Home Remedies
Sunhoi Yang
Country of Origin: Korea
This is especially for winter, when you are getting or have caught a cold. We make a special
tea by placing some ginger and green onion in a pot of water to boil for 2 hours. Drink 3
times a day. It really works for me. Most Korean moms make it for their families. Now I
make it for my children. This tea also increases your immune system.
For stomach aches, grind a sweet onion and rice, mix together in water and boil until
cooked.
Yanina Hernandez
Country of Origin: El Salvador
Well I know that when you have a cold or sore throat, it is good to make a tea with slice of
lemon, raisin, white honey and a slice of red onion.
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Gladiz Vargas
Country of Origin: Mexico
This remedy is for several things one is to cleanse the stomach and another is that when
you have a headache. It is also a remedy for removing worms. The homemade remedy is:
epasote (an herb that is used in Mexican and Central American cooking, frequently added
to beans, particularly black beans) with garlic. This has to be given before you eat
breakfast. First you put the kettle on with garlic and the epasote. Let it boil (after it starts to
make bubbles) 5 minutes. When it cools, put it in a glass with a straw. The person who is
going to drink the mixture should not smell it; he or she should cover his or her nose and
drink it quickly without breathing. This is so that you do not smell the epasote.
Eunice Esparza de Alatorre
Country of Origin: Mexico
Recipe #1 Epasote is a Mexicans traditional plant, helps bronchial conditions and help
digestion problems. Ingredients include one cup of water, one stick of epasote, and one half
of a teaspoon of sugar. To prepare, place a cup of water with a stick of epasote to boil.
When it is ready, serve in a cup and add 1/2 teaspoon of sugar.
Recipe#2
In Mexican culture, this remedy is very popular. Alcohol bread helps to
reduce high fevers. Ingredients include: One half piece of bread called birote or bolillo and
two teaspoons of alcohol. To prepare, toast the bread. When is hot, add the two teaspoon
of alcohol and immediately place it on the abdomen of the sick person and secure it with a
piece of cloth. The bread will absorb the heat from the body and within a couple of
minutes, the fever will be gone.
Maria Carmona
Country of Origin: El Salvador
For colds: My mom used to say that is it good to boil cups of water then add chamomile,
ginger, lemon and honey to make a tea.
For diarrhea: When a baby has a cough, diarrhea, or is congested and cannot drink milk, it
is good to give them some water with added cinnamon sticks, rice flour, and sugar to taste.
For coughs: Boil 2 cups of water and half of a purple onion and two pieced of garlic; add
ginger, about one stick of cinnamon, and some piloncillo, which is like a brown sugar, but it
comes like a piece of rock.
Reina Melendez
Country of Origin: El Salvador
For stomach aches, mix the juice of three limes and salt into a glass of water.
For headaches, place slices of potatoes into the freezer, then massage on the painful spot of
the forehead.
For Asthma, boil 2 liters of water, one red onion, juice from three limes, and three
spoonfuls of honey. Let cool and drink it cold.
For fungus, apply a mixture of vinegar and tea tree oil with a q-tip to toe nails, after taking a
shower and drying feet and nails.
For sunspots and sunburns, apply yogurt and oats.
For vision, drink rosemary tea made from ½ liter of water and fresh rosemary.
For Arthritis, apply wine and fresh rosemary to the area with pain.
For dark areas on the body, rub lemon juice
Ariany Cespedes
Country of Origin: Costa Rica
For urinary infections: You need 1 cup of rice, 2 liters of water, cinnamon and pineapple
peel. Boil all these ingredients until the rice is soft. Then let it cool down. After that, put it in
the blender. You can drink a glass three times a day, or more if you want.
Martha Medina
Country of Origin: Mexico
In our culture, we take care of a woman for 40 days after she has had a baby by giving her
chicken soup and hot chocolate.
Dayleen Robert
Country of Origin: Micronesia
One of our own medicines we use is Guava. And it really helps a lot. If you have really bad
diarrhea, you chew the very young leaves that are just barely growing. You eat it one or two
times, or until it goes away!
Another remedy uses the Hibiscus Tilliaceus. When a person has a swollen skin bruise, the
leaf buds are crushed, wrapped in a piece of cloth, and put it in a container half-filled with
water. The person then gently massages the swollen bruise with the wrapped medicine. It
is kept wet and used over and over until the bruise is no longer swollen.
In our own culture, the leaf buds of the hibiscus also used for some superstitious beliefs in
Pohnpei, Micronesia. For instance, if a group of people are going to do a cultural display
before a large crowd filled with strangers, they usually take a shower with water that
contains crushed leaf buds before the sun rises on the day of the display. It is believed that
the shower helps take away nervousness, and any other feelings that may interrupt one's
concentration.
Jose Tista
Country of Origin: Guatemala
This is the cure that my Aunt Carlota used for her headaches. First you would need one
lemon and one bandana or handkerchief. Cut one lemon into two small slices. Put the
lemon slices on each side of the temple area of the side of your head. Using the help of
someone else, wrap the bandana around the head making sure the lemon slices do not slip
out. Make sure that the bandana is not too tight. My Aunt says that this procedure helps her
when the headaches are too severe.
Bertha Aranda
Country of Origin: Mexico
Home Remedy for Eye Redness: First, boil water and add a bag of Chamomile tea, leaving it
in the water until it cools down. Saturate a cloth with the cold tea squeezing out excess
water, and then put it over the eyes while the person is lying on their back, relaxing. This
cloth should remain over the eyes until it becomes warm. Repeat this for one hour. This
remedy usually starts working immediately. Finally, this procedure should be repeated
every night for seven days, even though symptoms had ceased.
Ramon Hernandez Jr.
Country of Origin: Mexico
I've only done the "drink one shot of tequila" remedy. It's only supposed to be done when
you have a sore throat. :)
Ehbwe Moo
Country of Origin: Myanmar
My mom told me that if you get dizzy, you should smell lime. It will make you feel better in
few minutes. My mom got this recipe from my grandmother.
Rosa Barriga
Country of Origin: Mexico
For headaches, cut a potato into small round slices, place them on your head and tie in
place with either a rag or a bandana. Wait for at least 25 minutes and you will be headache
free!
Narinder Pandher
Country of Origin: India
For headaches and stomach aches, just put one or two drops of mustard oil in your nose.
Tehinder Kaur
Country of Origin: India
If you have dark circles around your eyes, place small pieces cucumber on your eyes up to
15 minutes, once month. I’m sure 90% of your dark circle will be cleared.
Yolanda Jimenez
Country of Origin: Mexico
Here is home remedy that is great when a person has a congested chest. Boil water in a pot.
When the water has boiled, add about two teaspoons full of Vic’s Vapor Rub and turn off
the heat. Set the pot on the counter. Get a towel and cover your head around the pot and
breathe in the steam from pot deeply until there is no more steam. Do this at night, or if you
do it during the day, cover yourself with a sweater. Also, rub your feet with Vic’s and wear
socks. Do not walk without shoes.
Martha Jimenez
Country of Origin: Mexico
In my state, called Morelia Michoacán, we use tea as a home remedy. If we are sick we go to
"el mercado" (the shopping center) and look for leaves to make tea. Mint, lemon, and
chamomile are the most common. When I was little, my mom gave us tea every morning. I
remember the cold days with a cup of tea in my hands. Sometimes, my mom put Vic’s Vapor
Rub on the cup because we had the flu or a cough. I still do, especially if my kids are sick. I
love tea because that reminds me of my mom. This is my favorite home remedy.
Edith Ortiz
Country of Origin: Mexico
For bronchitis, anoint Vic’s on the chest and in the back. Also, put a little piece of
newspaper on both sides for the night. Take care the next day that he or she does not get a
lot of air which causes stomach pain. Boil in a cup of water three or four mint blades then
add a half of a lemon’s juice, a pinch of bicarbonate, and then drink it.