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Feb. 28, 2020

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Folk Remedies

I have a hay fever now. I know that's the last thing on everyone's mind right now. But my eyes and ears are very itchy😭 I can reduce eyes' itch by putting eye-drops in eyes, but I can't do anything but scratch the inside of ears with a earpick. I can't let the earpick go every day. I know it's not good but I can't stand that itch😓 I don't want to use a steroid ointment on my ears.
When I told that to a British friend, she advised me to use olive oil. I was afraid to drop olive oil into my ears because I've never heard of such a treatment. Some Japanese may know it but my family and friends don't know it. But I didn't want to hurt my ears any more so put a drop of it into my ear hole. Three days have passed since I put it for the first time. On the first two days, I felt itchy as usual but now on the third day I don't feel so itchy😄 I think it works.
This seems to be one of British folk remedies, maybe European folk remedies as well. We had never used olive oil for treatment because I think olive oil wasn't available easily everywhere in Japan in old days. Now that we can obtain various kinds of imported stuff, we can try to folk remedies from other countries. I reckon folk remedies include wisdom from people of the past. I know we should never be too confident with these remedies, especially for heavy disease, but we might as well learn more about them for lightly poor physical conditions.


民間療法

今、花粉症です。皆、それどころではないというのは承知の上です。が、目と耳がすごく痒いの😭 目は目薬で痒みを軽減できるけど、耳は耳かきで掻く以外何もできない。毎日、耳かきを手放せません。良くないのはわかってるけどあの痒みに我慢できない😓 耳にステロイド剤を使いたくありません。このことをイギリスの友人に話すと、オリーブオイルを使ってみたらと言われました。耳にオリーブオイルを垂らすの怖い。だって聞いたことないし。知ってる日本人がいるかもしれないけど、うちの家族や友人は皆知らないし。でもこれ以上耳を傷つけたくないので耳の穴に一滴入れてみました。三日経ちました。最初の二日は変わらず痒かったですが、三日目の今、あんまり痒くない😄 うまくいったと思う。
これはイギリスの民間療法の一つっぽい。多分、ヨーロッパの民間療法でもあるのかな?
オリーブオイルを治療に使ったことはなかった。多分日本ではどこでも手に入るものじゃなかったんだ思う。今はいろんな輸入品が手に入れるので海外の民間療法を試すことができる。民間療法は昔の人の英知が詰まっていると思う。かといって過信し過ぎてもよくない。特に重い病気には。でも軽い症状を軽減するために、こういった民間療法をもっと勉強してもいいかなと思う。

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Folk Remedies

I know that's the last thing on everyone's mind right now.

I know it's not good but I can't stand that itch😓 I don't want to use a steroid ointment on my ears.

When I told that to a British friend, she advised me to use olive oil.

I was afraid to drop olive oil into my ears because I've never heard of such a treatment.

On the first two days, I felt itchy as usual but now on the third day I don't feel so itchy😄 I think it works.

I reckon folk remedies include wisdom from people of the past.

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I know that's the last thing on everyone's mind right now.

But my eyes and ears are very itchy😭 I can reduce eyes' itch by putting eye-drops in eyes, but I can't do anything but scratch the inside of ears with a earpick.

I was afraid to drop olive oil into my ears because I've never heard of such a treatment.

I reckon folk remedies include wisdom from people of the past.

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michiru

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Folk Remedies

I know that's the last thing on everyone's mind right now.

I know it's not good but I can't stand that itch😓 I don't want to use a steroid ointment on my ears.

When I told that to a British friend, she advised me to use olive oil.

I was afraid to drop olive oil into my ears because I've never heard of such a treatment.

On the first two days, I felt itchy as usual but now on the third day I don't feel so itchy😄 I think it works.

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I have a hay fever now.


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I currently have a hay fever now. I currently have a hay fever.

This sounds a little more natural.

I have a hay fever now. I have hay fever now.

I know that's the last thing on everyone's mind right now.


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But my eyes and ears are very itchy😭 I can reduce eyes' itch by putting eye-drops in eyes, but I can't do anything but scratch the inside of ears with a earpick.


But my eyes and ears are very itchy😭 I can reduce my eyes' itchiness by putting eye-drops in eyesthem, but I can't do anything but scratch the inside of my ears with an earpick. But my eyes and ears are very itchy😭 I can reduce my eyes' itchiness by putting eye-drops in them, but I can't do anything but scratch the inside of my ears with an earpick.

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But my eyes and ears are very itchy😭 I can reduce eyes' itch by putthelp the itchiness in my eyes by using eye- drops in eyes, but I can't do anything but scratch the inside of my ears with a earpickQ-tip. But my eyes and ears are very itchy😭 I can help the itchiness in my eyes by using eye drops, but I can't do anything but scratch the inside of my ears with a Q-tip.

We call these cotton swabs, or more commonly Q-tips (based on the brand name)

But my eyes and ears are very itchy😭 I can reduce my eyes' itch by putting in eye-drops in eyes, but I can't do anything but scratch the inside of ears with a earpick. But my eyes and ears are very itchy😭 I can reduce my eyes' itch by putting in eye-drops, but I can't do anything but scratch the inside of ears with a earpick.

What is an earpick? In the US we may use a cotton swab.

I can't let the earpick go every day.


I can't let the earpick go every daystop using Q-tips. I can't stop using Q-tips.

I know it's not good but I can't stand that itch😓 I don't want to use a steroid ointment on my ears.


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I know it's not good, but I can't stand thate itch😓 Iing😓. I also don't want to use a steroid ointments on my ears. I know it's not good, but I can't stand the itching😓. I also don't want to use steroid ointments on my ears.

While saying "I don't want to use a steroid ointment on my ears." makes some sense. Changing "ointment" to its plural form makes the sentence flow better.

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When I told that to a British friend, she advised me to use olive oil.


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When I told that to amy British friend, she advised me to use olive oil. When I told that to my British friend, she advised me to use olive oil.

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I was afraid to drop olive oil into my ears because I've never heard of such a treatment.


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Some Japanese may know it but my family and friends don't know it.


Some Japanese may know about it but my family and friends don't know it. Some Japanese may know about it but my family and friends don't.

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In English, we don't usually use phrases twice. Using "know it" twice in this sentence sounds a little repetitive. Also, add ing "of" in-between "know it" makes a little more sense. "know it" makes it sound absolute, where "know of it" is less direct.

Some Japanese people may know about it but my family and friends don't know it. Some Japanese people may know about it but my family and friends don't.

Some Japanese may know it but my family and friends don't know it. Some Japanese may know it but my family and friends don't.

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But I didn't want to hurt my ears any more so put a drop of it into my ear hole.


But I didn't want to hurt my ears any more so, I put a drop of it into my ear hole. But I didn't want to hurt my ears any more so, I put a drop of it into my ear hole.

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But I didn't want to hurt my ears any more so put a drop of it into my ear hole. But I didn't want to hurt my ears anymore so put a drop of it into my ear hole.

Any more refers to a quantity, anymore refers to time (it's an adverb).

Three days have passed since I put it for the first time.


Three days have passed since I put it in for the first time. Three days have passed since I put it in for the first time.

Three days have passed since I putused it for the first time. Three days have passed since I used it for the first time.

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Three days have passed since I put it in for the first time. Three days have passed since I put it in for the first time.

On the first two days, I felt itchy as usual but now on the third day I don't feel so itchy😄 I think it works.


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OnDuring the first two days, Iit felt itchy as usual, but now on the third day Iit doesn't feel aso itchy😄so I think it works. During the first two days, it felt itchy as usual, but now on the third day it doesn't feel as itchy😄so I think it works.

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This seems to be one of British folk remedies, maybe European folk remedies as well.


This seems to be one of Britishans folk remedies, or maybe a European folk remedies as well. This seems to be one of Britans folk remedies, or maybe a European folk remedies as well.

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This seems to be one of those British folk remedies, maybeor maybe generally European folk remedies as well. This seems to be one of those British or maybe generally European folk remedies.

We had never used olive oil for treatment because I think olive oil wasn't available easily everywhere in Japan in old days.


We had never used olive oil for treatment because I think olive oil wasn't available easily everywhere in Japan in the old days. We had never used olive oil for treatment because I think olive oil wasn't available easily everywhere in Japan in the old days.

We had never used olive oil for treatment because I think olive oil wasn't available easily everywhere in Japan in the old days. We had never used olive oil for treatment because olive oil wasn't available easily everywhere in Japan in the old days.

We had never used olive oil for treatment because I think olive oil wasn't easily available easily everywhere in Japan in the old days. We had never used olive oil for treatment because I think olive oil wasn't easily available everywhere in Japan in the old days.

Now that we can obtain various kinds of imported stuff, we can try to folk remedies from other countries.


Now that we can obtain various kinds of imported stuff, we can try to folk remedies from other countries. Now that we can obtain various kinds of imported stuff, we can try folk remedies from other countries.

Now that we can obtain various kinds of imported stuff, so we can try to folk remedies from other countries. Now that we can obtain various kinds of imported stuff, so we can try to folk remedies from other countries.

Now that we can obtain various kinds of imported stuff, we can try to folk remedies from other countries. Now that we can obtain various kinds of imported stuff, we can try folk remedies from other countries.

I reckon folk remedies include wisdom from people of the past.


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I know we should never be too confident with these remedies, especially for heavy disease, but we might as well learn more about them for lightly poor physical conditions.


I know we should never be too confident with these remedies, especially for heavyserious diseases, but we might as well learn more about them for lightly poor physical conditionsmall problems. I know we should never be too confident with these remedies, especially for serious diseases, but we might as well learn more about them for small problems.

or maybe 'light illnesses'. 'poor physical conditions' doesn't really work, though the meaning is clear.

I know we should never be too confident with these remedies, especially for heavy disease, but we might as well learn more about them for lightly poortreating light physical conditions. I know we should never be too confident with these remedies, especially for heavy disease, but we might as well learn more about them for treating light physical conditions.

I know we should never be too confident with these remedies, especially for heavymajor diseases, but we might as well learn more about them for lightly poor physminor medical conditions. I know we should never be too confident with these remedies, especially for major diseases, but we might as well learn more about them for minor medical conditions.

I know we should never be too confident with these remedies, especially for a heavy disease, but we might as well learn more about them for [lightly poor physical conditions]. I know we should never be too confident with these remedies, especially for a heavy disease, but we might as well learn more about them for [lightly poor physical conditions].

Do you mean minor physical conditions?

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