Old School Mom Remedies for Colds

[Reephdweller]

I was talking to this girl I work with today about colds, and she mentioned something her mom used to do when she would get fevers when she was little. My mom did same thing. If I had a fever she would take rubbing alcohol and rub it on my forehead and face, then on my arms. I used to remember it always hurting when she did the arms because my muscles would get all sore. My mom would also <br />do the Vicks Vapo Rub and wrap a towel around my neck.

[MrPink]

My dad always gave me a can of Guiness when I was sick.

[lintpit]

<p><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">I grew up in the country in the early 1970's. When I had swollen glands[neck] my g-ma would put blacktar drawing salve on my neck and wrap it with a hot towel.</font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">For a hacking cough she would mix honey and brn sugar with water and ONION she would boil down to a thick viscous syrup. No Joke. It is the best cold syrup goin . </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">We used Absorbine Jr on everything.Including a ring worm in my foot ...killed it!</font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">there tou go...as Rube-ish and hayseed as it gets.</font></p>

[Don Stugots]

spicy mustard seeds in your socks and a mustard plaster on your chest to break up congestion and sweat out the fever.&nbsp; drink ginger ale.&nbsp; A spoon full cola syrup when your stomach is upset.&nbsp;

[RoseBlood]

<p>Robitussin.. ala Chris Rock style:</p><p>&quot;If you run out of 'tussin, put some water in a jar, shake it up, ... MO TUSSIN!!!&quot;</p>

[mendyweiss]

Turpenhydrate !! I think my mom was trying to nix me !!!

[Marc with a c]

<p>anal.</p>

[Judge Smails]

<p>Big steaming cup of Chamomile Tea.&nbsp; I HATED the taste and still do to this day.</p><p><img src="http://www.mycoffeeshop.com.au/image_attachments/Products/Tea/Chamomile_Sir_Thomas_Lipton.jpg" border="0" width="149" height="252" /></p>

[RoseBlood]

<strong>Marc with a c</strong> wrote:<br /><p>anal.</p><p>She dont use butter<br />She dont use cheese<br />She dont use jelly<br />Or any of these<br />She uses vaaa-seline<br />Vaaa-seline<br />Vaaaaaaaa-seline</p><p><img src="http://davidmorrison.typepad.com/sed_contra/images/vaseline.jpg" border="0" width="150" height="150" /></p>

[Don Stugots]

<strong>Marc with a c</strong> wrote:<br /><p>anal.</p><p>&nbsp;bend over preppy i have some conjestion to clear up for you. </p>

[Marc with a c]

<strong>Don Stugots</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>Marc with a c</strong> wrote:<br /><p>anal.</p><p>&nbsp;bend over preppy i have some conjestion to clear up for you. </p><p>for some reason i'm not ever congested.</p>

[feralBoy]

This wasn't for colds, but my mom used to give me a spoonful of cod liver oil every day.&nbsp; It's the grossest shit imaginable.&nbsp; I can still taste it just by thinking about it.&nbsp;

[JPMNICK]

<strong>feralBoy</strong> wrote:<br />This wasn't for colds, but my mom used to give me a spoonful of cod liver oil every day.&nbsp; It's the grossest shit imaginable.&nbsp; I can still taste it just by thinking about it.&nbsp; <p>that is the grossest thing ever</p>

[lleeder]

<font size="3">Ignore me until it was time to wake me up for my job at the sweatshop.</font>

[Deadshot87]

<p>My mom always liked to give me gingerail when i was sick</p>

[Doctor Z]

A good old fashioned beatin'.

[Chigworthy]

<strong>MrPink</strong> wrote:<br />Dad always gave me a Guiness in my can when I was sick. <p>Fixed it.</p>

[Fat_Sunny]

<p><font size="2">When The Sunny Children Had Chest Colds, Mom Would Slather Vicks Vapo-Rub On Our Chest Before We Went To Bed, Then Put A Vaporizer In The Room (The Old Fashioned Steam Kind) Which Was Filled With Not Only Water But More Vicks Vapo-Rub!&nbsp; When We'd Wake Up In The Morning, The Windows Would Be Dripping Wet From The Steam And Our PJ's Were All&nbsp;Sticky And Gross&nbsp;From The&nbsp;Steam And The Vicks!&nbsp;</font></p><p><font size="2">Fat Made Every Effort Not To Catch Colds.</font></p>

[BoondockSaint]

Shot of Whiskey.&nbsp; Then again, us Irish take a shot of Whiskey for most ailments, especially broken hearts.

[MellySmelly]

<strong>Reefdweller</strong> wrote:<br />I was talking to this girl I work with today about colds, and she mentioned something her mom used to do when she would get fevers when she was little. My mom did same thing. If I had a fever she would take rubbing alcohol and rub it on my forehead and face, then on my arms. I used to remember it always hurting when she did the arms because my muscles would get all sore. My mom would also <br />do the Vicks Vapo Rub and wrap a towel around my neck. <p>Doctors now don't recommend the alcohol rubbing, because they say that it is absorbed through the skin and potentially harmful. </p><p>I use the vicks under the nose and on the chest.&nbsp; My grandpa used to make cough syrup out of molasses and Jack Daniels.</p>

[riverofpiss]

<strong>BoondockSaint</strong> wrote:<br />Shot of Whiskey.&nbsp; Then again, us Irish take a shot of Whiskey for most ailments, especially broken hearts. <p>A good whiskey drunk always gets rid of my cold.&nbsp; One day of sweating it out makes a world of difference.</p><p><a onclick="return fitsInWindow();"><img src="http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/5952/wisersnm7.jpg" border="0" alt="img242/5952/wisersnm7.jpg" title="Click to visit ImageShack for Image Hosting!" width="100" height="100" /></a></p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[FezPaul]

<strong><font face="courier new,courier" size="2">Death</font></strong>

[FUNKMAN]

<p><font size="3">for upset stomach my Mom would say &quot; eat some rice, it binds &quot;</font></p><p><font size="2">always makes me think of Bruces's tune &quot; The Ties That Bind &quot;&nbsp; luv that tune</font></p>

[weekapaugjz]

<strong>Fat_Sunny</strong> wrote:<br /><p><font size="2">When The Sunny Children Had Chest Colds, Mom Would Slather Vicks Vapo-Rub On Our Chest Before We Went To Bed, Then Put A Vaporizer In The Room (The Old Fashioned Steam Kind) Which Was Filled With Not Only Water But More Vicks Vapo-Rub! When We'd Wake Up In The Morning, The Windows Would Be Dripping Wet From The Steam And Our PJ's Were All Sticky And Gross From The Steam And The Vicks! </font></p><p><font size="2">Fat Made Every Effort Not To Catch Colds.</font></p><p>my mom did the same exact thing.&nbsp; i couldn't stand it but i had no say in the matters.&nbsp; smelling that god awful vapo rub still makes me gag til this day. </p>

[keithy_19]

<p>Vapo Rub which was kept on by a sock tied around my neck. I hated it so much. I hate anything aaround my neck when I sleep. </p>

[raulfd4]

<strong>keithy_19</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Vapo Rub which was kept on by a sock tied around my neck. I hated it so much. I hate anything aaround my neck when I sleep. </p><p>&nbsp;what about that nice pearl necklace your boyfriend gave you last night? </p>

[AcolyteAndy]

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What the hell else do you need?

[PapaBear]

For a sore throat... honey & Jim Beam.

[BLZBUBBA]

Chicken noodle soup. Orange juice. Aspirin. And for a good night's sleep a shot-glass of Nyquil. And yeah...breathing in steam from various sources...shower, kettle, whatever.

[sr71blackbird]

For an ear ache, my mom would pour some hydrogen peroxide into my ear canal and it would foam.
Once I had what felt like an air bubble in my ear and my mother made a cone of wax paper and put it into my ear and set it on fire! The fire drew the air out of my ear and it worked and I didnt burn my hair.
My father used to use brioski (sp?) for upset stomachs, or bromoseltzer.

[sr71blackbird]

I forgot this was suppose to be for colds. My mom used to make chicken soup, or lentil soup. I found if you get Wendys chili and hot sauce, that it makes colds go away faster!

[AcolyteAndy]

Old school method of mom checking to see if your sick:

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Kids today have no idea..My cousin is 5 and gets his in the ear..digital. I was still lying down on couch with PJS to my feet at 10, 11.

Sure everyone here has horror stories

[Midkiff]

My uncle used to help me out and rub chowder all over my chest.

[Fat_Sunny]

And Then He'd Lick It Off!

[WhistlePig]

<p><font size="2">When The Sunny Children Had Chest Colds, Mom Would Slather Vicks Vapo-Rub On Our Chest Before We Went To Bed, Then Put A Vaporizer In The Room (The Old Fashioned Steam Kind) Which Was Filled With Not Only Water But More Vicks Vapo-Rub!&nbsp; When We'd Wake Up In The Morning, The Windows Would Be Dripping Wet From The Steam And Our PJ's Were All&nbsp;Sticky And Gross&nbsp;From The&nbsp;Steam And The Vicks!&nbsp;</font></p><p><font size="2">Fat Made Every Effort Not To Catch Colds.</font></p>

My mom did the same thing. I remember the vaporizer looked something like Robby the Robot's head!

[ChimneyFish]

My dad always gave me a Guiness in the can when I was sick.

<p>Fixed it.</p>



Sir Alec????

[scottinnj]

When The Sunny Children Had Chest Colds, Mom Would Slather Vicks Vapo-Rub On Our Chest Before We Went To Bed, Then Put A Vaporizer In The Room (The Old Fashioned Steam Kind) Which Was Filled With Not Only Water But More Vicks Vapo-Rub!&nbsp; When We'd Wake Up In The Morning, The Windows Would Be Dripping Wet From The Steam And Our PJ's Were All Sticky And Gross From The Steam And The Vicks!


My mom did the same thing and one more little remedy: She would also put salt in the vaporizer, and make me gargle with hot tap water with salt.

(I think she would come in my room when I was asleep and pour salt on me-ENOUGH ABOUT THE SALT!)

[JohnWC]

the hot toddy:
hot tea
shot of scotch or irish whiskey
honey
lemon

have one (or two) of these before sleep and you will sweat it out.

[King Hippos Bandaid]

My Mom used to buy me Store Brand over the Counter medicine

Instead of Robotusin I had Tussin


Instead of Sudifed I had Nasal Decongestant



So on , My Parents were Cheap, but they did get the Job Done

:king:

[furie]

my mother believed that warm orange juice would cure a cold & sore throat much the same as warm milk makes you drowsy.
so as a child, i had to be subjected to having my held held while my mother poured warm orange juice (warmed in a sauce pan, not just room temperature) down my throat.

[Fat_Sunny]

my mother believed that warm orange juice would cure a cold & sore throat much the same as warm milk makes you drowsy.
so as a child, i had to be subjected to having my held held while my mother poured warm orange juice (warmed in a sauce pan, not just room temperature) down my throat.

Gosh! Didn't Sally Field's Psycho Mom Do That To Her In Sybil! Or Was That Boiling Water On Her Privates? Either Way, Psycho Mom!

[ralphbxny]

the hot toddy:
hot tea
shot of scotch or irish whiskey
honey
lemon

have one (or two) of these before sleep and you will sweat it out.

Sounds like a Wednesday night to me!