1820s Medicines For The Poor | Poor Ron, He Got The Fever.. 

In real life poor Ron was very sick when this video was shot and he was freezing laying on the cold floor but he is doing much better today :)

I’m sorry y’all were sick but I couldn’t help but crack up when Ron asked “Do I look ok?” With cinnamon sticks up his nose!😂Justine was trying not to crack up too!😂❤️

“Mustard bath? You’re going to make me into a soup, aren’t you.” 😂🤣😄 Poor Ron. How can he be so funny when he was so sick. So glad he is feeling better. This video made me laugh so hard, honestly, it was hilarious.

I was cracking up with poor Ron. But I totally lost it with the scene of Justine laying on the floor with cinnamon sticks up her nose right after she said she was fine 😂 So grateful for Tylenol now!!!

The fact that our ancestors mostly survived shows the resiliency of tough frontier people. Get well

When I heard Ron speak and saw his flushed cheeks and eyes I could tell he wasn't acting at being sick. I hope you both feel better real soon. Yes, sweat it out Justine that is the best thing for you. My thoughts are with you both x

I’m surprised anyone lived back then! We’re taking resilient people for sure!! This was informative and hilarious at the same time! I don’t know if I’d have been able to perform it without laughing. Great job you two!! 😂😂

My Nana made mustard plaster when we were young. Thick and pasty she smeared it on a cloth and laid it on our chest. She would add mint to it to also help open nasal passages. Cinnamon and barley tea was another thing she would do with a touch of brandy or rock and rye. Gee it felt like I stepped back in time to Nana's home. Thanks and I truly hope Ron and you feel better.

It is amazing how these “old wives tale” natural tricks have been used for centuries and still work flawlessly today. Maybe we need to go to back to these remedies. They seem so much healthier. Love y’all’s videos Ron and Justine! This was so sweet to see y’all taking care of each other❤️

Dear Justine, In the Soviet Union, we used mustard plaster in the 1980s when I was a child. It was bought at a pharmacy. Plasters were applied to the chest and back for a few minutes. (that is, closer to the lungs). this is an irritant that should cause a rush of blood, and strengthen the fight of the immune system against the disease. They are not applied to the head.

I hope you both recover quick! I learned to make a mustard plaster when I was a new bride. My husbands Grandmother tought me. I think she was born in the late 1890s You took a couple tablespoons of flour and a couple tablespoons of mustard powder and add super hot water to make a paste. Spread the hot paste on an old tea towel wrap the towel into thirds. The mustard will stain the towel so be sure it’s something you never plan to use again. Then wrap that into a old towel. Put it on the affected chest. It basically keeps the chest really warm for a long time. Then you drank a couple hot Toddies made with lots of booze to forget how awful you feel.

My house in Old Town Alexandria, VA was built in 1820. I often think and wonder of how the first owners lived. Thank you for this and take good care.

“Does it look okay?” 😂😂😂 I’m very sorry Ron was sick, but that line made me laugh!

My German grandmother used to simmer sliced onions in honey. When the onions were very soft she would use the syrup for coughs and sore throat. You can strain the syrup into a jar.

Justine, you really have a rare talent. I think this has been my favorite one so far. How much does Ron love you to stick cinnamon sticks up his nose on your say so!

This is too cute!!! The cut away to Justine on the floor with the cinnamon sticks up her nose was too funny!!👊❤❤❤

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My mother used to make me a hot mustard plaster for coughing and bronchitis. Worked well. Hot chicken soup and tea with honey. Get well Ron I hope Justine feels better fast 🙏

Without a doubt one of the best videos I've seen on RU-vid! The image of Ron with mustard plaster on his forehead leaning back with the cinamman sticks up his nose is priceless. Their willingness to live real is si much fun to watch. Glad you are getting better

"Satan's own privy..." I can relate to that. Love the way you say "I read it in a book." It could become the channel's motto. As always I love what you produce - fascinating and rewarding to all who watch. Thanks, Justine and Ron.👍

The timing of this video is crazy! This week I'm home sick with Covid. Thank you for making me laugh when Ron was putting the cinnamon cloves in his nose. I hope we all feel better soon. 🤒

I know a Japanese woman who drinks barley water tea every day in the winter! Her health is very good. I need to get barley....

I’m dying 🤣🤣with the cinnamon sticks 🤣All of them he says 😂

Pine needle tea would give Ron that vitamin c boost he needs

“You’re going to turn me into soup aren’t you?” 😂😂

It warmed my heart to see the two of you helping each other through the grippe. Get well soon, my dears.

try honey n lemon in tea, or in a spoon. hot lemon n honey tea is a very old remedy, honey is not just a natural sweetener it is also a natural antibiotic used for sickness n wounds.

Everything that Justine tried to do to keep him from getting sick was to no avail. A change of clothes, warm blankets, a nice warm fire, and a warm drink could not stave off the cold that was coming. Ron you stay in bed and do everything that Justine tells you to do. You’re both so lucky to have each other.

The love I see in that room will cure any illness..Bless you both hope ron is feeling better

Oh my. Ron I hope you feel better soon. Justine will fix you up fast. Get that mustard plaster on him. My granma swore by it. It worked to . So did that honey and whiskey and lemon mixture.😉😉

Laughter is the best medicine, so thank you, I feel so much better!

Mustard poultice on the chest to clear the lungs and bring down a fever. Lol, remembering the boiled onion bath from "Where the Lilies Bloom". This was still sort of "the humors" - heat draws out heat, and heats up the body too. Like spicy stuff to get the circulation going. That barley water looked mucilaginous (kinda slippery) too, good for a cough and sore throat. Poor Ron, get well!

I almost split a gut when you put that cinnamon up his nose 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Justine, take the mint leaves and cinnamon sticks and ginger candy and water to make a hot tea for him. Or add fresh ginger and lemon with the other ingredients to make a hot tea for Ron to drink and get better. Some fresh garlic and water to make a hot tea helps too. Feel better Ron and Justine.

awe, Justine is such a good caregiver to you Ron, your a lucky guy, a little stubborn but she has a good heart :)

Aww no! I hope Justine can get some oranges for her cold cure she used on Lucy

It takes the two of you to care for one another in sickness and in health. A well oiled machine I'd say! Xo another great vid

Poor guy, and Justine too. Hopefully just colds. Prayers for you both 🙏

The alchohol will make you sweat the fever, lemon honey and hot tea helps the throat. I'm not sure what ginger does. The mint tea helps you breath, however you can boil it and breath in the steam that helps to. Good luck and I'm praying God's many blessings and grace for you both.

I think it must have been frightening to fall ill in those days, and frightening for the loved ones as well. Place on top of that being isolated... . I'm not sure about putting cinnamon sticks up your nose, but ginger syrup is very good to use; especially if you add fresh lemon and honey. Not sure about the mustard plaster and bath. I think back then they were still operating on the idea of the four humors. The barley water is actually very nutritious and gentle on grumpy bowels. I don't think I could survive a cold without oranges, tylenol and chicken soup. And I can't imagine being ill with a stomach flu with no indoor plumbing. I feel like such a princess after watching this. Hope you two feel better soon.

Mistress Justine, if you make a plaster with the ground mustard seeds you will find it helpful in relieving the congestion in his chest. It is also helpful with easing sore muscles.

Willow bark tea, pine pitch, burdock etc...there are dozens of very effective wild medicines.

You could just take a look at Ron and tell he's sick for real and I know laying on that cold floor wasn't doing him any good. Thanks for doing the video but it could've waited. Ron and Justine you're real troopers. I think the mustard is supposed to go on your chest? The cinnamon sticks up your noses cracked me up 🤣 Along with Justine kept saying " I read it in a book"

Well good thing it’s the frontier bc she can chop wood for the fire. Dry heat is the best for a cold. I haven’t seen a fire in the fireplace for over 10 yrs.

That is a beautiful, loving embrace! I think Ron is in good hands !!

Justine, you are a 19th century Hermione Granger - I read it in a book! Being book smart is good, as long as the book is right! But most of the household and home making books of your day had good sensible information!

“Smells worse than from Satan’s own privy”. Still laughing. Then came the cinnamon sticks up the nose! Then came the mustard hat! ….then the female version….😬…this is therapy for everyone.

Poor Ron looks sick IRL!! What a good sport for doing this and thankfully Justine is a good lady for taking care of you. I think in this day in age, we need to go back to more natural remedies for colds, etc. Hope you both feel well soon.

Any illness is awful. Sending lots of sympathy and well wishes for a speedy recovery 🌈

Holy moly! Ron is sick. 😢 Being out in the rain….. I can’t wait until this is on.

Ron….if allowing Justine to perform these kinda awkward and maybe even embarrassing experiments on you in front of thousands of viewers doesn’t prove your love for her than I don’t know what would! 😂 You are truly the epitome of the best kind of husband that any woman could hope for. No wonder she seems so happy and just seems to adore you! 😍 you are both in for a long lasting and beautiful marriage! 🤗❤️🥰

Getting each other through this illness - NOW you are TRULY married!

Please take care of yourself and each other. Much love from Washington state. Please be safe.

Justine: I read it in a book. Me: of course you did.

Wishing you a speedy recovery Ron and you too Justine, you're a real Florence Nightingale xxx

No!! Ron is sick?! The poor man :(. Good thing you're there for him Justine, he will be right as rain (pun intended) quickly with you taking care of him. Edit: I sent this message before seeing the actual video. I hope you get better soon too Justine! Oh boy the both of you are a pair, wishing you both a speedy recovery!!

I hope all is well soon. My little family has been I'll this past week or so. No fun at all. I do think a picture of you both with cinnamon sticks up your noses would make a great Christmas card. 😁

This looks like me doctoring a friend a few weeks ago, only I used rice water for his stomach. Made echinacea tea with mint. Next day he was fine.

We did mustard packs when we were little. Take mustard powder and make a paste. Put it between 2 pieces of cloth and put it on the chest with a towel over it. It naturally heats up. We would put camphor on and then the mustard pack. Opens the air ways.

Remember how they used to make mustard plaster? I think it was to treat congestion and draw out toxins if I remember.

She is so caring you are both lucky having each other

The amount of knowledge that has been forgotten is amazing! They knew how to do so much, including taking care of the sick. Great job you guys!

A tea made from dried mullein leaves is supposed to be good for coughs.

There's also tea with honey and lemon. Get well, you two...and don't turn each other into a soup!

GOD BLESS and heal you both

My Meemaw was from Ireland and she used these ways to help when I was a child. We were poor, so going to the Dr. was not always a option. But her homemade cough syrup ( a pot filled with onions, garlic, molasses, mint, Orange zest and the juice, lemon zest and the juice, cinnamon, clove, nutmeg....and cheap whiskey....boiled then strained...it would get thick and was as dark as night...my Pawpaw called it Fix it Tar. A big spoon of that stuff and a nap....and you would feel a LOT better! She would make poultices of cinnamon, mint, lavender and warm oil for muscle aches...and fevers! Buttered Rum for a sore throat....and of course her old stand by meal for when your sick..Cracked Wheat with a touch of bacon grease, garlic, pepper and ....a mug of broth! Ah, the lessons of the good ole days

Mustard was often used as a poultice on the chest

I wasn't expecting Ron to be really sck !! What a trooper to give us this video when he obviousreally sick !! So interesting and sad to see how it really was back in the early days !! Justine keep reaing those books !!

this is hilarious timing! my husband and I are both recently down sick, I don't think I will be putting cinnamon sticks up my nose though! LOL

You two are adorable helping each other. Get well soon i hope it isn't covid 19 Optimus Prime . Praying for yall. Maybe yall need to go to the E.R then feel better to come and film the show again.

Difficult when they are both sick. Feel better soon.

When it panned to her with the cin. sticks up her nose we roared with laughter here. You guys are great.

What the poor had to suffer the indignity as well as the sickness. Poor Ron xx

Oh gosh, I hope you are both doing well! I just had the omicron for 3 weeks and I can really relate to how awful you feel! Take care and God bless!

They take such good care of each other !!😘😘

You guys are the best!!

I’m sorry you both are sick, and hope you recover quickly, but there’s nothing like a frontier soap opera. And who doesn’t love a good drama?

"Now Ron, keep up with that mustard bath so you will heal well, or I'l cut ya BAAADDDD"!!! lol On a reality note, I could tell Ron was really sick by his eyes and that cough! Glad your better Ron. Nothing like a loving woman to nurse you back to health!

God bless you Justine, for knowing how to Care for Ron ❤️❤️❤️

I am actually an RN. I cannot imagine how difficult it would be to be a mom, and be sick and have to take care of a husband and six kids or so back before central heating and running water, toilets that flush and no washer and dryer.And no modern disinfectants. Justine, you are doing an excellent job at keeping Ron and yourself comfortable with what little you have. Get well soon, both of you.

I hope he took real medicine and feels better

Hope you have a speedy recovery. Was Vapor Rub invented then? Vapo Rub on the soles of the feet then put on socks. Helps ease cough Old Hispanic remedy

I was always taught to put mustard plasters on the chest for a chest cold. Cinnamon is very hot and can burn skin but it is great in a tea with ginger and

Oh my Goodness Ron...You look awful --God Love You for doing a video. I wish you a speedy recovery and Justine, you are a saint for taking such good care of Ron. Women are stronger than men...I've been married for 25 years and I have to tell you, Men get much sicker and wives are a Godsend.

Feel better soon, healing prayers from Pennsylvania coming your way!

Great video! That pot with the barley water in it looks a little…. Well ya know!

Oh no! its awful feeling sick. I have just come out of a bout of not feeling too well myself so i can relate. Get better Ron and Justine. We love you!!! And thank you for putting this together even though you not feeling well. Professionals to the end.

Get well Ron!

“Trust me….I know what I’m doing. I read it in a book”! LOL!! Our Drs at the hospital say this and just laugh😂😂😂

I love this channel! It's so interesting! ❤️ The cinnamon sticks cracked me up. 😂

Mustard plaster: Egg white, flour, ground mustard. Spread the mixture onto a piece of dry muslin the lay on the chest with mustard mixture up for congestion. Do not lay mustard mix directly onto the skin this could cause burns. OOPS! Blistered feet? Ask the apothecary for white willow bark then steep for tea. This will help bring down the fever. Expensive nutmeg for a headache? Do get well soon!

Justine 🤣🤣🤣 I’m dying over here …. Ron … what a good fucking sport Sending love from upper NY … You guys are awesome !!

Poor Justine xx

Oh no! Both of you rest, rest and more rest! Drink fluids keep warm.

When your that sick you'll try just about anything to feel better. I hope that it worked for you both,I thought it was to funny though when Ron said "are going to turn me into a soup".

I enjoy watching you both, reminds me when I was 5 , my Grand fathers house, didn’t have electricity, water was the well and we would get a bucket of water at a time. The out house was across a branch which I hated . I was use to having all the luxuries. But I wouldn’t trade those memories for anything.

I hope he doesn't have covid. You are taking good care of him.

Stay elevated

Prayers for a speedy recovery for you both! 🙏

This is the funniest thing you guys have ever done! How the heck did you both keep a straight face? It’s the message to Ron at the end, absolutely hilarious!❤❤