Bad Home Remedies (Bookending Veneficus' thread on Home Remedies)

My memere would insist on pouring vinegar on a sunburn. It hurt, it made the skin feel tighter, and most importantly, it HURT! She claimed it would prevent it from peeling.
 
CritterNurse said:
My memere would insist on pouring vinegar on a sunburn. It hurt, it made the skin feel tighter, and most importantly, it HURT! She claimed it would prevent it from peeling.
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But I like the peeling part...it tickles :rofl:
 
I thought vinegar was a God send with my sunburn. Didn't hurt at all. It felt amazing.

And I had some partial thickness burns too.
 
Mountain Res-Q said:
Was camping once. 14 year old burned his hand. His mom pulled out a tube of tooth paste and started smearing it on the burn. I kid you not. I believe the exact words out of my mouth were, "WIPE THAT SH*T OFF RIGHT NOW!" Although his burn was whiter afterwards, free of plaque, and minty fresh... :rolleyes:
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My mom insists on putting tooth paste on burns. Says it draws the burn out.
 
Mountain Res-Q said:
Was camping once. 14 year old burned his hand. His mom pulled out a tube of tooth paste and started smearing it on the burn. I kid you not. I believe the exact words out of my mouth were, "WIPE THAT SH*T OFF RIGHT NOW!" Although his burn was whiter afterwards, free of plaque, and minty fresh... :rolleyes:
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Toothpaste totally works! Well, it makes it feel better anyway.

I've heard of people putting mustard on burns. I dunno about that...
 
HelloChello said:
Toothpaste totally works! Well, it makes it feel better anyway.

I've heard of people putting mustard on burns. I dunno about that...
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So does the 0.5% lidocaine found in sunburn jel. But it also creates what amounts to a petri dish.
 
had a woman rub vicks vaporub on her kid when he stopped breathing. she put it on head to toe, literally head to toe. not only was there no way to get pads or patches to stick, my eyes would not stop burning. that was one time when I wish I had paddles.
 
"Neutralizing" snake venom in a bite by electrolyzing with a car battery.
 
Veneficus said:
Not as bad as sucking it out I guess...
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That's what she said....


Old neighbor of mine would use Vaseline for every thing.
Burn? Vaseline
Cut? Vaseline
Poison Ivy? Vaseline

He even used to put baking soda in vaseline and brush his teeth.

Never saw him butter his toast with it, but I wouldn't have put it past him.....
 
I had a patient who had a bad toe laceration and put tobacco in the cut.... said it was an old remedy...
 
Tobacco is bacteriostatic apparently. According to an old study, tobacco chewers actually have fewer serious dental caries than a similar cohort without the habit. They get minor ones which are dyed brown.
Wonder about betel nut?

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Well, maybe not....
 
Actually, most of it is blackened by the betel nut, it's just shiny, not chromed.
 
HelloChello said:
Toothpaste totally works! Well, it makes it feel better anyway.

I've heard of people putting mustard on burns. I dunno about that...
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That does take the sting out of the burn. Personal experience.
 
Anyone see pts who eat clay?
 
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