10 Essential Hobo Uses for Kerosene: Home Remedies, Horse Care, and Farm Hacks
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- Discover the top 10 hobo uses for kerosene, a versatile solution for various home remedies and farm needs. Learn how hoboes utilized kerosene for personal care, horse treatment, and machinery maintenance with simple, portable mixtures. Explore these timeless kerosene hacks that no hobo would travel without!
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About 20 years ago I was a meter reader for my electric company and I was reading meters in an area of black folk and I was in this lady’s yard and was bitten by bees. My arm swelled up and she heard me hollering and she came out with a bottle of white ammonia and a cotton rag and applied it to the bee sting. It immediately took the pain away and the swelling went down. I couldn’t believe it. And now I keep a bottle in my cupboard for that purpose. Medical advice? No. But a possible remedy when nothing else is available? He’ll yeah
Right! It's pretty amazing how effective some of those old remedies were!
Meat tenderizer works great for that
Windex "with Ammonia D" seems to work similarly. Got a lot of screen time in the comedy movie "My Big Fat Greek Wedding".
They sell this stuff at the stores called "After-Bite" and I figured out years ago it was just ammonia. I still keep the little sticks around. But one summer we got into some baby ticks and I remembered the ammonia and wound up Windex and Epsom salt soaking my legs
We have bees in Minnesota. But ours don't bite. They sting. 😎
When a video comes with a legal disclaimer, you know it will be awesome! 🤣
Thanks!
A teaspoon of kerosene with sugar was an old remedy for deworming.
@@swampyankee72 right ! Now I know what to carry in my flask instead of expensive whisky 👍😆
I am 50+ and grew up in Louisiana. My grandparents told us about coal oil. One story was about how my Grandpa was clearing downed trees after a hurricane and split his foot wide open with an ax. He put the injured foot in a wash tub and poured coal oil over the injury and allowed it to soak. It stopped the bleeding and the injury healed up without stitches or infection. He never visited the doctor either.
On a personal note, as child I once made the mistake of telling my Grandma that I had a sore throat. She took me to the bathroom where she kept a long wooden stick (think chop stick) with a cotton ball on one end. She proceeded to dip the cotton ball in coal oil and swab the back of my throat with coal oil. I NEVER complained to Grandma about a soar throat ever again.
Lol, right!
That is one of the most off the wall things I have ever heard 😳 😅 😂
James,
I am 60 years old. My Grandmother used kerosene on us as kids for lice. Kerosene used for worms was a fairly common treatment when I was growing up in rural Nova Scotia. Kerosene and pine tar was used for insect repellent. Kerosene and camphor was used for chest plasters to relieve congestion and pneumonia.
Today, it's all pharma ...
Thanks for the video.
Yes, I learned how to make pine tar from my mother many years ago. Used it in what she called a poltice.
As for lice it definitely works. And actually far better for health than the modern shit we had in the 80s. Lindaine, etc. Cumulative poisons. Like DDT but more poisonous but break down quicker. Now if you look, it's all just plant oils. Even bacon grease will work. Because it suffocates them. As does kerosine.
As a youngster I caught the Hong Kong flu. Vets returning from Vietnam brought it with them. It went through my small school. My parents were old fashion about doctors. So while I was at my grandparents who were even more old fashion I got a tea cup full of hot water, sugar and kerosene. Did it help? Well eventually I got over it and lived so it didn't kill me. Next to taking mineral oil or cod liver oil I am not sure what is worse. I have no problem with modern medicine. Don't get me wrong old stuff worked. I stepped on a rusty nail tearing a hog house down. It got infected so I could hardly step on it. My father saw it, took me to the bathroom, run hot water in the tub and added ebsom salts. It drew out the inflamation and it healed with no problems.
Yes, old folks and old time remedies!
14lb box of Epson salt is available at Sam’s club, probably other big box stores. In the pharmacy section.
@@dannydenham8141 dawn dish liquid works 2
I had no idea kerosene had so many medicinal uses. I always keep my feet clean, but sometimes the top of my feet will start itching, the first thing I do is rub apple cider vinegar on the entire area and it's gone instantly. Here's another one that some people know, but should practice more often. Rinsing your mouth with very warm salt water, especially if you're having gum or dental issues, this trick works wonders.
i am 67, when i was a kid myself and my sister got the Hong Kong flu, a lot of people died in my small SC town from it and me and my sister came close to death. it was awful,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
My grandmother, who was born in 1897, always used rubbing alcohol. She would say, "If it doesn't sting, it's not working," Kinda makes you wonder where these remedies started.🤧🤒🤕
I know, right?
Sounds like 'Devil's Spit' because you would howl when applied.
Some genius changed it's name to mercurochrome.😂
My grandfather (WV Hillbilly) told me a ton of uses for kerosene, one use he mentioned was that in the coal mines they often used kerosene as antiseptic for wounds.
True!
Kerosene had a pretty high sulphur content back in the days of the hobo. The EPA has forced the refineries to change the way they produce diesel and kerosene now. I’m sure the sulphur content was what made the kerosene effective.
Very possibly! Although someone said that the kerosene was much cleaner back then than it is today.
@@WayPointSurvival, they used to distill the oil to get the various products out of it. Now they hydrocrack it specifically to remove the sulphur. It leaves lots of tar and other contaminants in it.
@stacymorris8693 .. So the EPA are not to bright are they?
@@becca318 *Too 🤣😂
At some point some produce growers (not sure if they were actual 'farmers' or if it was a greenhouse situation) noticed that their tomatoes ripened more quickly when they would use kerosene lamps or heaters to keep the plants from freezing. Eventually it was figured out why and it wasn't just the warmth.
There is a plant hormone - the only, known hormone that is a gas - which causes fruit and vegetables to ripen. It is why putting an unripened tomato in a paper bag with a ripe banana will help the tomato ripen - the ripe banana is giving off the 'ripening' hormone. Well, apparently the fumes from (burning?) kerosene mimic the ripening hormone.
The story from the 90-year-old man sounds familiar. My dad was born on a small farm in 1932. Pouring kerosene into or onto a wound and wrapping it with a clean rag was my grandparents' go-to first aid for most cuts and punctures. My father and his siblings did not go to doctors because there was not money to pay the doctor during the Depression or WW2, except for setting a broken bone or delivering a baby.
Absolutely. People dealt with things at home.
When I was young i was taught by a very old carpenter to use kerosene to treat furniture that was infected by worms. I've always been a keen dumpster diver and have found absolutely amazing pieces of furniture. Whereas originally I would discard anything that had the telltale little holes in it I then was able to salvage and restaur most anything without fear of bringing the wood bugs into my house. To be safe I'd use a sponge dipped in kerosene to wipe down any piece of furniture before bringing it into my house and if it was visibly infected I'd inject the kerosene into the holes with a sirynge and let it fully dry out before starting the restuaration process. If anyone else trays this remember: do this outside. Wear a mask and gloves. And absolutely no smoking or running any machinery that can create sparks near the kerosene!😜
Great tip!
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Old remedies can be very useful, some can be harmful.
Yes, true.
when i was a kid my mom used to wash our hair with Kerosene when ever there was a head lice scare at our school. made your hair really soft.
Kerosene is the main ingredient of WD 40. The WD stands for water displacement. The UA-cam channel by scotty Kilmer said people in nothern climates would spray WD 40 all on the suspension parts etc. to minimize oxidation of metal.
I used to spray WD-40 on the sparkplugs of my old Ford Fiesta after a heavy rain, when it wouldn't start. Worked a charm. Also takes chewing gum out of denim, breaks it down.
It was developed by / for the Navy to clean electrical connectors
Working in a factory on a massive industrial CNC lathe end of every shift we'd spray and wipe down all the parts that the coolant would hit for the same reason. Keep from rusting/corroding
Evolved into Vaseline and Vicks Vapo rub.great video.
Yeah how many people read the ingredients!
We Mexicans use Vicks for a ton of remedies, takes the itch from insect bites, insect repellent, kills chiggers, superficial wounds, toenail fungus and the list goes on. Vicks is for us what duck tape is for you guys, so many uses. You put both in your pack and you can conquer the world 😂😂😂, tequila is optional.😉.
They also used to give you a tsp turpentine orally in the 20’s-40’s for various ailments.
Yes, that was one of the other items that I mentioned. It was also used as a base for treatment like kerosene.
It will make your pee smell like roses. Not great for your kidneys though.
Coal oil and kerosene are two different things. While they originate similar they are not the same. Some called kerosene coal oil but they are different
Yesterday I was telling an old army buddy of mine that kerosene is great for cleaning firearms. I used to use a tub of straight kerosene for cleaning my rifle and it removed massive amounts of dirt without damaging the finish. I still use it as an alternative to buying CLP. I use 2 parts kerosene, 1 part light motor oil and one part transmission fluid. It works very well.
I tried something similar but with Diesel. I think I'd heard Rommel's people used Diesel to clean their weapons. I had a Stoeger .22 LR Luger pistol. I field stripped it and submerged the metal parts in a plastic tub. It sure did clean that pistol. Bore came out clean with some wire brushing, the operating parts retained a slight oily surface, and only the Blueing turned Brown. It worked real slick -- for about two weeks. Then the Diesel turned gummy, and I had to clean my Luger again, the right way.
@@HootOwl513gasoline was used to clean deloreans.
Old bottles of hoppes 9 use to say " contains kerosene " . I guess that's one of the main ingredients.
During WW II rationing occurred around the world. My grandfather converted his car to run on Kerosene - this meant more fuel for him. He also cut the back & converted the car into a UTE (Utility) like a pickup truck that made his vehicle a commercial vehicle. He was a genius man who never went to school after 10 but was fully literate & loved reading. Kerosene has so many uses & I know it's uses for infections & lice too. Never had lice but seen it used to wash bed linen for kids too.
I think kerosene of the past was chemically different from kerosene made today....old kerosene was closer to diesel fuel than the newer stuff is.
Years ago, I saw an old mantle clock at a relative's house, and on the inside of the clock, there was a small can ( about like half a 35mm film can ) with a small wick....I was told it was filled with kerosene as " vapor oiling " for the clock...
I have seen kerosene used on wasp nests. Spray the nest, and the wasps just drop. Saw my grandparents do this.
Wow....I would have never imagined..!!! Lol...I still have 10 gallons that I put away for Y2K !!!!!!
Kerosene is amazing, solvent oil. With regards to machinery it almost loosens up rust and also leaves behind an oily film once it evaporates. When used on a stuck part it helps grind away the rust and protects from future oxidation. I bought 40L for $40 years ago and it might last me for life lol, modern oil is only needed for modern low tolerance machinery.
Indeed.
As a child on the farm when we’d get a cut or get stung, my mom would always want to put something from the store on it, but my grandma told my mom to get some kerosene and apply it.
Mom reluctantly tried it once and saw how well it worked, so from then on, kerosene was our “go to” for bug bites, stings and mild abrasions or cuts
My grandfather was a carpenter and when he smashed a finger he used a bottle of something that smelled like turpentine called “ Black Diamond “ mom also used it for stings and bruises among other things. She said a gentleman sold it door to door and was the only person that knew how to make it so when he passed nobody could make it. Some homemade remedies were better than what they use today.
i use a bottle of something similar that sort of smells like turpentine, for that and other occasions
Yes, those old timers knew a thing or two!
They all were, then big pharma came along. Side effects this, side effects that. We don't live longer today, we suffer longer. Look at all the poisons that the USA allows in it's food, all banned in Europe, even China!
Kerosene is good for removing roofing tar from your hands.
I still have a bottle with a little kerosene in it that my parents kept on a shelf in the utility room. A bottle square in cross section.
We had a dog that ran off and got into a dog pack one night. He came home with a big flap of skin hanging from each flank. My Dad treated him with kerosene and tied it up with rags. He healed up fine.
I guess if I had broken a bone, my Dad would have set it too. He never had much schooling, but joined the Army at 28. He ended up working in the medical corp and made dentures and set broken bones. Worked in a field hospital outside of London during WWII.
Great story! Thank you for sharing it!
As a child I was given kerosene drop in teaspoon of sugar .
Hillbillies didn't have much else .
True.
@@WayPointSurvival thanks , only love I received all day . 👍
Me too main times
I remember my granny giving me that for a sore throat.
At extreme Cold Temperatures 40- and Colder Bolt Rifles in the Arctic ,Lubed Bolts with Kerosene, necessitated first removing Oil,and using Kerosene.
Good tip!
Good tips, like the hat and braces. Heard it's good for chiggers, at a country store some ladies were talking about tying a string soaked in it around the ankle to prevent chiggers.
I knew a lot of people that did that. they used rags instead of strings.
@@debluetailfly I might give that a try as my cabin is in the heart of jigger heaven. I usually wear high snake boots and spray up.
I used to read about the American POW's during WWII that were held in prison camps while on the Bataan Death March by the Japanese. They too would take a teaspoon of lamp oil to get rid and prevent worms and bugs from infesting their innards. Since they were already in a state of malnutrition even the small amount of the lamp oil would clean them out, if you get my drift. Which would just enhance their situation. I will say that no where that I read were any statements indicating that the lamp oil directly killed anyone.
Right.
Same in the Hanoi Hilton. Those little Vietnamese peppers were supposed to be hell on worms as well.
We were pulp wood people ...we took a teaspoon full every morn. 2 keep ticks off ..i was 13 n did it 4 4 yrs. Never had a tick 😊 .
Interesting!
For small cuts or little wounds I always used paint-thinner. Works great.
Interesting!
It’s good to know this stuff I use it to clean old military rifles that are covered In cosmolean grease its good stuff
Yes. That works well!
You can still buy over the counter liniment for sore muscles at walmart that is mostly turpentine, camphor, linseed oil, and kerosene.
When i was a kid my brother grabbed a big catfish while they were cleaning the catch and the dorsal fin stabbed his palm. The rural kansas cure was to wash out a catfish stab with kerosene.
Thank you again for your uploads. They're some of the most useful and interesting ones on youtube.
I'm 66 years old and was given the sugar and kerosene many times growing up for coughs. Also had one Aunt that would put Vicks down your throat which is also toxic.
Interesting! Thanks for watching!
My Granny would "take a little dab of cold cure" when she was fighting a cold.
Back in the day, my mom treated all of our sore throats occasionally with a dab of vicks in the back of the throat..... we have all lived a fairly healthy life 😂
Funny that you should tell the story from the 90 year old. I clearly remember as a kid cutting my foot pretty badly while wading and stepping on a piece of glass. I hobbled home and my ol' daddy made me put my foot into a bucket he had poured kerosene (coal oil, "kulul" as we called it) into. I didn't want to as I thought it would sting, but it didn't. The cut never did get sore, and healed up quickly. Some time later I cut my foot again, not as severely as I recall. But I was a big baby and did not put it in kerosene as before. It did get sore and took longer to heal. I still remember noticing the difference. I don't know, but we may have had Number 2 fuel oil as opposed to the K-1 kerosene sold today. No. 2 would have sulfur in it, which may be part of it's healing properties. K-1 probably has some sulfur also, but not nearly as much.
50 of 74 years a hobo. Another great video. My granny would use for deep cleaning lots of stuff like sinks and even clothes. Mattresses for bedbugs etc. Lice of course. Denatured kerosene is a prime ingredient still used to kill lice in over the counter products.
Excellent information, my friend. Thanks so much!
My dad told me stories of guys drinking shot glasses of kerosene back in the day. It’s also a main ingredient in Ed’s Red! 👍🏻
True!
i remember my grandmother using kerosene on a neighborhood kid or two for lice. you didn't have to guess which kids had lice ...lol
Lol
better you than me James you might want to take a look at Ballistol it can be used on wounds wood as well as metal!!
In the book "On Beyond The Leatherbark" the story of the Cheat Mountain Lumber Camps, the Shay Locomotives, and 200 teams of horses that the "Wood Hicks" used to harvest the virgin spruce. It tells how the camp cooks would mop the camp bunkhouses with kerosene to kill the lice infestations.
My great grandmother used kerosene to get jiggers and ticks off of us. One drop and the bug would let go. Amazing to watch. 😮
Indeed!
Hello from Oklahoma! The old River Rat here. Really enjoyed the Video! Brought back a flood of memories When I was a kid and helping on my Grandpa's farm, we used kerosene for cuts and burns all the time. And if you want to get rid of a cat , rub some kerosene on his butt and watch him go! On a serious note, it's a good parts and gun cleaner. I've still got an old kerosene stove. Still use the stuff, it's getting harder to find around here.
Interesting! Thanks for watching and for the input!
Charcoal lighter fluid is K1 kerosene a bit pricey though
My friends father use to take it for a bad cold of flues, i remember being used as a paint cleaner for hands. Some 7:26 of those items were new to me , some I had heard lol.
Hope you have a great week.
Thanks for watching, you too!
What I liked about this presentation is that my granny was still using kerosene for medicine during the 1960's. My father was using kerosene for bug repellent to include a few drops in puddles to control mosquitos. I had to use kerosene as late as the Eighties as field expedient bug repellent. I wonder if my vintage military manuals mention these uses--have to dig them up. For field expedient weapons maintenance, kerosene was not the best lubricant but helped remove carbon fouling and back in the Cosmoline days was quite useful to remove that perseverant. Thanks for reminding me of how my grandparents and parents lived. Earache? A drop of kerosene. Granny and grandpa used all ten ways, plus. Sometimes I used those old school techniques when nothing else was available.
Yes. Old school!
James I have heard of these home remedies . One of the
Best medicine my granny used on us was Apinol you smelled like pine sap but it worked.
Another great video
I have multiple pails of the stuff in storage, pound for pound it holds the most energy of all.
Never goes bad.
Indeed!
Kerosene was sort of a Swiss army knife mini applications
Using sugar as an antiseptic goes back to Napoleanic times, but combining it with kerosene, especially as a deworming agent (you're a brave man, James....takin' one for science), is pretty disgusting... but if it works, it works.
I've been reading some of the comments, and the home remedies abound. Great stuff, pard. Thank you for what you do.
People used kerosene for human dewormer up until the late 50s and 60s. It also takes grime and grease/pitch off of skin if you dont mind a little cancer later . Lacquer thinner and gasoline were the old school hand cleaners.
My mom and her siblings used to get a shot glass of kerosene once a year just in case. She is still alive at 82 as are her sisters, 88, 90, and 77 years old now. Both brothers died younger , at 75 and 80. They have two aunts alive at 100 and 102.
Very interesting!
Also used for cuts and even snakebite according to my grandparents who were born in the 1880's
Yes, I mentioned that in the video.
This series is so interesting! 🤔 Thank you 🙏 so much for making this!
I’m 64 and my mom was an avid kerosene user for chiggers and ticks and other bikes and it worked.
She used it on your bikes? That’s neat!
Did she use it as a lubricant?
Excellent!
@@bobbyjenkinsjr.397 Makes the paint shine. Kinda slick on the seat, pedals, and hand grips though.
Mornin!!
Howdy!
My Awesome grandpa left Trinidad when he was 12 y with his little brother wich was 9y to Cali to work in the fields farming and ranching. They caught the trains all the way there . Hard working Men
Wieder einmal sehr interessant 😊
Again, I want to thank you for a video like this because my grandfather who passed away at 89 years old was a hobo. That being said, I work in the medical field. Many of these remedies are scary when you think about them, but since the medical field has advance so much since those days thankfully, we no longer have to really on remedies like this... except in extreme cases. Thank you for this medical history lesson and hobo history lesson.
You're welcome!
Jamea, this has to qualify for one of the most interesting. Thanks!
Wow, thanks!
Yes Sir!
I always remember seeing/smelling
Kerosene around the homes of both sets of Grandparents. 👍
Right!
Jesus man that's commitment.
Thanks for watching!
i am a retired professional transmission rebuilder. for decades i had my hands in mineral spirits, it does the something as kerosene. if you get cut on your hand in the morning it would be all but gone at the end of the day after having your hands in it all day.
Good to know!
Turpentine has been used effectively for many of the same ailments. My grandmother would use it with a i teaspoon of sugar when we had a sore throat growing up in the 60's
I'll not in anyway hold you responsible for passing along what my grandpa and dad taught me. Keep up the great work!!
Thanks for watching!
As a kid I work on a sawmill the saw Miller use turpentine for cuts
Thanks, greets from North Germany...! 😁👍
Hello there!
Considering how much medicine and medical service costs in USA, you can as well continue using this kind of remedies.
That's just amazing what you can actually do with just Kerosene I didn't know about the things that he's said in the video and it's all new to me and I know over in the USA they have Kerosene but over here in the UK we have Parrafin and people buy the paraffin heaters and I've had one in the past and they keep you lovely and warm all night when your asleep in bed and I had one in my bedroom in the late 80s and you could see the shadows on the ceiling and the yellow flame as well but they where the really good old days. Thanks everyone cheers.
Thanks for watching!
Very interesting James!! Great content as always my friend! God bless you and yours!!
Thanks so much my friend, you too!
The Kerosene is something new to me. I know about it being used on rusty bolts, and we used to clean car parts with it during a rebuild. Thanks for sharing that knowledge.
I know my grandpa used to boil turpentine with a pine Knot and use it as an antibacterial cleaner for cuts, and he'd sip a bit if he felt a cold coming on.
Interesting!
Wow, that’s quite a cure all for both man and machine
I live in the northern part of the Midwest and we used to get real bad snow storm, 30 foot high drifts and such. Power would go out for days and my siblings, parents, and I would all pile into the living room put blankets up over the open entrance and use kerosene lamps to heat the room and bathrooms
" I told ya not to give him that pocket knife ". He stuck his foot playing chicken solo. Then came the coal oil.
Another great vid! I've heard of some of these "remedies" from the past. It's nice to see this knowledge being put out there, gives the younger generation a glimpse into the past and how it once was. best of luck, see you down the road!
Thanks so much!
It seems that the mentality was if hurts, burns, or stings it must be good for you.
My grandfather used kerosene for lamps and for cleaning in his lifetime. I'm curious if he ever tried these remedies.
Very possibly!
James,When I was just a kid (60) years ago my gramma would take a spoonful of sugar and put some drops kerosene in the sugar and put it in my mouth. I think it was for toothaches and or cough/sore throat . I do remember it worked!Good memories !
I was told that a spoonful of a combination of kerosene, gunpowder and ipecac would make alcoholic kick their habit cold turkey. It would also react with the alcohol and make them reject the alcohol while the mixture was in their stomach. It was also said that it would only take 3 spoonfuls of the mixture to stop alcoholism.
Wow!
Another treatment for intestinal parasites that I read in a military survival manual was to consume no more than three cigarettes.
I think up to the 1960's nicotine was used as a worm drench for cattle in Australia at least .R
It’s fairly common knowledge that Henry Ford used kerosene (number 5, I think) as a hair dressing. Good thing he was a non-smoker.
Back in the mid 1960's there was an old timer that owned a model T truck , it was hand cranked start up kind , he would use kerosene to make the flat black paint job on it shine and prevent any rust forming on his most prized truck
Very interesting!
Dear Hobo, how about turpentine? My dad always had turpentine and my mom knew what to do with it. We'd take the tar off our feet with it for one, it's a paint remover and lighting those hurricane lamps.
Thank you!
Yes, I showed that in the video as well.
Kerosene took the soreness out of cuts, bruises, strains and sprains. Old-timey kero had sulfur in it. Sulfur drugs were the miracle cure when introduced before WWII. Thanks (not) for reminding me how awful kero-sugar tasted. Remember the song " a spoon full of sugar makes the medicine go down".
Interesting and it must have worked to some degree or they wouldn’t have done it. Good knowledge to have for a survival situation in an increasingly unstable world.
People in the middle east clean their houses with kerosene
Thanks for watching!
Excellent content. It is obvious that you have done your research on the use of kerosene throughout history. Thank you for sharing. - Tennessee Smoky
Thank you!
I am only in my mid 50's and i remember when i was a child that my parents put kerosene on my head after it was shaved wheni had head lice. I remember when i was in elementary school head lice was a major problem that all the students got and spread around.
The Karosien for cuts, that I have seen and used my self as well as head lice.
My family on my mom's side were very poor. As a child I remember my grandmother putting karsene on my cuts and threatening to make me drink some if I complained about a stomach ache... lol I just kept my mouth shut if I had a stomach ache after that! Lmao 😅
Loved the disclaimer
Old Hungarian remedy for sore throat. Place kero on a cloth, rub on back of mouth/throat. Head lice- yes for sure. After no pharmaceutical treatment worked, it was applied sparingly, massaged into hair, covered with a shower cap before bed. Hair washed the next morning. Those hair lice NEVER returned throughout the rest of our kids school years.
This video was really informative. i am sure my grandparents and great grandparents did some of this stuff.
I did aee that Vicks vapor was invented in 1905. I dont know how expensive it was compared to the home remedy.
You give context to Willie Nelson song poncho lefty, " when he says his breath was hard as a Karoseen."
“And we are to be grateful” well said!
Thanks for watching!
My 4 brothers and I grew up in the Cherokee Nation east of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. If we got a cough or congestion, my mom would pour some 100 year old kerosene (kerosene is used as jet fuel!!) out if a hurricane lamp into a jigger and have us swig it. If we weren't better in a few hours we got a 2nd jigger of it! For persistent coygh, she would give us a heaping tablespoon of Vick's Vaporub!!! There is a Polson Control phone number on the label!!!
Wow! Glad you made it!
Coal oil is still a very effective treatment. I knew an old man who taught me a lot and coal oil is in his tool box, and medicine cabinet and emergency heat stash. He also taught me the value of raw onions for boosting immune system, and sweating for the immune system. Viral infections like flu are cut drastically down from weeks to days by eating raw onions and sweating hard. Used it all these years since he taught me that stuff.
Hows it going, feela. Great content as always!
Doing well, thanks for watching!
My grandmother and aunt always had a number of kerosene lamps, some simple and some large and quite ornate. They always lit them whenever the power went out during a storm.
So curious, but will be cautious. Another amazing video of American history. Thank you so much.
Glad you enjoyed it!
5:50 I commonly used kerosene to clean the bike chain on my motorcycle, that thing never needed a replacement from when it was bought (pre-owned) to when it was sold (10 years later) it stripped the rust, grime, and old chain lube off in one go, I just put it into a small spray bottle and went over my chain with an old tooth brush 3-4 times then re-applied the chain lube, absolutely fantastic for this purpose, I cleaned the chain once every couple weeks, usually around a month, or whenever I noticed it needed cleaning, hell even when my chain started freezing due to rust I just meticulously went over it a dozen times and it freed the part right up and never had any problems still after that!
Excellent!
I was taught to mix kerosene with my chainsaw oil to help keep it clean! And it works!
Of coarse I am talking about using a chainsaw.
Great tip!
This is an excellent and interesting video. Would just like to add a bit of information concerning 19th and early ,20th century use of turpentine as medicine. Further research reveals that spoonful of turpentine was " effective" against certain infectious diseases, including diphtheria. The problem with this treatment was that turpentine in the stomach would cause the person to vomit, then aspirate some of the contents into the lungs. This was very often a fatal consequence. This is why, with diphtheria killing multiple thousands of children in epidemics, doctors would use a brush to coat the throat of a child with turpentine, to try to prevent closure of the airway from infection. They were trying to keep the turpentine out of the stomach. Dont know how a hobo could have survived the use of turpentine. It is not directly poisonous, but it will come back up, and if the person is gagging.snd trying to breathe, into the lungs it can go. Not a good idea for anyone today. Kerosene would be an even worse idea. Enjoyed this video. Thank you
Thanks for watching and for adding this extra info to the comment section!
0:02 @@WayPointSurvivalyes. I was thinking that listeners should be further discouraged from internal use of turpentine as a home remedy. Wanted to encourage some historical research. Prior to the development of oral antibiotics, pine derived medicines (such as turpentine) were used, just because they were effective anti infectives. But they were known to destroy kidneys, among other problems. We have better meds for clearing out parasites and for managing internal infections. There are no good reasons, in our time for internal use of turpentine or pine oils.
@@WayPointSurvivalwanted to contribute further discouragement concerning internal use of turpentine and related pine products. Many today think, if a remedy was used in the "good old days" it must be good for internal infections today. Not true. The portion not vomited out can do substantial harm to kidneys. There was a time when these were the best that anyone had, as internal medicines. We have better options now. There is no good reason for risking kidney function, just to be trying home remedies from olden
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Hmm I could see how these would add flavor to post apocalyptic fiction. Thanks for the great video.
That would be cool!
I use it on finger cuts. It speeds healing and makes it feel better too. I learned it from running punch presses where it was used as a lube to allow an air feeder to release a thin aluminum coil. The metal coil would cut my hands but the k1 helped it heal.
When I was a kid I stepped on a nail. my dad got the lantern poured some of the coal oil in a pan and soaked my foot. Never get infected nore did I get lockjaw.