20 "Banned" Appalachian Kitchen Remedies That Actually Worked

My grandmother's kitchen shelf kept a brown bottle of turpentine sitting right next to the vanilla, and children in this county got a spoon of it for a cough. Here's 20 of the old kitchen cures, counted down the way the doctors quit on them one by one — the mustard plaster that blistered more than one child, the sassafras tea the government made illegal to sell, the honey they eventually carried back into the hospital and put in a tube, and #1, the thing that stood behind every remedy on this list and mattered more than all of them put together. Where a claim rests on real food science, it's named on screen. Where it's just how Mama did it, I say so. Now pick just ONE of these to try this week, by feel, not by measuring cup. Tell me down in the comments which one you picked, what your people called it, and what county they doctored you in. I read every one. Now it's written down. ⚠️ This video is historical and educational, not medical advice — talk to a doctor before treating a real illness, and never give turpentine, kerosene, whiskey, or honey to an infant under one year old. ⏱️ CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro — the brown bottle on the shelf 0:53 #20 Onion Poultice 1:46 #19 Warm Saltwater Gargle 2:40 #18 Mustard Plaster 3:38 #17 Sassafras Tea 4:37 #16 Turpentine and Sugar 5:30 #15 Mullein Tea 6:28 #14 Comfrey Salve 7:27 #13 Blackberry Root Tea 8:20 #12 Whiskey Bitters 9:19 #11 Baking Soda Paste 10:49 #10 Chewing Tobacco Poultice 11:48 #9 Sugar-Packed Wound 12:46 #8 Spider Web on a Cut 13:45 #7 Coal Oil Cough Syrup 14:43 #6 Raw Garlic 15:47 #5 Buttermilk and Clabber 16:46 #4 Ginger and Mint 17:44 #3 Spring Purge 18:43 #2 Honey 19:57 #1 Mama's Judgment #Appalachia #GrandmaNeverWroteDown #AppalachianCooking #AppalachianRemedies #OldFashionedRemedies #FolkMedicine #AppalachianHistory #BannedRemedies #KitchenCures #DepressionEraRemedies #MountainMedicine #HomeRemedies #GrandmasCures #AppalachianFolklore