[pissant]

Molly Ivins for excessive horniness

[cripplecreek]

I walk backwards in a counterclockwise circle at a crossroads 3 times at midnight to cure a headache. However if I see a black cat on my way to the crossroad it will cause impotence. To offset the black cat effect I walk clockwise twice and once counterclockwise.

[rdb3]

These may work, but I have no experience with any of them.

Good down home remedies was my paternal grandmother's specialty. For example, I had got chicken pox one summer and it itched like crazy. She laid out a couple of sheets and poured a lot fo corn meal on it. She told me to strip down butt naked and roll in it. Embarrassing for an eight year old. I obeyed and it was grimy but very soothing. I fell asleep in it, even.

A couple of summers later, I pulled a muscle when I fell off of my bike. After a day or so of swelling and pain, she simply rubbed red vinegar on that muscle in my leg. It hurt like hell because she really rubbed into that muscle.

I didn't limp badly at all the next day.

My friends laughed at me when I told them back home in Cleveland. ;-)

[TASMANIANRED]

Actually Mayonnaise for head lice and it is easier to get out than Vaseline. Put it on for 2 hrs and wrap it with saran wrap.

Use antiperspirant instead of meat tenderizer for insect stings.

[Petronski]

Archway Coconut Macaroon Cookies for Diarrhea

Lots of people have written to tell us they have tried eating coconut macaroons to stop diarrhea with great success.

O, eating the macaroons to stop diarrhea. That's a relief.

[Hank Rearden]

Hot water for itching does work. I'm highly allergic to ivy (any species of ivy is poison ivy to me), and when I was a kid I'd eventually encounter it and my hands would swell and itch like crazy.

About the only relief was to run hot water over my hands; the hotter the better, as hot as I could possibly stand for as long as I could stand it.

I probably was just killing off all the nerve endings, but it worked.

[DouglasKC]

Windex. For any injury at all.

[Unknown Freeper]

I've tried the Bag Balm. It works. Both Bag Balm and Crack Creme are good if you can get past laughing hysterically at the names.

Bag Balm - http://www.bagbalm.com/

Crack Creme - http://www.crackcreme.com/

[537cant be wrong]

wide open spaces for bad gas.
doesn't help the perp any but those left inside all claim that they are relieved.

[Ciexyz]

most interesting

[Balding_Eagle]

Gin-Soaked Raisins for Arthritis

Isn't that what TH Kerry was eating?

[IdahoNative]

Witch Hazel takes the sting out of scratches/scrapes and the itch out of insect bites

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

"Aspartame for Arthritis

A scientist noticed that when he got up out of his chair after watching a football game, his arthritis pain was greatly diminished. During the course of the game he had consumed a six-pack of diet soda containing aspartame. He thought this artificial sweetener might have contributed to his relief. He organized a placebo-controlled trial involving aspartame (aka Equal, Nutrasweet) and confirmed that doses of 52 to 152 milligrams did indeed provide pain relief, roughly comparable to anti-inflammatory agents."

I guess he didn't notice having to run for the bathroom might have helped his pain.

[B4Ranch]

Superglue for small splinters

Put a dab on top of the splinter let it dry and then scrape it off. It attaches to the top of the splinter and will pull it out.

[SunkenCiv]

Oooh, hey, bookmarkin' this. Thanks for posting this!

[mrs. a]

I had a HUGE pain in my neck but I got rid of him by applying a lawyer. A beneficial side effect was that I got rid of a bunch of unsatisfactory in-laws, too.