What home remedy did your mother or grandmother use when you were young and sick as a child? Mine was a mustard
plaster for chest cold. I can still remember the small yellow tin with the dried mustard came in, My grandmother would make it, wrap it in a cloth and put on my chest. And you?
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--even for the little ones with colds and accompanying crankiness.
'Guess that was her hidden secret to raising 5 boys and one girl during and after the Depression... 
Hot Toddy: A hot toddy, also known as hot whiskey in Ireland, and occasionally called southern cough syrup within the Southern United States, is typically a mixed drink made of liquor and water with honey, lemon, and spices, and served hot.
No, none of us had any noticeable problems with it and afaik none of the women in the family--all the aunts and my mom- ever drank at all, but yeah, I know we all received this old school remedy at one point.
Used to give us 'coke syrup' in water, about an ounce of water. It tasted like flat cola. That was the remedy for kids with tummy aches. My mom's was scalded milk with honey.
I don't use either of those but I have a long list of home remedies that I use all the time for various ailments.
I answered your request in the wrong place! See comment #30.
Especially when you couldn't get the 'coke syrup' anymore. My mom moved on from the warm milk to ginger ale, probably because it was easier after she had the last three babies in three years.
I took to herbal medicine in my mid teens and still use them. I don't seem to need to go to medical professionals much.
One of my big remedies that I use every day is my skin healing salve, it's easy to make and has many uses... it jus takes time to make it.
I use:
In a 1 qt jar put
1/2 - 1 Cup Calendula flowers (dry or fresh)
2 Tblsp dried raspberry leaf
2 Tblsp organic orange peel (dry or fresh)
And any other herbs that are good for your skin can also be added but the above is my basic host of ingredients.
3 1/2 Cups extra virgin cold press olive oil.
Place all ingredients in the jar,put the lid on tight and shake the heck out of it once a day for at least four weeks, I go six weeks, then strain out the solids and either use as is or worm up enough to melt 3/4 Cup beeswax, remove from heat and pour into clean containers. Let cool then seal up the containers. I use this for cuts, burns, and as my facial lotion, especially in winter. It also works for wrinkly neck skin.
So that's the basic salve recipe, you can make salves for specific use like the comfrey salve I use for painful muscles and joints, I just use comfrey instead of the other ingredients, I also add CBD hemp, because I have it, as an enhancing agent.
It is a toxin if you use it too often. It's recommended that you only use it for a week at most then abstain for at least ten days, maybe longer. Symptoms of over-use are hepatic dysfunction, not digesting food among other nasty things. You can damage your liver from over use so do be careful with that one. The same warning applies to arnica which is used for blood reabsorption/bruises.
Neither of those are a regular daily use sort of thing.
