Home Remedies from a Country Doctor: Oatmeal, Cucumbers, Ammonia, Lemon, Gin-Soaked Raisins: Timeless Solutions to More Than 200 Common Aches, Pains,

by Yankee Magazine, Jay Heinrichs, Dorothy Behlen Heinrichs

Book Overview

Got a cough you can't cure? An insatiable craving for a candy bar? A hangover you can't shake? This is the book for anyone who wants quick, simple, time-proven cures for anything that ails you. Collected from over 250 country doctors, herbalists, nurses, midwives, dentists, and other medical professionals, here are more than 1,400 drug-free, country-tested remedies for warding off a backache, curing a cough with licorice, relieving neck pain with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1602399735
• ISBN13: 9781602399730
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Most of the "remedies" are just band aids, for example "take antibiotics, OTC pain medicine, or anti

I didn't really like much that I read, as a nurse most of these suggestions are already in my knowledge base and I have seen how most of them do not work. They are just temporary cover ups to the real root of the health issue. I was hoping this book would contain natural remedies since it suggests being out in the country/rural setting where drugstores might be limited in availability.