NANA WAS ALWAYS RIGHT

Nana had a remedy for everything. But was she actually right?

A cough. A stomachache. A scrape. A sore throat. Aching muscles. Trouble sleeping. Nana rarely talked about physiology, biochemistry, or clinical trials. She simply knew what seemed to help.

After nearly fifty years in healthcare, Jess Armine, RN, DC (AKA "Dr. Jess") decided to go back and take another look.

In Nana Was Always Right, Dr. Jess examines 35 familiar, time-tested home remedies through the lens of modern science.

And what he discovered surprised him.

Some of Nana's remedies have remarkably strong scientific support. Some may work-but not for the reasons people have believed for generations. Others are useful primarily for comfort, while a few deserve to remain in the past or be modified to make them safer.

From honey for coughs and ginger for nausea to chicken soup, cranberry, peppermint, oatmeal baths, heat and cold, petroleum jelly, prunes, turmeric, saline nasal rinses, and more, each remedy is examined with the same questions:

Does it actually work?
What does the science say?
Why might it work?
Is it safe?
Can I try it tonight?
And when is a home remedy no longer enough?

Using a simple 1 to 3 star evidence rating system, Dr. Jess separates promising tradition from folklore while explaining the science in language anyone can understand.

Warm, practical, evidence-conscious, and often funny, Nana Was Always Right is neither a rejection of modern medicine nor an invitation to believe every old wives' tale.

It is a conversation between generations.

A place where Nana's careful observations meet modern medical science-with respect for both.

Because nearly fifty years in healthcare taught Dr. Jess something important:

More complicated does not necessarily mean more effective. Sometimes the simplest appropriate intervention is also the best one.

And sometimes...

Nana knew something we didn't.