Grandma's Cures

Peter Capstick told of an incident in one of his books involving the use of urine. One of his native African guides was struck in the eyes by venom from a spitting snake of some sort, a cobra I think. It was stated that this can cause blindness. The other guide immediately caught the man, threw him to the ground, and urinated in his eyes. The guy recovered nicely.

Capstick said that he later told this story to a physician client, who said that urine from a healthy bladder was essentially sterile. I have no idea if that is true or not.
 
Rob Kelly said:
Up North we have many beaches that are plagued by box jelly fish

These suckers can and have killed

The standard remedy is white vinegar

Works like a charm
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I thought that also, but according to the reading I've done the Australian researchers no longer recommend vinegar for the sea wasp - box jellyfish, although it may work in some cases, and also suggest it has a negative effect on man-o-war stings.
Same goes for urine, meat tenderizer, baking soda, papain, or commercial sprays (containing aluminum sulfate and detergents)...
Clear water, and removal of the stinging nematocysts is recomended,
followed by medical attention.
 
Well,

What about the folks in India,

Walking around behind cows, waiting for the, royal urine to come out.They actually cup their hands and drink it fresh from the, in their case, HOLY COW,

This was on the discovery channel a few months ago during dinner time.

They said it basically cures "what ails ya"

Kinda like "got milk" just a little further northeast :D
 
howiesatwork said:
A Naval doctor told me urine was the best first aid at that point, as you want first aid right away, not after a lengthy trip to a clinic or home.
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Hey Howie, that wasn't by any chance Doc Greenway was it? That's who I learned the remedy from while I was in the Navy. Doc was a kind of a prankster though and I wouldn't put it past him to make up something like this just so he couild piss on somebody. I remember this time he had the whole crew (350 people) report to Sick Bay for these pills. He insisted they be taken in front of him. A couple of hours later the whole crew was pissing blue. It was like he turned the ship into an ink factory. For the guys he really didn't like he gave them pills that made them piss red. I don't know what follow up cure the Doc gave to those poor souls. :eek:

Doc just liked to have fun. I remember one night I was on a late watch and I went down to the Mess Deck. There sat Doc with a bottle of vodka injecting the case of oranges that the mess crew had put out for breakfast. :D :
 
Urine from a healthy person (kidneys, bladder, etc) is essentially sterile.
I have heard medical school professors who say that washing one's hands is more logical before urinating than afterward. Let's hope that the folks wo really feel that way do both.
 
I don't recall who he was.
A navy Lt. Commander at Subic Bay that we saw when the wife and I tangled with an unknown type jellyfish (didn't see it) at a Cubi Point beach about 23 years ago.
Her leg swelled up and it left about 30 permanent scars.
Only bothered me for about a day, but then I got hit in about 10 places, and I don't react to stings too much.
A shot of Benadryl, and some topical antihistamine did it for me.
 
This may be common knowledge, but whenever I get a stomach virus, throwing ballast from both ends, I sip Gatorade, usually one of the clear flavors. I also sip diet Sprite, I can't handle Coke or Pepsi, the Sprite settles my stomach. My parents have always told me to snort saltwater for a blocked up nose, and I've always drank hot tea with honey for sore throats. Backwoodsman magazine has a lot of old home remedies, I'll see if I can post any here.
 
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