Do you remember

My mother had dry hair and used vitapointe. My father swore by Gee's Linctus when he was ill even though it tasted appalling. I was given x-lax regularly (or so it seems now) for constipation, and it put me off dark chocolate for years. Also cod liven oil capsules and that orange juice stuff. I also had half an aspirin crushed up in a jam sandwich if in pain!

I think my mum took Yeastvite for her nerves. I still recall a little yellow box. I got a spoonfull of Virol every day, and a spoonfull of Delrosa.

I remember Horlicks tablets (lovely) and wonder if they are still made?
They're probably really bad for your teeth.

I remember taking yeastvite tablets in my early 20s and also a slimming aid called ayds they were a bit like a sweet you chewed two before meals and they were meant to make you feel full.

Ours must have been an odd family as I used to love Parrishes and my mother told me that my grandfather used to laugh at the four of us children in our pyjamas for Scot's Emulsion as if it was a treat!

My DF swore by Zambuc for almost anything. I remember it as green and greasy. He'd be horrified by its current price.

Gran5up - yes!! That was it... Acriflavine. I can still remember my mum saying it in her Scottish accent. Thanks for that. It's been bugging me all morning - memory must be going!

Elrel I too was given Dr Collis Browne's Chlorodyne - you can still buy it, although somehow I don't think it's quite as potent today, as the recommended adult dose is now three TEASPOONS in a glass of warm water..!! I do keep it in, as I still find it very soothing for an upset stomach -- but it's now mostly peppermint essence, having sadly lost the laudanum (an alcoholic solution of opium), tincture of cannabis, and chloroform ..
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorodyne

I remember been given Thompsons Emulsion. Vile stuff

At first sign of a cold out came the Fennings, horrible stuff no idea what it was supposed to do

Juney64, was the burn lotion Acriflavine?
Lujaha, that purple stuff was gentian violet. I was being treated for threadworms with those pills and somehow one ended up in the apple tart we had for pud (or rather, didn't have!)

My youngest stepson still uses TCP. Reminds me of toilet bowl cleaner!

Petrolagar Oh yes and cod liver oil and malt and metatone and kaolin and morphine. Vick has lasted since I was a child

Beechams pills, Drene shampoo, Radio Malt, Lincolin shampoo, Bile beans, I was once given some little pills for worms which were full of a violet liquid which stained all the sheets when I spat it out in disgust. Love rosehip syrup.

Oh I remember Kaolin and Morphine Chewbacca. My mum used to swear by it when I was young.

I'm furiously trying to remember the name of the yellow burn lotion that came in a ridged brown bottle. I can still remember the smell.

I also remember my dad would become grumpy if there were no Askit Powders in the house (he was always grumpy). I think they've been discontinued as it was discovered they were addictive. Someone was selling single packs on eBay for over £200!

That was it, Delarosa!

We children used to queue up for spoonful of cod liver oil followed by a spoonful of Delrosa ( rose hip syrup) . Nasty then nice

Anyone remember (or been subjected to) those dreadful Home-Perm kits? One called "Twink" springs to mind. Terrible! Terrible!

My mother insisted on perming my hair as soon as I reached 14 - she PROMISED that I would look like Julie Christie once she had finished.....

When the stuff wasn't stinging then it was stinking. It was almost pure ammonia, I certain. If we had Health and Safety way back then, this stuff certainly slipped through the net.

Needless to say, when dear Mama took the stupid, crucifying curlers out it was pure frizz, frizz, frizz.

I looked like a Dandelion Clock.

You can still get Collis Brown's mixture. My co-grandmother always takes some on holiday in case of stomach upsets.

I bought some vitapoint recently....Amazon I think, and find it good as you only use a tiny amount.
Funny how you remember things from years ago, and give them another try. I bought some Eucryl tooth powder, which made my teeth feel clean, but didn't do much for the enamel.
I remember being given Genasprin, and Seidlitz powders, which came in two sachets and had to be mixed in the right order. Milk of magnesia? And for constipation senna pods boiled to make senna tea. Chocolate exlax came as a great improvement!

Chewbacca apparently it's just Kaoline now

I have a tube of Vitapointe which I bought recently,either in Tesco or Sainsburys with an online shop.
Does anyone remember Dilly Duckling pastilles for sore throats?They came in a tin and tasted so lovely that I used to pretend I had a sore throat in the hope of mom buying me some!

The doctor at the baby clinic prescribed Minadex for my poorly toddler and we used to get free rose hip syrup. When I was little,our colds were treated with inhalations of Friars Balsam, and we were given Langdales Essence of Cinnamon in hot milk, and we were regularly(!)dosed with senna tea and Virol. After falling off my bike and wounding my knee on the gravel, my mother treated it with a hot poultice on lint which stayed in place for days, I still remember the misery of having it removed because the lint was well and truly stuck and had to be soaked off, I've still got the scar to this day.

Gripe water:my baby sis had Nurse Harvey's, with drawing of an infant on the label wrestling snakes!Hercules?? I loved it ( due, I have discovered to the taste of the dill seeds in it) and would pinch it frequently. Wise Ma switched to Dinneford's magnesia which was foul so weirdly, Ma found it lasted much longer!
Daughter's pal gave her husband some gripe water for tummy ache, gave him severe pain, Dr was most contemptuous but I thought she was rather enterprising.
Carter's Little Liver Pills, anyone?
My favourite ever dessert:Creamola Caramel Custard, tasted like a superior Butterscotch Whip, mmm!

I remember being given a Haliborange capsule which, I think, was supposed to be a more palatable way of taking cod liver oil. I bit into it and was promptly sick all over the sitting room carpet. Mum didn't try that again.