Home Remedies

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The Wilen sisters have been using home remedies all their lives, and for the last quarter of a century, they've been researching and writing about them as well.

Lydia and Joan Wilen may not always be able to
explain why the remedies work, but they work. All use ingredients readily available in most kitchens, supermarkets or health-food stores.

Sore Throat

At the first sign of a sore or scratchy throat, mix two teaspoons of apple cider vinegar in six-to-eight ounces of warm water. Take a mouthful, gargle with it and spit it out, then swallow a mouthful.

Like chicken soup, this is a home remedy that already has considerable currency.

An Israeli team found that cranberry juice kept infectious bacteria from sticking to the bladder.

Your mother and my mother were right when they told us to put on that hat, use the scarf, button up and stay warm in the winter. A recent study, still not considered the last word, found that cold might actually lead to colds.

Home Remedies are discussed by Herb Denenberg in the Bulletin posted on May 15. 2008. He says that one of the great distortions of modern medicine is the emphasis on prescription and over-the-counter drugs. "We pour billions into drugs, many of which don't work as well as drugs already on the market and many of which are dangerous or ineffective," he says.