While fermented garlic and honey are actually pretty good for you, (probiotics from fermentation, certain anti-microbial properties of both garlic and honey, etc), it’s not actual medicine.
Home remedies are great at making you feel a bit better while your body fights something off but they’re no substitute for medicine to actually help your body fight off your infection.
I’ll swear by hot tea, honey, lemon with a splash of some kind of liquor and some chicken noodle soup when dealing with a sore throat but I’m also taking cough medicine to actually manage the symptoms in addition to those home remedies.
Reason I said “certain anti-microbial properties”. Both honey and garlic are able to slow the growth of some not so great bacteria like botulism for fermentation while also promoting the growth of good bacteria like lactobacillus.
The rural South gobbles that shit up.
I’ve literally talked to doctors and nurses here who believe this nonsense. Not just a few. It’s a very common sentiment.
What do you do when you don’t feel like you’re safe in their hands? Get into herbal/folk/witchcraft remedies?
Go to a civilised country
You make it sound so simple
Honestly what’s probably more realistic is to move to another state/city. It’s still hard but it’s at least realistic.
It’s not, ask any migrant
While fermented garlic and honey are actually pretty good for you, (probiotics from fermentation, certain anti-microbial properties of both garlic and honey, etc), it’s not actual medicine.
Home remedies are great at making you feel a bit better while your body fights something off but they’re no substitute for medicine to actually help your body fight off your infection.
I’ll swear by hot tea, honey, lemon with a splash of some kind of liquor and some chicken noodle soup when dealing with a sore throat but I’m also taking cough medicine to actually manage the symptoms in addition to those home remedies.
These two things aren’t really compatible with each other.
Reason I said “certain anti-microbial properties”. Both honey and garlic are able to slow the growth of some not so great bacteria like botulism for fermentation while also promoting the growth of good bacteria like lactobacillus.
Mint for nausea
Honey for soar throat
Antibiotics for fucking infections
Maybe these people all have parasites?