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    Aunt Dollie’S Remedies and Tips: 175 Years of Home Remedies
    Aunt Dollie’S Remedies and Tips: 175 Years of Home Remedies
    Aunt Dollie’S Remedies and Tips: 175 Years of Home Remedies
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    Aunt Dollie’S Remedies and Tips: 175 Years of Home Remedies

    By Clementine Holmes Bass

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    Long before the arrival of the twenty-four-hour pharmacy, folk healers took care of aches, pains, and sniffles with home-grown remedies. Hidden in their kitchens, they had their own bag of tricks used for centuries to treat what ailed them. Growing up, Clementine Holmes Bass learned about many of these home cures from her beloved aunt Dollie, a woman whose wits and wisdom profoundly impacted the authors life. Some of her best days were spent in Aunt Dollies kitchen, laughing and learning about her friends, family, and ancestors. Clementine shares some of her late aunts best advice, as an entertaining look at how things were once done.



    Aunt Dollie advocated the use of commonly found ingredients such as sulphur powder, molasses, mustard plasters, onion, and even turpentine. Clementine, however, does not advocate that these remedies be mistaken for actual medical advice. She shares this information more as a humorous glance back at simpler times, not as a handbook for modern injuries and sicknessesand she isnt recommending these techniques for your use. Instead, she offers Dollies extensive collection of recipes, tips, and advice for entertainment, amusement, and historical value.



    Alongside Aunt Dollies contributions, Clementine also shares some treasures she learned from her Choctaw ancestors and the senior citizens of Cleveland County, Arkansas. Some of these cures are practicaland others will boggle your mind!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateSep 12, 2013
    ISBN9781491702154
    Aunt Dollie’S Remedies and Tips: 175 Years of Home Remedies
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    Clementine Holmes Bass

    Clementine Bass served as a school administrator for thirty-four years, dedicating her life to nurturing and encouraging children to get an education and contribute to society. Originally from Rison, Arkansas, she attended the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. This is her first published book.

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      Aunt Dollie’S Remedies and Tips - Clementine Holmes Bass

      Copyright © 2013 by Clementine Holmes Bass.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      The contents of this book do not reflect my views or support. I disclaim any responsibility on my part for the recipes or suggested ingredients for remedies. This book is written only for entertainment and historical value. Neither the author nor iUniverse recommends the use of any remedies or assumes any responsibility if you decide to do so. The repertoires of the cures or remedies are from Rison, Cleveland County, Arkansas, senior citizens and my aunt Dollie Holmes Coleman. I hold myself harmless for any offense caused by these depictions. It is not my intent to malign any ethnicity, company, or organization.

      After suggested ingredients for remedies. (Paregoric around 1970) is listed as a controlled substance throughout the United States and Canada and requires a prescription from a physician.

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      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

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      ISBN: 978-1-4917-0214-7 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4917-0216-1 (hc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4917-0215-4 (ebk)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2013914675

      iUniverse rev. date: 09/10/2013

      Contents

      Preface

      The Early Years

      Taking Care of the Teeth

      Sip Arthritis Away

      Pick-Me-Upper

      Liniment for Arthritis

      Taking Care of Babies and Children

      Old-Time Fable, but It Works!

      Tiny Babies

      Diaper Rash

      Bed-Wetting

      Teething

      Century-Old Cure for Fever

      Curing Colic

      Head Lice and Red Bugs (Chiggers)

      Tapeworms

      175 Years of Home Remedies

      Pellagra

      Asthma

      Coughs

      Coughs and Sore Throats

      Croup

      Laryngitis

      Tonsillitis

      Colds and Congestion

      Sore Throat

      Diverticulitis

      Bleeding

      The Eyes

      Earache

      Stomach Spasms

      Hiccups

      Scalp

      Boils

      Warts

      Headache

      Fish Bone Stuck in the Throat

      Heartburn

      Monthly Period Pain

      Sunburn

      Nosebleed

      Leg Ache

      Chapped Skin

      Upset Stomach

      Diarrhea

      Measles

      Bruises

      Insect Stings

      Swelling and Sprain

      Bronchitis

      Springtime Tonic

      Pains

      Lullaby Pill

      Itch

      Sores

      Painkiller

      Sores, Boils, Carbuncle, and Staph Infection

      Sore with Fever and Infection

      Bee Sting or Stepping on a Rusted Nail

      Snake Bites

      Moles That Bear Watching

      Brown Spots on Hands and Face

      To Harden Soft Nails

      Foot Perspiration and Odor

      One-Step Home Remedies

      Century-Old Household and Garden Tips

      Planting Time

      In the Kitchen

      Wash Day

      Household Aids

      This book is dedicated to the second generation

      of Ed and Rosie Holmes.

      The%20Family%20of%20Ed%20and%20Rosa%20Holmes.jpg

      Preface

      My father would drive down an old, rocky road and then down a trail surrounded by trees and thickets to a gate in an old wooden fence. Beyond the fence was the small white house where Aunt Dollie lived. Aunt Dollie always seemed to be happy; she always had a dip of snuff and a wide grin. I loved listening to her talk. Her house always had an aroma of something in the oven—baked sweet potatoes, cornbread, cookies, or a cake. I recall being congested with a very bad cold. Aunt Dollie had the cure: cow chip tea. Following her directions, my mother started to boil the ingredients. The aroma was so pungent it made me sick, so I went to bed and pretended to be asleep. Nevertheless, I was soon called to the kitchen and instructed to drink the concoction. I cried, but it did not matter. Aunt Dollie told me to hold my nose and drink, so I did. I must say that I felt better almost immediately. This was one of many times Aunt Dollie cured my ills. She said that it did not make sense to buy something when she knew a remedy she could make herself. After finishing high school, I attended the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff,

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