insight.
Flu prevention: Â put a few red coals on a little tin container. Put 1 teaspoon sulphur on hot coal. This will create fumes. Â Make a round through the house very evening for one week.
Flu in stomach and bowels:  1 quart water, 2 tablespoons vinegar,½ teaspoon salt. Drink as much of this as you can in one day.
Flu in stomach: Â Mix equal parts elderberry blossoms and peppermint leaves (crushed). Mix well 1 heaping teaspoon to a cup of boiling water. Cover. Drink when cool. Â 1 cup every hour till relieved.
Frost bite: Â 1 ounce olive oil, 1 ounce turpentine, 1 ounce ammonia. Â Mix well and bottle. Rub a small amount into frostbitten skin.
Fever: Â For any kind of fever rub apple cider vinegar on temples and soles of feet. Â When fever is back to normal wash off temple and feet as temperature will keep going down.
Fever: Â a tea made of powdered thyme, 1 /2 teaspoon to a cup of boiling water. Â Give in teaspoon doses till relieved. For older people, make tea stronger. Drink 4 or 5 cps until relieved.
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