It’s scary to get sick. Especially if there’s something that never happens, or something that happens rarely, but feels different, it immediately sends alerts to our brain.
Do you know what’s scary? Hospitals. However, while getting sick is truly frightening because it can mean death in some cases, hospitals are places of healing, and the only scary things about them are the needles and other procedures we have to endure to get better.
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So, it’s not surprising that some people try everything (or anything) before turning to licensed medical professionals for help, giving rise to homeopathy and other unconventional treatments.
A mom recently tweeted about how a potato necklace drew out her son’s fever
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That’s
exactly what happened with a young woman whose son had a fever of 102.3 degrees one day, and the first measure she took was to heed her grandmother’s advice: put a potato necklace on the boy.
Apparently, her grandmother was convinced that potatoes draw out fever and turn black due to the toxins absorbed. In reality, the potato simply oxidizes, but that didn’t stop around 27,700 people from showing their support by liking her tweet about it.
The mother’s tweet included two photos of her son and the caption: “My grandma told me to make a potato necklace to draw out fevers (it turns completely black) and you all it really works! Nolan’s fever yesterday was 102.3, now it’s down to 98.2.”
While it’s good that the fever went down and the child felt better that day, the mother was completely unaware of the fact that no matter what happens, the human body will always protect itself against anything that’s about to kill it. So it’s much more likely that the temperature dropped because the immune system was doing its job. And the potato was oxidizing. That’s it.
It quickly garnered 27.7k likes… and a lot of facepalming from the rest of the internet
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Needless to say, the internet was facepalming left and right at this. While many people found it amusing, others shared other homeopathic treatments passed down from their elders (which may or may not work). Read on to learn more.
Public service announcement: the best thing anyone can do for themselves and their loved ones is to consult a doctor whenever there are good reasons to do so. Additionally, unless you are a licensed healthcare professional, never try to manage serious illnesses on your own, and always seek the advice of professionals in the field who have the appropriate experience and knowledge on the subject.
What are some ridiculous homeopathic treatment methods you’ve learned about that don’t work, but people believe in anyway? Let us know in the comments section below!
Here are some of the “treatments” from the internet for high fever and other ailments…
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