Home Remedies That Really Work

I'm not much on home remedies, superstitions, and old wives tales, but there are two "cures for what ails you" that really work, even if no one knows how they do it:

1: If you have a cold/flu/bronchitis/etc, you can't stop that nagging nighttime cough, just rub a healthy amount of Vicks on the bottoms of your feet and put on a pair of socks. Not only will your feet feel a slight, warm sensation that is pleasant in and of itself, but your cough will disapper in seconds. It works especially well on children, and you can bet every parent needs something to will soothe a kid so the parent can get some sleep!

2. Say you've eaten too much at Long John Silvers, or too much of that crab dip, and your stomach feels icky, too full, and altogether not right. Go to the kitchen and get out the cider vinegar. Pour about a tablespoonful in a little glass, add about 3 or 4 tablespoons of water, and glug it down. In less than a minute that bloated feeling will fade. We keep a bottle of apple cider vinegar (it tastes better than plain vinegar) in our upstairs medicine cupboard now, because very often that icky feeling happens at night. There's no way this thing can work, but it does. I guarantee it. (You know G'ma Karen wouldn't steer you wrong!)