Do You Remember Indian Brandy?

[Tilly2]

Having looked at the Medicine Cabinet Past & Present thread, I got to thinking about some old remedies.

It took me a while to get the name Indian Brandy into my head. Whenever, I had a tummy ache, my mum would give me some Indian Brandy in hot water. I really helped and had the additional bonus of tasting nice.

You can't seem to get it any more.

[tonyav]

Wednesbury needs you. Oh no it doh.
( about 5 miles from me )

Yes I remember Indian Brandee, Tilly. Mom used to give me whenever I had the belly ache, magic stuff.

[zebo]

I recall Indian Brandy for, I think, stomach aches, hated the stuff. We always had a very small bottle of olive oil from the chemist, it was heated on a spoon over the burner, a wad of cotton wool was soaked and poked into the ear for earache.

[Patsy33]

Never heard of it. Seems like good stuff though...

[Tilly2]

It was good stuff, Patsy. Very warming and welcome.

[Tilly2]

Zebo, I remember a time when mum poured warmed olive oil into my ear but it was not warm, it was hot. I screamed and screamed!

[woofgang]

You can still get vicks but the jar is now placcy not glass

[douglas9401]

Indian Brandy was a star turn on a Sunday afternoon in the long gone BMC club in the seventies.

Men only.

[tonyav]

Breakfast trip, douglas ;-)

[pastafreak]

Send the Vicks to me. I love the stuff. Any time I get a bad cold, the jar comes out. I used to like Vick cough syrup as a child too. Don't know if it was available in the UK.

[tonyav]

Yes, we have it pasta.
http://medimply.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cough-syrup-Vicks-cough-syrup.jpg

Old fashioned one here.
https://i.pinimg.com/236x/c0/a5/7c/c0a57c1e237ec51c49ffbeb374611c9c.jpg

[pastafreak]

The "old fashioned one" was mine...lol! Behind the black cherry was a hint of liquorice...or aniseed.

[tonyav]

Sounds very addictive, pasta ;-)

[Caran]

I remember Fennings Fever cure, Sanderson Throat Specific. For splinters though mum always put a plaster on it with soap and sugar mashed on it. It always drew the splinter out.

[tonyav]

Black Jack drawing ointment was good.

[Peter Pedant]

Collis Brownes contained morphine and a bit of ipecac
but as with most things - it was possible to get addicted to it.
but if you found it OK then codeine should do - and you can get codeine linctus over the counter
( remember that because a pharmacist CAN sell you codeine without a prescription doesnt mean he has to - he has a power/discretion to do so not a duty)

I am amazed something with just cardamom and capsicum requires a prescription

[Peter Pedant]

aspirin muck anyone?

aspirin mucilage ? a pharmacist said he could make it up - cost £25 - 40 for a bot
I said no thanks

[Togo]

When we were kids we used to save the little blue glass Vic jars(very thick glass) and wash them clean. Then come November the 5th we used to unscrew the top and put a neat little hole in it. Then we used to break open penny bangers and fill the jar with the explosive powder, push one of the saved fizzy fuses into the hole in the lid and screw it back on. The explosion used to be like a hand grenade going off and rattle the windows, showering shards of glass over a large area. Wonder we weren't killed or maimed.

[Tilly2]

Ah, that was you lot was it?