6 Home Remedies Actually Supported by Science

In the comments of our episode debunking six popular home remedies, a lot of you asked us if there are any that do work. Well, here’s the answer!

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Sources:
Prunes for Constipation
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21323688
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.co....m/doi/full/10.1111/j

Oatmeal for Dry Skin
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25607907
http://www.ijdvl.com/article.a....sp?issn=0378-6323;ye
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17373175
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/p....mc/articles/PMC35085
https://europepmc.org/abstract/med/25607907

Ginger for Morning Sickness
https://europepmc.org/abstract/med/14649969
https://nutritionj.biomedcentr....al.com/articles/10.1
http://www.thaiscience.info/Jo....urnals/Article/JMAT/
https://journals.lww.com/green....journal/Abstract/200
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/p....mc/articles/PMC48180

Garlic for athlete’s foot
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/p....mc/articles/PMC41037
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/p....mc/articles/PMC42114
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/p....mc/articles/PMC33679
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21128712
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11050588
http://www.bashaar.org.il/files/6130.pdf

Soy for Hot Flashes
https://journals.lww.com/menop....ausejournal/Abstract
https://www.sciencedirect.com/....science/article/pii/
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/822488_2
https://jamanetwork.com/journa....ls/jama/fullarticle/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/p....mc/articles/PMC43869

Lemongrass Oil for Cold Sores
https://www.sciencedirect.com/....science/article/pii/
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.co....m/doi/epdf/10.1111/j
https://www.sciencedirect.com/....science/article/pii/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/....science/article/pii/
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.o....rg/5f71/82e616a8ce94
https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ecam/2011/253643/?__hstc=3584879.1bb630f9cde2cb5f07430159d50a3c91.1523145601920.1523145601921.1523145601922.1&__hssc=3584879.1.1523145601923&__hsfp=1773666937
https://cdn.neoscriber.org/cdn..../dl/48341150-508e-11 (PDF)