SIMPLE REMEDIES

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2344, 20 October 1921, Page 1

SIMPLE REMEDIES

A remedy for corns is to soak some bread in vinegar for a couple of days and put a small piece on the corn overnight, binding with a piece of rag. Every three days soak the feet in water, and pieces of corn will peel off. For’ painful feet, caused by excessive walking or constant standing, there is nothing better than a powder, composed of half an ounce each of precipitated chalk and tannin. Apply this powder twice daily after the feet have been bathed in warm water.

To prevent a mustard poultice from blistering the skin, mix it with the white of an egg, spread it on brown paper, and. cover the mustard with thin muslin.

The popular cabbage is useful for drawing and cleansing a gathered linger or poisoned hand. Take a cabbage leaf, roll it out with a bottle until the juice conies, and tie it on the affected part. When a splinter has been driven deep into the hand it can be extracted without pain by steam. Nearly fill a wide mouthed bottle with hot water. Place the injured part of the hand over the mouth of the bottle, and press lightly. The suction will draw the. flesh down, and in a few minutes the steam will draw out the splinter.

The pain of burns can be allayed by soaking the injured part in a strong solution of washing soda. When the part is well soaked the burn should be covered with a thick layer of boric gauze, which not only prevents the air acting upon the burn and making it more painful, but assists the healing, of the wounded flesh.