Traditional medicine once dismissed these home remedies as superstition and folklore, but mainstream physicians are starting to take these treatments more seriously and are recommending them.

Even Mayo Clinic is giving validity to some home remedies with a new book, "Mayo Clinic Book of Home Remedies."

It's not the first book to deal with home remedies, but Dr. Philip Hagen, author of the Mayo book, said the Mayo book released in October makes recommendations based on science.

Over the years, Mayo Clinic has...