Probably explains why you look a wee bit like a donkey and let guys ride on your back.
Probably explains why you look a wee bit like a donkey and let guys ride on your back.
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When I lived in Germany for a year, I learned about Jagermeister and similar products. Made from a variety of herbs, these liquors were actually made (in part) to aid in digestion after a large meal. If you've got a mildly upset stomach or you've just eaten too much, take ONE shot of an herb-based liquor with 40%ABV and you'll feel better in no time at all. I'm not saying it's true 'medicine' in that sense of the word, but it does work!
I bet that the kerosene worked so well because it was fairly sterile after having been distilled. In my family it was the "sugar and kerosene paste with a brown paper cover" method. It seems to have worked well.
Which came first, the spanking or the only real effective treatment - Mommy kissing it to make it better? Make no mistake, both were handed out frequently (and I never deserved one of them!).
Vicks was very big in my family as well. Even had the swallow the stuff! "Your sister is getting a cold; eat a teaspoon of this while I rub it on your chest"
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Kerosene was a #1 med. kept in the tack room at the ranch. Used on man and beast.
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When I was a kid, kerosene was the standard cure for poison ivy...soak a rag and wrap it on. Then, stay far away from all the men folk who were smoking!
i rub vicks on everyones feet when they are coughing so badly and put socks on their feet.
i swear it always makes them stop coughing.
hee hee.crashdive123...thats probably right.lol.
Butter always went on burns. Now, I understand, that is one of the worst things to do for a burn.
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it sure id GI-but my granny sure thought it was the best cure for a burn.
couldnt u just feel ur-sink cooking more?
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Wow..the good ol' kerosene stuff we did the same thing here in Malaysia till the late 70's...
I remember when I was a kid and the day I stepped on a nail..I was only wearing rubber flip flops (a norm in for most folks to wear that time in Malaysia..we would use the flip flops wherever we go..)...the simple first aid would be ..take the flip flop and slap it against the cut so that more blood would be drawn out...( we believe at that time that if more blood is drawn out, the bad things on the ail would also be flushed out)..then pour kerosene onto the wound...hehehe
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Petroleum distillates would be a very last resort for use as an antiseptic or other medication for me. There are generally other alternatives that are far less toxic. The fumes alone from Kerosene are toxic, not as bad as gasoline but still somewhat toxic. I have injested mouthfuls of gasoline while siphoning gas for my dirt motorcycle (Dad taught me to do it, I have no idea why he didn't just buy a container of gas) and it did not give me much of a stomachache but I still would avoid these petrol fuels on or in me. But Kerosene works great to clean off greasy machine parts, just not human parts.
Here is a interesting and disturbing article, people who thought Kerosene cured their cancer. I would guess it more than likely caused cancer. Efficacy rates are most likely NOT scientifically proven.
http://www.health-science-spirit.com/kero.htm
Nigeria has a huge problem with people stealing petroleum from pipelines, many people get killed doing it. Crazy!
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kerosene works fairly well on chilblains.
so the definition of a criminal is someone who breaks the law and you want me to believe that somehow more laws make less criminals?
I don't know about kerosene as an antiseptic, but I have used it to kill head lice (my head). A rag soaked in kerosene can be wrapped over you hair, then removed after an hour or so. Laundry detergent can clean off the kerosene, then comb carefully to check that the lice are removed. Harsh, but it works.
At least one survival medicine book I have read recommends a teaspoonful of kerosene to kill intestinal worms. I do not know from experience, perhaps this kills the host as well the worm.
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