HOME REMEDIES

Kidney Cleanser

Juice of two lemons
1 tablespoon of Natural Apple Cider Vinegar
Enough water to equal 1 quart

For maintenance you should drink the full recipe about once per month. If you have a kidney stone you should make this recipe multiple times and drink all that you can get down for three or four days. It is supposed to dissolve kidney stones. Here again, it is food nothing wrong with drinking all you want.

Cough Syrup

This cough syrup takes care of sore throat with the first dose. You can take anytime you feel like you are getting sick. As you can see it is just stuff you have in the kitchen so it really wouldn't matter how much you take. You can also buy the Ntural Applecider Vinegar at Bashas in Taylor.

1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup Natural apple Cider Vinegar
1/2 cup warm water
1 tsp. cayenne pepper
1 tsp. ground ginger

Mix altogether. Refrigerate. Use 1 or more tablespoonsful. This works great for sore throat, upset stomach and the flu. It has a little bite but isn't bad.


Water Purification
Here is the water to chlorine bleach ratio:
2 drops per quart
2 drops per liter
4 drops per 2 liter
6 drops per 3 liter
8 drops per gallon
1/2 tsp. per 5 gallon
2 TB per 55 gallon

Ear Medicine
1/2 oz pure alchol
1/2 oz glycerine

Mix together, put in a bottle with a dropper. When ready to use warm slightly and put 2 to 3 drops in ear.

Mustard Poultice
1 tsp dry mustard
1 egg
1 tsp soda

Add enough flour to make a paste of spreading consistency. spread between 2 thin cloths and leave on for 2 to 3 hours

Modern Version of Pine Gum Salve

2 cups olive oil
3-4 oz raw pine gum
3.5 oz beeswax

Place all ingredients in top of double boiler, Cook over simmering water for about 2 hours. Strain through cheesecloth (about 3 layers). Pour into containers. Let cool, cover and label.

Some recipes require the sap to be melted and strained before it is combined with the oil. but it seems to be an extra step - why not just infuse the oil with the sap and strain it all at once.


Old Time Recipe for Pine Gum Salve (Pioneer)

This salve is good to heal sores and keep them from getting infected and it will draw out infection. it is good on sores on animals and for cows' udder, very healing

1 cup mutton tallow
1 cup sticky pine gum
1 stick camphor gum
1 oz carbolic acid

Melt mutton tallow, sticky pine, and camphor gum together. Stir to mix well. Remove from heat and add carbolic acid. Stir and cool. Put into jars

Cough Syrup

This is a natural cough syrup recipe you can make at home. And it is made from ingredients you likely have in your own household, perfect for the next time someone in your family has a sore throat.
Combine 2 tablespoons of honey with 1 tablespoon of lemon juice. If you prefer a flavored cough syrup (or if your kids do!) you can add 1 teaspoon of frozen fruit concentrate to the mix. Makes a single dose.