It’s a given, in some of households, before busting out the pills from the medicine cabinet, you open your kitchen cupboards first. Here’s a list of time-tested remedies passed on from our Grandmas and now to you:
1. Smell (Asfetida) hilteet to combat open wound or stitch inflammation.
![12 Home Remedy Secrets From our Saudi Grannies 1 Photo Credit: mygreektable.wordpress.com](http://destinationksa.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/optimized-12-home-remedies-asfetida.jpg)
2. Cumin or chamomile to cure a stomach-ache or a cold.
![12 Home Remedy Secrets From our Saudi Grannies 2 Photo Credit: chamomileteaonline.info](http://destinationksa.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/optimized-12-home-remedies-camomile.jpg)
3. Black lemon tea for food poisoning and diarrhea.
![12 Home Remedy Secrets From our Saudi Grannies 3 Photo Credit: wallpaperscraft.com](http://destinationksa.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/optimized-12-home-remedies-lemon-black-tea.jpg)
4. Honey, to disinfect wounds.
![12 Home Remedy Secrets From our Saudi Grannies 4 Photo Credit: peterturchin.com](http://destinationksa.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/optimized-12-home-remedies-honey.jpg)
5. The oil of burnt egg yolks can counteract the effect of burns, if used daily and after an hour from being burned.
![12 Home Remedy Secrets From our Saudi Grannies 5 Photo Credit: popsugar.com](http://destinationksa.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/optimized-12-home-remedies-egg-yolk.jpg)
6. Dates first thing in the morning on an empty stomach help the digestive system and eases constipation.
![12 Home Remedy Secrets From our Saudi Grannies 6 Photo Credit: barebite.com.au](http://destinationksa.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/optimized-dates-10.jpg)
7. Garden cress seeds to clear the uterus after periods, for ladies.
![12 Home Remedy Secrets From our Saudi Grannies 7 Photo Credit: blogspot.com](http://destinationksa.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/optimized-12-home-remedies-garden-cress-seeds.jpg)
8. Fenugreek for nursing mothers and to cure back pains.
![12 Home Remedy Secrets From our Saudi Grannies 8 Photo Credit: amoils.com](http://destinationksa.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/optimized-12-home-remedies-fenugreek.jpg)
9. Calf’s leg soup to mend bones faster after a break.
![12 Home Remedy Secrets From our Saudi Grannies 9 Photo Credit: youtube.com](http://destinationksa.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/optimized-12-home-remedies-calfs-leg.jpg)
10. Date and salt dough, to extract splinters or foreign objects slightly embedded in the skin.
![12 Home Remedy Secrets From our Saudi Grannies 10 Photo Credit: blogspot.com](http://destinationksa.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/optimized-12-home-remedies-salt-dough.jpg)
11. Myrrh as an antibiotic for the flu or to combat inflammation.
![12 Home Remedy Secrets From our Saudi Grannies 11 Photo Credit: treelite.com](http://destinationksa.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/optimized-12-home-remedies-myrrh.jpg)
12. Vicks for everything and anything. Headache? Vicks. Bruise? Vicks. Head bump? Vicks. Painful stomach? Lop vicks on your abdomen area, bundle up, and sweat it. Vicks is magical.
![12 Home Remedy Secrets From our Saudi Grannies 12 Photo Credit: paarusjetaime.wordpress.com](http://destinationksa.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/optimized-12-home-remedies-vicks.jpg)
Useful Arabic/English Term list:
- Asafetida: Hilteet
- Cumin: Kamoon
- Chamomile: Baboonaj
- Black lemon: Laymoon aswad
- Honey: Asal
- Fenugreek: Hilba
- Garden cress seeds: Rashad
- Calf’s leg soup: Kawarai’
- Myrrh: Murra