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.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2036.2011.04719.x

Oatmeal for Dry Skin
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25607907
http://www.ijdvl.com/article.asp?issn=0378-6323;year=2012;volume=78;issue=2;spage=142;epage=145;aulast=Pazyar#ft2
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17373175
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3508548/
https://europepmc.org/abstract/med/25607907

Ginger for Morning Sickness
https://europepmc.org/abstract/med/14649969
https://nutritionj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1475-2891-13-20
http://www.thaiscience.info/Journals/Article/JMAT/10402217.pdf
https://journals.lww.com/greenjournal/Abstract/2005/04000/Effectiveness_and_Safety_of_Ginger_in_the.27.aspx
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4818021/

Garlic for athlete’s foot
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4103721/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4211483/#!po=3.33333
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3367977/
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/menopausejournal/Abstract/2012/07000/Extracted_or_synthesized_soybean_isoflavones.11.aspx
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025619611618119
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/822488_2
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/195120
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4386944/

Lemongrass Oil for Cold Sores
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S094471131400035X
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/j.1348-0421.2003.tb03431.x
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1875536415300236
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0944711307002206
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/5f71/82e616a8ce94d2f6217a373574d4c51d0582.pdf
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-11e7-873f-839105b5dc97 (PDF)