Home Remedy

I got an email today touting the restorative properties of honey and cinnamon - a would-be cure of everything from coughs and colds to diabetes and cancer. 

My folks excelled at the art of the home remedy, probably because they were just a generation removed from the Old Countries and were close to the era where pills and prescriptions for ailments were simply not available.

Here were their favorites:

For a runny nose - burn a feather and inhale the smoke (yes! it does work!)
For a severe headache - soak a cloth in vinegar and wrap around your head
For a sore throat - gargle with salt water
For a cold - cover yourself in loads of blankets and "shvitz"
For everything - homemade chicken soup, made with love

I'm very happy to try the honey and cinnamon cure on some raisin toast.  As my yiddisha mama would say:  "it can't hurt".

;-)