Conference back40::soapbox

     I am amazed that I am even writing this note, but the results speak
    for themselves.
    
     My daughter has had planter's warts for a year. She's been undergoing
    treatment during all of this time, and the result has only been more
    and bigger warts (much to our collective dismay.) The first treatment
    was an acid treatment. We continued with daily applications of
    salicylate (sp) pads for around 9 months, to no avail. The doctor then
    started lazer formalyde treatments, which are designed to deprive the
    warts of a necessary growing condition by drying them out (it's a very
    strong desiccant.) The warts got worse. Three weeks ago, the doctor was
    basically at a loss. He didn't want to do surgery due to the resultant
    scar tissue, but wasn't sure what else to do. 
    
     My wife had heard from a friend that putting a banana peel on
    planter's warts would cure them. She told the doctor and he laughed and
    said, "yeah, go ahead and try it. It can't hurt." After less than two
    weeks of treatment, the warts were gone. I couldn't believe it. I
    wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own two eyes.
    It's the most amazing thing. I've never been one to put any stock into
    "home rememdies," but apparently there's something to it after all.
    
     The Doctah

	Mark, that's wild. Freezing it worked for me. But it was a bit painful.
Although it did not stop me from playing racquetball � hour after the doc did
it. :-)

    
    doc, I believe it. I had heard the same thing, but never knew of anyone
    who actually tried it.

    I didn't think it was going to do anything, but it wasn't my foot, so I
    figured, what the hell. :-) I could see a difference after two days!

Gargling with apple cider vinegar cut to 50% with water does a great
job in curing sore throats, including strep. I think the major medical
aspect is that it burns any infected tissue away.

Glen - you _DON'T_ want to try it - it's not for that kind of sore throat.

    Hot water for poison ivy and insect bites:
    
    One bowl of water as hot as you can stand it.
    One cloth or paper towel.
    Dip cloth into water and dab it quickly on and off the bite or rash.
    Keep doing that until the area stops itching.
    Never leave the hot cloth on long enough for it to cause pain.
    
    

    
    Apple cider vinegar, wrung out in a washcloth, is also effective for
    taking away the heat of sunburn and fever.
    

    re: warts
    
    I had one on my foot when I was a teenager.  Went to the Dr.  The nurse
    held my leg down while he went at it with the electric needle.  I
    screamed and yelled and the smell of burning flesh was awful.  Gave me
    a script for a cream to put on it.  When I looked at it to put the
    cream on, I saw he had burned an * into the wart.  After about a week
    of putting cream on it and peeling off dead skin, I peeled a layer off
    and a plug of skin came with it.  The spot healed and I've never had a
    repeat.
    
    Bob

Plantar.  NNTTM.

    
    re: .6
    
    >Hot water for poison ivy and insect bites:
    
    I used to get poison ivy so bad, I'd get the water as hot as possible
    and just put my hands in the sink and keep them there for as long as I
    could stand it...
    
     It works...
    

It's not a home remedy, but I've found Domeboro effective for poison ivy.

    Echinacea and golden seal, taken together as soon as cold symptoms
    start, greatly reduce the discomfort and length of a cold.
    I have successfully avoided colds by taking them as soon as symptoms
    start.
    
    Salt and baking soda mixed in a glass of hot water, will, when
    garggled, reduce the pain of a sore throat.
    
    For asthmatics: if you are having symptoms and are without
    medication, drink tea or coffee (black, no sugar).  The caffeine
    contains theophyllin (sp?) which is used in most oral asthma
    mediciations and can provide some relief.
    
    Chamommille tea will make you drowsy if you are having trouble
    sleeping, and will also settle an upset stomach.  However, do
    not use chamommille if you have any history of heart problems.
    
    
    MM
    
    
    
    
    
    

    
    
    The herb Penny Royal is used as a natural mosquito repellent.
    
    Works too!
    

kombucha tea

For if you don't want to be sick!

    
    
    >For if you don't want to be sick!
    
    Well.. according to DougO, that can mean a whole bunch of things that
    may lead to a terminal condition!!!
    
    What kind of sick?
    
    Withered arm remedy??
    
    Stomach??
    
    Terminal handicapedness??? (Yeah.... I know... I'll put it in 138
    myself :) :) :)
    

I started brewing and drinking Kombucha tea 7 months ago. It was recommended 
to me for relief of a strange and undiagnosable (is that a word?) breathing
condition. I also had been suffering from extreme allergies and constant
sinus infections. Though the breathing problem has only half subsided, the
allergies and sinus condition have completely disappeared. Also, everyone
in my home and most of those whom I work closely with have had the flu this
winter. But not me. In the past I got sick every winter. 

Some claim that it is a cure-all for everything from the common cold to cancer.
Though I don't hold to this theory, from my experience it seems to be making
my immune system stronger. 

You can learn everything about Kombucha at the Kombucha Homepage:

		http://www.sease.com/kombucha/

| <<< Note 652.5 by MOLAR::DELBALSO "I (spade) my (dogface)" >>>

| Glen - you _DON'T_ want to try it - it's not for that kind of sore throat.

	Thanks, Jack... I was hoping you weren't a sado masochist

    Putting pepper in your socks or gloves will help to keep your hands or
    feet warm during extremely cold outdoor activities.  Red pepper works
    better than black.  

    High colonic cold coffee enemas.
    
    It'll make a whole new person of you!
    
    	.bob
    
    	(who has nightmares about waking up in a sanitorium with nurse
    	 Ratchit who as a real 'thing' about these sorts of remedies).
    
    ***
    
    A real home remedy is take three aspirin before going to bed whilst
    poopoo-faced. Helps keep Mr. Hangover away...

    Pennies rubbed on a wart daily for two weeks will also work, as will
    casting spells on them and a host of other remedies of this nature.
    
    meg

    <- Yes, but most folks want to remove them, not make them bigger.
    
    My folk remedy is a Scottish concoction called Athol Brose:
    
    	Two fingers of cheap whiskey
        A spoonful of honey
    	The juice squeezed from a handful of soaked oatmeal.
    
    Cures anything.  Well, you stop worrying about it anyways.
    
    
    

    A nickel wrapped in foil...

    
    	RE: Colin
    
    	That's similar to the "remedy" I suggest to people when they tell
    	me their pool game is horrible.
    
    	Drink lots of beer ... it won't help your game, but pretty soon
    	you won't really care if you're still losing.
    

    The other day, on the Mark & Brian radio program on KLOS, LA, they were
    talking about a remedy for athletes feet. It reminded me of the same
    treatment my mom told me many years ago. It is very simple. Stand in
    the shower, and pee on your feet. The urine is supposed to destroy the
    fungus that causes athletes feet. I have never tried this, as my feet
    are "fungii free", but was wondering if anyone else has ever heard, or
    tried this?
    
    Bob

    ginger root:
    
    always take a fresh ginger root on any boat:  chew on it for sea
    sickness
    
    stomach ache:  chew on the root or make a tea out of the grated root
    
    sore muscles:  grate it up and put it into bowl of water - heat in
    microwave - dip towel into and wrap around neck or leg, etc.
    
    All of these remedies work really well

re: "Stand in the shower, and pee on your feet."

          Too bad George Costanza didn't know about that.

The standard Australian cure for anything when I was growing up was 
"a cuppertea, a Bex, and a good lie down".

(I believe the formula for Bex has since changed, but it used to contain 
codeine, aspiring, paracetamol and some other goodie which became an illegal 
mix a few years ago)


\C
BTW - chocolate cures most things :^)

	I wonder if golden showers will become a doctors recommended cure for
athlete's feet. 9 out of 10 doctors reccomend......Blech!

    A few years back, I got stung by a large jellyfish which left a welt
    the size of a dinner plate on my back.  The Greek doctor who treated it
    told me that the local home remedy was to lie down and have somone pee
    on the welt.  
    
    Fortunately, he had some cortisone in his bag.

Another good way of treating warts is to use an axe.  You also accomplish 
significant weight loss using this method, too.

Chris.

    Colin:
    
    a baking soda compress works good on most stings.
    
    Ron

    That's not much of a treat.

    re: seasickness
    
    Ginger works for some but for many there is no remedy.  Ginger snaps
    are also supposed to produce similar results.  

    I lived on ginger snaps whenever we encountered rough sailing!

    The most effective instant remedy I know for jellyfish and bee stings
    is to apply Adolph's Meat Tenderizer liberally over the affected area. 
    The active ingredient of Adolph's is papaya extract, and it contains a
    powerful enzyme.  Works like absolute magic.  Most of the lifeguard
    stands along the Atlantic in south Florida keep a supply of Adolph's
    just for this purpose.

    I've also heard that they have the cannibalism problem relatively under
    control.

    Glenn ( in a white wine sauce, with shallots mushrooms and garlic )

    > The most effective instant remedy I know for jellyfish and bee stings
    > is to apply Adolph's Meat Tenderizer liberally over the affected area. 
    
    
    I tried this on my girlfriend. She still won't talk to me.

    .39
    
    Had an odd effect on me, too.  After I used it, I couldn't play the
    piano.
    
    
    Couldn't play it before, either.  Ba-da-boomp!

    
    looks like someone wound Dick up today.

    >> looks like someone wound Dick up today.
    
    Um... by hand?

    
    Best way to treat stings is with urine - as it contains lots of iodine
    to reduce swelling etc. Try explaining that one to the other bods on
    the beach !!
    
    H

>    Best way to treat stings is with urine - as it contains lots of iodine
>    to reduce swelling etc. Try explaining that one to the other bods on
>    the beach !!

Hayley, you're disgusting!  What brings you here, anyway?

Chris.

    
    I'm in search of a home remedy for extreme boredom and that monday
    morning feeling.
    
    Why are you here ??
    
    H
    
    ps iodine is also really effective to take the aargh factor from
    cold-sores - the mind boggles !!
    

>    I'm in search of a home remedy for extreme boredom and that monday
>    morning feeling.
    
>    Why are you here ??
    
see the above!  A particularly interesting monday morning so far, I've spent 
most of the time looking out of the window over the front garden watching the 
sun melt the snow.  The most exciting thing that has happened so far was when 
the wind blew out the boiler's pilot light.

Chris.

    
    My morning started with my exhaust breaking within one mile of home
    then spending 1/2 an hour in Kwik Fit where they replaced my whole
    exhaust and one of my tyres making me totally skint until pay day.
    
    It hasn't got much better since I got to work - mind you they have got
    an exciting new line of sandwiches in the shop. 
    
    H - looking forward to her 'Breadwinners' North Atlantic Prawn with
    Mayonnaise & Iceberg Lettuce sarnie. 
    
    Perhaps I shouldn't eat it at all and stick to North Sea prawns caught
    by my father and his british fisherman friends.
    
    

>...making me totally skint until pay day.
    
well I have just �2.90 to last me the next fortnight, if it's any 
consolation...

>    H - looking forward to her 'Breadwinners' North Atlantic Prawn with
>    Mayonnaise & Iceberg Lettuce sarnie. 
    
sounds very exotic compared to my cheddar & barbecue sauce sarnie...

Chris.

    
    Well I'm waiting to see what I'm going to be offered in terms of
    salary and grade for my new job - it it's good then I can use my
    master card until pay day and pay the balance off when my raise comes
    through.
    
    I can dream ..............

>    Well I'm waiting to see what I'm going to be offered in terms of
>    salary and grade for my new job - it it's good then I can use my
>    master card until pay day and pay the balance off when my raise comes
>    through.

make sure you get it in writing first, though, I tried that once and ended up 
being skint *and* owing the credit card people...

>    I can dream ..............

well there is that, I suppose.

Chris.

    
    I have a cure for hiccups - and it works. 
    
    Take a deeeeeeeeeep breath 
    
    hold breath and insert fingers into ears (one per ear)
    
    Keep fingers in ears with breath held for as long as possible then
    remove fingers and breath normally.
    
    In the very unlikely event that hiccups have not dissappeared repeat
    the process.
    
    H
    

I'll remember that next time I have a vindaloo.  I love hot curries, but the 
buggers always give me hiccups for some reason.

Chris.

	I kinda don't want to ask what is a cure for a sore throat.... I'm
afraid someone will suggest urine...

>	I kinda don't want to ask what is a cure for a sore throat....

Have you considered drinking your urine?  (Preferable to someone else's, 
anyway!)

Chris.

	No, I have not considered drinking mine, or anyone elses, tyvm! BLECH!

    Glen, try getting pissed instead.
    
    hth.

	I can always count on you for a smile, Glenn. Just wish you would stay
the night! :-)

    {thud}

    8o
    
    "oooooohhh"

| <<< Note 652.58 by POLAR::RICHARDSON "I sawer that" >>>

| {thud}

	Glenn...you can drop the lisp now...the word you meant to say is stud.

    {stud}

yes, u r!

    
    Recently I read about certain tribes who do infact drink their own
    urine as they say it contains a high level of vitamins and essential
    elements - it also listed several famous people who drank their own
    peepee - can't remember who they were now.
    
    H

    
    
    	take it to the GAK topic....%*}
    
    

Ghandi was one.

    
    
    	seriously???????
    
    

There was an Indian PM in the 1970's who drank his own urine.

    It is sterile when it exits your body.  

    >> It is sterile when it exits your body.
    
    since my vasectomy so is something else!

| <<< Note 652.65 by MOLAR::DELBALSO "I (spade) my (dogface)" >>>

| Ghandi was one.

	Now I know why he never had to get up....

Gandhi.  NNTTM.

    Gandhi is dandy but liquor's quicker
    Ain't not liquor down in Cooosta Rica
    Ain't nobody's business but my own. 

Urine contains a lot of expired blood cells (which give it its colour, I 
guess)  These probably contain a fair nutritional content.  A bit like watery 
black pudding, I suppose.  Not that I intend to find out.

Chris.

    Bluuuuuuuuurgh!

Thankyou, anyway, Gerald. I can never remember where to put the "h" in 
that name. There seem to be so many good possibilities.

    >> Urine contains a lot of expired blood cells...
    
    if you drink the brand (and cost) of beer that I do, change the 'blood
    cells' to 'brain' cells...

>    if you drink the brand (and cost) of beer that I do, change the 'blood
>    cells' to 'brain' cells...

I did, and no doubt most of my brain cells are now constituent parts of 
recycled agricultural fertiliser now...

Chris.

    And all this time we thought it was Mr. Catheter Problem making the
    mess. Turns out it was Mr. Drinking Problem.
    
    

    The Indian prime minister previously mentioned was Mr. Desai.

    He was their Number 1 choice, no doubt.

    i knew it couldn't have been gandhi.

    Don't the Masai drink a combination of blood and urine as part of
    one of the ceremonies they have when a boy reaches manhood?
    
    I gues if they can stand that cocktail, they deserve to be a man :-)
    
    
    joan

    
    Another one -
    
    If you're feeling tired especially when driving if you pinch the bridge
    of your nose and hold for ten seconds it should make you feel more
    alert instantly.
    
    H
     

    <- 'specially if you use a vise.

    That would be setting a vise precedent. We have enough of those.

    
    I'm going to clamp down on this pun string immediately.
    

    Yes, it might take a turn for the worse.

    
    We all need to get a grip.
    

    Go ahead, squeeze one more out of this.

    
    I'm clutching at straws here.
    

        Well, I'm hard pressed to think of another one.

    
    I could give you some hints if you're in a pinch.
    

yer all a bunch of knerls!

    If you feel a sneeze is imminent, use your finger and apply gentle but
    firm pressure to your upper lip just below your nose.  This will often
    relieve the need to sneeze.

re: staying awake driving ...

I found by accident - while driving late, I got a large Coke with lots of ice,
and keeping a small piece of ice in my mouth, I never felt drowsy. As soon
as the last of it was gone, I was struggling again.

Now for all nighters, I keep a small ice chest full of mini-cubes. McDonalds
(ugh!!) fills them for free!

    and the constant bathroom breaks must help too!  B-)

    Yes, ice in the mouth tends to keep you stimulated.

    really?
    

    >> -< ice chest challenged? >-
    
    seen my girlfriend, eh?

    
    Can you get refridgerators to keep in the car in the US ??
    
    If so how much are they and where can I get one !
    
    H

    go to a car parts store. when love vans were all the rage in the U.S.
    every one had to have a frig.
    

	Mz_debra, you should ask if anyone has an Effective Home
	Remedy(tm) for that {cough} !

    You need Honey, jello, Wild Turkey, and olive oil.  Fill the tub with
    the jello and let congeal.  Down several shots of the Wild Turkey and
    smear honey on your chest.  It's okay if it gets elsewhere as well.  
    Keep the olive oil in reserve for later.  Best if done while closely 
    supervised.  
    
    

    RE: .102

>    Can you get refridgerators to keep in the car in the US ??

    I've seen advertisements for a chest that plugs into the cigarette
    lighter.  It qualifies at least as a refrigerator, but I'm not sure
    about freezer.

    -- Dave

    Yes.

    
    Ice doesn't need to be cooled as it's already frozen - Yes ?
    
    H

>                               -< ice ice baby >-

Oh dear.  Didn't that geeky git end up getting sued good 'n'proper by Queen 
and Bowie for his rip-off?
    
>    Ice doesn't need to be cooled as it's already frozen - Yes ?
    
it needs to be kept below zero, for all the obvious reasons ('fridges operate 
at around 4�C)

Chris.

    
    I was wrong - 
    
    Sorry.
    
    H
    
    

    I am told from a reliable source that mestrual headaches can be
    eliminated by eating chocolate. I am unable to verify this firsthand,
    mind you.

    <-  There is pharmocological evidence.  Something to do with tyramine?
    a substance in chocolate that interacts with hormones and 
    neurotransmitters.  It's also associated with causing migraine though.
    

    Well, any excuse to eat chocolate is a good one.
                

    
    	Amen sister!  =)
    

    8)  I could survive on dark chocolate covered espresso beans.

    You'd be doin' whirly-twirlies. Especially if you're washing them down
    with capucinos.

    8^q

    My twin went to Mexico and took a tour bus ride with
    a Mexican tour guide.  They stopped at a beach and the
    guide stepped on a spiny sea urchin.  It has long needles.
    In spanish he was screaming, "Pee on my foot, pee on my foot!"
    His buddy [smirk] peed on the tour guide's foot.  That was
    their remedy.  I don't know if there was any concern about
    poisons or stinger properties.
    
    Also, my Mother developed a wart on her nose.  Everyday she put 
    the juice of an aloe plant on it and it disappeared over
    a few weeks to a month; no scar.