A Japanese Folk Remedy

● original essay ●

Whatever it works or not, there are many folk remedies in Japan. From now on I will write about a few treatments.

 A stuffy nose & sore throat

When you caught a cold, wrap a barbecue naganegi (scallion) around your neck. It is good for a stuffy nose and sore throat. But sometimes the smell of scallion may make you worse.

Canker sore

When you got canker sore, put the flesh of an umeboshi on it. A citric acid, which is contained in umeboshi and it has an antiseptic effect. But the umeboshi paste stings your mouth, so you must endure such a horrible pain.

If you have a confidence of enduring the pain, you may try.

Hiccup

When you can’t stop your hiccup, stop breathing or drink a glass of water. But you have to drink water from the opposite side of the glass like a picture below. It is so hard to drink water like that, so you’ll probably forget about hiccup.

Stinky feet (or Stinky shoes)

When your feet are stinking, put 4-5, 10 yen coins in your shoes. The 10 yen coin contains copper, which decomposes bacteria that are cause of bad smell. Whatever it’s effective or not, you should stop putting 10 yen coins in your shoes while you are walking.

● corrected essay ●

Whether it works or not, there are many folk remedies in Japan. From now on I will write about a few treatments. (or The following is some remedies for common health problems.)

 A stuffy nose & sore throat

When you catch a cold, wrap a barbecue naganegi (scallion) around your neck. It is good for a stuffy nose and sore throat. But sometimes the smell of scallion may make you worse.

Canker sore

When you get a canker sore, put the flesh of an umeboshi on it. Citric acid, which is contained in umeboshi and it has an antiseptic effect. But the umeboshi paste stings your mouth, so you must endure such a horrible pain.

If you can endure the pain, you can try it.

Hiccup

When you can’t stop your hiccup, stop breathing or drink a glass of water. But you have to drink water from the opposite side of the glass like the picture below. It is so hard to drink water like that, so you’ll probably forget about the hiccup.

Stinky feet (or Stinky shoes)

When your feet are stinking, put 4-5, 10 yen coins in your shoes. The 10 yen coin contains copper, which decomposes bacteria that causes the bad smell. (or that is the cause of the bad smell.) Whether it’s effective or not, you should stop putting 10 yen coins in your shoes while you are walking.