Weird medicine or treatment from your place?

Um, as a Canadian, I can't think of anything particularly "strange" in terms of remedies for illness. Vick's VapoRub does kind of creep me out, though. I used to hate it.

 

^ I concur. I think our remedies are pretty "normal."

Renge, where are you from lol?

 

To cure the hiccups, my grandma would have me swallow a spoon of honey whilst upside down. It was a 60/40 usually not helping me out, she also liked to think using holy water would help (which is weird since she wasn't catholic)

 

^^^ This is really cool! Uh, really I can't think of anything cool. Usually we just pop a couple ibuprofen when we feel bad. I don't like it though 'cause it makes me feel worse.

 

Actually, this is not so much a remedy as a little trick, nor is it regional as far as I know, but when you get the hiccups, rub your earlobes between your thumb and index right away when it starts. It stops it more often than not if you catch it early.

Of course, I can't do it anymore since I have earrings, but before I did, it worked great for me.

 

Lol, never heard that method curing hiccups. To be honest, I can't see how it'd work since hiccups are pretty muscle spasms of the diaphragm. I have however discovered something that works every time.

Take a deep breath and hold it. Push it down towards your stomach like you're trying to make yourself have a gut. Keep it like that till you really need to breath, then, slowly let the air out. 9/10 this will get rid of the hiccups. If you still have them, doing it again will get rid of them.

Essentially, what this does is stretch the diaphragm out.

 

I also burn some incense my boyfriend bought me to help when I get headaches. I think it's really a placebo, but the soothing aroma always helps me calm down and clear my head, so it helps me relax if anything

 

My end all fix all is Tea Tree Oil. There isn’t anything wound and/or illness that it can’t cure.
Why do you think the Australian army gives out rations, like the English navy used to for Rum?

 

Try my trick, I swear, it's about 70% effective in my experience.

 

Tea tree oil and eucalyptus oil are the best for colds.

Tea itself is a pretty good remedy for sunburn; put it on (cold) to soothe the burn.

 

How does one use it for a cold?

I remember using it on my acne. The smell was horrible, and the results weren't convincing enough to keep on using it (even though I bought stuff that was supposedly good quality)...

 

Don't need to. Mine works better lol.

 

Yeah, a remedy made from willow bark. It cures headaches.

 

That looks painful. It reminds me a bit of the practice where Finns whip one another in a sauna with birch branches. Just for fun. :lol:

It's actually really invigourating.

 

Gargle with salt water to soothe a sore throat. Gargle with Listerine to cut down a cold. It has to burn in your throat a bit or it won't work.

 

I learned a remedy for a sore throat from an Indian guy I used to work with.

You put a couple of spoonfuls of honey in a blender, a clove of ginger, grind some black pepper into it (or a couple of whole peppercorns) then add boiling water and blend it all till the ginger is all blended into the mix. Then you pour it, let it cool a bit then drink it as quickly as you can. Tastes horrible, but it does the trick.

 

I just eat chicken noodle soup for a cold.

For a sun burn I use aloe vera (from my back yard )

When I puke I drink Gatorade or ginger ale.