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A home remedy is a treatment to cure a disease
Disease

A disease or medical condition is an abnormal condition of an organism that impairs bodily functions, associated with specific symptoms and Medical signs....
 or ailment that employs certain spices, vegetables, or other common items. Home remedies may or may not have medicinal properties
Medicinal properties

Many plants have traditional medical uses. Ethnobotany and Pharmacognacy catalog and study these plants and uses. This is a list of some of the more common medicinal properties that are ascribed to plants....
 that treat or cure the disease or ailment in question, as they are typically passed along by laypersons (which has been facilitated in recent years by the Internet
Internet

The Internet is a global network of interconnected computers, enabling users to share information along multiple channels. Typically, a computer that connects to the Internet can access information from a vast array of available server and other computers by moving information from them to the computer's local memory....
). Many are merely used as a result of tradition
Tradition

The word tradition comes from the Latin traditionem, acc. of traditio which means "handing over, passing on", and is used in a number of ways in the English language:...
 or habit
Habituation

In psychology, habituation is the psychological process in humans and animals in which there is a decrease in behavior response to a stimulus after repeated exposure to that stimulus over a duration of time....
 or because they are effective in inducing the placebo effect
Placebo effect

Placebo effect may refer to:* Placebo, the tendency of any medication or treatment, even an inert or ineffective one, to exhibit results simply because the recipient believes that it will work...
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A home remedy is a treatment to cure a disease
Disease

A disease or medical condition is an abnormal condition of an organism that impairs bodily functions, associated with specific symptoms and Medical signs....
 or ailment that employs certain spices, vegetables, or other common items. Home remedies may or may not have medicinal properties
Medicinal properties

Many plants have traditional medical uses. Ethnobotany and Pharmacognacy catalog and study these plants and uses. This is a list of some of the more common medicinal properties that are ascribed to plants....
 that treat or cure the disease or ailment in question, as they are typically passed along by laypersons (which has been facilitated in recent years by the Internet
Internet

The Internet is a global network of interconnected computers, enabling users to share information along multiple channels. Typically, a computer that connects to the Internet can access information from a vast array of available server and other computers by moving information from them to the computer's local memory....
). Many are merely used as a result of tradition
Tradition

The word tradition comes from the Latin traditionem, acc. of traditio which means "handing over, passing on", and is used in a number of ways in the English language:...
 or habit
Habituation

In psychology, habituation is the psychological process in humans and animals in which there is a decrease in behavior response to a stimulus after repeated exposure to that stimulus over a duration of time....
 or because they are effective in inducing the placebo effect
Placebo effect

Placebo effect may refer to:* Placebo, the tendency of any medication or treatment, even an inert or ineffective one, to exhibit results simply because the recipient believes that it will work...
. A significant number, however, have been demonstrated to effectively treat ailments such as sprain
Sprain

A sprain is an injury which occurs to ligaments caused by being stretched beyond their normal capacity and possibly torn. Muscular tears caused in the same manner are referred to as a Strain_....
s, minor lacerations, headache
Headache

In medicine a headache or wiktionary:cephalalgia is a symptom of a number of different conditions of the head and sometimes neck. Some of the causes are benign while others are medical emergencies....
s, fever
Fever

Fever is a frequent medical sign that describes an increase in internal body temperature to levels above normal. Fever is most accurately characterized as a temporary elevation in the body's thermoregulatory set-point, usually by about 1?2 ?C ....
s, and even the common cold
Common cold

Acute viral rhinopharyngitis, or acute coryza, usually known as the common cold, is a highly contagious, virus infectious disease of the upper respiratory system, primarily caused by picornaviruses or coronaviruses....
.

One of the more popular examples of a home remedy is the use of chicken soup
Chicken soup

Chicken soup is a soup made by boiling chicken parts and/or bones in water, with various vegetables and flavorings. The classic chicken soup consists of a clear broth, often served with small pieces of chicken or vegetables, or with noodles or dumplings, or grains such as rice and barley....
 to treat respiratory
Respiratory system

A respiratory system?s function is to allow gas exchange. The space between the alveoli and the capillaries, the anatomy or structure of the exchange system, and the precise physiological uses of the exchanged gases vary depending on the organism....
 infection
Infection

An infection is the detrimental colonization of a host organism by a foreign species. In an infection, the infecting organism seeks to utilize the host resources to multiply ....
s such as a cold or mild flu, and according to recent studies, this may actually be effective. Other examples of medically successful home remedies include willow
Willow

Willows, sallows, and osiers form the genus Salix, around 400 species of deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist soils in cold and temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere....
 bark tea to cure headaches and fevers (willow bark contains a form of acetylsalicylic acid, also known as aspirin); duct tape
Duct tape

Duct tape is a vinyl, fabric-reinforced, multi-purpose pressure sensitive tape with a soft and tacky pressure sensitive adhesive. It is generally silver or black in color but many other colors and #Color variants tapes have recently become available....
 to help with setting broken bones; and duct tape or superglue to treat plantar wart
Plantar wart

A plantar wart is a wart caused by the human papillomavirus occurring on the sole or toes of the foot. Plantar warts are usually Self-limiting , but should be treated to lessen symptoms , decrease duration, and reduce transmission....
s; and Kogel mogel
Kogel mogel

A Gogl-Mogl, Gogel-Mogel or Gogle-mogle is an egg -based homemade dessert popular in Eastern Europe made from egg yolks, sugar, and flavourings such as chocolate or vodka....
 to treat sore throat.

In earlier times mothers were entrusted with all but serious remedies. Historic cookbooks are frequently full of remedies for dyspepsia
Dyspepsia

Dyspepsia , popularly known as indigestion, meaning hard or difficult digestion, is a medical condition characterized by chronic or recurrent pain in the upper abdomen, upper abdominal fullness and feeling full earlier than expected when eating....
, fevers, and female complaints.

Many European liqueurs or digestif
Digestif

A digestif is an alcoholic beverage that is drunk just after a meal. Bitter or carminative herbs are generally added to the alcohol, and some believe that such digestifs aid digestion, hence the name ....
s were originally medicinal remedies. In Chinese folk medicine, medicinal congees (long cooked rice soups with herbs), foods, and soups are part of the healing repertoire.

A common error is to confuse home remedies with homeopathic remedies
Homeopathy

File:LedumPalustre15CH.jpgHomeopathy is a form of alternative medicine first expounded by Samuel Hahnemann in 1796, that treats a disease with heavily diluted preparations created from substances that would ordinarily cause effects similar to the disease's symptoms....
. In fact, the two concepts are unrelated.

See also

  • Alternative medicine
    Alternative medicine

    The term alternative medicine, as used in the modern western world, encompasses any healing practice "that does not fall within the realm of conventional medicine"....
  • Herbal medicine
  • Old wives' tale
    Old wives' tale

    An old wives' tale or old wives' saws is a type of urban legend, similar to a proverb, which is generally passed down by old wives to a younger generation....
  • Traditional medicine
    Traditional medicine

    The term traditional medicine describes medical knowledge systems, which developed over centuries within various societies before the era of modern medicine; traditional medicines include practices such as herbal medicine, Ayurvedic medicine, Unani medicine, acupuncture, spinal manipulation, Siddha Medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, S...
  • Tamagozake
    Tamagozake

    is a cocktail consisting of heated sake, sugar and a raw egg . It translates as "egg sake", being made of the kanji ? tamago and ? saké....
  • Folk medicine