i got the arthritis...

Listed below are OLD-HOME-FOLK REMEDIES that have been tried by various people for treating arthritis in general and rheumatism. I'm gonna try the ones that include alcoholic beverages!

- Mrs. G. had arthritis for years until she found relief taking alfalfa tea twice a day.

- Mrs. B. found soaking 9 raisins in a bowl of gin & eating them throughout the day helped.

- Another lady found relief by gently exercising the afflicted joints in tub full of hot water.

- After learning self-control and how to avoid emotional upsets, Mrs. L. found that her pain had greatly lessened.

- Mrs. J.G. was greatly relieved when she eliminated sugar,white flour, macaroni, pie, cake, and sweet drinks from her diet.

- Mrs. H.B. prepared a drink which helped her and consisted of four raw finely sliced beets soaked in a quart of berry wine for one day. She drinks one small glass before meals, three times a day.

- Mrs. G. W. recommends dissolving 4 teaspoons of blackstrap molasses in one quart of cranberry juice and drinking one glass everyday. She also says 100 aspirins dissolved in a pint of rubbing alcohol will relieve sore joints when rubbed on three times a day.

- Mrs. P. takes equal parts of epsom salts, cream of tartar and ground rhubarb root, mixes, fills gelatin capsules, and takes one after each meal.

- Mrs. E.M. says two parts pure olive oil and one part kerosene makes a wonderful liniment to bathe afflicted joints. (and i bet you smell great!)

- Add one tablespoon cod liver oil to the juice of one orange, whip and drink before retiring.

- Another says rub the aching joints with hot vinegar before going to bed.

- Steep six ounces of sassafras root in fifth of whiskey for 24 hours. Take one tablespoon three times a day before meals.

- Steep 1 cup alfalfa seed in 1/2 gallon boiling water for 20 minutes. Strain, put in jar, take small glassful three times a day.

- Mix camphor, methyl salicylate. eucalyptus oil and menthol to make a rubbing mixture for aches and pains.

- Mrs. T. wraps afflicted joints loosely with thin plastic for relief.  (a real fashion statement)

- Mrs. A's hands are better after she started drinking sarsaparilla tea.

- Mrs. O. got relief by taking Butazoldin tablets.  (do you think walgeen's carries butazoldin?)

- Mrs. M.B. says 1 oz. of oil of wintergreen, 3 oz. chloroform, and 12 oz. of rubbing alcohol makes a good rub.  (chloroform?  isn't that the stuff serial killers use to knock people out?)

- Mrs. L.N. says cucumber juice controlled her arthritis.

- A Canadian says to mix equal parts of the following herbs: black cohosh, genitian root, angelica, colombo, scull cap, valerian, rue and buckthorn bark, and take one heaping teaspoon in a cup of boiling water. Let steep, and drink three 1/2 cups per day.  (should i trust advice from a canadian?)

- Drink plenty of water to keep the body clean. Keep an optimistic outlook. Avoid depressive thoughts and nervous tension. A healthy body and mind resist diseases.

- Sunshine, sunbaths, and deep breathing of fresh air are very important.

I'm gonna start with the gin & raisins treatment.