The home remedy thread

[Mokenda_mint]

An idea I've been bouncing around for a while now. However whenever I think about it I'm not online…

Anywho. Everyone has one and people need/want them! Ranging from simple things to the more complex.
This thread is all about posting alternative remedies which can make life a little better. The remedys you post can be ones you've created, ones you or someone you know has used, or even ones you've just heard about!
This is also an opportunistic place to ask about remedies.

Make sure to list the ingredients (if any) and be sure to explain how to prepare and use the remedy. It can get confusing if you don't!

Here's some of my quick fixes:

Hiccups:
Get a drink, preferably water or something non-carbonated. Directly after a hiccup begin drinking the water taking 10 of the smallest sips you can. You have to make sure you focus all of your attention on the counting. From there finish off the drink with counting off several large gulps as well.
**By putting all of your attention into counting the sips and gulps, you take your mind off of the hiccups. Focus on the hiccups tend to cause them to stay.

Dark circles under eyes:
This is one I've seen a lot of feedback on. Apparantly by taking IcyHot cream and putting it on the dark circles under your eyes before you go to sleep helps to reduce and remove the discoloration.

Swollen or numb gums:
If you are having a swollen, sore, or numb patch in your gums, chances are you have a bit of an infection in them. The best thing to do, believe it or not, is to take a dental pick or other mouth approved sharp instrument and make the area bleed. By draining out the blood of the infected area, you are also draining out the infection. Clean up the wound with mouthwash or peroxide when you're done.

Watery or sore ears:
One of the best ways to clean out all the gunk from your ears when they're sore or soggy is to take hydrogen peroxide to them! Pour about 1/2 a capfull of solution into the cap of the bottle. From there lay down on your side with the afflicted ear facing up. Carefully pour the liquid into your ear, if some spills out dont worry, just wipe yourself off with a couple of tissues. You will hear TONS of bubbles popping inside your ears, this is the peroxide going to work on the gunk causing all the trouble. Wait until the bubbles stop popping (or at least until the popping goes to a minimum). From there, tilt your head into a tissue to drain the excess fluid. Dry your ear out, and you're done!
**This remedy I especially reccommend for people like me who have swimmers ear. It's a LOT less painful than the alcohol based swimmersear medications.

[kmohyudin]

Ah great, alright, I need to clean my bathroom tiles… what do I do?? I used acid to clean them... it kinda worked, but its difficult to handle acid properly :( Really burnt myself.

[LaCaSiNa]

This is a really nice idea Mokenda!

One thing that always works for me in order to get rid of hiccups is drinking upside down. You can either pour a glass of water or drink straight from a faucet, just get your mouth full of water. Close it and hold the water inside. Lower your head down and slowly start swallowing the water so that it travels to your stomach "upwards". Also I always do this standing up.

Remember not to breathe through your nose while doing this or you might be snorting water.

[bavolparker]

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[Chrissie]

Oooh~ Nice thread Moke love!

For bad headaches: Drink a glass of water, make sure your room is not too bright and lie on your side for about 10 minutes. Or call me over to give you my special, head massage. Either one works.

For small cuts that bleed like hell just put some coffee (ground coffee, not the drink =P) on them. Believe it or not, it stops the bleeding. Trust me. I tried it… again... and again.... and again... You get the point.

Did you just get a bad burn? No need to worry! (Well... except if you are like... melting from the burn. Then get the fuck out of here and go to a Hospital dude/dudette) First of all do not put butter, toothpaste or ice/ice cold water on it. Silvadene would be good and if it's a minor burn (with no blisters that is) put the area under cool (NOT ICE COLD) water. Note the emphasis I put on cool and not ice-cold. If there are blisters, then please find something to cover the area to avoid further infection and go get some medical care. Alternative remedies: Apply milk or honey .3.

Or be like my mom, slay your Aloe Vera plant, slice the leaf in half and put it on your poor, defenseless daughter's hands against her protests, then bandage both hands to look like boxing gloves. It wasn't even a burn or a cut mom. It was just dry skin from the cold that cracks and bleeds and sheds and then goes back to its normal softness after a few weeks of applying hand cream on it. Sheesh! =S

[taiyou-burst]

Awesome

Hiccups: If you can consciously initiate the burp reflex, then straight after a hiccup, initiate but hold in the burp. Your next hiccup will then cause the reflex to complete the burp, and after about three or so of these, the combination of hiccups and burps will stabilize whatever caused the hiccups. This can also lead to you annoying those around you…

Hangover: Now I know everybody has their own hangover cures, but this one works wonders... Go to a pizza restaurant and order a greasy, meaty, spicy pizza, and either a large drink, or a whole lot of small ones, and then consume these items. This works due to the grease helping getting rid of the alcohol, the meat giving your stomach something else to digest, and the spice requiring you to ingest more liquids which help wash away the alcohol in your gut... The greater the hangover, the bigger, greasier, meatier, and spicier the pizza

Jellyfish Stings: DO NOT SCRATCH, it will aggravate the area. Just keep calm, apply vinegar, then sit in a bath of pinetasol solution, finally let it cool...

[GJardim]

Pimble/Acne: Of course, using everything that the dermatologist recommended. But if you pressed a pimble and it's bleeding, the best thing is to use peroxide in the wound, then use water to clean. I get rid of many pimbles like this.

Hiccups: My way was always to wait for a hiccup and then drink straight a full cup of water.

@LaCaSiNa:

Remember not to breathe through your nose while doing this or you might be snorting water.

This seems fun. :ninja:

[kmohyudin]

@taiyou-burst:

Jellyfish Stings: DO NOT SCRATCH, it will aggravate the area. Just keep calm, apply vinegar, then sit in a bath of pinetasol solution, finally let it cool…

Or… pee on the area. Really great remedy cuz you don't always have vinegar handy... :ninja:

Hiccup: Hold your breath for as long as you can. Then exhale. If it didn't work, repeat.

[C_uggs]

• To cure hiccups, I take 12 sips of water really fast.

• To cure insomnia, I take a bath, I try to read something or I eat something.

[IrishLuigi]

Frothy toothpaste on unwanted lovebites, leave it on for the rest of the day (white toothpaste is best - you dobn't want blue stains on your neck).

Keeps mums off teenagers' backs all over the world.

[GypsyCarts]

When I don't have bronzer, I use cocoa mix, does that count?

Also for pimples, but a dab of liquid soap on the area. It'll dry it up really quickly.

[I survived the buster call]

Epsom salts are good for a wide variety of ailments–used in a very hot bath (as hot as you can stand) you can soak away tired and sore muscles from exercise or even growing pains or lack of certain nutrients that can make muscles sore (the skin absorbs some minerals from the salts, I understand) as well as the pain from minor bruising and bumps and scrapes or even a bad back--though it's not a cure all--it can help relieve pain, reduce swelling and reduce the ugly color from bruises. (This next is not for the faint of heart, so DO NOT CLICK if you don't like graphic info, lol)[hide] this is also good for reducing the pain, discomfort and swelling of hemeroids, aka "piles" in some places [/hide] Epsom salt baths also are calming and can help you sleep better or jsut relax better, (I've heard of some people using them as a part of an overall larger course of natural remedies like Fish Oil to treat people with ADHD and other neurological issues) and it's a great way to make your skin smooth and soft.

As a soaking agent in a cup of hot water it can help with pain from bumped bruised or twisted fingers, as well as minor infections (really–have used it many times for just that reason) AND it is supposed to help bring slivers to the surface faster for easier, less painful removal--though this may simply be due to reducing the swelling...

It can also be used as a means of getting over constipation if you mix it with water and ingest it. (Please read the lable to get the right mix)

There are a ton of ways to clean tile that do not involve acid! Try plain bleach for the black mold, and google hard water and soap scum solutions for a variety of things to try.

Vinegar is a wonderful, perfectly non-toxic and safe cleanser for glass, as well as most if not all shiny appliance surfaces, and it cuts grease really well in your oven and on your stovetop, too.

[Chrissie]

Vinegar (or lemon if you don't have any around) is also great for bee and wasp stings. o3o

[Nia]

Guess what, another one for hiccups. While holding your breath you have to swallow three times. And think of three bald people (I never really got that one).
But it works! At least for me it does.

[GypsyCarts]

Organic green tea can be frozen into ice cubes for a really lovely mini facial.

Also, if you skip a day of showering and your hair is a little oily, baby power will soak it up. Or oil blot pads.

[TakinawaTonfa]

NOSEBLEEDS: keep an ice pack firmly placed on the back of your neck and sit upright or lie down for a few minutes.

[C_uggs]

Pimple: If the pimple is red,rub a little toothpaste in place of the pimple when you go to sleep.
The next morning she will be yellow, then just squeeze it and clean with plenty of water and dermatologic products.

[Mugiwara_no_Ice]

Well I had a grandmother who passed on to me a large variety of natural/homemade remedies.
I'm kind of proud to say that I almost never resort to pills or classic medicine for minor sicknesses.

Headaches: black-seed oil with honey, Camomile tea with lemon juice and lemon slices on your forehead.

stomach aches: ground cumin seeds with water

I also had a secret remedy against muscular pains, it was a green substance I think it was concentrated mint or something I am not sure, but when you put it on your muscle, you first feel very cold and afterwards it heats up and when you wake up all the aches and fatigue dissapears.

And other remedies with mostly olive oil and so.

[Zyordius]

This remedy only applies to a few

Marijuana can help with Nausea,Headache,Depression,Lack of appetite,Stress,Glaucoma and physical pain.

Of course this is in small controlled doses, not the same if you're a regular smoker.

This being a bit ethereal, it can also help in opening up Chakras.

[kmohyudin]

@I:

There are a ton of ways to clean tile that do not involve acid! Try plain bleach for the black mold, and google hard water and soap scum solutions for a variety of things to try.

:wassat: That sounds so simple… Thank you na. I will post results when I get around to it come Sunday.

[Mokenda_mint]

Ingrown/infected toenails:
I'd had these a lot when I was growing up (luckily not any more). The best way to cure them is to drain the puss out of the swollen area. From there coat it with peroxide a few times to clean out whatever's left. Afterwards fill a container with warm water and add epson salt. Soak for at least 20 minutes

Bee stings:
Mix baking soda with a small amount of water to make a paste. Put it over the wound.

Burns:
Mustard. Plain ol' mustard. It cuts off the air flow to the burn, and despite having spices in it doesn't inflict more pain on it!

Worms:
Your dog has worms? Not a problem!
Take an old copper penny (I emphasize the words OLD and COPPER here. It doesn't work if it's not copper and only old pennies are made of copper) and wrap it in a piece of bread. Feed it to your dog.
My great-grandma swore by it. I used it on a dog I'd adopted from the pound once and he was cleared up in no time!

Athletes foot:
As with kmohyudin said with jellyfish stings.. pee on it!

[Smudger]

@Zyordius:

This remedy only applies to a few

Marijuana can help with Nausea,Headache,Depression,Lack of appetite,Stress,Glaucoma and physical pain.

Of course this is in small controlled doses, not the same if you're a regular smoker.

This being a bit ethereal, it can also help in opening up Chakras.

Weed is your solution to everything I swear. And perhaps one day I'll prove you wrong.

[Smudger]

@Mokenda_mint:

Bee stings:
Mix baking soda with a small amount of water to make a paste. Put it over the wound.

Apparently if you get stung by a wasp afterwards the acid and alkali neutralise each other.

I'm not volunteering myth-buster position on this one though.

[Zyordius]

@Smudger:

Weed is your solution to everything I swear. And perhaps one day I'll prove you wrong.

World peace man, I'm telling ya
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[Hawkeye]

Diarrhea- Just had it for like a week and everyday my grandmother made me swallow two spoonfuls of yogurt mixed with coffee. Made me throw the first day I had to swallow it.

[Mr. Zoro]

Hiccups… there's a way where you can help your friend get rid of them (and vice versa, if you plan it with them).

The next time you see them hiccuping, ask them to hiccup one more time for you. Or actually, try to put them on the spot (such as making a small scene about it and stopping a few people and saying "Ok, my friend Johnny here will hiccup one more time for you!").

My teacher in High School did it all the time and it's worked 100%.

Also, if your socks smell weird, boil some lemon juice and put the socks on the juice.

[MDL]

some great stuff in here, here's hoping for more!

[m00n]

@kmohyudin:

Hiccup: Hold your breath for as long as you can. Then exhale. If it didn't work, repeat.

Seconded with emphasis on inhaleing as much air as you can before holding your breath. It forces your phrenic to stay down or something.

@TakinawaTonfa:

NOSEBLEEDS: keep an ice pack firmly placed on the back of your neck and sit upright or lie down for a few minutes.

In case this doesn't work and/or you have severe nosebleed there is a technique that works 100% but is a bit exhausting. Press your nose together between the thumb and the index finger for 15 min and look down a little bit. The blood will fill up your nose but the blood pressure is not high enough to let it run into your throat. Do not peek after 10 min or so. It might have stopped but if it didn't you will have to go for another 15 minutes! I used to have nosebleed a lot in my childhood until they fixed up some weakened artery in my nose one day and this is the best tip there is.

[Mokenda_mint]

Frequent nosebleeds due to dry nose:
KY jelly. Yes. It's lube.
My younger cousin had nosebleeds all the time when he was a kid. The doctor had him start using the KY jelly and it cleared up in no time.
It feels wierd, but it works!

Removing tar from your skin:
If you've been out tarring your drive, roof, whatever the best way to remove it without sitting and scrubbing for hours and hours is to take a can of WD-40 and spray some on you. It helps to break down the tar from your skin.

Quick stain preventer:
If your, a friend, a kid, whatever spills food on some fabric a quick solution to help break down and prevent the stain can be found in the form of babywipes.
Despite being gentle on skin, they can tear through stains, seriously!
Even if you don't have a kid, they're good to keep around

[Hiroy]

If you can keep water afloat in your throat for 15 seconds, hiccups will go away. It's like a gaggle without the air or noise.

[Mokenda_mint]

That sounds like an interesting one. I'll have to try it

[Chrissie]

Please everyone I need every remedy you know for continuous, dry coughing. I go into fits every few minutes and it's starting to hurt really badly when I do. The medicine I was told to take at the Hospital for the infection they said I probably have in the Respiratory system, Augmentin, honestly did nothing to it. I even had worse and more cough fits after taking it. That thing made me lose my appetite too. I might stop taking it for now, because it's not helping and continue taking the other medicine which at least keeps my fever down and doesn't cause any other negative symptoms like Augentine has so far… So please if you know a trick or two for me to try out, I am willing to give it a shot because this is really, really, really getting to me. As in it doesn't let me sleep well, it doesn't let me breath well, it doesn't let me speak for over a few minutes and from being this bad for the past 3 days, it's making me cry from the pain I feel in the abdominal area and my lungs. I just want it to stop and I am willing to try anything. I am planning on asking some other doctors about it too but having a remedy to try at home with no medicine would be wonderful..

[ChesCa]

Damn. Twice I've had bronchitis, but it was never that bad.
First things first: I think it's the best you get to the hospital ASAP. This is serious. Even if they can't 'cure' you, they should have something on hand to ease the pain a little. Also, not to scare you, but maybe you'd better have someone check on you every so often in case you get incapacitated. I know that sounds like a lot, but it couldn't hurt to have help if you can get it.
There's only one possible thing I can think of at the moment.
Once, when I had this really bad cough with my bronchitis, I went into a Starbucks (just bear with me here) and just randomly asked the clerk if they had any tea or anything that was good for coughing. I got something with honey in it, and my coughing went down a little after I drank it.
Now, I'm not saying to go specifically to a Starbucks, but if all else fails, maybe there's a nearby coffee/tea house that might have had orders for a sick person. It's a long shot, but it might give you a reprieve.
Aside from honey in tea and taking a hot shower to breathe in the steam, I don't know much else.

[icel]

@Chrissie:

Please everyone I need every remedy you know for continuous, dry coughing. I go into fits every few minutes and it's starting to hurt really badly when I do. The medicine I was told to take at the Hospital for the infection they said I probably have in the Respiratory system, Augmentin, honestly did nothing to it. I even had worse and more cough fits after taking it. That thing made me lose my appetite too. I might stop taking it for now, because it's not helping and continue taking the other medicine which at least keeps my fever down and doesn't cause any other negative symptoms like Augentine has so far… So please if you know a trick or two for me to try out, I am willing to give it a shot because this is really, really, really getting to me. As in it doesn't let me sleep well, it doesn't let me breath well, it doesn't let me speak for over a few minutes and from being this bad for the past 3 days, it's making me cry from the pain I feel in the abdominal area and my lungs. I just want it to stop and I am willing to try anything. I am planning on asking some other doctors about it too but having a remedy to try at home with no medicine would be wonderful..

Try mixing lemon juice (squeezed manually from an actual lemon) with honey in a small bowl and drinking that. Whenever I had a sore throat my mom would give me it. It stings a bit at first, but it really would soothe my throat.

[Chrissie]

I am probably going to a doctor outside of a hospital. It's gonna possibly cost me an arm and a leg but damn I want to get better and those guys at the Hospital aren't going to make me so. And my friends keep checking on me every day. They can't stay all the time with me though because we have projects and (both of them) their practice to worry about (mine hasn't started yet)…

I already eat a spoonful of honey every day and drink tea too but it doesn't really help much aside of giving me less than half an hour of rest. There's no Starbucks in this town for some strange reason and I live next to the University which is basically in the village out of the town with no tea or coffee houses nearby xD; Only the University's cafeteria which pretty much has the same kind of teabags I use.

I'll try that icel though the main problem isn't from my throat :(

[Reyairia]

@Mokenda_mint:

Worms:
Your dog has worms? Not a problem!
Take an old copper penny (I emphasize the words OLD and COPPER here. It doesn't work if it's not copper and only old pennies are made of copper) and wrap it in a piece of bread. Feed it to your dog.
My great-grandma swore by it. I used it on a dog I'd adopted from the pound once and he was cleared up in no time!

It doesn't surprise me that much, aquatic invertebrates for the most part are extremely sensitive to copper.

Here's one; your child goes to a school where head lice is a regular issue? No problem; every day, spray lime juice on his or her hair. It helped me avoid hair lice for years, the only time I had it was when my mom switched to gel and stopped using the lime. You won't have to worry about them if you remember to do it every day.

[Jacklesbury]

Anyone know a sure fire way to actually get rid of excema? D: I've been treating it on and off, day after day for goodness knows how long, with Diprobase cream. Doesn't work, just keeps it in limbo, and too much immersion in water makes it flare back badly. (Which kind of sucks when I have to cook, because I'm really hygiene-sensitive, and have to wash my hands every time I touch a surface.. Only when I'm cooking mind you lol.)

And lol Mr Zoro about the sock thing

[captain usopp]

@Mokenda_mint:

Ingrown/infected toenails:
I'd had these a lot when I was growing up (luckily not any more). The best way to cure them is to drain the puss out of the swollen area. From there coat it with peroxide a few times to clean out whatever's left. Afterwards fill a container with warm water and add epson salt. Soak for at least 20 minutes

i was told to push a bit of cotton under the nail. this helps push it away from the skin where it is digging in. Also cut your nails straight so they don't dig into your skin when they grow.

@Mokenda_mint:

Frequent nosebleeds due to dry nose:
KY jelly. Yes. It's lube.
My younger cousin had nosebleeds all the time when he was a kid. The doctor had him start using the KY jelly and it cleared up in no time.
It feels wierd, but it works!

vasiline or lipsol/ chapstick. don't use it on your lips though after you put it in your nose.

@Jacklesbury:

Anyone know a sure fire way to actually get rid of excema? D: I've been treating it on and off, day after day for goodness knows how long, with Diprobase cream. Doesn't work, just keeps it in limbo, and too much immersion in water makes it flare back badly. (Which kind of sucks when I have to cook, because I'm really hygiene-sensitive, and have to wash my hands every time I touch a surface.. Only when I'm cooking mind you lol.)

And lol Mr Zoro about the sock thing

they don't have a cure for eczema yet. it's something that most people grow out of eventually. you may be alergic to something like laundry detergent. don't use any soaps or lotions with fragrance. keep your hands moisturised. don't use chemicals a lot. (you now have an excuse for not cleaning the bathroom) I am mostly over my eczema, but when I get really stressed it starts to flair up. I keep a tube of "Cortate" in my purse incase i get really itchy. it's got a small bit of hydro-quarterzone(sp) in it.

DRY SKIN: this sounds gross, but go get some olive oil, or lard from the kitchen and massage it into your skin. Sometimes lotion just doesn't cut it. I used to work at Subway, and I'd take the bacon paper after we were done with it and use it on my hands. My skin would be baby soft after that.

[lelandlancaster]

Stomach aches/nausea: Take some ginger (peeled) and smash it up until you can squeeze some juice from it (like a spoonful) and drink that. Add a little sugar to it, if the taste is too strong for you.

Or go the delicious route and have some ginger tea. I haven't tried this with that dried ginger powder stuff.

[Mokenda_mint]

Not for a human, but it still is a home remedy:
If you get bad gas (watered down) the best solution is to pour a whole bottle of rubbing alchohol into your gas tank. This causes the water to dry up, but the gas stays good

@Chrissie:

Please everyone I need every remedy you know for continuous, dry coughing. I go into fits every few minutes and it's starting to hurt really badly when I do. The medicine I was told to take at the Hospital for the infection they said I probably have in the Respiratory system, Augmentin, honestly did nothing to it. I even had worse and more cough fits after taking it. That thing made me lose my appetite too. I might stop taking it for now, because it's not helping and continue taking the other medicine which at least keeps my fever down and doesn't cause any other negative symptoms like Augentine has so far… So please if you know a trick or two for me to try out, I am willing to give it a shot because this is really, really, really getting to me. As in it doesn't let me sleep well, it doesn't let me breath well, it doesn't let me speak for over a few minutes and from being this bad for the past 3 days, it's making me cry from the pain I feel in the abdominal area and my lungs. I just want it to stop and I am willing to try anything. I am planning on asking some other doctors about it too but having a remedy to try at home with no medicine would be wonderful..

Boil some water, lean over it, and breathe the vapors. You can add a small tray (preferably something which wont burn you or melt into to the pot such as glass) hovering over it with vicks (or some other vapor cream). As the vicks melts it will mix with the steam from the vapors and help open you up and wet down your throat. :>

@Jacklesbury:

Anyone know a sure fire way to actually get rid of excema? D: I've been treating it on and off, day after day for goodness knows how long, with Diprobase cream. Doesn't work, just keeps it in limbo, and too much immersion in water makes it flare back badly. (Which kind of sucks when I have to cook, because I'm really hygiene-sensitive, and have to wash my hands every time I touch a surface.. Only when I'm cooking mind you lol.)

And lol Mr Zoro about the sock thing

Have you tried using livestock ointments? They're used for treating cows and horses and such, but they're also great for dry/chapped skin on humans too. My niece used to have horrible chapping on her butt, we started using the Corona ointment on her and it's the only thing which ever soothed and healed it. I know it sounds like a rather odd fix, but my mother grew up on a farm, and her parents used it all the time. That's how we came about it.

If you have a local feed store, go in and see if you can find it or something similar. If not, here's a website with it
http://www.bigdweb.com/CORONA-ANTISEPTIC-OINTMENT-14-OZ/productinfo/3051/

[Aioria]

BURNS: Annatto, a food colorant and seasoning from the Americas can be put on a minor small area burn to prevent blisters as long as you put it immediately after you get burned. I think it works as a charm, because at least in most latin american homes it's kept as a basic condiment, and it comes very handy when one accidentally gets a minor burn while cooking or baking something.

DIARRHEA: diarrhea tend to cure spontaneously after a few days since most are of viral etiologies. So it's very important to keep a good nutrition and hydration while it goes away. Two tricks here:
First and foremost: eat!! eat food rich in starch, since these things will help the intestinal mucosa regenerate faster and the faster it regenerates the faster it will go away. Plus the cells being affected there will thank you for the nutrients you are sending them.
Second and even more important: rehydrate constantly, but you will need an appropriate saline solution. Water, ginger ale, chicken soup, apple juice, Gatorade and the such are no good. Now here is an approved WHO/OMS recipe that any one can make at home if one is too lazy to drive to the pharmacy and buy the oral rehydration salts packets, it's equally as effective and definitely cheaper:
-1 Liter of water.
-3/4 teaspoon of salt. (Regular table salt)
-1 teaspoon of sodium bicarbonate (Baking soda)
-1 cup of orange juice
-8 teaspoons of sugar.
Drink as much as needed.

Of course if there is high fever, difficult swallowing, strong abdominal pain or more symptoms go to the nearest hospital asap.

I have to try the eye sockets one.

@Chrissie:

Please everyone I need every remedy you know for continuous, dry coughing. I go into fits every few minutes and it's starting to hurt really badly when I do. The medicine I was told to take at the Hospital for the infection they said I probably have in the Respiratory system, Augmentin, honestly did nothing to it. I even had worse and more cough fits after taking it. That thing made me lose my appetite too. I might stop taking it for now, because it's not helping and continue taking the other medicine which at least keeps my fever down and doesn't cause any other negative symptoms like Augentine has so far… As in it doesn't let me sleep well, it doesn't let me breath well, it doesn't let me speak for over a few minutes and from being this bad for the past 3 days, it's making me cry from the pain I feel in the abdominal area and my lungs.

Chrissie, by all means finish the antibiotics and take them at the right times, most likely the Augmentin prescription is for a week or more and there is a high chance it hasn't made an effect yet but it will soon. They gave you that because they suspect you have a bacterial infection, not completing the antibiotics might actually make the bacteria resistant to them. You don't want that. If you can get a second opinion from another doctor you should, especially if the symptoms get worse.

If I may ask, exactly where were you told the infection is located? when did you start taking the Augmentin? What are the secondary effects you mention Augmentin is giving you?

[IrishLuigi]

Solution for any minor irritations, like sore throat, colds, headaches, etc:

Man up.*

*this of course may or may not apply to females on their own discretion.

[PierrotClown]

@Chrissie:

Please everyone I need every remedy you know for continuous, dry coughing. I go into fits every few minutes and it's starting to hurt really badly when I do. The medicine I was told to take at the Hospital for the infection they said I probably have in the Respiratory system, Augmentin, honestly did nothing to it. I even had worse and more cough fits after taking it. That thing made me lose my appetite too. I might stop taking it for now, because it's not helping and continue taking the other medicine which at least keeps my fever down and doesn't cause any other negative symptoms like Augentine has so far… So please if you know a trick or two for me to try out, I am willing to give it a shot because this is really, really, really getting to me. As in it doesn't let me sleep well, it doesn't let me breath well, it doesn't let me speak for over a few minutes and from being this bad for the past 3 days, it's making me cry from the pain I feel in the abdominal area and my lungs. I just want it to stop and I am willing to try anything. I am planning on asking some other doctors about it too but having a remedy to try at home with no medicine would be wonderful..

Have you checked the humidity in your room. Sometimes dry air can irritate your throat

[captain usopp]

@IrishLuigi:

Solution for any minor irritations, like sore throat, colds, headaches, etc:

Man up.*

*this of course may or may not apply to females on their own discretion.

well if you wanna get technical, women tend to have a higher tolerance to pain, so woman up would actually be more appropriate. :P

[IrishLuigi]

@captain:

well if you wanna get technical, women tend to have a higher tolerance to pain, so woman up would actually be more appropriate. :P

You're saying it wrong - it's not tolerance to pain - men has less nerve endings than women.

It's the fact that men have weaker immune systems than women.

[JERK DISEASE]

This thread is going to end with at least a few deaths.

[Chrissie]

@PierrotClown: Nah. This isn't just an irritation in the throat. The chest pains I have tell me quite otherwise.

@Aioria:

Chrissie, by all means finish the antibiotics and take them at the right times, most likely the Augmentin prescription is for a week or more and there is a high chance it hasn't made an effect yet but it will soon. They gave you that because they suspect you have a bacterial infection, not completing the antibiotics might actually make the bacteria resistant to them. You don't want that. If you can get a second opinion from another doctor you should, especially if the symptoms get worse.

If I may ask, exactly where were you told the infection is located? when did you start taking the Augmentin? What are the secondary effects you mention Augmentin is giving you?

I was told by a private doctor to stop taking Augmentin after I told him what other symptoms showed up after I started taking it so yeah. I am stopping that evil medicine no matter what.

In the respiratory system. That's all they told me. I am visiting the doc I mentioned when I'll be able to, to let the man do a proper job without leaving me coughing my lungs out and burning from fever for 5 hours in the waiting room just to tell me to get two pills, one of which made me worse. I've had an infection before in the lungs (last year) but it wasn't this bad and within a week I was back to normal. I started taking Augmentin when they told me to and within the hour I did I lost all appetite, had nausea, headaches, ear pains and my fever which had disappeared at the time, rose up again. Every symptom stopped when I stopped taking it.

[kmohyudin]

@captain:

well if you wanna get technical, women tend to have a higher tolerance to pain, so woman up would actually be more appropriate. :P

I don't know about that but I read somewhere that men have a higher threshold of pain so for example if a needle is thrust into the arm of a man and a woman, with increasing force, at the same time, the woman is likely to start making faces sooner or something. Who will give up first is a different story…

I always found honey mixed with little bit of black pepper to be quite effective against dry cough. Don't know if anyone suggested it, if not, its definitely worth a try. You are supposed to keep the honey in your throat for as long as you can and very very slowly ingest it.

[Jacklesbury]

captain usopp: Ah, I should have thought as much D8 Hm, I don't believe I use any such stuff with fragrance.. although rubber gloves sometimes make the condition worse …..BETTER EXCUSE TO GET OUT OF CLEANING! punches air

(in reality, not really TT^TT It'll still be there to do one way or the other hahah)

Mokenda_mint: Haha, I'll bear that in mind? XD Thanks for sharing! :)

[Refii]

@kmohyudin:

I don't know about that but I read somewhere that men have a higher threshold of pain

No, we cannot squeeze a melon through our penis.

Home remedy for food poisoning:
Boil fresh (dried) oregano and drink the water, the taste is bitter and gross, but it really works and your stomach will feel better.

@Chrissie: stop smoking, that's causing your dry coughing ;)