If you are troubled in dry weather with a sudden nosebleed, a bunch of cold car keys down the back of your neck seems to cure them instantly.
Slipping a bar of soap between the sheets often works on leg cramps. Ivory soap is best.
Dark chocolate may lower blood pressure better than green tea, research shows. And tastes far better.
Do you or your children sometimes get a nagging cough in the middle of the night? Rub Vicks Vaporub on the soles of your feet and cover them up with socks. The relief comes within 5 minutes and lasts for hours.
Posted by Jill Fallon at October 16, 2007 1:30 PM | PermalinkI've seen these before and of course I never remember them when I need them (all except the chocolate - who can forget that - LOL).
Posted by: Teresa at October 16, 2007 6:06 PMGet out of town. Vicks on my feet? soap in my sheets? keys on my neck? chocolate in my mouth? I'm thinking "yes," to all of the above. I'm stocking up tomorrow in hopes of a bleeding crampy high blood pressure cough. Like Teresa, I'll have a tough time remembering this...perhaps I can come up with a mnemonic device...
Posted by: patti digh at October 16, 2007 7:56 PM