You responded with some interesting tales of home remedies remembered from childhood days, and I have enough to keep us busy talking about them for several weeks. Today I want to share a few of the messages I received via e-mail and telephone messages. We're beginning with one from a dentist who admonished me for saying I had been given an aspirin by an adult to use on a toothache. That's a no-no, even if it was a baby tooth. Aspirin is a form of salicylic acid.
Acids are harmful to tissue.
The result could be irritated tissue and another whole problem. You've heard the straight of it now, so don't do the aspirin thing. When I was a child, there was a product called Save the Baby, which was used for kids with colds. Along with spreading it on the chest and throat, my mom also gave us a teaspoonful to swallow with a bit of sugar sprinkled on it. When I was older, I discovered it said on the bottle for external use only.