Home Remedies from a Country Doctor: Oatmeal, Cucumbers, Ammonia, Lemon, Gin-Soaked Raisins: Timeless Solutions to More Than 200 Common Aches, Pains, and Illnesses

by Jay Heinrichs, Dorothy Behlen Heinrichs

Overview

Got a cough you can't cure? An insatiable craving for a candy bar? A hangover you can't shake? This is the book for anyone who wants quick, simple, time-proven cures for anything that ails you. Collected from over 250 country doctors, herbalists, nurses, midwives, dentists, and other medical professionals, here are more than 1,400 drug-free, country-tested remedies for warding off a backache, curing a cough with licorice, relieving neck pain with a hot-pepper cream, cooking a breakfast that will ward off a headache, curing a dizzy spell with potato chips, and much more. These "house-call cures" are tried and true and should be available in every home.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781510782495
Publisher:	Skyhorse
Publication date:	09/01/2026
Pages:	512
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Jay Heinrichs, former editor of National Wildlife magazine and Dartmouth Alumni Magazine and group publisher of the Ivy League Magazine Network, is the author of The Yankee Way to Simplify Your Life.