Originally Posted By: 3toe

My grandmother would eat Vaseline for stomach ulcers and diverticulitis. I was sitting there one day as a teenager and she had a Sams size jar of Vaseline sitting on the counter. I made a comment on it and she said "Oh, that reminds me" and took a spoon and got a big scoop and swallowed it....



My mom and grandmother both put a fingerful of Vick's Salve in their mouth way back between their cheek and gums at bedtime to clear their sinuses while they slept.