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Just remembered Chipples,

Tiny little,very hard chips.Ibelieve the joke was that you had eggles with them.

Thank you for the advice re styes.

Found this on line

Boracic acid. Boric acid.

Use: It is a good antiseptic, although, as a germicide. its power is not very great. As a dressing for wounds and in surgical operations it is extensively used, being a clean, odorless, nonirritating and nontoxic dry dressing. We think of it in stomatitis and ulceration of the mouth as a wash. In cystitis a solution is very useful for irrigating the bladder. Of use in mild forms of conjunctivitis. As a dressing for carbuncles and boils it is better than a poultice. Locally applied in bromidrosis is assists the action of alteratives. Open abscesses or ulcers, after cleansing, may be dressed to advantage with boracic acid. In cervical leucorrhea, the result of excessive acid condition of the vagina, boracic acid applied dry to cervix and held there by a pledget of cotton, repeated every few days will cure in a very short time.


20:04 Thu 20th Oct 2005
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lindapinda
Years ago,when I used to get boils and styes,I think my mother used to get me to use cotton wool dipped in a mix of hot water and boracic powder,to hold against them.The heat softened the hardness around the boil,and the boracic powder,would have had an antiseptic quality.

I am not entirely sure about this so try and confirm before advising it. I used to have a lot of styes as a teenager and my Mum used to wrap cotton wool round a wooden spoon, making the shape easy to apply to the eye, then she made a solution (and this is what needs confirming) of something which I think kight have been boracic powder and very hot water and apply to the eye as hot as can be stood.

i still buy zinc and castor oil cream its very good for skin problems/dry skin
dorothy teresa

Has anyone tried buying zinc and castor oil cream? I asked in the pharmacy at my local Tesco to be told , 'No we don't have that .. but we do have Sudocrem .. its the same.' No it isn't !!!

if i or family have a sty i still rub my wedding ring on it
its probbably old wives tale
dorothy teresa

Thanks for the advice Jean. I myself think that she is run down.

Try bathing with a solution of warm water with salt in it. It also may mean that she is in poor general health.

My neighbour has had two beastly styes, and is now sporting a third - all within a period of three months.

She has used Golden Eye Ointment, and has been advised not to go onto anti-biotics again. They didn't do much for her first styes.

Anyone got any remedies, other than rubbing a gold ring on the affected area, please.

Qix

Thanks for your message, Ronald. afraid I am older than you!
Anyone remember how we washed up before washing-up liquid? My mother used to knock holes in the bottom of a small tin and fill it with soap pieces, then swish it around in the water that had a little soda in it. I first used washing powder, then the liquid came in. Of course, you had to rinse the crocks then.

For JeanMonmouth. When I served 1956 onwards (Boy Entrant) the polish was deep yellow. Remember using some on hood of my old Sunbeam Talbot convertible in the early 60s. As for a "Bumper" a demonstration was given for a laugh at a recent army reunion I attended. I've also used black boot polish on wooden floors

Wilkinsons sell trubes of Germaline ointment. Saw some Indian Brandy a few years back but can't remember where

i love carnation evaporated milkwhen i was a kid i used to drink it straight from the tin, mum was not too happy with me
dorothy teresa

I still use evaporated milk that way!
Did you know that a bit of salt used with your toothpaste will give your teeth a very good clean, even whiten them a bit.

I used to eat Horlicks tablets by the box full!!


and we used to have evaporated milk on desserts such as fresh fruit, jellies and fruit salad.

Evaporated milk - I used it when weaning off breast-milk for all three of mine in the sixties - it was as recommended by Dr. Spock, and I don't think he even suggested anything else!

You can still get Glucose tablets. Most insulin dependant diabetics carry them.

Managed to get a small tube of Germolene ointment this morning in Boots. They had both the cream and the ointment in stock. The assistant wasn't sure which was the old fashioned sort, and consulting the manager, I just hope I have bought the right one, the pink pointment that is.

Yes, I remember Horlicks tablets. There was another product which was like a flat oblong sugary-tasking tablet, can't think what it was called, but it gave a quick sugar lift - just remembered, they were Glucose tablets.