As promised, here are some more unusual home remedies, from an article in the Daily Mail on the 21st Feb. See here for the full book about home remedies, ‘Grandmas Remedies’ by Cherry Chappell . Here are a few we liked best:

 Minor Burns: Apparently you should grate raw potato into a bowl and add a pinch of salt and some flour to make a paste. Then, rather than eating it, you should spread the paste onto the burnt area and hold in place with a cloth. This will draw the heat out of the burn. As the paste gets hot, take it off and replace with fresh cold paste. This remedy should not be used if the skin is broken.

Tonsilitis: Mix one or 2 drops of lemon oil into half a glass of warm milk. Use it as a gargle. Alternatively, chop fresh sage leaves finely and put it into a mug. Add salt and pour in boiling water. Allow to cool and use as a gargle.

And one of our colleagues recommended a cure for bee stings – apparently you should put some vinegar onto the sting to stop the pain.

Please let us know any others that you are aware of. We would love to include them.