# 10 Home Remedies Science Has Proven To Work

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- Published: 2016-08-05T12:00:16+10:00
- Author: Caroline Duncan

## _When you’re feeling under the weather, you might want to try reaching for some of your grandmother’s home remedies to help you get better._

While some home remedies are nothing more than old wive’s tales – at worst, they
are woo and quackery and at best, are a placebo?-?there are a whole bunch of them
that have been proven by science and actually work.

Here are some of the health treatments that have been passed down for generations
that science says you can try for yourself:

[⌊10 home remedies science has proven to work⌉⌊10 home remedies science has proven
to work⌉[

## 1. Ginger for nausea

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Studies by the University of Exeter have concluded that eating ginger to rid yourself
of nausea or prevent vomiting actually works.

## 2. Chicken soup for colds

[⌊Chicken soup⌉⌊Chicken soup⌉[

Remember how your mum would give you some chicken soup when you had the cold or 
the flu and it made you feel a little better? We’ve been doing this for centuries…
and now scientists have given it the tick of approval. A study at Mount Sinai Medical
Centre found chicken soup acts as a decongestant and can help to clear nasal passages.
Other research from the American College of Chest Physicians found that chicken 
soup has anti-inflammatory effects that can reduce the symptoms of chest infections.

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 Caroline Duncan

 Caroline Duncan is a freelance journalist and photographer with almost 20 years'
media experience in radio, magazines and online. She is also a mother of three daughters,
and when she's not writing or taking pictures, she's extremely busy operating a 
taxi service running them around to various activities. She can't sew and hates 
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