From morning sickness to athlete’s foot, there are lots of home remedies circulating on the internet—but are any of them actually backed by science? Join Hank Green for an interesting episode of SciShow all about which home remedies actually work!

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Sources:
Prunes for Constipation
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21323688
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2036.2011.04719.x

Oatmeal for Dry Skin
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25607907
http://www.ijdvl.com/article.asp?issn=0378-6323;year=2012;volume=78;issue=2;spage=142;epage=145;aulast=Pazyar#ft2
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17373175
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3508548/
https://europepmc.org/abstract/med/25607907

Ginger for Morning Sickness
https://europepmc.org/abstract/med/14649969
https://nutritionj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1475-2891-13-20
http://www.thaiscience.info/Journals/Article/JMAT/10402217.pdf
https://journals.lww.com/greenjournal/Abstract/2005/04000/Effectiveness_and_Safety_of_Ginger_in_the.27.aspx
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4818021/

Garlic for athlete’s foot
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4103721/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4211483/#!po=3.33333
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3367977/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21128712
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11050588
http://www.bashaar.org.il/files/6130.pdf

Soy for Hot Flashes
https://journals.lww.com/menopausejournal/Abstract/2012/07000/Extracted_or_synthesized_soybean_isoflavones.11.aspx
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025619611618119
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/822488_2
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/195120
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4386944/

Lemongrass Oil for Cold Sores
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S094471131400035X
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/j.1348-0421.2003.tb03431.x
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1875536415300236
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0944711307002206
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/5f71/82e616a8ce94d2f6217a373574d4c51d0582.pdf
https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ecam/2011/253643/?__hstc=3584879.1bb630f9cde2cb5f07430159d50a3c91.1523145601920.1523145601921.1523145601922.1&__hssc=3584879.1.1523145601923&__hsfp=1773666937
https://cdn.neoscriber.org/cdn/dl/48341150-508e-11e7-873f-839105b5dc97 (PDF)