Dr. Mom--Chicken Soup and Ginger tea

During these winter months when colds and the flu are making their rounds, I was remembering back to when I was growing up. Living on a ranch 25 miles from the closest town, the roads often impassible, and being poor, we had to rely on home remedies for most things.  We were fortunate that we were healthy, probably due to a good diet, plenty of exercise, and living in the mountains with fewer chances of coming in contact with illness.  But on the occasion of a cold, we would get the tried and true chicken soup. 

Here's what I found about that as a remedy--In a study published in the medical journal Chest, researchers made an exciting discovery. When they added chicken soup to a Petri dish full of inflammatory cells called neutrophils the ability of these cells to move around and migrate was decreased. Neutrophils are cells that help to fight infection but also cause inflammation which is responsible for some of the uncomfortable symptoms experienced with a cold. That something as simple as mom’s chicken soup has the ability to ease cold symptoms is nothing short of amazing.
Read more: http://healthmad.com/home-health/chicken-noodle-soup-for-colds-does-it-work/#ixzz1iyWwgq40

And we would have some ginger tea for nausea.--NASA even used ginger to counter the nausea in outer space.

And Baking soda paste or ice for bee stings.  Research has shown that ice is better than any pharmaceutical treatment. It is nice to know that science has validated mom's home remedies.