Donna....Re: Cures and remedies for a cold, etc......Re: Akiba

November 12, 2010

DonnaI hadn't ever heard that about graham crackers. Interesting! When I had my first baby my mil told me to mix real thin baby cereal in a bedtime bottle for her. I had to enlarge the opening of the nipple a tiny bit so the cereal would go through. That way she slept longer and sounder. No, we weren't crazy about being cooped up in that cabin with my dil with the horrible sore throat. I don't remember getting sick that time though. Of course, us MSers have the overactive immune system and that keeps me from getting most illnesses. But if I DO get sick it is so much worse that for the others in my family. I am going to try that onion cough syrup the next time I get a bad cough! SharonThis email is a natural hand made product. The slight variations in spelling and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to be considered flaws or defects. To: MSersLife Sent: Thu, November 11, 2010 11:47:31 AMSubject: Re: "Cures" and remedies for a cold, etc......Re: Akiba

I'm happy

to hear that your daughter-in-law survived the killer sore

throat, though I'm also thinking that you guys weren't

tremendously thrilled with being cooped up "indoors" with her

during her treatment period.. LOL... I LOVE garlic, though I'm

not so sure I'd be wanting to drink a "tea" made from it.. and

tells me, if Earl or I are doing the cooking, that he'll

make me up a bed on the porch if I eat that.. LOL..

Home remedies actually seem to work better than modern medicine

at times.. had a really really.. well probably his first

bout with pneumonia one winter.. and he would NOT go to the

doctor.. so I made up a mustard plaster for his chest.. didn't

have dried mustard powder stuff.. so substituted bottled

mustard.. It, surprisingly, worked!!..

I still can't imagine using the onion cough syrup type thing

though.. I do know that an onion cut in half and placed over a

bee sting (wasp, hornet type sting) will draw the venom out of

the sting if you get to it immediately.. or fairly soon after

the sting.. and hornet venom when absorbed by the onion, will

turn that spot of the onion black..

Always kept Graham Crackers on hand when the boys were babies

and toddlers.. they will resolve constipation for a baby within

an hour or so.. just have to crush them up and mix them into the

formula in a consistency that the baby can swallow.. (newborn,

has to be extremely thin that can be sucked through a nipple

where as a baby who has started on strained stuff can actually

have a baby cereal consistency).. but that something I learned

from my mother as well.. newborns who aren't sleeping 4 hours

between feedings.. just aren't getting enough in their tummies

(usually).. and if given some substance in their stomach, will

sleep for four or more hours.. doesn't hurt them.. none of the

children given this developed allergies to anything.. even if

the doctor doesn't like the idea... keeps them regular

comfortable and happy little creatures.. LOL

HUGS

|)onna

When we were in Alaska my daughter-in-law got

horribly ill and had a killer sore throat. She didn't have

insurance (and didn't want to hike out two miles each way

anyway:) so she looked through one of her books and found a cure

for a sore throat. It was garlic tea. She put four big cloves

of garlic in a cup and poured boiling water over it. She drank

it as hot as she could (while making all sorts of faces) and

then ate the garlic. She did that several times each day for a

couple of days. Her sore throat was cured and so was she.

The onions sounds similar except for the addition of the sugar.

Interesting!

Sharon

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|)onna

To:

MSersLife

Sent: Thu,

November 11, 2010 6:16:51 AM

Subject:

Re: Akiba

That

certainly sounds better than what tells me his

mother made for them when they were kids... not sure if

it's an old Lithuanian cure or what... But she'd chop up

onions, put them in a bowl, completely cover them with

sugar, then put something HEAVY on top of that mixture

in the bowl.. that will somehow "juice" up.. and she'd

ladle that into them by the tablespoons... Personally I

think it SCARED the cold out of them.. LOL..

HUGS

|)onna

I always make my own

recipe of "Cold Cure"-- a mix of orange, grapefruit,

lemon, lime juices. I swear it will cure what ails ya:)

Sharon

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From:

Akiba

To:

MSersLife

Sent:

Wed, November 10, 2010 11:59:06 AM

Subject:

Re: Akiba

It will

pass. Going to town soon to get more OJ

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Akiba

Hope

you're feeling a

lot better

today. There's a

bug going around

here

with stuffy

noses, coughing,

stomach upset,

and rashes. My

little

granddaughter

has it ... hugs,

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November 13, 2010

Sharon,

Well the Graham Cracker thing.. My mother brought my cousin home

from the hospital as a newborn.. (long ugly story behind that

one, but his mother died shortly after he was born).. the

doctor's were actually sending him home to die, because he

wouldn't put on any weight or anything, and they had no clue as

to why (this was 1948 or 49).. My mother talked to one of my

dad's aunts who had a son that was exactly the same way when he

was born.. in the mid 20's.. (he grew into a tall strapping

man).. and the aunt told her that she fed him the graham

crackers every couple of hours.. and he began to thrive.. So my

mom did the same thing with my cousin.. and by the time they

went in to see the doctor in a week or so.. he had put on weight

and the doctor was amazed.. and he told my mother, he hadn't

expected to see them for a baby visit, he expected the little

boy to die.. (same theory worked on Zucco when we got him too..

fed and watered him little bits every two hours.. until he could

keep it all down, then added a bit more and a bit more.. and now

the horse weighs 76 pounds!.. the vet didn't expect to see him

again either)..

My mother would listen to my first sister-in-law and brother

whine about the baby not sleeping more than 2 hours at a clip,

and then being fussy all the time when she was awake.. Mom kept

telling SIL to FEED the baby, she was hungry, and SIL refused

cause the doctor said no.. and SIL also kept that baby on the

rigid every 4 hour feeding schedule.. no giving her a bottle in

between or anything.. Well.. I remember, mom was babysitting..

and she didn't have time for the SIL's nonsense.. the minute, or

shortly after they left.. mom took out the graham crackers..

mixed up a bowl of "cereal" consistency mush for her.. fed the

baby.. who smacked her lips and opened up her mouth like a

hungry little bird.. One her belly was full.. she went right off

to sleep, and stayed that way.. woke for a bit while getting her

ready to go home, but continued to sleep, and then slept for a

few more hours after she got home.. SIL called pissed to the

MAX.. wanting to know what my mom did to her baby.. Mom just

told her.. the baby was hungry so I FED her.. try it sometime..

SIL soon learned my mother just wasn't as dumb as she believed

her to be.. and that her pediatrician wasn't as smart as she

believed him to be..

I never had a problem with either of the boys.. started feeding

them something other than formula from the day we came home..

doctor's change their opinions of how to feed a newborn every

couple of years.. so I just went with what was tried and true..

if the baby is hungry FEED IT.. Earl started sleeping the whole

night through by the time he was six weeks old.. Unseasoned

mashed potatoes, baby cereal.. but the graham cracker thing was

always around.. as well.. then I didn't have to deal with

constipation.. And yup.. I had to cut a cross in a couple of his

nipples as well.. for him to be able to suck the cereal through

the nipple.. DARN.. do you realize just how wealthy one of us

would be had we thought to start manufacturing those nipples???

HUGS

|)onna

Donna

I hadn't ever heard that about graham crackers. Interesting!

When I had my first baby my mil told me to mix real thin baby

cereal in a bedtime bottle for her. I had to enlarge the

opening of the nipple a tiny bit so the cereal would go

through. That way she slept longer and sounder.

No, we weren't crazy about being cooped up in that cabin with my

dil with the horrible sore throat. I don't remember getting

sick that time though. Of course, us MSers have the overactive

immune system and that keeps me from getting most illnesses.

But if I DO get sick it is so much worse that for the others in

my family.

I am going to try that onion cough syrup the next time I get a

bad cough!

Sharon

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From:

|)onna

To:

MSersLife

Sent: Thu,

November 11, 2010 11:47:31 AM

Subject:

Re: "Cures" and remedies for a cold, etc......Re:

Akiba

I'm

happy to hear that your daughter-in-law survived the

killer sore throat, though I'm also thinking that you

guys weren't tremendously thrilled with being cooped up

"indoors" with her during her treatment period.. LOL...

I LOVE garlic, though I'm not so sure I'd be wanting to

drink a "tea" made from it.. and tells me, if Earl

or I are doing the cooking, that he'll make me up a bed

on the porch if I eat that.. LOL..

Home remedies actually seem to work better than modern

medicine at times.. had a really really.. well

probably his first bout with pneumonia one winter.. and

he would NOT go to the doctor.. so I made up a mustard

plaster for his chest.. didn't have dried mustard powder

stuff.. so substituted bottled mustard.. It,

surprisingly, worked!!..

I still can't imagine using the onion cough syrup type

thing though.. I do know that an onion cut in half and

placed over a bee sting (wasp, hornet type sting) will

draw the venom out of the sting if you get to it

immediately.. or fairly soon after the sting.. and

hornet venom when absorbed by the onion, will turn that

spot of the onion black..

Always kept Graham Crackers on hand when the boys were

babies and toddlers.. they will resolve constipation for

a baby within an hour or so.. just have to crush them up

and mix them into the formula in a consistency that the

baby can swallow.. (newborn, has to be extremely thin

that can be sucked through a nipple where as a baby who

has started on strained stuff can actually have a baby

cereal consistency).. but that something I learned from

my mother as well.. newborns who aren't sleeping 4 hours

between feedings.. just aren't getting enough in their

tummies (usually).. and if given some substance in their

stomach, will sleep for four or more hours.. doesn't

hurt them.. none of the children given this developed

allergies to anything.. even if the doctor doesn't like

the idea... keeps them regular comfortable and happy

little creatures.. LOL

HUGS

|)onna

When we were in

Alaska my daughter-in-law got horribly ill and had a

killer sore throat. She didn't have insurance (and

didn't want to hike out two miles each way anyway:) so

she looked through one of her books and found a cure for

a sore throat. It was garlic tea. She put four big

cloves of garlic in a cup and poured boiling water over

it. She drank it as hot as she could (while making all

sorts of faces) and then ate the garlic. She did that

several times each day for a couple of days. Her sore

throat was cured and so was she.

The onions sounds similar except for the addition of the

sugar. Interesting!

Sharon

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From: |)onna

To: MSersLife

Sent:

Thu, November 11, 2010 6:16:51 AM

Subject:

Re: Akiba

That certainly sounds better than

what tells me his mother made for them when

they were kids... not sure if it's an old

Lithuanian cure or what... But she'd chop up

onions, put them in a bowl, completely cover

them with sugar, then put something HEAVY on top

of that mixture in the bowl.. that will somehow

"juice" up.. and she'd ladle that into them by

the tablespoons... Personally I think it SCARED

the cold out of them.. LOL..

HUGS

|)onna

I always

make my own recipe of "Cold Cure"-- a mix of

orange, grapefruit, lemon, lime juices. I swear

it will cure what ails ya:)

Sharon

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MSersLife

Sent:

Wed, November 10, 2010 11:59:06 AM

Subject:

Re: Akiba

It

will pass. Going to town soon to get

more OJ

~*~Akiba~*~

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To: MSersLife <MSersLife >

Sent: Wed, Nov 10, 2010 1:56 pm

Subject: Re: Akiba

If you don't

start getting better you may

need to find a doctor. I

don't think you've been to

one since you've been in

Florida, right? Dang Rob

for bringing you a cold!

Sharon

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From:

Akiba

To:

MSersLife

Sent:

Wed, November 10, 2010

10:00:08 AM

Subject:

Re: Akiba

No, not

yet, coughing till

tears flow and it's

going down into my

chest. Rob is better

(he who gave it to

us in the first

place!) and Robbin

seems to be getting

better as well, not

me, I am getting

worse...blah...

~*~Akiba~*~

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Visionary

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RA-RA-RA!

My Planet revolves

around the Sun

My World revolves

around My Son

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Message-----

From: xstitcher

To: MSersLife <MSersLife >

Sent: Tue, Nov 9,

2010 11:01 pm

Subject:

Akiba

Hope

you're feeling

a lot better

today. There's

a bug going

around here

with stuffy

noses,

coughing,

stomach upset,

and rashes. My

little

granddaughter

has it ...

hugs, Cait

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November 13, 2010

Oops...

forgot the 2nd paragraph reply.. uh duh..

I'm happy to hear that you don't usually catch whatever is going

round the house.. I wish I could say the same.. couple years

ago, when I was working, we just kept passing whatever the

hacky-coughy-wish-we-were-dead-hoof-n-mouth disease it was back

and forth and all around the two ('s & mine) offices..

Was a miserable couple of months.. and I still get everything

brought into 's office, whether he gets it or not.. to

paraphrase Sam Cooke's song.. he Brings it on Home to Me!..

Here's to hoping for a virus free winter for all of us..

HUGS

|)onna

Donna

I hadn't ever heard that about graham crackers. Interesting!

When I had my first baby my mil told me to mix real thin baby

cereal in a bedtime bottle for her. I had to enlarge the

opening of the nipple a tiny bit so the cereal would go

through. That way she slept longer and sounder.

No, we weren't crazy about being cooped up in that cabin with my

dil with the horrible sore throat. I don't remember getting

sick that time though. Of course, us MSers have the overactive

immune system and that keeps me from getting most illnesses.

But if I DO get sick it is so much worse that for the others in

my family.

I am going to try that onion cough syrup the next time I get a

bad cough!

Sharon

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From:

|)onna

To:

MSersLife

Sent: Thu,

November 11, 2010 11:47:31 AM

Subject:

Re: "Cures" and remedies for a cold, etc......Re:

Akiba

I'm

happy to hear that your daughter-in-law survived the

killer sore throat, though I'm also thinking that you

guys weren't tremendously thrilled with being cooped up

"indoors" with her during her treatment period.. LOL...

I LOVE garlic, though I'm not so sure I'd be wanting to

drink a "tea" made from it.. and tells me, if Earl

or I are doing the cooking, that he'll make me up a bed

on the porch if I eat that.. LOL..

Home remedies actually seem to work better than modern

medicine at times.. had a really really.. well

probably his first bout with pneumonia one winter.. and

he would NOT go to the doctor.. so I made up a mustard

plaster for his chest.. didn't have dried mustard powder

stuff.. so substituted bottled mustard.. It,

surprisingly, worked!!..

I still can't imagine using the onion cough syrup type

thing though.. I do know that an onion cut in half and

placed over a bee sting (wasp, hornet type sting) will

draw the venom out of the sting if you get to it

immediately.. or fairly soon after the sting.. and

hornet venom when absorbed by the onion, will turn that

spot of the onion black..

Always kept Graham Crackers on hand when the boys were

babies and toddlers.. they will resolve constipation for

a baby within an hour or so.. just have to crush them up

and mix them into the formula in a consistency that the

baby can swallow.. (newborn, has to be extremely thin

that can be sucked through a nipple where as a baby who

has started on strained stuff can actually have a baby

cereal consistency).. but that something I learned from

my mother as well.. newborns who aren't sleeping 4 hours

between feedings.. just aren't getting enough in their

tummies (usually).. and if given some substance in their

stomach, will sleep for four or more hours.. doesn't

hurt them.. none of the children given this developed

allergies to anything.. even if the doctor doesn't like

the idea... keeps them regular comfortable and happy

little creatures.. LOL

HUGS

|)onna

When we were in

Alaska my daughter-in-law got horribly ill and had a

killer sore throat. She didn't have insurance (and

didn't want to hike out two miles each way anyway:) so

she looked through one of her books and found a cure for

a sore throat. It was garlic tea. She put four big

cloves of garlic in a cup and poured boiling water over

it. She drank it as hot as she could (while making all

sorts of faces) and then ate the garlic. She did that

several times each day for a couple of days. Her sore

throat was cured and so was she.

The onions sounds similar except for the addition of the

sugar. Interesting!

Sharon

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From: |)onna

To: MSersLife

Sent:

Thu, November 11, 2010 6:16:51 AM

Subject:

Re: Akiba

That certainly sounds better than

what tells me his mother made for them when

they were kids... not sure if it's an old

Lithuanian cure or what... But she'd chop up

onions, put them in a bowl, completely cover

them with sugar, then put something HEAVY on top

of that mixture in the bowl.. that will somehow

"juice" up.. and she'd ladle that into them by

the tablespoons... Personally I think it SCARED

the cold out of them.. LOL..

HUGS

|)onna

I always

make my own recipe of "Cold Cure"-- a mix of

orange, grapefruit, lemon, lime juices. I swear

it will cure what ails ya:)

Sharon

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To:

MSersLife

Sent:

Wed, November 10, 2010 11:59:06 AM

Subject:

Re: Akiba

It

will pass. Going to town soon to get

more OJ

~*~Akiba~*~

Pragmatic Visionary

ISIS! ISIS! RA-RA-RA!

My Planet revolves around the Sun

My World revolves around My Son

-----Original

Message-----

To: MSersLife <MSersLife >

Sent: Wed, Nov 10, 2010 1:56 pm

Subject: Re: Akiba

If you don't

start getting better you may

need to find a doctor. I

don't think you've been to

one since you've been in

Florida, right? Dang Rob

for bringing you a cold!

Sharon

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From:

Akiba

To:

MSersLife

Sent:

Wed, November 10, 2010

10:00:08 AM

Subject:

Re: Akiba

No, not

yet, coughing till

tears flow and it's

going down into my

chest. Rob is better

(he who gave it to

us in the first

place!) and Robbin

seems to be getting

better as well, not

me, I am getting

worse...blah...

~*~Akiba~*~

Pragmatic

Visionary

ISIS! ISIS!

RA-RA-RA!

My Planet revolves

around the Sun

My World revolves

around My Son

-----Original

Message-----

From: xstitcher

To: MSersLife <MSersLife >

Sent: Tue, Nov 9,

2010 11:01 pm

Subject:

Akiba

Hope

you're feeling

a lot better

today. There's

a bug going

around here

with stuffy

noses,

coughing,

stomach upset,

and rashes. My

little

granddaughter

has it ...

hugs, Cait

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November 13, 2010

back in the day - late 60's they had plastic syringes - jumbo size for formula and cereal for babies - by the time my oldest was six months old he always woke up for "Dark Shadows" and I better have the 3 syringes ready to go - he was hungry - he was a premie and was eating fruit with his formula at 3 weeks - didn't tell the docs though

did the same thing with his brother

a year later he would grab a green bean or french fry off my plate and gum it into submission

my grand daughter is tiny and skinny - doctors are into starving kids again

My son got pissed at me when I told him in exasperation to look in his baby book and see when I started him (MS memory again) - he got pissed and didn't call for 6 months

feed the kid and make sure their tummies are full and they will sleep and get strong God, grant me the strength of eagles wings, the faith and courage to fly to new heights, and the wisdom to rely on his spirit to carry me there.

To: MSersLife Sent: Sat, November 13, 2010 8:25:06 AMSubject: Re: Donna....Re: "Cures" and remedies for a cold, etc......Re: Akiba

Sharon,Well the Graham Cracker thing.. My mother brought my cousin home from the hospital as a newborn.. (long ugly story behind that one, but his mother died shortly after he was born).. the doctor's were actually sending him home to die, because he wouldn't put on any weight or anything, and they had no clue as to why (this was 1948 or 49).. My mother talked to one of my dad's aunts who had a son that was exactly the same way when he was born.. in the mid 20's.. (he grew into a tall strapping man).. and the aunt told her that she fed him the graham crackers every couple of hours.. and he began to thrive.. So my mom did the same thing with my cousin.. and by the time they went in to see the doctor in a week or so.. he had put on weight and the doctor was amazed.. and he told my mother, he hadn't expected to see them for a baby visit, he expected the little boy to die.. (same theory

worked on Zucco when we got him too.. fed and watered him little bits every two hours.. until he could keep it all down, then added a bit more and a bit more.. and now the horse weighs 76 pounds!.. the vet didn't expect to see him again either).. My mother would listen to my first sister-in-law and brother whine about the baby not sleeping more than 2 hours at a clip, and then being fussy all the time when she was awake.. Mom kept telling SIL to FEED the baby, she was hungry, and SIL refused cause the doctor said no.. and SIL also kept that baby on the rigid every 4 hour feeding schedule.. no giving her a bottle in between or anything.. Well.. I remember, mom was babysitting.. and she didn't have time for the SIL's nonsense.. the minute, or shortly after they left.. mom took out the graham crackers.. mixed up a bowl of "cereal" consistency mush for her.. fed the baby.. who smacked her lips and opened up her mouth like a hungry little bird.. One

her belly was full.. she went right off to sleep, and stayed that way.. woke for a bit while getting her ready to go home, but continued to sleep, and then slept for a few more hours after she got home.. SIL called pissed to the MAX.. wanting to know what my mom did to her baby.. Mom just told her.. the baby was hungry so I FED her.. try it sometime.. SIL soon learned my mother just wasn't as dumb as she believed her to be.. and that her pediatrician wasn't as smart as she believed him to be.. I never had a problem with either of the boys.. started feeding them something other than formula from the day we came home.. doctor's change their opinions of how to feed a newborn every couple of years.. so I just went with what was tried and true.. if the baby is hungry FEED IT.. Earl started sleeping the whole night through by the time he was six weeks old.. Unseasoned mashed potatoes, baby cereal.. but the graham cracker thing was always around.. as

well.. then I didn't have to deal with constipation.. And yup.. I had to cut a cross in a couple of his nipples as well.. for him to be able to suck the cereal through the nipple.. DARN.. do you realize just how wealthy one of us would be had we thought to start manufacturing those nipples??? HUGS|)onna

DonnaI hadn't ever heard that about graham crackers. Interesting! When I had my first baby my mil told me to mix real thin baby cereal in a bedtime bottle for her. I had to enlarge the opening of the nipple a tiny bit so the cereal would go through. That way she slept longer and sounder. No, we weren't crazy about being cooped up in that cabin with my dil with the horrible sore throat. I don't remember getting sick that time though. Of course, us MSers have the overactive immune system and that keeps me from getting most illnesses. But if I DO get sick it is so much worse that for the others in my family. I am going to try that onion cough syrup the next time I get a bad cough!

SharonThis email is a natural hand made product. The slight variations in spelling and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to be considered flaws or defects.

To: MSersLife Sent: Thu, November 11, 2010 11:47:31 AMSubject: Re: "Cures" and remedies for a cold, etc......Re: AkibaI'm happy to hear that your daughter-in-law survived the killer sore throat, though I'm also thinking that you guys weren't tremendously thrilled with being cooped up "indoors" with her during her treatment

period.. LOL... I LOVE garlic, though I'm not so sure I'd be wanting to drink a "tea" made from it.. and tells me, if Earl or I are doing the cooking, that he'll make me up a bed on the porch if I eat that.. LOL.. Home remedies actually seem to work better than modern medicine at times.. had a really really.. well probably his first bout with pneumonia one winter.. and he would NOT go to the doctor.. so I made up a mustard plaster for his chest.. didn't have dried mustard powder stuff.. so substituted bottled mustard.. It, surprisingly, worked!!.. I still can't imagine using the onion cough syrup type thing though.. I do know that an onion cut in half and placed over a bee sting (wasp, hornet type sting) will draw the venom out of the sting if you get to it immediately.. or fairly soon after the sting.. and hornet venom when absorbed by the onion, will turn that spot of the onion black..Always kept Graham Crackers on

hand when the boys were babies and toddlers.. they will resolve constipation for a baby within an hour or so.. just have to crush them up and mix them into the formula in a consistency that the baby can swallow.. (newborn, has to be extremely thin that can be sucked through a nipple where as a baby who has started on strained stuff can actually have a baby cereal consistency).. but that something I learned from my mother as well.. newborns who aren't sleeping 4 hours between feedings.. just aren't getting enough in their tummies (usually).. and if given some substance in their stomach, will sleep for four or more hours.. doesn't hurt them.. none of the children given this developed allergies to anything.. even if the doctor doesn't like the idea... keeps them regular comfortable and happy little creatures.. LOLHUGS|)onna

When we were in Alaska my daughter-in-law got horribly ill and had a killer sore throat. She didn't have insurance (and didn't want to hike out two miles each way anyway:) so she looked through one of her books and found a cure for a sore throat. It was garlic tea. She put four big cloves of garlic in a cup and poured boiling water over it. She drank it as hot as she could (while making all sorts of faces) and then ate the garlic. She did that several times each day for a couple of days. Her sore throat was cured and so was she. The onions sounds similar except for the addition of the sugar. Interesting!

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To: MSersLife Sent: Thu, November 11, 2010 6:16:51 AMSubject: Re: AkibaThat certainly sounds better than what tells me his mother made for them when they were kids... not sure if it's an old Lithuanian cure or what... But she'd chop up onions, put them in a bowl, completely cover them with sugar, then put something HEAVY on top of that mixture in the bowl.. that will somehow "juice" up..

and she'd ladle that into them by the tablespoons... Personally I think it SCARED the cold out of them.. LOL..HUGS|)onna

I always make my own recipe of "Cold Cure"-- a mix of orange, grapefruit, lemon, lime juices. I swear it will cure what ails ya:)

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To: MSersLife Sent: Wed, November 10, 2010 11:59:06 AMSubject: Re: Akiba

It will pass. Going to town soon to get more OJ

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Hope you're feeling a lot better today. There's a bug going around here with stuffy noses, coughing, stomach upset, and rashes. My little granddaughter has it ... hugs, Cait

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To: MSersLife Sent: Sat, November 13, 2010 8:42:34 AMSubject: Re: Donna....Re: "Cures" and remedies for a cold, etc......Re: Akiba

Oops... forgot the 2nd paragraph reply.. uh duh..I'm happy to hear that you don't usually catch whatever is going round the house.. I wish I could say the same.. couple years ago, when I was working, we just kept passing whatever the hacky-coughy-wish-we-were-dead-hoof-n-mouth disease it was back and forth and all around the two ('s & mine) offices.. Was a miserable couple of months.. and I still get everything brought into 's office, whether he gets it or not.. to paraphrase Sam Cooke's song.. he Brings it on Home to Me!..Here's to hoping for a virus free winter for all of us..HUGS|)onna