Oil of cloves put on an aching tooth until you could get to the dentist.

Fletcher's Castoria is now Fletcher's Laxative; it contains senna as the active ingredient.

Mineral oil for a laxative.

Tea and toast for meals when you were sick. Dunk the buttered toast in the sweetened tea.

A hot toddy as a last resort for "cutting the phlegm" in a cold.

Half a phenobarbital as a "nerve medicine" when we were really, really, really, really acting up -- and I mean ACTING UP. My mother had checked this out with our pediatrician.

Vinegar and honey. Honey and vinegar.