General Chat

Thank you Daff and Gran of Oz.I will see if he will use the cotton wool pads soaked in warm water as well...good idea!

I think Permanganate of potash is the same as potassium permanganate.It's just the old name.I know we always had it in the house.

While we're on old remedies...would be interesting to see what others can remember we used in the past..before all the pills we pop these days.I can recall Fennings powders and Fennings fever cure(that was horrible).

I have used Potassium permanganate or Condy's crystals, a great antiseptic. I am fairly sure this is what he is talking about. Oh uses it in his foot spa, as his feet get very wet in gum boots, it helps with tinea ect. Use very sparingly.

Has lots of uses as well as just googled.
Gail

Menthol crystals... they look a little bit lilac sometimes... very potent, so use very sparingly.... and you get them from the chemist. They last for years... but they can make you catch your breath.

Actually, just the steaming with the sauna will help to moisturise.... also... cotton wool pads, soaked in warm water, and stuck up your nostrils a couple of times a day will help, too... I have a problem with mine since the chemo.... and that is what the ENT guy at Cardiff told me to do, it works wonders.

Love

Daff xxx

My OH and I were trying to think of the old medicines etc that our mothers made us take.
This all came about when I suggested to OH that he use my facial sauna to help him clear his blocked nose.He is on oxygen 24 hours and it dries up his nose and he can't have anything oil based due to the oxygen.
He said that he had some purple crystals dissolved in water and held his head over with a towel.The only thing I thought of was Friars Balsam.
The only purple crystals I remember was Permanganate of Potash,but thought this was mainly a disinfectant.I also remember a purplish liquid...glycerine of Thymol,but think this was for sore throats to gargle with.
He said...ask your GR friends..so... put your thinking caps on!

Brenda x