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Folk remedies: Fact or fiction?

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* Chicken soup for a cold. Many studies have shown that the homemade remedy has anti-inflammatory effects that soothe sore throats and clear stuffy noses. * Cucumber compresses for a headache. The vegetable relieves a throbbing head by tightening blood vessels, lessening blood flow to the area, and relieving pressure. Bonus: Cucumber slices fit nicely over the eyes. * Green tea for bad breath. Drink a cup to kill any trace of garlic or onion. Skip... * Krazy Glue for cuts. It made headlines for its ability to seal small wounds, but the Food and Drug Administration and many doctors recommend against this. * Hemorrhoid cream for puffy eyes. Models may use the stuff to deflate eye bags, but over time more blood vessels will form and the skin will thin, causing even more swelling. * Sucking venom from a snakebite. This wilderness trick will do more harm than good.

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Folk remedies: Fact or fiction?

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Organization: Food and Drug Administration

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Relevance: 0.846263

Disambiguation: References:

• U.S. Food and Drug Administration: dbpedia
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration: opencyc

Company: Glue

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.745636

HealthCondition: headache

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Relevance: 0.804486

Disambiguation: DiseaseOrMedicalCondition | DiseaseReferences:

• Cluster headache: dbpedia
• Cluster headache: freebase

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A few do-it-yourself fixes that work, and others that don’t

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• bacteria
• bad breath
• blood flow
• blood vessels
• chicken soup
• cold
• green tea
• headache
• heart
• jellyfish
• salt water
• SEAL
• sting

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Folk remedies: Fact or fiction?

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