6 Popular Home Remedies That Actually Don't Work

Looking for a quick fix for your cold without going to the doctor? Home remedies are extremely popular-however some of them might actually do more harm then good! Join Stefan Chin for a new episode of SciShow that disproves a few home remedies you might have even tried yourself!
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[@richardpowell4281]

Could we have a follow up with the opposite? Home remedies that DO work?

[@scarletletter4900]

Madalin Grama with repeated applications over the course of a week, and a whole lot of laundering of clothes and linens

[@francoislacombe9071]

Chicken soup for colds and the flu 😄

[@CutterSlade001]

Petroleum jelly with a gasoline smell hasn't been a thing since WWII. Pure "Vaseline" or petroleum jelly is nearly odorless and doesn't burn skin at all. It's actually the basis of many skincare products. It's messy but the effectiveness comes from suffocating and trapping the lice until washed out, not from poisoning them. My 10 y/o neffew would be just as opposed to shaving his head as my 14 y/o niece.

[@acedragon1456]

Spending several hours in a chlorinated pool every day for 2-3 weeks is a pretty good cure, bonus points if the tap water you shower in afterwards is also chlorinated

[@candykanefpv98]

Sugar was used in the napoleonic times as an antiseptic. They'd put it on wounds.

[@ineedmoresleep3728]

I always thought the tilt back nose bleed thing was stupid, even in the first grade I told my teacher that, no the bleeding didn’t stop it was flowing into the back of my throat and I was met with “you’re little and don’t know better”

[@entity6609]

All I do is blow the blood out then get a piece of toilet paper, fold it, and put it in my nose

[@ubermench3000]

Xena: Warrior Princess always told people with nose bleeds to pinch their nose until it hurt.

[@SerDerpish]

Magic Boi be careful with that; nose packing is a risk factor for toxic shock syndrome

[@entity6609]

@@SerDerpish well if your nose bleeds aren't that common, then I don't think that will be a problem. But please, explain what toxic shock syndrome is.

[@katcel16]

Hey, I did the same! And the “pinch your nose” thing always made it bleed more, but nobody listened to me. Eventually I just got used to tilting my head back and putting up with swallowing blood to not bleed on everything.

[@Disgustedorite]

One time I got sunburned at the beach. I was staying with my grandparents, and they decided to slather me in butter and oil. I ended up staying with them a lot longer than originally planned because understandably it didn't work and I ended up being in too much pain to lay my back against anything. Then I finally made myself take a shower, as the pain of doing so was outweighed by the need to be clean. The pain turned into a dull sting and I started peeling immediately. My skin changed from a dark ugly burned color to a more normal shade of red. I realized my grandparents had made a huge mistake in how they were trying to treat my burn. I flew home the next day and my dad was horrified when he found out they'd been using butter and oil

[@dianezimmerman4434]

My mom would drench me in vinegar for a sunburn. On the theory that since it hurt like he!!, it was drawing the pain out. Nope.

[@VincentGonzalezVeg]

you could use floating on your back in dihydrogen monoxide

[@PlaceholderDoe123]

I would get sour cream and eggs slapped onto me. Didn’t work, and I felt and smelled absolutely rancid. I couldn’t sleep for three days and it took an entire month for my burns and body to heal, all while smelling like spoiled produce. It’s traumatizing, man.

[@ha6ni6el6]

disgustedorito: That's not surprising - they actually FRIED you in the hot sun!!

[@atriyakoller136]

I don't know about butter and oil, but some cool fermented dairy products like yogurt or sour cream do actually work and help heal the burns. At least on me unflavoured drinking yogurt seems to be doing better than aloe gels and creams. But they need to be cool, and reapplied a couple times during the day.

[@libra4208]

After trying home remedies and over the counter lice treatments my mom finally was able to get rid of them by dyeing my hair . Which in my opinion was such a better solution than shaving my head.

[@Klm49]

Did you dye your hair a color all over, was it an over the counter treatment, or was it bleached to blonde? I have 2 young kids and due to a bug phobia, I dread the day they potentially come home from school or camp with lice. So knowing solutions beyond the chemical shampooing would be amazing!!

[@libra4208]

@@Klm49 She used the regular $5 a box dye from the store and did the same color my hair was naturally which was a medium blonde and did all my hair.

[@bleedrainbows9522]

It’s easy to tell people to just “go to the doctor”, but when one of the most common causes of bankruptcy in the US is medical bills, you have to understand why people are probably hesitant to do so.

[@dinahmyte3749]

BleedRainbows The last time I went to the ER was for a minor puncture wound and my realisation that I was late on my renewal tetanus shot. It cost 600 dollars for a 20 minute visit, generic Neosporin, a tetanus shot, and 4 Band-Aids. And that was with 2 different insurance plans...

[@veryberry39]

There are a lot of people who'd choose death over having their wages garnished and lawyers coming to their door after money. (And yes, there are some hospitals who will come after you. My friend had a lawyer sent after her when she couldn't pay for her emergency appendectomy. >

[@AliCatDarling]

MasterCrander, of course, but a lot of the time, what people might be dealing with isn't going to result in death. A lot of these "fixes" are for things that typically don't kill someone. It's a choice between poverty or inconvenience; and if you read online/hear of a way to fix it at home, well, paying for something at a department store is a lot easier than a huge medical bill.

[@TheGreatYukon]

MasterCrander What Ali said. If we're talking about the kinds of people who look up how to disinfect and stitch up knife wounds at home, then yeah, I'm with you.

[@Stothehighest]

And a co-worker of mine had to go to the ER for a dog bite. She had 3 puncture wounds to her lower jaw, no stitches, a tetanus shot, 7-days worth of antibiotic and a 5-hour wait, it cost her $1,400, after insurance. I can totally see why someone would try a home remedy first, especially if they didn't have the insurance.

[@Daktangle]

My father was a GP, and when I was at school 20 years ago, I had a nose bleed and people in my class insisted I tilt my head back. I didn't, I did what my dad said and tilted forward, while pinching my nose hard. They got so angry that I was "doing it wrong". I've known it was the right thing to do, but it's so gratifying to be vindicated.

[@sharroon7574]

My friends mom who was a doctor told me lay on my back, the worst part was being banned from the trampoline after that

[@Daktangle]

@St. Haborym Yep, and they did not care!

[@WendyWinchester]

Hair dye works friggin fantastic for getting rid of lice. My daughter and I suffered with lice for 3 months, and several lice shampoos later they still weren't gone. I dyed my hair like I usually do every 4 months or so and ALL the lice, nits and eggs were toast. I dyed my daughter's hair and it got rid of her lice too.

[@Klm49]

Did you dye your hair a color all over, or was it bleached to blonde? I have 2 young kids and due to a bug phobia, I dread the day they potentially come home from school or camp with lice. So knowing solutions beyond the chemical shampooing would be amazing!!

[@mustwereallydothis]

I think lice is developing a significant immunity to drugstore lice treatments. When my kids were young, they seemed to work fine. 30 + years later, everyone I know who has to deal with it lately, tells me its a real nightmare. Good to know there may be alternatives that work.

[@BansheeVanRaven]

@@Klm49 plain dye is enough. The bleaching would be if you wanna achieve a colour but best to go either same shade or a shade darker for lice

[@freyatries3895]

@@mustwereallydothis in the UK we have lice combs, they have special needles that removes lice and eggs and we use them on children as they take a bath, if you are through and frequently use these I see no need for harmful chemicles they will develop immunity to. dying ones hair seems drastic

[@Cynthea_Lee]

@@freyatries3895 not as drastic as pouring kerosene over their heads as my grandparents used to do. I treated my kids with Mayo... I would buy a large 2 gallon jug of the stuff, smother their heads in it, wrap in plastic wrap and keep it on their heads for hours... not only did they die off after the 2nd treatment but bonus it gave their heads a healthy shine.

[@cferracini]

As someone who has nose bleeds frequently since childhood, I thank you for spreading the DON'T PULL YOU HEAD BACK advice. I have being saying this my entire life and most of the time it's a surprise to people. When I was about 16 a teacher didn't believe me and forced me to pull my head back which made me choke in my own blood and cough violently '-' At least now I believe that teacher will never forget the proper protocol.

[@keeprollin9911]

we literally had medical personell at our school bc of a first aid course and they told everyone to pull their head back in order to stop the nose bleed if they ever had one. well, i got one that day. just happened randomly for a couple years in my life. and i just went to the bathroom and let it bleed in a sink (tissues or whatever wouldn't cut it bc i would always loose so much blood that i found it wasteful to catch it with tissues or toilet paper). they came in and told me to put my head back. i did as they told and nothing bad happened besides the disgusting feeling of blood going up your nose. but man to this day i am just confused as to what is right. when even the first aid response tells me to pull my head back?? but also people can choke on it??

[@axes2ashes969]

So glad you pointed out the nosebleed thing. I've been having nosebleeds my entire life and the amount of times people have suggested I tilt my head back is frustrating. It's reached a point where my go-to response is "no thanks, I don't wanna choke on my own blood"

[@shadowcween7890]

is there a treatment for nosebleeds that happen too often? like is there a way to prevent them from happening entirely

[@harryw.174]

@@shadowcween7890 you can go to an ear-nose-throat specialist and ask about cauterization for the inside of your nose. They will look for the problem blood vessel and burn it closed. I used to get bad nosebleeds in my left nostril, I got it cauterized when I was 10, I'm 20 now and havnt had a nosebleed from my left side since.

[@teresak7354]

❄ applied with a qtip works too

[@sushilampa8287]

@@shadowcween7890 I used to get super bad nosebleeds every single month and my doctor said that it was just allergies so she just gave me nasal spray and allergy pills (that’s not to say you SHOULDNT get checked for regular nosebleeds, please do)

[@Sinovian]

Rather weird situation, but I had an upper wisdom tooth grow in crooked to the point where the root was rubbing against my nasal cavity. I still have problems with nosebleeds in dry winter weather but almost never during summer anymore.

[@LuckyTondi]

Apart from the ones that have completely opposite effects to actual healing, I believe the ones which "do nothing" (honey, teabags etc.) kinda work as placebo. I mean... if they don't hurt and make you feel better for taking action, it is sometimes worth a shot.

[@seagecko]

The heat draws out the infection, regardless of the tea itself. It's a hot compress. It works. Even my girl's GP prescribes hot teabags for eyes. Chamomile, green tea and Euphersia actually work medicinally too.

[@loser-by-choice1269]

My mom put kerosene on my head for head lice. I'm suprised I'm still alive sometimes.

[@shereygould9307]

My father told me that's what his troop stationed in the Philippines also did in WWII.

[@RealHypocrisy]

just wash it off and hold your breath :P

[@cristinabodi1245]

My mom used pests spray. I'm still traumatized. What a nightmare, but it worked.

[@MegaLo35]

Lmao mine did as well (':

[@nuclearjanitors]

Jesus christ

[@annestudley8235]

Honey worked wonders for my hay fever when I had it and took it - my nose was running like a faucet for several weeks, and within a week of starting 1 tbsp of raw local honey every day, the faucet totally turned off and stayed off as long as I was taking the honey. And it worked the same for several of my friends I recommended it to.

[@theZmoee]

Anne Studley same for me. I had horrible allergies. My eyes would swell, sinuses felt like tiny bombs ready to explode, constant stuffy/runny nose, watery eyes, etc. I started adding a spoonful of local honey to my morning green tea each day starting late summer early fall and by the following spring... no allergy symptoms. It’s been about 2-3 years now and it’s almost as if my allergies were completely “cured.” I don’t have a single symptom in the spring. And the only thing that changed was the honey. Could be a coincidence but I’ll stick with the honey just in case.

[@annestudley8235]

@@theZmoee Here Here! Personal experience trumps anything else! To your good health!

[@DarkJediPrincess]

Anecdotal evidence-the weakest kind by scientific standards. The honey probably “worked” due to the placebo effect, not because it’s actually an effective treatment.

[@ElectricHelloKitty]

Suprised Apple Cider Vinegar from everything from Acne to Cancer didn’t show up on here

[@pinkpolly88]

Don't forget coconut oil!

[@JP-iu4vz]

Immi Tel haha mmm hmm

[@Heizenberg32]

I live somewhere that depends on the apple crops, so I disagree

[@emilypresleysee]

Hey, apple cider vinegar works to take the burn out of wasp stings and sunburns. I use it.

[@desertrose0601]

ACV legit works. I’m not even kidding. I use it for when I get heartburn, diarrhea... anything like that in the digestive track. It works 99% of the time for me within minutes. Just like a splash of it in a glass of water is good - if it’s enough that you’re tasting the bitterness of it, then you’ve got too much. You taste it a little bit but not enough that it’s bad. Seriously try it. I’m not even totally sure why it works but it does. I’ve heard it’s got something to do with the alkaline / acidic balance in your body.

[@MrTheWaterbear]

As a child growing up, we washed pink eye puss off with hot water on a towel, then apply tiny doses of medicated eye drops. And stayed at home no matter what when one got pink eye. Stopping it from spreading is #1 priority! Always disappeared within a day.

[@googleeatsdicks]

It's pus not puss. You don't have a cat in your eye.

[@saber484]

We used hand sanitizer in boot camp haha

[@gracegrass4462]

We did the same thing, there would always be crusty gunk on your eyes when you woke up. I imagine that teabags would actually work pretty well to remove it because of the heat/wetness, but a wet washcloth does the same.

[@13vatra]

Was this a common thing in your household? No one in my family ever got pink eye.

[@ssholum]

Vatra IIRC, pink eye is one of those things where, if you get it once, you're far more likely to get it again. I've never had it.

[@quantumfluffyflapjack]

Here in the UK it's supposedly fennel tea for pink eye, it probably doesn't work any better, but since we take black tea with milk it's probably for the best that it's a little more specific! Squeezing tannins and milk into your infected eyes seems instinctively a terrible idea.

[@brittneystreeter493]

There was a lice outbreak when I was in elementary school. Almost half the class I was in had it including me. I had to sit outside in the sun while my mom combed through my hair and took them out with a comb. It took days I would cry for hours. 😂

[@MsAliceVamp]

I just learned about the forward tilt for nosebleeds from my first aid class in the last couple weeks and I was so shocked. Like why have we been told this wrong information for so long! Thanks SciShow!

[@nowthatsjustducky]

Probably because ma or grandma didn't want blood getting all over the freshly mopped floor or on the carpet, and figured a few minutes with your head back and it would clot.

[@PuzzlesExplained]

This is one of the most well sourced channels I've ever seen, thanks for checking so many sources and studies, it really shows the good intent of this channel :)

[@RedLeader327]

Curious Thought They really put the work in. 👍

[@TommoCarroll]

Yeah not a lot of people actually take a look in the description, but it is mental how many links they throw in there - it's really great!

[@limiv5272]

This channel really does a lot of researching, though I wasn't too impressed with the honey thing. Allergy shots take months or years to work, so a study that spanned just 10 days doesn't sound too reliable

[@jennyjohn704]

@@limiv5272 It's a scam. The video even explained why it doesn't work.

[@alliemarree]

easy fix for lice, dye your hair - make sure the dye has peroxide and ammonia, re dye 2 weeks later to make sure you got any left over eggs that have hatched plus it gets any regrowth and keeps the colour nice and vibrant

[@laurieb3703]

Yep! I babysat two girls riddled with lice and this worked

[@m0ri461]

@@laurieb3703 a hero you are, I wouldnt come back after finding out.

[@dogmosatchmo]

Or you could just spend half the amount of money, and half the amount of effort, and just use lice shampoo. Readily available, and easy to use. You are taking the Rube Goldberg approach...

[@pixiegirl641]

Thats a little extreme

[@anonymousfellow8879]

@@dogmosatchmo …they’re talking about home dyes like box dyes and peroxide. A salon will NOT let you inside for lice for obvious reasons?!

[@Futt.Buckerson]

I've worked in restaurants and the number of cooks who refused to cool their burns is insane. I've heard the butter thing, and also mustard. But many of them believe that cooling a burn makes it worse.

[@Mifoe.]

Wait... Google isn't a trusted medical resource?

[@superstraight2667]

Google is a search engine.

[@singletona082]

'It's Cacncer' is generally what you get from Google and or Web MD.

[@stephenmiller9009]

Lol they rig the search findings for certain things trust your own experience, if you have no experience, youre probably not an expert

[@francoviollaz5586]

MiFOE Webmd would be a better option

[@TommoCarroll]

I for one always bring my phone with google open to the Dr's office and TELL THEM what I have....I think they like me 😊 .... (ps . this is a lie. don't do this.)

[@conan900]

After 40 years of random nosebleeds(vein too close to the skin in my nose) I can say that stuffing your nose with tissue(sometimes requiring multiple changing of tissues) until it clots and then blowing out the clot is the best way to stop nosebleeds. That feeling when that clots comes out is very satisfying at this point.

[@PoeticProse7]

As I understood it from both of my A&P professors, heat helps pain probably because it acts as a vasodilator. When heat is applied, it increases circulation to the area which feeds it with nutrient-rich blood. Extra attention to the area means that healing is faster and more efficient, while the inflammatory process is also ended faster. This is also the reason massage therapy is so beneficial for certain types of pain, it increases circulation to certain regions.

[@jayyu8229]

for headlice, i remember my mom would put oil on my scalp, like olive oil or sesame oil, and that the explanation was that since lice breath through openings in their abdomen, the oil would clog the holes and suffocate the lice. it seemed to help, we didn't even use medicated shampoo

[@GaviLazan]

As a child who had frequent nosebleeds I knew that tilting my head back was the wrong thing. Once I fell and got a nosebleed, all the adults around insisted I tilt my head back, not letting me keep my head forward. I swallowed so much blood, it was terrible.

[@jepleure]

Trying to manage my allergies with honey (many years ago) only caused me to discover another allergy...a deadly allergy to honey :(

[@jepleure]

It is. Honey is delicious :(

[@Ganara426]

At least you discovered more about yourself! Learning moment, no regrets in that

[@hauntedshadowslegacy2826]

Yeesh... If you have any friends on a 'health kick', ya might wanna be careful of what food you take from 'em. Many 'healthy' recipes use honey as an alternative to sugar. There's a problem as of late where people on self-chosen restricted diets give food to others without telling them the ingredients are non-standard. You'd be surprised what people are putting peanuts and almonds into nowadays.

[@jepleure]

Of course, the funny thing about subbing honey for sugar is that it really doesn't make the food any healthier because the body treats table sugar and honey about the same. (A natural or artificial sugar substitute that's suitable for cooking and baking would be the better choice by far if the goal is to reduce sugar intake) Sadly, far too many people fall into the trap of thinking that if it's natural, it's healthier (hence so many 'healthy' recipes swapping sugar for honey even though table sugar comes from either sugar beets or sugar cane--both plants, both natural as can be) without stopping to actually think about what honey is: a deliciously gooey and super-sweet substance that's mostly liquid sugar. >_> Luckily the people I'm most likely to get food from are aware of my honey allergy and when dining out I ask when in doubt about whether a particular dish has honey in it.

[@totallynotapuffball9119]

Of course there's an allergy for honey, because we just can't have nice things.

[@ginnyjollykidd]

If you make some chamomile tea when you are ill, you get the benefit of fluids, the calming properties of chamomile, and the raising of your core temperature because your esophagus is right in the middle of all your vital organs, and it is a wonderful way to warm up.

[@ilovetotri23]

I have just started to experience nose bleeds, my husband has had them occasionally for years. Both of us had opposite ideas on how to react to them. Thanks for the technical advice. I shared it with my husband. I will let my primary physician know as well. Great work!

[@exosproudmamabear558]

What kind of physician does not know about this tho? We taught about it over and over in medical school. Also, try to keep your nose moist since some nose bleeds stem from dryness. You can do it with a steam vaporizer.

[@yanalkawaleet70]

The only one that I was told as a kid to do was #5 (the one about tilting your head back during a bloody nose). I've never heard of the rest tbh.

[@megadeathx]

I remember that advice watching G I Joe cartoons in the 80s. Followed immediately by a Joe running up and saying "No that doesn't work. Hang your head forward instead!" It's not at all surprising to me that most people are more interested in not seeing somebody bleed than that are in getting their nose to actually stop bleeding. What I don't understand is why people listen to that advice despite feeling the blood draining into their own throat.

[@littlevoice_11]

Now we just need the follow up video...remedies that do work!

[@jaredf6205]

Another serious reason to avoid vomiting after poison is there’s a very high chance you could breath some in. This is especially an issue when it’s a caustic or corrosive substance.

[@lord6617]

and you are re-applying the poison, acid, etc to the full length of your throat a 2nd time. If it has had a bad reaction with your stomache acids, this could be even more terrible.

[@celeaakuri3065]

I'm genuinely shocked there wasn't a single essential oil home remedy in this.

[@lunarfalacy2662]

It kinda seems like low hanging fruit though, right?

[@mirceadraculov6515]

It's because they aren't traditional home remedies that are widely believed to work. These have been around for centuries without much conversation about whether or not they work. Essential oils on the other hand have been decried by real scientists as snake oil for about as long as they've been around. Most people know there is no evidence for it already.

[@celeaakuri3065]

@@mirceadraculov6515 aaaaaaah that makes sense, thanks bro

[@mirceadraculov6515]

@@celeaakuri3065 of course! And if you enjoy people who try to encourage science and logic I highly recommend watching James Randi's Ted talk. He's a very old and accomplished magician who made his life's work out of investigating claims of magic and miracles, including in unconventional medicine.

[@AhNee]

@@mirceadraculov6515 There is evidence for many. It's just that the hunbots try to convince you they cure EVERYTHING. No, Helen, they don't, so stop trying to sell me a bottle of oil for $15 that I can get for $5 elsewhere. It's NOT going to cure my cancer, broken bone, stop my cold, etc, etc, etc.

[@SlideRulePirate]

Honey in my sleepy-time tea? Nahhh. As I key this in West London UK it's 10:20pm and I've got two capfulls of rum in my sleepy-time hot-choc. Cheers!!

[@kittywithachoppa]

The best channel that I have been subscribed to. Very educational

[@sgtnutterbutter144]

A Majestic Peach If not already, I also suggest watching Seeker. I love Seeker

[@hamiton1485]

Check out Joe Scott! Seriously!

[@kyrab7914]

For the head lice, I once read a book where the young girl's mother braided their hair tight and coated it with some kind of oil- and told her not to stand near lamps (before widespread electricity I believe). I always assumed it was bs, but now idk

[@amberhoward7807]

Wish you did the theories of things to do when you have a UTI. Those old wives tales need to be put to rest and people need to learn about flora and how these remedies can actually be making it worse...

[@Klm49]

All I hear when someone says UTI is the song from the TV show Crazy Ex-Girlfriend called 'I gave you a UTI!' Look it up on here, it's hysterical!

[@Klm49]

And yes, we do need more remedies for a UTI that are not old wives tales!

[@Cynthea_Lee]

so wait... so apple cider vinegar/water or copious amounts of cranberry juice can make them worse?

[@ravenserpent31]

My goto is dandelion tea. I've never had anything else work as quickly for my body, I feel so much better even after 1 cup.

[@snazzypazzy]

What I've learned and what has helped me personally has been to drink a ridiculously large amount of water at the first signs of UTI. Like 2 liters if you can. Flushing out the germs by just rushing fluids through the bladder and hoping that you get enough of them. Now I don't have the research to back this up, it was just something that one of my supervisers told me in med school. If it doesn't work and the symptoms get worse you should still call your doctor for testing. Always go to your doctor if you have an uti and get a fever, chills, general sickness or pain in the kidney areas! Those are signs of an infection rising up and that needs treatment asap. And if there's the possibillity of an STI those can mimic uti complaints and symptoms of those can go away by itsself - though not the infection - please get tested for those.

[@DeliveryMcGee]

As a single man, I keep a box of tampons around in case of nosebleeds (or gunshot wounds, I suppose). Sure, it looks goofy to have tampons stuck up your nose, but they work just as well there as they do in their intended orifice.

[@Ganara426]

I guess I can understand the tampon part, as weird and interesting as it sounds, but GUNSHOT wounds?! Hahahahaha what

[@ssholum]

Dude, just roll up some toilet paper or a tissue and shove it up there. Far cheaper.

[@beth8775]

Ganara426 Actually, I think tampons were invented during WW2 as first aid for gunshot wounds. Then the nurses were like, "Hey you know what sounds like a good idea?"

[@nursemelissajane]

Sure dude, THAT'S why you keep a box of tampons around... for all your gunshot wounds. 🙂

[@amysmosquito]

they do actually work well for gunshot or deep puncture wounds. they swell up as they absorb the blood, so it initially blocks the hole and then puts gentle pressure on it. you still have to go to a hospital to get it fixed, but it'll keep you from bleeding out while you travel there.

[@shaunaisaJellyBean]

10 days for the honey experiment ? Where I’m from, the story says you have to take honey every day of the year to build it up and then when the season strikes the effects won’t be so bad, I’d like to see this tested over a long term period

[@celinak5062]

Shauna Kelly +

[@kdavis4910]

Yes, I actually got completely away from daily allergies with raw local honey so I don't believe that one either

[@Camerz]

@@kdavis4910 my PDHPE teacher said he took a mixture of honey and other things every morning for a long time, and now he doesn't have allergies anymore. whether it was a placebo, or it actually worked, I don't know. if in the case that it doesn't work short term and it starts helping long term, then they really need to test it again, but for a lot longer. It would be nice to actually get results from a large enough sample, over enough time, maybe 24 months, to see how it works.

[@chrisgunther109]

I was gonna say, I always had terrible allergies until I started putting raw local honey in my coffee every day. I doubt I happened to 'outgrow it' around the same time.

[@jonathandpg6115]

you should be able to see some results sooner. Studies for a year of treatment need something much more concrete to be worthwhile. If it was to work then yes a week should have given some result…..the reality is it doesn’t work

[@joshuacollins385]

I used to eat local honey after I heard it helped with allergies and it really did seem to work. It took longer than 10 days to start working, but I went for a whole summer without the usual symptoms.

[@allyskinny]

I did the same. I ate 1 tablespoon of local raw honey for about a month and I actually have never had allergies since

[@chironOwlglass]

With allergies theres enormous variety in what works for one person vs another person.

[@joshuacollins385]

I kept up with this and this summer my symptoms were even less of a problem. Maybe something else is affecting pollen production or my response to it, but I also think a 10 day study with 36 people just isn't enough to draw any conclusions on this.

[@aquaseahorselove3939]

@@joshuacollins385 I don’t think that is even considered a real scientific study with such few subjects and such a short amount of time.

[@callydavenport3982]

The pollen that bees collect doesn’t go into the honey that they make. When bees collect pollen they use it to make bee bread which they put in completely different cells, usually around the brood rather than mixed into the honey frames. But one medical thing that honey does work for is non-severe burns. Just put some pasteurized honey on the burn and put a bandaid on it. You can find honey bandaids for burns at any drugstore too. Honey is pretty cool.

[@JeremyWS]

I'm subscribed to this channel, because it's one of the few channels left on KZbin that still has intelligent content. I like this channel, because the host(s) actually does research and uses his/her brains. We need more of that on KZbin. Let's make KZbin great again. Let's bring back intelligent smart thinking humans to KZbin again. Great video, keep up the good work. God bless!! Have a nice day/night.

[@chownful]

I feel you. After InfoWars was banned I just can't find any intelligent content left on here.

[@NostalgiaChubby]

oh come on, no one reads those magazines anymore, we sit and game on our phones

[@MrWombatty]

...despite there being a sign just to annoy you, ordering you to switch off your mobile phone! Besides, those magazines are probably yrs old, & caked with bacteria, etc.!

[@NostalgiaChubby]

true story

[@TheGreatYukon]

Where the hell are you going that they have signs saying you have to switch off your phone? Silent mode exists. Old people don't get technology I guess.

[@MrWombatty]

TheGreatYukon ; Here in Australia, they often have those signs in clinics & specialist's waiting-rooms (probably to make the waiting more annoying!), but the signs are usually as old as the ratty magazines & people rarely turn their phones off anyway!

[@NostalgiaChubby]

we have 'no phone' signs up here in canada, but absolutely everyone ignores them

[@kaamn1829]

One thing we always did when we got lice was bleach and die our hair. It makes it fun for kids and also prevents you from getting lice again since they can't survive on the died/bleached hair. We were often the only kids in our area who didn't get lice because as soon as anyone mentioned having lice we died our hair (we have brown and black hair so we always bleached it first) and combined with the drug store lice treatments it was so much more bearable.

[@quickdraw9648]

a lice treatment i remember my mom doing for me was olive oil or oil in general in my hair. It was supposed to help comb out lice easier. She would also out my very precious stuffed animals in a deep freezer to freeze eggs and pests. No idea if any of that actually helped. All I know is washing cooking oils out of a 12 year old me's hair was a nightmare.

[@musclehank6067]

if you're strong enough they'll work

[@coffee115]

Muscle Hank has head lice. And yes, they all lift.

[@ianmacfarlane1241]

Muscle Hank If you're strong enough you'll never suffer from anything anyway.

[@jaredcampuzano1349]

Goofy Rabbit why are you like this.

[@stephenmiller9009]

Jared Campuzano this dude gonna say how

[@starshot5172]

Muscle Hank just stop. You aren't funnt

[@francoviollaz5586]

I was dehidrated but according to Webmd I have a cancerous brain tumor

[@GcorpCoPrez]

Franco Viollaz pppftt any symptom you search online Internet: you dead

[@buttersquids1063]

Was it just a mild headache and dry mouth?

[@arkady714]

I can't think of how many times I'd read a label back in the '70s - on glue for example - that actually instructed to induce vomiting if ingested. Thanks for the information.

[@colinthiel1283]

and now it is the exact opposite lol

[@nowthatsjustducky]

My memories from back then had warnings on all sorts of poisons to not induce vomiting. Can't recall off the top of my head if I came across any that did say to upchuck it out of your system.

[@firzasavira7625]

I really like the fact that they give out their sources for each topic in the description. It really helps when you want to read/dig more about it

[@ianmacfarlane1241]

I've never heard of any of these, other than the nosebleed one, but I was told to NOT tilt my head back over 30 years ago. I have heard that teabags can reduce a bit of puffiness, but certainly not conjunctivitis, which should be treated with Chloramphenicol. (I live in the UK). Incidentally, you can lose an incredible amount of blood through your nose - I lost over a pint after getting my nose broken in a fight in my teens. Thankfully I was admitted to hospital.

[@celinak5062]

Ian Macfarlane +

[@Ganara426]

same dude, I only recognised the teabag advice, but not for that disease (dont even know what it is here in EU, must be NA disease or smth)

[@miekekuppen9275]

Same here; my mom told me to lean forward and pinch below the bridge of my nose when I was maybe four years old (going on 38 this year). I was a bit surprised he mentioned ice to relieve pain. Do other people´s nosebleeds hurt? Well, yours probably did, given that it was due to a broken nose, but normally mine just make me feel a bit queasy.

[@Nerobyrne]

the body has a lot of blood reserves. You can lose a surprising amount before it becomes dangerous, plus your body automatically gets tired and does its best to get you to rest so it can restore the lost blood. Actually, I once heard that men should be injured on occasion because unlike women, we don't automatically lose it (some of our blood) all the time. I have no idea if this is true, but it could be yet another reason to donate blood or plasma regularly :)

[@megancanada8496]

When I was younger, I had frequent nosebleeds from a nose injury. I don't know how many people kept telling me to tilt my head back. This was the mid 90s.

[@daltongrowley5280]

yes. its the forms and long way that prevents Americans from going to see a doctor. Not the outrageous healthcare costs, I promise.

[@nicholasrose8173]

Dude most of these are old cures mostly from europe its not like they were made here in the last decade

[@chironOwlglass]

Or the fact that most doctors are cruel narcissists who mock and gaslight people with rare disorders because it's completely inconceivable to most doctors that they could be wrong about anything. I have been repeatedly traumatized by narcissist doctors

[@tasmanmillen]

Maybe I am wrong but I thought the Greens were Canadian? In which case costs don't keep you away.

[@virglibrsaglove]

The cost of health care in the US is outrageous if you don't have health insurance. The health insurance is horribly expensive, too. I can't afford health insurance or medical care. A lot of us here can't.

[@aquasky1138]

I see you don’t have a high deductible plan.

[@curtrochon2732]

Well, I'll call it a fantastic placebo, then! After a couple months of eating honey from our home hives, I don't need a daily claritin anymore :) Going on two years now. I hope it still works now that I know the truth 🧐

[@Emmett_7321]

I'm glad it helped you! I just read another comment, where someone pointed out, that the duration of the study (which they refer to in this video) is way too short, to draw actually valid conclusions. The study went on for only 10 days. I don't know a lot about allergies, but I do have migraines. And in order to know if a new prophylaxis is working, I always have to take it for 2-3 months first. ...so I would kind of agree, that 10 days is a really really short time span for that study. (...and honey *might* actually have a significant effect. They just didn't give it enough time to actually observe it's effect in that study.)

[@randomgirl0707]

Regarding the pink eye: what I read (and was told by the doctor) is that heat helps soften the skin and this may help with the clogged gland caused by the infection. The lice thing: from what I read, the assumption is the it destroys the glue that makes the eggs stick to the hair with makes it easier to get out with the special cone. So.. it doesn't kill them, just makes easier to get rid of

[@basil116]

"There is simply no way to quick and easily rid your head of lice, other than to completely shave off your hair." And that's exactly what I did.

[@ArayaRetta]

In Mexico it's common to shave completely the kid's head if you have lice. Doesn't matter if u re girl or a boy.

[@anonymousfellow8879]

Oof. Growing hair back out is HELL. Not just because of appearance either. Hair sticking your eyes and ears and nose and neck hurts agh do not recommend.

[@cjsrescues]

Treat with alcohol, put a shower cap on, 15 minutes, rinse, apply vinegar to loosen nit glue. Best home treatment I have ever seen.

[@nowthatsjustducky]

@@anonymousfellow8879 Don't remember any problems like that half way through boot camp when the hair was well on its way to growing back in.

[@ecamville2928]

@@anonymousfellow8879 That...has not happened to me when I was growing mine back out. And I've done it multiple times. What?

[@jhal114]

what about the ones that actually DO work?

[@scarletletter4900]

Hanyung Boris Jang good question

[@stephenmiller9009]

Zeta Null well deserved response to that guy

[@stephenmiller9009]

Youll probably not hear about it because people like me are just gonna save the info for my children and not the world

[@Chica56]

Minty toothpaste for mosquito bites (stops itching)

[@MortalOrder]

Just a Friendly Hooman basil also helps for bug bites

[@fledfromdema1955]

If you’re going to do vinegar you actually need to mix it with another sticky or thick substance like mayonnaise and then seal it off with a form of head covering such as a shower cap. I have fragrance sensitivities and can’t use a lot of normal lice treatment so I use this instead and it actually works pretty well

[@lunapyrope9683]

I remember being taught about Ipecac syrup in like preschool when they taught us about "calling poison control" and all those other hotlines and they told us parents might use that on us.

[@StigDesign]

next video 6 or 10 Popular "Home Remedies" that actually work? :D

[@StigDesign]

yes :D

[@miekekuppen9275]

Food´s good against hunger pangs.

[@Arirezz]

If you brush your teeth, they won't rot 😂

[@cacamoto5395]

I mean....you not wrong

[@mastring1966]

for lice tee tree oil seems to be extremely effective. putting some in shampoo and using it to prevent lice appears to be pretty effective.

[@rillloudmother]

Martin Stringer lol to prevent lice? Are you hanging around lice afflicted people often?

[@mastring1966]

I got two school aged kids. so that's a yup.

[@rillloudmother]

Martin Stringer how often do they have lice outbreaks at their school?

[@mastring1966]

at least once per year on one or the other (they're 4 years apart, so go to different schools.)

[@mastring1966]

I usually put 2 eye dropper's full per small bottle of shampoo. but you're better off asking Google for an actual measurement. You're pediatricians might be a better resource, hopefully .

[@repairdrive]

I love how loud this channel is! Listening to KZbin videos on your cellphone speaker sucks when the kids are uploaded too low.

[@prosquatter]

Cold yogurt is a lifesaver when it comes to burns. My mom tried both yogurt and a store bought ointment on a sunburn once, and the yogurt side looked waaaaay better in the following days.

[@TroyEilertson]

The study cited for the "honey remedy" isn't particularly well structured, 30 something subjects for 10 days isn't very conclusive. It could easily be argued that you wouldn't see consistent effects from that kind of exposure unless it was long term. I would rather see how people responded after several months or by taking local honey consistently through out the year and measuring the intensity of their allergy response each season.

[@Ganara426]

good research is hard to come by for some reason...

[@ssholum]

Ganara426 Because there's a bias against 'folk remedies' in medicine. Why study some mundane treatment when you can try to engineer a drug with a fancy name? If I were just slightly more cynical, I'd say it's because you can't have legal ownership over ACV, honey, saline, oils, etc, so 'they' only bother with designer drugs that can be registered as IP and make more money. Whatever the case, it's unfortunate that there's so little research into home remedies. Whether the results prove or disprove their effectiveness, it can only improve our medical knowledge.

[@heatherkaye8653]

what I know about using honey, its that you must eat several spoonfuls a day and its not feasible for those with glucose issues due to sheer amount of sugar one must consume. The naturopathic doc will work you up to consuming around a quart jar within 7 days. (I have worked in alt. health for many years now)

[@ZombieBarioth]

ssholum Its not just that, there's always a bit of a stigma against progressive treatments. Often times its "too new" and unproven, so most doctors and even insurance will steer clear of them in favor of traditional methods. Its the good old catch-22, nobody wants to try anything new. Why bother when you can sell people on proven treatments that work for 'most' people already? If it worked, you can bet someone would try to capitalize on it. If legal ownership was an issue you wouldn't have brand-names for generic drugs, or things like over-the-counter saline solutions or essential oils.

[@edonslow1456]

The study seemed short, but perhaps the length was based on the known mechanism for reducing allergic reaction. It might also be difficult to do long term studies on pollen allergies, as you have to rule out environmental factors like variable pollen count. Besides, the mechanism for reducing allergy through controlled exposure seems well understood, and we know honey doesn't contain enough alergens to be effective. Granted there could be other mechanisms, but it seems a bit of a stretch.

[@LReBe7]

4:55 I've found that covering your hair in mayonnaise (I know, that's gross), sleeping with that overnight (with a shower cap on, obviously) and combing it out the next morning (combined with a royal amount of conditioner and combing that out as well) works incredibly well against lice. You still have to wash everything like crazy, but for me it was effective. I wonder if there's any scientific study that has tested this method.

[@seagecko]

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[@Cynthea_Lee]

@@seagecko nasty as it sounds it does work... and it makes your hair healthy as well go figure.

[@sarcasticallyyours]

Can confirm. My mom would put an entire jar of it on my head every day and leave it for an hour before washing it and shampooing with lice shampoo and then combing with a lice comb. It took a few days to a few weeks because of how thick and curly my hair is. But it worked. Lice shampoo alone did nothing.

[@catpoke9557]

It was probably drowning the lice, I imagine any thick substance would work. That, and I believe mayo often has vinegar? And acidic environments are bad for most animals. It's actually why stomachs have acid in them, I think. It's not entirely for digestion (that's mostly left to enzymes,) it's for killing parasites.

[@Cynthea_Lee]

@@catpoke9557 it smothers them.... I mean you put that stuff on THICK 1in - 2in of mayo THEN the saran wrap or shower cap. You cover ALL of your head past the hair line all the way around. It cooks em too lol cause it gets warm under that plastic. Now we used a vinegar rinse to help get that goop back out of their hair, but I don't think there is enough vinegar in the mayo for the acid to do anything.

[@AvangionQ]

6: Warm tea bags for pinkeye are not effective, this condition passes on its own over time. That's odd, I've used this chamomile tea remedy for eye swelling before. Works for the swelling.

[@kdavis4910]

Idk who did the honey studies but I used to double up on flonase spray and claritin pills to deal with my daily year round allergies. I ate local raw honey for one summer. I have not had allergies since and this was like 5 yrs ago. These were horrible debilitating and severe. I went to the doc regularly too for the allergies. I've actually experienced honey working this way personally. I think more studies are needed. Also, not saying vinegar works for lice but I have seen a puddle of spilled vinegar eat through filthy crud on a concrete floor. That floor was so clean I could eat off it after the vinegar.

[@Elygh33]

Would love for SciShow to make this a series of its own, in a type of way. At the very least a part II.

[@jamesmitchell6925]

Now do 6 home remedies that work. Please. And also great job. I love this show!

[@Pixelhoarder4life]

I definitely had my fair share of run ins with lice as a child. I remember my mother washing my hair with mayonnaise because that is what she was taught to do by her mother doing the same to her as a child. Needless to say it didn't work, felt extremely gross, and just made my hair smell awful.

[@SadisticSenpai61]

From what I understand from ppl sharing that particular remedy, it works if you soak the hair in it for long periods of time and then wash it out. Exactly how long to keep it on the head? No idea. The one remedy ppl recommend that seems to work the best is cheap hair dye.

[@AmyraCarter]

Conjunctivitis: It takes usually a week to two weeks at most to clear up. Some get lucky and it clears up in seventy-two hours. I concocted a salve that treats and diminishes it in half a day, taking two or three to heal completely. Cannabis oil, aloe, dehydrated chamomile, lemon extract, rose stem humor, and about half a day's worth of simmering at 340 degrees K (Kelvin). Applied directly to the area, wrapped snugly, the pain goes away quickly, the swelling reduces to next to nothing, oh, and the kicker. Level of contagion reduces by ninety-seven percent in the time it takes for the swelling to reduce. It also works on anyone, at any 'age', any skin tone, no adverse side effects short of eye irritation should the salve get into the eye.

[@Prizzlesticks]

That bloody nose one is legit. I used to get (and sometimes still do) gnarly nosebleeds growing up, especially in the summer. It didn't connect for quite some time over multiple doctors visits why I was coughing up blood so often. Turns out when I'd tip my head back, aside from often having to swallow post-nasal blood drip (yeah, it's as gross as it sounds, and viscous....), I'd inhale some too. It's a wonder I didn't damage my lungs with how often this happened. So yeah, I find blowing your nose (gently, but with purpose) into a tissue, pinching, and leaning forward forms the fastest clot.

[@baronvonkrogglesteiniii5310]

As a life-long allergy sufferer, I have a lot of problems with drawing conclusions about immunotherapy from a 10 day trial. It takes a lot longer than that to see the benefits of allergy shots, oral application isn't going to be much different. I wouldn't be surprised if the honey thing doesn't actually work, but a short trial is not useful data here.

[@Articulate99]

Always informative, thanks.

[@AndrewVelonis]

Thank you for pointing out that the idea of putting butter on burns was debunked by the mid 20th century. It was around 1964 that I first heard that one should not put butter on burns and even then I thought it was odd that someone would even think of doing that in the first place.

[@chengxiong5356]

"In animal studies, even delayed cooling..." That's a bit sad for the animal.

[@DasAntiNaziBroetchen]

"A bit"?

[@Teeth_Stealing_Lesbian]

Yeah you're right, they should have used humans instead /j

[@fghsgh]

I've been having extremely common and long lasting nosebleeds since I was 3, because of an accident that involved hitting my nose on the road, plus allergies. So I basically have at least one nosebleed per day during pollen season. Tilting my head forward and catching the blood with something is kinda inconvenient if the blood is literally flowing out for an hour. Tilting my head back is less inconvenient but still quite a bit. Pinching my nose, on the bridge, below the bridge, wherever, doesn't stop it. There's also one type of medicine that can make it stop in only 15 minutes, and I can pretty much take it however much I want, but I almost always forget it at home. One thing that has always worked is just taking a tissue and sticking it up my nose. Yes it's not very hygienic, but it's the one thing I've never had any issues with after years of nosebleeds. It also needs regular changing when the tissue is full, as it will start dripping from the end, but at least it doesn't require constant attention.

[@debbiehenri345]

That's very unfortunate. I used to have a schoolfriend who had a nosebleed every day, often in class. He would just reach into his bag for tissues, stuff his nose, all the time continuing to listen to the teacher. We all grew to ignore it fairly quickly. My mother had regular nosebleeds and she did have cauterisation. It wasn't pleasant, but it did work. Have you spoken to your doctor as to whether this could be a solution?

[@fghsgh]

@@debbiehenri345 We tried that, but it didn't work. Plus I ended up having an allergic reaction to it.

[@stephsaguudefan1753]

That's what my husband does. Sometimes it still takes half an hour for the bleeding to fully stop. It happens to him so suddenly and it's like you turned a faucet on. If he doesn't immediately hold his nose and tilt his head back until he gets a tissue, blood gets everywhere.

[@zeratulrus142]

Thank you for that video, probably remembered parts of it when I decided to wash off the salve that I agreed to apply to my steam burn for some reason with cold water.

[@jimkunkle2669]

For pink eye I always just washed my face really well with soap and water. That knocked it out fast.

[@PheOfTheFae]

Regarding #1, 36 people is a really insufficient sample size to come to any conclusions. On an anecdotal level, I have both gotten relief from and triggered allergy symptoms from raw wildflower honey, from different batches, which says to me that it's dependent on what they happened to be pollenating and how allergic you are to it. However, I generally use bee pollen (the little kernels) now, and yes, I am so wicked sensitive that I barely need any (as opposed to the generic instructions that tell you to eat a spoonful at a time) and it stops a sneezing/stuffy and runny nose/red eye reaction cold. It works better than loratadine for the environmental sneezy kind of allergies for me. Anecdote isn't proof either, but neither is 36 people, so I'll stick with my bee pollen kernels. Unfortunately doesn't do anything for all the food allergy diagnoses, though. ;)

[@purpletoad352]

The other critique I had of the study referenced, giving someone honey for 10 days and expecting a change in allergen response is dumb. Not even the shot treatment to build a tolerance you get when going to an allergist are remotely close to a 10 day span. There isn't anything that exists that will change your allergen response in 10 days.

[@PheOfTheFae]

@@purpletoad352 FWIW, now that this is a few years later, I almost never have seasonal allergies anymore, at all. I think I essentially kinda allergy shots-d myself with the bee pollen. I still hella react when there are wildfires ...but I no longer plug up for three months every spring. Maybe that's a coincidence, but I'll take it.

[@purpletoad352]

@@PheOfTheFae I am a backyard beekeeper and your experience is similar to my wife's. I have used a lot of the crush and strain method to extract honey, which leaves a higher percentage of pollen. Also my wife likes to eat the honeycomb straight out of the hive.

[@ArlanKels]

I personally know someone who ended up going the mayo route for lice and it worked flawlessly for them. To the point that it outperformed the medicine they'd been given the previous time.

[@chloepeifly]

i get nosebleeds really often and people say “tilt your head back!” all the time!!! no!! i can feel it go down my throat! 🤢

[@crybebebunny]

VINIGER works by getting the glue that makes the egg stick decay then you washing your hair and brush. Dose not kill but makes the glue disintegrate. Plus it a great conditioner at the end.

[@alkatraz706]

I would never teabag anyone with pinkeye!

[@mamsmith83]

😂😂😂

[@ritafeilmeier3486]

Pink eye can actually result from tea bagging.

[@scardecorps1708]

Thank you ! I'm not alone ! Who is dumb enough to use unclean tea bag of tea, and worst, on a infection ? Give them a drop of coffea too ? But maybe I know where the confusion come from. When i was a kid in countryside, here in france, we actually use fresh flower of camomilla, (we keep it dried in a bocal for half a year max) we boiled it, and we put some of the boiled infusion of camomilla flower on a sterile compress and put the compress on eyes. And yes, than worked almost instantly, reduced swalowing, the burn, and increasing cicatrization. And after the application, obviously there's is washing of the infected eye with something sterile, again because of bacteria. But how our society get from using the correct plant infusion on gauze to "i'm gonna put unclean bag of industrial tea on my infected wound, it's camomilla flavored" to even serious(ish) scientifics testing the effect of direct tea bag application to treat pink eye ?

[@pepesylvia848]

Coward

[@anonymousfellow8879]

Good call. I caught pinkeye from camp since a teen in my cabin was sick. Then a few more. Then me. I didn’t catch it on my eyes. It attacked my throat and sinuses. When I was brought home I was borderline delirious from it and don’t remember much at all. Fortunately I was given something to fight it off, but I had to wait (I came home on a sunday, so it wasn’t until Mon or Tues that I could be seen)

[@naturalphenomenon1402]

Thanks! Great video! Curious if 10 days is enough to dismiss the effectiveness of local honey 🍯. I thought it was more of a long term process (like 1 to 3 years) to desensitize the immune system with something that would not trigger a full blown allergic reaction, not something that quickly eliminates acute symptoms. Yet, while I have heard people swear by this method, I don't know anyone personally who has benefitted from it 🤔

[@HungryKlaxon]

I had really frequent nosebleeds as a kid, and I cannot tell you the amount of times people tried to get me to tilt my head back to get it to stop. The only time I would do that was to prevent blood from getting everywhere until I could get to a sink or find something to soak it up, and I'd just end up with a mouth full of blood because I was trying not to choke on it. Sorry, I saw the part about nosebleeds and was overcome with memories and agreement. Thanks for calling out that particular "remedy."

[@StormWarrior-np1pd]

My mom used Kerosene on my hair when I constantly had head lice. She repeated 10 days later and it worked. Haven't had it since.

[@CatchBurning]

I’ve had to live with getting a nose bleed at least 10 times a month since I was 7 years old. And I know from experience what works and what doesn’t, and tilting you’re head back only makes you cough up a combo of slime and blood later, it feels more disgusting than it sounds. 🤢 This a list of things I do to stop my nosebleeds ; 1: pinch your nose and if you’re not already sitting in a good chill location, calmly get to the nearest bathroom or something else that’s just as easy to clean up. Most nosebleeds looks very bad, but for the most part it’s harmless. 1.2: get someone to go or stay with you. If you run out of tissues it is nice to have a friend nearby. 2: Stop the blood from dripping with a lot of tissues, or if it’s bleeding like crazy get an Unused period-pad. Yes, it might seem weird to put a pad near your face, but depending on the pad- one of those can save you many tissues. The pad-part is the newest link to this list so it’s still in testing, but so far it has been doing wonders for the huge floods. But if possible do get a pad with no smell. 3: Pinching your nose with the tissue and/or pad covering your nose for 5 to 10 minutes. And just sit down somewhere with a level head and stay sitting ( this is why you bring a friend ). 4: If all of that is not enough, eat something cold like an Ice Cube or even a popsicle. When the body cools down it will redirect a little bit of blood away from the feet, ears and nose to keep the blood warm. So we are using that feature to stop the bleeding. Obviously if the person is freezing already this step is not necessary. 😁 5: Don’t get your pulse too high up. If you run around and panic the blood will travel down your face in floods. So sit still, stay calm and watch a movie, talk to somebody, or just stare out straight ahed. 😁 6: after the nose has stopped bleeding I would advise you to wait for an extra minute or two just in case. 7: Clean up right afterwards so that you don’t forget. Blood is a pain to remove once it’s dry and it gets everywhere so be sure to get every last drop. I hope this helps and if the nose keeps bleeding after all of this and hours of trying, just calmly get, help, more ice cubes, and/or get to a hospital. 😁

[@MAGGOT_VOMIT]

_I'm 52 years old and got frequent nose bleeds when I was younger. One day at about 10yrs old, I had gotten so tired of it taking so long to stop my nose bleeds, I decided to do the one thing that doctors told me not to do and that was Blowing My Nose. Ha!! it stopped it instantly and every nose bleed since then i've done this and I'm not wasting my time waiting for it to stop._

[@CatchBurning]

I’ll test it next time if I remember: but I must say that I’m not expecting any miracles. 😁

[@libbybollinger5901]

@@MAGGOT_VOMIT I’d be careful, I once blew my nose shortly after a nosebleed ended, and I ended up causing it to start again with a vengeance. I guess if the bleed is currently going it wouldn’t hurt too much.

[@MAGGOT_VOMIT]

@@libbybollinger5901 The reason mine stop right after blowing my nose is, it causes all the sinuses to swell, pinching the ruptured blood vessel closed.

[@nw9801]

Please do a video on the life cycle of the Hanklerfish. It’d be much appreciated!

[@alexwang982]

N WB hank

[@alexwang982]

HANK LER FISH

[@ilovesparky13]

HANK 😍😝

[@markrowland1366]

Nose bleed can be helped by holding breath pressure against squeezed nostrils. The air pressure against blood flow slows bleeding allowing more time for clotting. Deep cuts elsewhere can be tried too. Keeping still will help too.

[@chuckguerin8141]

Makes sense, thanks! I always investigate home cures anyway.Some are great and some are terrible. Good video.

[@sogerc1]

This reminds me of the term I've recently learned: cyberchondria, you may want to check out what it means.

[@dontcallmelil8619]

Now we only need to convince the millions of people who swear by these

[@LimeyLassen]

Or let natural selection take its course...

[@Ganara426]

Natural selection is not the solution, stupid people are everywhere and we still have them even today. In quite large numbers I might add. Thats to me proof enough that natural selection alone doesnt cut it. Sadly

[@ssholum]

10% of the population are at a level where they can't be expected to follow directions correctly. About half of the population, by definition, is below average intelligence (because intelligence is normally distributed). Get used to people being dumb.

[@PiPArtemis]

@@LimeyLassen public health and safety is so heavily prioritized these days that natural selection just doesnt cut it anymore

[@debbiehenri345]

@@LimeyLassen Natural selection is all very well if you perform these remedies only on yourself and it knocks you and your silly ideas out of the picture. However, often that is often not the case, the person with such 'questionable knowledge' performing these 'cures' on everyone near and dear to them. The patients are not necessarily stupid people that would do the world a favour by making an exit; often they were too sick, weak, young, or old to object and tell their relative to find a proper doctor. Did you ever hear the one of hanging bags of melts on the corners of beds of fever patients? Or how to protect your cattle from foot and mouth disease by placing/hanging onions at the windows/doors? Oh, there are some bizarre ones out there. Incredible just what people did believe one time not so long ago.

[@sagacious03]

Neat video! Thanks for uploading!

[@fastfiddler1625]

I don't pinch nose for nosebleeds anymore. And I get a lot. It hurts and many times, I've triggered the other side. I take a square of toilet paper, fold it a couple times and roll it up to make what can only be described as a makeshift tampon. Replace every few minutes till done.

[@timmydirtyrat6015]

Choking on your own blood? That's metal as hell.

[@shadowcween7890]

it's kinda gross when you have your snot mixed into it too tho

[@sebastianelytron8450]

Toothpaste for pimples anyone? Lmao😅

[@ApurvaGParanjape]

Sebastian Elytron I ended up getting a chemical burn!!!

[@jeremy1085]

Apurva Paranjape lol

[@ElectricHelloKitty]

And lemon juice for post inflammatory hyperpigmentation god damn lol

[@jerardogarcia4337]

“Toothpaste causes skin irritations that could make it worse” 🤷‍♂️

[@stephenmiller9009]

Well duh

[@rendomstranger8698]

When it comes to a nosebleed, I can tell from personal experience that just washing it out is a good option. Just get most of the junk out with water (in any way you see fit), pinch your nose for a few minutes until any severe bleeding stops, and clean it out again to make sure as little junk as possible remains in your nose. It has the added benefit of reducing irritation down the line and cleaning out anything you may have used to dry it, making it less likely that you'll get a second nosebleed (if not because of the reduced irritation, than at least because you're aware that the dried blood is where it is supposed to be). Oh, and remember to spit a few times to clear your throat. Do not swallow with a nosebleed until your spit is clean.

[@HarpaxA]

@2:15 In my country, using toothpaste to cover burn is common, although myself doubt that pretty early on 😆

[@vilemnovohradsky8170]

Non-Americans are just like: *what*

[@Ganara426]

Its true tho :joy:

[@maythesciencebewithyou]

Not really, don't pretend like there are no stupid "home remedies" in your country.

[@MrGod-nl7no]

@@maythesciencebewithyou i dont know of any stupid ones in germany to be honest

[@maythesciencebewithyou]

+Mr. Bagel Alter, ich bin Deutscher. Tu nicht so als würden hier keiner an so einen Scheiß glauben. Noch nie was von Hausmitteln gehört? Hier machen sogar Ärzte und Apotheker Werbung für Homöopahtie and und sonstigen Scheiß, weil ein Haufen Leute drauf stehen.

[@MrGod-nl7no]

@@maythesciencebewithyou reg dich nich so auf, hab gesagt ich persönlich kenne keine nutzlosen

[@KeeliaSilvis]

I'm so surprised about the vinegar! I've never tried it myself (I've never had lice, thank goodness!), but I'd imagined that vinegar would kill most annoying parasites. Good thing research double checked! EDIT: "I've never had love" corrected to "I've never had lice" 😅😂

[@annaliseoconner9266]

Keelia Silvis I've never had love either, but I have had lice 😂

[@tehgyb]

Sorry to hear about your lack of love. I wish you the best in that endeavor 😂😂😂

[@KeeliaSilvis]

Michael H Lol!! That's what I get for writing comments on my phone. 😂

[@annaliseoconner9266]

Keelia Silvis I'm glad you're not offended; I just couldn't resist! 😁

[@kit4616]

When my household had trouble with lice, we found out that lavender oil helped. It reeks and it doesn't have a lot of uses outside of killing bugs (works amazingly well on silverfish) it definitely gets the job done.

[@LaikaLycanthrope]

For run of the mill oven burns, the best thing to do is just hold the burnt bit under a cool tap until the pain stops, as needed. Good heads-up on the carbon over ipecac, though. It also removes the "is it caustic or not" problem of vomiting up poisons.

[@orbical_]

one at home remidty I was brought up on is if you burn yourself put a used / wet teabag on it. I find it helps take away the sting.