Re: Floor wax....folk remedies.

August 25, 2005

Hi Anne,

Looks good...but it's not a wax...which protects...oils and waxes have

totally different ends when it comes to floor care.

People use to use turpentine in folk remedies, for cuts, non-healing

sores, sore throat....not the same, but it sorta reminds be of us

using DMSO, a solvent, with remarkable results.

Linseed oil was used for medicinal purposes as well but folks were

mistakenly used the commericial stuff which had lead or manganese as

drying agents.

I did find this....not sure I would go that route!!

" I consider that I have made an important discovery in the use of

turpentine. For a year or two I suffered a great deal from a peculiar

back ache, that came on shortly after lying down at night and

continued all night, quitting, when I got up in the morning. It

happened that I was doing some staining inside of my house, with a

stain which I thinned with turpentine. I thus inhaled the odor of

turpentine for two or three days during which time I could readily

detect this odor in the urine, at which time, I discovered there was

no backache. At the first relief, it did not occur to me that it was

the turpentine that had produced it, but after a few repetitions of

the benefit, I attributed the results to this agent and have since

used it for that purpose from an inhaler. I find no trouble in giving

relief for quite a long period of time, unless I bring this difficulty

back by over exertion. As long as the system is sufficiently saturated

with the turpentine vapor, there is a copious flow of the urine,

charged with the characteristic odor, and entire freedom from pain. "

Kit

> Beeswax sounds good but expensive...but how safe is turpentine and

linseed oil? I Have no idea.

>

> Here is an easy to make a relatively inexpensive and safe alternative.

> 1/4 cup of olive oil

> 1.4 cyp of vinegar

> 10 drops of essential oil (optional)

> Mix and apply - wipe clean.

>

> Anne

> VA USA

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