Home Remedies from a Country Doctor - by Jay Heinrichs & Dorothy Behlen Heinrichs (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Got a cough you can't cure? An insatiable craving for a candy bar? A hangover you can't shake? Eyestrain? Earwax? Dermatitis? Chapped lips? Dark circles under your eyes? Bunions? Bronchitis?
Then this is the book for you--or anyone who wants quick, simple, time-proven cures for what ails them.
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.

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.