Finally, a Reason to Shove Pork Up Your Nose [Remedies]

Finally, a Reason to Shove Pork Up Your Nose [Remedies]:

In this season of cold weather and dry air, nosebleeds are not uncommon. Most of the time you can stop them simply by applying a little pressure to your nose, but in case you can't, here's an excellent-sounding new remedy: cured pork. Yes, apparently a new study has found that a method known as "nasal packing with strips of cured pork" was effective at stemming serious nosebleeds. Here is the horrifying description of what exactly was entailed: More »