Cultural Remedies

i want to know everyone crazy cultural remedies no matter how bizarre they are LOL

Here goes a one on mines..as most of you know im Latina with alot of carribean influence..ONe of my family remedies is Vix vapor rub..I mean my parents think that it cures everythin...u have a headache put some vix on ur head, you have a cut put some vix on it, you have a stomach ache rub sum vix on it ..u have a sore throat EAT a sum vix...lol

i know sum of u are familiar with this song if u have gotten sick as a child...sana sana colito de rana si no sana hoy sanar manana lol....So wat crazy things do u guys do???

"sana sana colita de rana si no sana hoy sanara manana"

I always say that to the kids I babysit when they get hurt, hahaha.

Chicken soup cures everything.

lol, besides Vix, my father thinks (and highly advocates) that tylenol can cure anything.
"dad i'm in labor, take 2 tylenols "

in my family chamomile cures everything... lol
Africana, I could say similar thing when I was in labor my mom was in the kitchen brewing some chamomile tea.

Got a cold? Drink a 7up

Hahaha... I remember that...

omg, did your parents of greatparents use azufre para el aire??? LOL
Oh, y la gente q pasa "el cuy" jajaja... we've never done that though.

My grandfather thought that Eucalyptus could cure everything

if you have a blader (sp?) infection put salt in ur belly button..hahaha

YES! haha.

Oh, and we've never done the cuy thing, pero si me han pasado el huevo para sacar el ojo malo or whatever. That was when I was little, though, lol.

I think that... a todos alguna vez les han pasado el huevo... jajaja para cuando te "ojean" LMAO