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"The worst part about having a cold is everyone's helpful suggestions."

"I'm prescribing homemade chicken soup. The one unpleasant side-effect is you'll have to heard my mother tell you about her grandchildren."

What the Doctor Ordered

'Let me through, I'm at Doctor.com.'

Doctor receiving advice from patient's mother

Admit it Doc. You're jealous because my home remedy worked better than your fancy prescription!

If all else falls...Mom's Chicken Soup

'Actually, it's good, old fashioned, chicken soup.'

"Aren't you getting a little carried away with this herbal medicine, Doctor?"

"I'm not feeling well. I'm picking up a few things at my pharmacy."

"It's all locally-sourced, made from scratch."

"How many more times, you've got hayfever, so no, you can't have any cannabis oil."

"When I was a little girl...my mami had really good remedies for our aches and pains."

'So is this your lazy days of summer, or are we still working on spring?'

Natural Medicines

Ahh, Chicken Soup

Heimlich's Mother's Maneuvers

"It's a new way to stretch leftovers. Saw it in Homeopathy Now."

"Don't tell grandmom about your computer's virus. She'll just tell you to download chicken soup."

"Here, let me put some ointment on your bug bite. I made it myself from cayenne powder, licorice root and mugwort leaves blended with that vanilla pudding I made last week. Hmm...it's not here."

"Sergio, we don't have to spend so much money on health insurance."

Akron, oh, you're on Ask Sadie. What's your problem?! I'm thinking of not signing up for health insurance this year. Good idea. In my day, there was no such thing as health insurance. If you got sick, you paid for it with either money or chickens. That's if you were a lily-livered coward who just had to see a doctor. When great-great-grandmother Cohen had her sixth heart attack, she just applied a poultice made of chestnut leaves and flour and kept on plowing.

"They say chicken soup is good for a cold."

"My Harvard Medical Guide says if a wisdom tooth is infected, you may need antibiotics and possibly have the tooth pulled by an oral surgeon."

"I'm hoping for herb immunity."

'I hope this alternative Chinese medicine works!'

Chicken Noodle sold out.

"She attended the Tia Carmen medical school."

"My husband took the kids to Disneyland for the weekend, so the 'happiest place on earth' is actually right here."

Chicken Soup

"My dear, may I suggest a little old-fashioned biofeedback, some acupuncture, and a dollop of nutrition counselling?"

'It appears to be a side effect of those herbal eye drops you've been using.'

'So, what's this new 'wonder drug'?'

Pharmacy Closed. . . Chicken Soup.

1999 Influenza Chic.