961 - The Science Behind Home Remedies with The People's Pharmacy
Public Health On Call
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
4.6 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 9 October 2025
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
About this episode:
Can a spoonful of sugar really cure your hiccups? Can a dab of soy sauce soothe a burn? Is there any science behind home remedies? In this episode: Joe and Terry Graedon of The People's Pharmacy discuss some of their favorite, evidence-backed home remedies and how they balance alternative medicine with scientific data to promote wellbeing.
Guests:
Joe Graedon, MS, and Terry Graedon, PhD, are the award-winning authors, newspaper columnists, and podcast hosts behind The People's Pharmacy, an enterprise focused on sharing information on both medical and alternative health treatments.
Host:
Lindsay Smith Rogers, MA, is the producer of the Public Health On Call podcast, an editor for Expert Insights, and the director of content strategy for the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Show links and related content:
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The People's Pharmacy—http://peoplespharmacy.com
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Soy Sauce to the Rescue to Cool a Burn—The People's Pharmacy
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Should You Pour Black Pepper on Your Cut?—The People's Pharmacy
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| 0:53.6 | when trust in science is under attack. |
| 0:57.0 | From leaders spreading misinformation about medications and vaccines to disinformation, flooding our social media feeds, the need for truth has never been more urgent. |
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