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Posted on 12/24/2019 10:30:05 PM PST by MHT
My husband and grew up in the 1950's and are trying to remember the name of a health product that was given like peanut butter, on a spoon, usually at night.
TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: babyboomer; health; healthproduct; laxative; vitamins
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To: Starstruck
And here I thought I was the only one who was forced to swallow Vicks.
It is petroleum based and should never be taken internally!
But for some strange reason my mother thought a blob of Vick’s in my stomach would somehow open my lungs and help me breathe better. SMH
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12/25/2019 5:25:35 AM PST
by
Wiser now
(Socialism does not eliminate poverty, it guarantees it.)
To: MHT
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12/25/2019 5:31:52 AM PST
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Chickensoup
(Voter ID for 2020!! Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
To: greeneyes
Metracal was a diet program, shakes and cookies, precursor to slimfast.
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12/25/2019 5:32:52 AM PST
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Chickensoup
(Voter ID for 2020!! Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
To: trustandobey
except Fletchers Castoria tasted VILE!
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12/25/2019 5:35:08 AM PST
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Chickensoup
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To: Palio di Siena
Geritol was an iron supplement
Stopped advertising it when it was discovered that it was dangerous to increase the iron levels of the elderly
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12/25/2019 5:36:34 AM PST
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Chickensoup
(Voter ID for 2020!! Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
To: MHT
Vegemite? Marmite?
No, probably not... you would remember just base on the taste. :-)
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12/25/2019 5:38:24 AM PST
by
Afterguard
(Deplorable me!)
To: erkelly
And we still have similar things today.
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12/25/2019 5:45:23 AM PST
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xp38
To: MHT
To: MHT
Maybe it was peanut butter.
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posted on
12/25/2019 5:53:45 AM PST
by
certrtwngnut
(4- Do something,,,,even if it's wrong.)
To: greeneyes
Our family cure-all was onion syrup. It actually worked.
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12/25/2019 5:56:07 AM PST
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certrtwngnut
(4- Do something,,,,even if it's wrong.)
To: MHT
I am surprised that this post is not Breaking News. /s
To: ronnie raygun
“10W30”
Everything was single weight back then, 30w,40w,50w,90w... lol
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12/25/2019 6:03:07 AM PST
by
Openurmind
(The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
To: Berlin_Freeper
Chesterfields or Fatima cigarettes.
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posted on
12/25/2019 6:12:14 AM PST
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wally_bert
(Your methods were a little incomplete, you too for that matter.)
To: MHT
It was in a brown glass jar and wasn’t castor oil or Vitalin. Mom would give us a spoonful of blackstrap molasses because it had B-vitamins, I think.
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12/25/2019 6:13:56 AM PST
by
Flick Lives
(MSM, the Enemy of the People since 1898)
To: MHT
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12/25/2019 6:23:16 AM PST
by
SwatTeam
(And my posting name has nothing to do with law enforcement.)
To: MHT
My husband and grew up in the 1950's and are trying to remember the name of a health product that was given like peanut butter, on a spoon, usually at night.For what purpose???
Was it intended to combat constipation, help against anaemia, prevent bed-wetting, or what?
"Health product" is too general!
Regards,
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posted on
12/25/2019 6:25:50 AM PST
by
alexander_busek
(Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
To: Wiser now
We had Watkins Petro Carbo slave but I couldn’t imagine swallowing it.
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12/25/2019 6:28:20 AM PST
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(If you want a definition of "bullying" just watch the Democrats in the Senate)
To: V K Lee
St. Joseph’s Aspirin For Children. So that is where my addiction started...
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12/25/2019 6:31:35 AM PST
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gathersnomoss
(Welcome to North Mexico, Gringo's it...)
To: MHT
To: MHT
Only thing that still haunts me from that era is Milk of Magnesia. Nose stuffy? Here take this. Leg hurts? Here take this. Don’t feel like going to church? You need a double dose!
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