Robin's Remedies

I’m always on the look out for new ideas on how to treat ailments. I prefer natural, home remedies. Hospitals are for serious troubles. Everything else I can treat at home.

My family discovered Wobenzym a few years ago. Fabulous stuff. My mom takes it every time she throws out her back. It also helps with sprains, etc. With most pain, there is swelling causing it. Wobenzym attacks the swelling, and helps things heal faster.

When there is pain, I also give the homepathic remedy Arnica. It works best when given right away.

My husband isn’t much of a believer in my non-traditional methods, but he will take EmergenC as soon as he starts feeling like he’s coming down with something. The little packets make a delicious fizzy drink when mixed with water. They provide a great dose of vitamin C, and helps your body fight back.  Even our local Walmart sells them.

Robin McGraw shared these home remedies with “The Doctors” not long ago. 

CHEST CONGESTION

Chop onions and mix them in petroleum jelly, then rub on your child's chest. You can also tie the smelly remedy in a scarf to be wrapped around the sick person’s neck.

Dr. Jim's Explanation: This may work because the onion causes people to form tears, which are essentially saline. The saline runs through the nose and acts like a decongestant, opening up the nose and allowing it to run. This is similar to why when you cry your nose runs. Alternative ways to help relieve congestion are taking a steamy shower and using a vaporizer or neti pot.

DIARRHEA 

Burnt toast — Have your child eat a piece of burnt toast, or scrape off the blackened part into a cup of water and have your child drink it.

Dr. Jim's Explanation: The toast is the T in the BRAT diet recommended for diarrhea. (Banana, rice, applesauce, toast.) It is gentle on the stomach and may help to firm-up stools, and white bread tends to have a constipating effect.

TEETHING

Soak a washcloth in apple juice and freeze it. Let your child teethe on the frozen towel.

Dr. Jim's Explanation: The cold helps numb the gums, and the sugar may have a slight pain-relieving effect. Studies have shown that sugar water on a pacifier helps release endorphins during painful procedures. Be careful not to give your child too much juice.