SOME OF IT IS NONSENSE

Garlic, onion, grease, turpentine or bacon rind around the neck have been used as cures for common colds down through the ages.

SOME OF IT IS COMMON SENSE

A fantastic concoction of toad skins was used by the ancient Chinese as a treatment for dropsy. Today we know that toad skins are rich in bufagin, which brings about a free flow of urine to help drain tissues, and in adrenalin, which speeds heart action, increases blood pressure and speeds excretion of sugar.

ALL OF IT IS INTERESTING

Here is a painstaking examination, with illuminating case histories, of claims made by folk medicine devotees and a compelling study of the progress and future of modern medicine.