6 Popular Home Remedies Disproved by Science (They Don t Work!)

Home remedies are extremely popular—however some of them might actually do more harm then good! Join Stefan Chin for a new episode of SciShow that disproves a few home remedies you might have even tried yourself! Healthcare Triage: https://www.youtube.com/healthcaretriage Head to https://scishowfinds.com/ for hand selected artifacts of the universe! ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters: Lazarus G, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, سلطان الخليفي, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, Tim Curwick, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: Honey for allergies https://www.honey.com/faq https://www.annallergy.org/article/S1081-1206(10)61996-5/pdf https://acaai.org/allergies/treatment/allergy-shots-immunotherapy https://acaai.org/resources/connect/ask-allergist/will-honey-relieve-my-seasonal-allergies https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kimmo_Saarinen/publication/49719792_Birch_Pollen_Honey_for_Birch_Pollen_Allergy_-_A_Randomized_Controlled_Pilot_Study/links/00b495264d41f09d6d000000.pdf Butter for burns http://www.woundsaustralia.com.au/journal/1801_01.pdf https://www.burnsjournal.com/#http://www.burnsjournal.com/article/S0305-4179(06)00740-6/fulltext https://www.burnsjournal.com/article/0305-4179(93)90070-O/fulltext https://uamshealth.com/healthlibrary2/medicalmyths/butterforburns/ https://www.burnsjournal.com/article/S0305-4179(08)00352-5/fulltext https://www.researchgate.net/profile/William_Tiong/publication/269701993_On_Scene_First_Aid_and_Emergency_Care_for_Burn_Victims/links/5493b6ed0cf22d7925da33a9/On-Scene-First-Aid-and-Emergency-Care-for-Burn-Victims.pdf https://www.researchgate.net/profile/William_Tiong/publication/269701993_On_Scene_First_Aid_and_Emergency_Care_for_Burn_Victims/links/5493b6ed0cf22d7925da33a9/On-Scene-First-Aid-and-Emergency-Care-for-Burn-Victims.pdf https://xu.uic.edu/files/2014/08/Burn.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25820085 http://bebc.xjtu.edu.cn/paper%20file/36.pdf https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00325481.1995.11945998?journalCode=ipgm20 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305417906000611 Vinegar for lice https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3418981/ https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs40257-014-0094-4.pdf#page12 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0882596304001393 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3418981/#b7-0580839 https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/fda-approves-new-treatment-for-head-lice-201101191170 http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/126/2/392.full Ipecac syrup https://www.jahonline.org/article/S1054-139X(05)00112-6/fulltext https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1081/CLT-46735?scroll=top&needAccess=true https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3109/15563659709162567 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11557913 Head back for nosebleeds https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/29/health/29real.html http://www.jnsmonline.org/article.asp?issn=2589-627X;year=2018;volume=1;issue=1;spage=22;epage=27;aulast=Saleem https://pmj.bmj.com/content/postgradmedj/74/868/113.full.pdf Tea bags for pink eye https://nei.nih.gov/health/pinkeye/pink_facts https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21042790 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18236016 https://academic.oup.com/femspd/article/51/3/443/631090 ------ Images: https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/good-things-come-to-those-who-wait-gm860089106-142087901 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/honey-and-honeycomb-gm810340892-131108297 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/mother-and-daughter-with-cold-or-flu-gm173545657-25471999 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/toast-with-honey-for-breakfast-gm675227764-124371929 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/bees-on-honeycomb-gm853088856-140272109 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/a-red-first-aid-box-with-supplies-for-dressings-in-front-gm473170132-63832735 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/stick-of-butter-gm181151588-25717631 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/stick-of-butter-gm675971696-124892439 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/physiotherapy-patient-with-hand-in-ice-bath-gm470224943-35118798 https://www.flickr.com/photos/9082612@N05/4900275659 https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3AHead_louse_crawling_on_hairbrush.webm https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/lice-on-the-hair-gm841432766-137235891 https://tinyurl.com/yamv9hf3 https://tinyurl.com/y73fs7rk https://tinyurl.com/ybogeprm https://tinyurl.com/y8lkpc6f https://tinyurl.com/ybyg5xtd https://tinyurl.com/yd9jqs57 https://tinyurl.com/y9bo587b