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You’ll be amazed to see that some of these remedies actually work! We love our Lebanese grandparents.
1. For swollen/aching joints:
Heat honey and apply it to the affected area, and cover it with a piece of pita bread (no joke).
2. For cold sores:
Debs rimmen! Apply to cold sore and tear up.
3. For respiratory issues:
Tehbeele, or boiled quina leaves. Inhale the vapor and feel better.
4. For toothaches:
Kebsh kronfol (cloves).
5. For stomachaches:
Soak a bread in Arak and put it on your stomach.
6. For bumps on your head:
Place a piece of soaked bread on your head and it’ll “absorb” the swelling.
7. For growing out eyebrows:
Castor oil.
8. For sunburns:
Laban.
9. For burns:
Toothpaste.
10. For earaches:
Warm olive oil, right in there.
11. For eye problems:
Dip a cotton ball in scorching hot black tea and put it over your eye.
12. For inflamed joints:
Wrap the joint in a piece of lettuce.
13. To avoid getting sick:
Swallow a whole clove of garlic.
14. For warts:
Apply a fresh FIG.
15. For anything, including heart failure:
Panadol always and forever.
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