Dutch & Traditional Remedies

Traditional household borax for cleaning and laundry; medicinal folk uses discouraged.

Loose senna leaves for brewing the traditional overnight laxative tea, occasional use.

Senna pods that steep into a smoother, gentler overnight laxative than leaves.

Senna tea honestly sold as an occasional laxative, never as weight loss.

One of the oldest remedies still sold: traditional Haarlem oil drops for adults.

Traditional sulphur balsam of the Dutch shelf for chest rubs and drop doses, adults.

Peppermint edition of the heritage Dutch cough mixture line.

Honey-flavoured heritage cough mixture leaning on the demulcent sweetness that works.

Full-size orange bottle of the heritage Dutch cough mixture, sold with honest limits.

Pungent asafoetida drops of the Dutch tradition, adults only, in drop doses.

The traditional aloe bitters, honestly labelled: this tonic is a stimulant laxative.

Trial-size aloe bitters of the Dutch tradition, with the same laxative honesty.

Clove oil drops: dentistry's own eugenol numbing a toothache until the appointment.

Friar's Balsam of the Dutch tradition for minor skin knocks and steam inhalation.

Traditional red lavender drops of the Dutch medicine shelf, for adults in drop doses.

The boldest name on the Dutch shelf, honestly sold as traditional flu comfort.