7 Old Wives Tales Doctors Still Use Today

Once we fell ill or got injured decades ago, a cure was usually found in the kitchen cupboard, or some type of plant was brewed to cure it. There was usually no opportunity to rush to the emergency of the local hospital.

What remains are a variety of traditional solutions, that are still recommended by doctors today, that our ancestors once used.

Something as common as a nasty case of strep throat, doctors will usually prescribe antibiotics, but will also offer sage advice from the past, such as gargling with …