smary Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 Anyone remember having to take Liquifruta - I had it regularly - it tasted of cresote and liquorice. I am still having problems with my chest so I don't think it worked!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHAIRBOY Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 Anyone remember having to take Liquifruta - I had it regularly - it tasted of cresote and liquorice. I am still having problems with my chest so I don't think it worked!!!! I remember the product - Liqufruta - and the trepidation for those taking it! I seem to recall an oniony flavour but never sampled it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soft ayperth Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 dreadful stuff. my mother used to make us take it when we were kids. she believed that anything that tasted vile had to be good for you. It was full of garlic so probably was good for your circulatory system and an assortment of other conditions unrelated to coughing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandie Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 Liquifruta I remember it well if sugar, butter and vinigar didn't work then it was Liquifruta was the last resort. If I remember correctly the bottle was that of an old medicine bottle not round, but like a flat spirit bottle it tasted vile, but it worked. It is strange to see that name after so many years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Strewth, I must have had gallons of the stuff poured down me when I was a kid! I've heard people say it smelled of onions, but to be honest I got to quite like the taste:gag: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jellytot Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 You can still buy it in health shops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelamary Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Oh how i loved everything about it, and it made me better from coughs and colds in those awful winters of yrs ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Womersle Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 My Mother used to make me drink it. It was bl---y vile. You could tell at school who had been dosed with it that morning. Friars Balsam was vile as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winks Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 I recall liquifruita taking it for a cough, and indian brandy for stomach problems and a poultice if I had a sore throat, that was bl***y horrible. Also my mum used to warm something up when I had earache, and pour it my ear don't know what that was but it hurt and when I said anything to my mum she used to say "if it hurts, its doing you good". Somehow I didn't believe her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostrider Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Also my mum used to warm something up when I had earache, and pour it my ear don't know what that was but it hurt and when I said anything to my mum she used to say "if it hurts, its doing you good". Somehow I didn't believe her. That would be Olive Oil. We always had a bottle of that in the house back in the fifties. It was only ever used for two things, warming up for putting in your ears for ear ache and mashing together with bananas for my Dads sandwiches for work. It stopped the banana from going brown (apparently). They tried to get me to take some foul tasting pink stuff from the doctor for my chest but it was Owbridges or nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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