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Doctors don't know ''everything''. Some families have cures for anything that ails you, handed down from Uncle Jack or from generation to generation, usually requiring nothing more in ingredients than things one can find around the house -- or, at worst, in a grocery store. |
Doctors don't know ''everything''. Some families have cures for anything that ails you, handed down from Uncle Jack or from generation to generation, usually requiring nothing more in ingredients than things one can find around the house -- or, at worst, in a grocery store. |
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* In [[The Parent Trap (1998 film)|the 1998 remake of ''The Parent Trap'']], the bartender hands Elizabeth a mysterious red substance as a [[Hideous Hangover Cure]]. Upon consumption she coughs out "I think I just drank [[It Tastes Like Feet|tar]]." What qualifies it for this page is the bartender's claim, "This'll cure anything you've got. Just don't ask what's in it", suggesting that it's not specifically a hangover cure but an all-purpose remedy. |
* In [[The Parent Trap (1998 film)|the 1998 remake of ''The Parent Trap'']], the bartender hands Elizabeth a mysterious red substance as a [[Hideous Hangover Cure]]. Upon consumption she coughs out "I think I just drank [[It Tastes Like Feet|tar]]." What qualifies it for this page is the bartender's claim, "This'll cure anything you've got. Just don't ask what's in it", suggesting that it's not specifically a hangover cure but an all-purpose remedy. |
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* Most of Grandmamma's cures on ''[[The Addams Family]]'' will be this to "normal" people (not to mention possibly ''poisonous''). The Addamses themselves will enjoy them, of course. |
* Most of Grandmamma's cures on ''[[The Addams Family]]'' will be this to "normal" people (not to mention possibly ''poisonous''). The Addamses themselves will enjoy them, of course. |
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* Played with in one episode of ''[[Monk]]'', when Natalie is afraid of a voodoo curse and Monk takes her to a shaman to help her "get rid" of it. The shaman initiates a complicated ritual with a potion made of... [[Squick|questionable]] ingredients. When she hurries to drink it, the horrified shaman tells her it was supposed to be applied to the skin. Cue rush to the hospital. |
* Played with in one episode of ''[[Monk]]'', when Natalie is afraid of a voodoo curse and Monk takes her to a shaman to help her "get rid" of it. The shaman initiates a complicated ritual with a potion made of... [[Squick|questionable]] ingredients. When she hurries to drink it, the horrified shaman tells her it was supposed to be applied to the skin. Cue rush to the hospital. |
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* "Tiger Head Bee Wine" (''hu tou feng jiu''), an Asian folk remedy made by steeping whole live [[w:Asian giant hornet|Asian giant hornet]]s in potato vodka for weeks or months and described as smelling like "rotting flesh", can be found described in [https://academic.oup.com/ae/article/60/1/5/6745 ''American Entomologist'' Volume 60, Issue 1, Spring 2014, Pages 5–7]. It also makes an appearance in the [[The Teraverse|Teraverse]] story ''Buzz Kill''. |
* "Tiger Head Bee Wine" (''hu tou feng jiu''), an Asian folk remedy made by steeping whole live [[w:Asian giant hornet|Asian giant hornet]]s in potato vodka for weeks or months and described as smelling like "rotting flesh", can be found described in [https://academic.oup.com/ae/article/60/1/5/6745 ''American Entomologist'' Volume 60, Issue 1, Spring 2014, Pages 5–7]. It also makes an appearance in the [[The Teraverse|Teraverse]] story ''Buzz Kill''. |
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* Chinese medicine, when it comes to herbal cures you have to boil at home (or boiled and sealed into packets if you can't brew it at home). While the dried plant material that makes up the bulk of it can drive those with allergies insane, the resulting mixture will have your nose and tongue wishing to commit suicide (especially the tongue). There's a reason why a lot of Chinese pharmacies -- or stores hosting a Traditional Chinese Medicine area - will drop in a few sweets in the bag at the register. |
* Chinese medicine, when it comes to herbal cures you have to boil at home (or boiled and sealed into packets if you can't brew it at home). While the dried plant material that makes up the bulk of it can drive those with allergies insane, the resulting mixture will have your nose and tongue wishing to commit suicide (especially the tongue). There's a reason why a lot of Chinese pharmacies -- or stores hosting a Traditional Chinese Medicine area - will drop in a few sweets in the bag at the register. |
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