Got a cough you can't cure? An insatiable craving for a candy bar? A hangoveryou can't shake? This is the book for anyone who wants quick, simple, time-provencures for anything that ails you. Collected from over 250 country doctors,herbalists, nurses, midwives, dentists, and other medical professionals, here aremore than 1,400 drug-free, country-tested remedies for warding off a backache,curing a cough with licorice, relieving neck pain with a hot-pepper cream, cookinga breakfast that will ward off a headache, curing a dizzy spell with potatochips, and much more. These “house-call cures” are tried and true and should beavailable in every home.