Old wives tales.......

[Narnia]

Have you any ailments that might be cured without conventional medicine? My particular one is a stye in my eye. Any suggestions welcomed. Maybe this could become a sort of ED ER, of the alternative type!

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Rub it with gold (coin or ring).

Yours witchily

[woofmarkthedog]

Before you clean your teeth in the morning scrape the coating off the back of your tongue with your finger nail, rub the "goo" into the stye.

Sounds horrible but it does work!

W**F

[Narnia]

woofmarkthedog Wrote:

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> Before you clean your teeth in the morning scrape

> the coating off the back of your tongue with your

> finger nail, rub the "goo" into the stye.

>

>

> Sounds horrible but it does work!

What if my teeth are in a jar beside my bed in the morning? Are you serious?

>

>

> W**F

[Narnia]

Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote:

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> Rub it with gold (coin or ring).

>

> Yours witchily

I've heard this one............does it work PGC?

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

No idea, personally I lance them - the pain is usually too intense to wait for anything else.

[LegalEagle-ish]

My old Jamaican mother-in-law used to prescribe wee wee!

[Andystar]

has this thread made anyone else physically sick??

[bigbadwolf]

Smoking cigarettes can relieve toothache. I'm being serious, I don't know if patches work though.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

I have tried this bizarre one when my child picked one up swimming and it does work:

for a verucca, cut an inch square of banana skin, place it inner side down on affected spot, tape in position and put on sock. Do this overnight for 2/3 nights and it disappears.

[Narnia]

LegalEagle-ish Wrote:

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> My old Jamaican mother-in-law used to prescribe

> wee wee!

That's interesting. I once read that Madonna used wee wee on her feet to get rid of athletes foot. That reminds me I had a friend who used to drink it. Can't remember why though. He seemed to think it did him some good.

[LegalEagle-ish]

It seemed to be my wise old mother-in-law's magic fix-all! Amazing stuff apparantly - not that I took her advice on this matter - I'm a bit too squeamish.

[Mick Mac]

Reclan for a sty the best thing is a good rest. You should prob take a few long lie ins at your ungrateful employers expense and get yourself right also a trip to the opticians might be a good idea as sounds like your eyes are tired.no wives tales there I'm afraid. I did once have a growth on my finger when a lad and a seventh son of a seventh son fron derry wiped an old Copper 2p on it and it was gone a couple of days later which amazed me as I felt it had been there for a year. .

[reetpetite]

There used to be a product called Golden eye ointment for styes dont know if its still around..tis true about the gold ring though or so I believe.

[woofmarkthedog]

Declan Wrote:

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> woofmarkthedog Wrote:

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> > Before you clean your teeth in the morning

> scrape

> > the coating off the back of your tongue with

> your

> > finger nail, rub the "goo" into the stye.

> >

> >

> > Sounds horrible but it does work!

>

> What if my teeth are in a jar beside my bed in the

> morning? Are you serious?

> >

> >

> > W**F

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Your TONGUE love (deaf is she.....)scrape y'tongue....can't keep the in glass with your "Staradent" can you?

Feck Declan what a picture that conjures up, you no teeth & your tongue in a jar & with a stye on your eye.

You sound like a real catch you do......yeah!

Do you have a prosetic limb for a full house?

[antijen]

Tansy as a compress is good for sties, you can also apply castor oil, put some on a piece of cotton wool then wipe over your eye before going to sleep, dont worry about it going into your eyes, it did used to be prescribed and the last time I looked it was still in the BFN (British national formula, docs book. I have used this many times and it works even when people sceptical.

[antijen]

The golden eye ointment reetpetite has mentioned, I think is golden seal, another brilliant herb which has amazing healing properties, but expensive. Also euphrasia, commonly called eyebright. With it being near your eye I would not recommend my dads cure of tying thread around skin tags which then fall of, then seemingly if you bury it, it wont come back.

[Narnia]

woofmarkthedog Wrote:

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> Declan Wrote:

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> > > Before you clean your teeth in the morning

> > scrape

> > > the coating off the back of your tongue with

> > your

> > > finger nail, rub the "goo" into the stye.

> > >

> > >

> > > Sounds horrible but it does work!

> >

> > What if my teeth are in a jar beside my bed in

> the

> > morning? Are you serious?

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> > > W**F

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> Your TONGUE love (deaf is she.....)scrape

> y'tongue....can't keep the in glass with your

> "Staradent" can you?

>

> Feck Declan what a picture that conjures up, you

> no teeth & your tongue in a jar & with a stye on

> your eye.

>

> You sound like a real catch you do......yeah!

>

> Do you have a prosetic limb for a full house?

Well Woof my physical ailments are nothing on my mental one's!

[Narnia]

antijen Wrote:

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> Tansy as a compress is good for sties, you can

> also apply castor oil, put some on a piece of

> cotton wool then wipe over your eye before going

> to sleep, dont worry about it going into your

> eyes, it did used to be prescribed and the last

> time I looked it was still in the BFN (British

> national formula, docs book. I have used this many

> times and it works even when people sceptical.

Where can one buy castor oil Antijen?

[woofmarkthedog]

So sties is spelt like pies.....

Q. Where can one buy castor oil Antijen?

A. Halfords

[LegalEagle-ish]

Did you manage to survive any of the posted remedies, Declan?

[woofmarkthedog]

Yeah, but he stinks of piss now!

[Huguenot]

I'm not sure too many of these sound sensible.

A stye (not stie) is a blocked eyelid oil gland that has become infected.

Rubbing anything into it that is likely increase the blockage or spread the infection is ill-advised.

In extreme cases antibiotics applied topically or by pill may be necessary.

Usually they should go within a week, and can be eased using a warm damp facecloth pressed against it a few times a day - it'll ease the blockage.

Lancing it or squeezing it yourself may increase the infection (think of zits that you've poked at too much), and is very risky in this area.

If it's not gone in a week, then see someone professional.

[Narnia]

woofmarkthedog Wrote:

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> Yeah, but he stinks of piss now!

I didn't try that one bow-wow! Have you ever used it Legal?

[PeckhamRose]

I used to use Golden Eye Ointment years ago; it got rid of conjunctivitis.

Now I use a little bicarbonate of soda in filtered water and use that to rinse my eyes.

I had some fungal infection under my nail once and used to pour a drip of tea tree oil down it every night, and it went after a month. It probably would not have done otherwise!

Meanwhile to fight off hay fever, eating honey from local bee hives works.