10 fun facts about health care in Germany: From home remedies to house doctors | Meet the Germans

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  • @sebastianholz5436
    @sebastianholz5436 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3793

    Fun fact: You can call an ambulance without risking your whole life savings

    • @KeKe-dw9gf
      @KeKe-dw9gf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      its cost about 450€ calling an ambulance and the paramedic will get the money from you or the health insurance. someone always gotta pay.

    • @marl9543
      @marl9543 4 ปีที่แล้ว +152

      Its 10 Euros, as everyone is insured ;)

    • @KeKe-dw9gf
      @KeKe-dw9gf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@marl9543its not. stupid. The health insurance pays it. And where do they get their money?? insurances always win.

    • @RSGVM
      @RSGVM 4 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      @@KeKe-dw9gf actually you do have to pay 10 euros

    • @KeKe-dw9gf
      @KeKe-dw9gf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@RSGVM thats only the fee ......

  • @BrambleBeeRose
    @BrambleBeeRose 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1903

    You forgot the Hühnersuppe... Chicken soup? It is magical when you are sick 😂

    • @curry5136
      @curry5136 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      Hühnersuppe hilft gegen alles xD

    • @drharnsaft1005
      @drharnsaft1005 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Hühnersuppe, oder auch "das jüdische Penicilin".

    • @Krackerlack
      @Krackerlack 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      it is true magic

    • @tiefensucht
      @tiefensucht 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      mittlerweile wirkt es sogar wegen dem vielen Antibiotika im Fleisch^^

    • @michel1060
      @michel1060 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      wegen die ganze Antibiotika die die Fiecher zu fressen kriegen ;)

  • @teecana3977
    @teecana3977 4 ปีที่แล้ว +362

    Me, German, currently wearing a scarf while watching this video:
    "I have never felt so offended by something I can 100% agree with"

    • @mahpeetakoda1290
      @mahpeetakoda1290 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Als alter Motoradfahrer kann ich dir sagen, du kannst ganz nackt fahren, aber immer ein Schal um Hals :)

    • @karencarpenter5845
      @karencarpenter5845 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A britgal living in sunny California i have 1000s of scarfs, wear one everyday.💜😎💜🇬🇧

    • @mijp
      @mijp 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mahpeetakoda1290 und um die Nieren.

    • @NazriB
      @NazriB ปีที่แล้ว

      Lies again? Deer Whip

    • @NazriBuang-w9v
      @NazriBuang-w9v 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Lies again? Gaming Hub Glory Hole

  • @jamesclarke3501
    @jamesclarke3501 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1099

    Without fail every German's suggestion when you're feeling sick: "drink some tea"

    • @dweuromaxx
      @dweuromaxx  4 ปีที่แล้ว +168

      There is even a German saying "Abwarten und Tee trinken" (literally "wait and drink tea"), meaning "Wait and see!"

    • @robenglish416
      @robenglish416 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Thought that was the UK!?

    • @manufactotum6064
      @manufactotum6064 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Rob English from a German living in the uk: you can’t get those teas in the uk, in Germany every supermarket and drugstore has those healthcare teas, there is a herb for anything! In the Uk you usually do not find that variety in the shelfs

    • @robenglish416
      @robenglish416 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@manufactotum6064 well the video only said drink some tea, and that is what you do in the UK for everything! Car accident: don't worry, tea coming! Not herbal tea as in Deutschland but black tea, with milk!

    • @afrarunduml1170
      @afrarunduml1170 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      The Germans prefer coffee. Tea is just for beeing sick (herbal teas). Or in winter time with flavored fruit teas.

  • @Bageera63
    @Bageera63 5 ปีที่แล้ว +933

    My mother is German. Her home remedies work. The cold towels do work to reduce fever. Chamomile tea as an eye wash cured my conjunctivitis as a child. And as for onions, she made a special cough syrup made with onions, honey, & other ingredients. She has other remedies too.
    This was a fun video to watch. Thanks DW & Rachel!

    • @merveefe6526
      @merveefe6526 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Hot Jägermeister always helps as well

    • @lechevalnoir8892
      @lechevalnoir8892 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Does your mom have a cure for back pain? Would need one now

    • @Bageera63
      @Bageera63 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@merveefe6526 I keep mine in the freezer. The cold soothes my throat. I will give the warm a try. Thanks!

    • @Bageera63
      @Bageera63 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@lechevalnoir8892 A heating pad.

    • @dweuromaxx
      @dweuromaxx  5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Thanks for your comment. We're glad you like the video! :)

  • @randyzhu9705
    @randyzhu9705 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1659

    At least their health costs won't cost an arm and a leg.

    • @desgbtv5733
      @desgbtv5733 5 ปีที่แล้ว

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    • @peter_meyer
      @peter_meyer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @kingsmeadow Well, bad, but because it isn't 50%, i'm fine. And i'm german.
      It's not f**ing 50%. Get your numbers right.

    • @arvedludwig3584
      @arvedludwig3584 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @kingsmeadow not even a billions has 50% income tax rate.
      The highest rate is at 42%.
      As a typical middle class citizens with an average income you are by far lower but that also depends on you personal situation (disabled, married, second income)

    • @crappiefisher1331
      @crappiefisher1331 5 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      @kingsmeadow again with the 50% income tax.. at least get your facts right before you post your uneducated bullshit.
      it gets even worse that you claim that just the income tax is 50% ...
      1: the average income tax in germany is about 20%.. so the vast majority of people don't even reach 50% if you include all other costs like church tax or health care. so your braindead babble about income tax being 50% is utterly nonsense. are you american by any chance? would explain a lot....
      2: the second highest income tax is 42% and you have to earn about 60k euro per year to reach such high taxes. also, even if you reach these high taxes not all of your income is taxed with 42% but only the amount that is above these 60k. so if you have 62k per year only 2k will be taxed with 42%... btw the average gross income in germany is about 36k per year, if you include all workers (part time e.g.). if you only look at full time workers its about 48k gross income.. so yeah the vast majority in nowhere close to 42%.
      3: the highest income tax is 45% to reach that amount of taxes you must earn at least 251k per year (or double in case you are married). and again like with the 42% only the amount of money which is above 251k will be taxed with 45%...
      conclusions:
      1 you lack the knowledge to make the kind of statement you made, but i guess you dont care. thats something all idiots on the internet have in common.
      2. the average german income tax is far below 50% and more like 20%
      3. even with health care and other taxes included, like church tax e.g, the vast majority of germans are nowhere near these high tax rates of 42% or 45%
      4. if you earn enough to actually pay these rates you will still have more than enough money to live a very good life even after you paid your taxes. not to mention that most of these high earners also find ways to get parts of their paid taxes back...

    • @andywalker2077
      @andywalker2077 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Health insurance is about 7% of Gross income. If you have a low income. For higher incomes it is less. For higher incomes it becomes complicated as you are no longer required to use the public health insurance but can use private insurance.
      So the euphemism.
      In practice when you are no longer required to then you also have no right to it.
      So when you immigrate and you are not required by law to enter public health insurance you have no right to enter public healrh insurance and have to use private insurance which is about €500 per month, per person in your household. When you are 50. No upper limit. And no way back to public health insurance, as punishment for choosing private health insurance.
      Germany - Vorschriften, Euphemisms, Verbote, Punishments.
      Better get a lawyer.
      Need a Rechtsschutzversicherung (insurance to protect you from the laws).

  • @RikoScouse
    @RikoScouse 3 ปีที่แล้ว +438

    Her: Biting into a raw potato
    Me, a German: So you have chosen death.

    • @RaKana.21
      @RaKana.21 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      So I'm german and I'm doing it all the time. But all my friends legit hate me for it and even pointing it out every fucking time xD

    • @imissrengoku271
      @imissrengoku271 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bwahahaha-!

    • @Kittren22
      @Kittren22 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I am hungarian, but I was eating raw potatoes weekly, and a lot :D never had a problem.

    • @user-yw4jd6bf7c
      @user-yw4jd6bf7c 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Kittren22 I'm German and I also eat them very often

    • @CourtneySchwartz
      @CourtneySchwartz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Actually… Raw (green) potatoes CAN make you sick due to solanine. Deadly nightshade is one of its many poisonous relatives. Raw kidney beans are dangerous, too. Not green beans, though; they’re fine. :)

  • @rcsfjo207
    @rcsfjo207 5 ปีที่แล้ว +416

    I love this woman! Keep her content on youtube please and no one else.

    • @prateekkumar3233
      @prateekkumar3233 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I love her too, but don't know why.

    • @Ottts22
      @Ottts22 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don´t love her, as she is not informed but simply looking nose down on Germany, I wished I could have laughed once...

    • @yesyoarrocket4301
      @yesyoarrocket4301 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@Ottts22 actually she is informed. I can relate with most of the facts she gives about Germany.

    • @ContinuumGaming
      @ContinuumGaming 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@yesyoarrocket4301 Really? I never even heard of that onion thing... what the heck?
      Und mal ehrlich... was soll da eine Zwiebel auch bringen? Ist doch völliger Quatsch. Und sich warm halten bei schlechtem Wetter oder wenn Du krank bist? Natürlich ist das gut und das hat nichts mit komischem Verhalten zu tun. Das ist in praktisch jedem Land so.
      Und Globoli... also ja es gibt Leute, die auf so einen Plazeboo-Quatsch reinfallen, aber das ist WEIT weg von der Mehrheit der Leute.
      Was mich gewundert hat: Es gibt eigentlich jedes mal bei solchen Videos das "Wind/Zug macht krank"-Klischee... hier nicht?

    • @yesyoarrocket4301
      @yesyoarrocket4301 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Continuum Gaming das liegt daran, dass es für die Angst vor Wind und Zug von deutschen ein eigenes Video gibt 🤪
      Ich kannte auch nicht alle von den “Hausmitteln” - aber nicht jeder benutzt die selben Dinge, weiß die selben Dinge und hat eigene Vorlieben. Du siehst doch, dass viele gesagt haben, dass sie tatsächlich diese Hausmittel benutzen. Und ja, ich habe quasi JEDES Video von ihr gesehen und meistens ist sie sehr gut informiert und stellt das ganze einfach witzig dar. Man kann auch mal über sich selbst, sein Volk oder Land lachen, ohne direkt “mimimi” zu machen. Kein Wunder, dass die halbe Welt denkt, wir hätten keinen Humor :D

  • @mathildewesendonck7225
    @mathildewesendonck7225 4 ปีที่แล้ว +93

    We even do many of these „health tricks“ at hospital! Like salt sticks, we have supplies of them on every ward for patients with low sodium level. And it works! Oh, and you forgot to mention Zwieback and camomile tea for gastroenteritis!! We also have Zwieback on every ward at hospital. And we do „Wadenwickel“ even on ICU to bring down fever.

  • @fraserseifert
    @fraserseifert 5 ปีที่แล้ว +256

    You forgot the magical teas! There's a specific tea to cure every ailment.

    • @leavoda3791
      @leavoda3791 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Especiall ginger tea against a sore throat or a cold 😃 It was a revelation for me and my family.

    • @danielholowaty2648
      @danielholowaty2648 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Hals-Tee, Bauchweh-Tee, Mach-mich-reich-Tee, Guten Morgen-Tee,... 😂😂

    • @WillKemp
      @WillKemp 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@danielholowaty2648 does that mean "make me rich tea"? Does it work? I need some of that!

    • @danielholowaty2648
      @danielholowaty2648 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@WillKemp It sure exists in some weird tea shop. I think it makes the owners rich

  • @jckiessoup94
    @jckiessoup94 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1215

    Können wir mal anmerken, das unsere Krankenversicherung so gut wie nichts kostet, selbst wenn du arbeitslos bist noch Krankenversichert bist und immer zu jedem Arzt gehen kannst egal wann und wie oft :))

    • @vanessas2454
      @vanessas2454 5 ปีที่แล้ว +103

      Wo lebst du denn? Die Krankenversicherung kostet einen Haufen Geld. Als Angestellter merkt man das nicht so, weil es automatisch abgezogen wird und man nicht aktiv zahlt, aber frage mal einen Selbständigen oder Freiberufler.

    • @jckiessoup94
      @jckiessoup94 5 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Deutschland, wenn du dir das Video angeschaut hättest, wüsstest du, um welches Land es hier geht, Klugscheisser.
      Selbst dann, leben wir in Deutschland, was Krankenkassen angeht, auf höherem Niveau und viel angenehmer als andere Länder.

    • @vanessas2454
      @vanessas2454 5 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      @@jckiessoup94 Warum so aggressiv? Um welches Land es hier geht, war klar. Dass du in Deutschland wohnst, war auch klar, da "*unsere* Krankenversicherung". Meine (rein rhetorische) Frage zielte eher darauf ab, wie man - eben gerade in Deutschland - zu der Einschätzung kommen kann, dass unsere Krankenversicherung so gut wie nichts kostet. Was du eigentlich meintest, war, dass Arztbesuche so gut wie nichts kosten. Und das geht, gerade weil wir durch unsere sehr hohen Krankenkassenbeiträge diese Dinge schon bezahlt haben. Es ist ein (mehr oder weniger) solidarisches Umlageprinzip, das wir aber sehr wohl und sehr teuer bezahlen.

    • @danbo967
      @danbo967 5 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      @@vanessas2454 Also wen es ums zahlen geht schauen wir mal auf Amerika. Mein Halbbruder lebt in Virgina, Richmond. Er hat eine Ehefrau und ein 3 jähriges kind. Er zahlt jeden Monat $400 Versicherung pro person also $1200 pro Monat für die ganze Familie. Seine Versicherung ist so ziemlich eine der besten Versicherung in Amerika. Normaler weise kostet sie mehr aber er bekommt eine Ermäßigung weil er ein Beamter ist. Er leidet unter der Crohn Krankheit. Er braucht lebenswichtige Medikamente die er aber selbst bezahlen muss den die Versicherung zahlt nur 60% für sein $1000 teures Medikament pro Monat. Zudem wurde er 2 mal operiert um ein stück von seinem toten Darms zu entfernen. Die Versicherung zahlt wieder einmal nur teilweise die OP und über den letzten 5 Jahren musste er einen 10-15 tausend dollar Kredit aufnehmen um für die anderen Kosten aufzukommen. Bei jeder Beschwerde darf er nicht direkt zum Spezialisten sonst must zum haus Arzt erst der nicht einmal ein richtiger Arzt ist sonder ein Nurse Practitioner (eine Krankenschwester mit ein paar Semestern Medizin Studium).

    • @generaldurchbruchmuller
      @generaldurchbruchmuller 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@vanessas2454 Also ich bin Privatversichert, ich kann mich nicht beschweren

  • @kiliipower355
    @kiliipower355 5 ปีที่แล้ว +622

    Salt sticks and cola!
    Sounds funny at first. But with diarrhoea the electrolyte balance is often disturbed afterwards. Which can be dangerous for children. And salt sticks and Cola means to supply the body quick salts and sugar in a sufficient amount of liquid....and it tastes!

    • @ynk1611
      @ynk1611 5 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Most salts you need to take in are mere minors in salt sticks so it isn't the best option. Eating apples or bananas would be more effective, but eating unhealthy when you're sick is curing for the soul.

    • @frlolz
      @frlolz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      ich hab immer elektrolytlösung aus der apotheke zu hause für sowas :P

    • @Jehty_
      @Jehty_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      No no no. Don't drink cola if you are ill.
      Way to much sugar and caffeine in it.

    • @swanpride
      @swanpride 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      One doesn't preclude the other. When I was a child I caught a bug which cased me to throw up and I just couldn't stop. Nearly landed me in the hospital, because it lead to a lack of salt in my body. Salt sticks, apples and bananas was pretty much the recommended diet by my doctor.
      Cola on the other hand isn't really a good idea on an upset stomach. Tea is better. The only advantage cola has is that the combination of sugar and caffeine might serve as a good push for your circulation once you feel a little bit better.
      In short, the salt stick part is true and actually helpful (especially since those things are easier on the stomach than apples, though apples are really good against diarrhoea specifically), the Cola part, that is more for the soul and the placebo effect.

    • @ducklingscap897
      @ducklingscap897 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      tastes good. Man kann auf englisch nicht sagen: it tastes für es schmeckt gut. It tastes bedeutet nur, dass es nach irgendetwas schmeckt.

  • @leavoda3791
    @leavoda3791 4 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    So the scarf thing actually does make sence. You don't just wrap your neck with it, but the upper back too. This results in warming up the upper back and neck area. The blood vessels get more relaxed and opened, circulation is better and the whole area gets warmer. This can eliviate the symptoms of headache, neck soreness, shoulder and upper back pain and sore throat.
    Ingwertee or ginger tea is a wonderfull remedy against sore throat or a cold. Just wash and grate a small peace of ginger root, pour hot water over it and let it sit for about 10 minutes. Drink with lemon juice and honey or straight. Works wonders and warms up the whole body. It has a fruity and spicy flavour.
    I allso find german way of carefully giving out painkillers or antibiotics more than ideal. For example, I come from Croatia and every time my child would have ear pains, he would be perscribed an antibiotic. When we moved to Germany, my boy woke me up one sunday night howling with pain in his ear. We quickly rushed him to the hospital and the kind female doctor checked him up. She asked me if we gave him any medications prior to coming to hospital. I said no, because I wasn't sure how this type of thing was handeld here and explained how we allways got antibiotics in Croatia. She explained to me that he only needs pain medication because he does not have a fever or swelling of the eardrum. She allso made sure to be very clear that if he should develop fever or further pain, we should visit his Pediatrist. Turns out he had earpains because of a pressure change in the surrounding air (it was a warm night and the window was tilted open) that made the pressure in his eardrum spike suddenly (he was 3 y.o. and his ear canals were still developing). He didn't need any subsequent medication or visits to the doctor. It schocked me that that kind of an option was never even considered in Croatia.
    Edit: grammar and one more story 😅

    • @LeoSpaceman69
      @LeoSpaceman69 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      that was an interesting read! thanks f that!

    • @jrdelrey
      @jrdelrey 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      In my culture, Ibuprofen works pretty well too.

    • @HappyBeezerStudios
      @HappyBeezerStudios 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      So not only no need for painkillers or antibiotics, but sensitive to weather.
      Sounds like someone is already adjusted to Germany.

  • @nevsclowntown
    @nevsclowntown 5 ปีที่แล้ว +123

    everytime there is a cold coming up i do really wrap myself into a scarf and even wear it to bed. It does work! magical healing powers

  • @lwwells
    @lwwells 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I've been living in Germany for four years (American). My god I love this channel. I always learn new things.

  • @noaoah3662
    @noaoah3662 5 ปีที่แล้ว +134

    I, as one who goes to Germany quite often, and am fluent in German, can confirm that the draft is the ultimate enemy of the German

    • @sternenstars2080
      @sternenstars2080 5 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      "ES ZIEHT"

    • @viomouse
      @viomouse 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      only of half the germans who believe in the evil draft. The other half (including me and my family) rather sits next to an open window in winter for fresh air. Until a person screams "close the window, the draft!!"

    • @mathildewesendonck7225
      @mathildewesendonck7225 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Noaoah 😂😂😂

    • @MsDanny1973
      @MsDanny1973 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Lol. Especially bad, a potential killer according to every German mother, is going outside with wet hair. I am going on 50 and still feel a little guilty when doing it. ☺

    • @Schwuffie96
      @Schwuffie96 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@MsDanny1973 or sitting down on a cold Stone as a girl.

  • @marcuszaja6589
    @marcuszaja6589 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Yes, when I was young my mother the calf wraps when I had a fever. Another thing I know is "Zwiebelhonig" (onion honey) that helps against a cough. Cut an onion into little cubes put them in a glas jar, put three spoons of honey on top of it and seal it for 12 hours. Strain it through a sieve. After that you can drink it.

  • @chiral8857
    @chiral8857 5 ปีที่แล้ว +363

    U forgot “Salbei” 🙈

    • @NoSkillDwnload
      @NoSkillDwnload 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Fenchel-Anis-Kümmeltee

    • @HadaChaos
      @HadaChaos 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      My dad always made us gurgle with sage-tea. He even found some very potent plants in an old 'lost place' church in Croatia, dug them out and brought them back with him... cold sage-tea or salt-water

    • @asiamarill
      @asiamarill 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@NoSkillDwnload but it works for digestion problems, thats why children get that tea too

    • @hkkhgffh3613
      @hkkhgffh3613 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      For real!

  • @mercedeslb237
    @mercedeslb237 5 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Merci beaucoup pour cette émission.Merci DW 😙

    • @desgbtv5733
      @desgbtv5733 5 ปีที่แล้ว

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  • @911fletcher
    @911fletcher 5 ปีที่แล้ว +199

    Punkt 1: Da sind wir höflich und schon ist das ein "Fun fact". Komische Welt.

    • @johaquila
      @johaquila 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Ist halt anderswo anders. In der Gemeinschaftspraxis in Neukölln, zu der ich immer gehe, gibt es mehr türkische Patienten als deutsche. Die sind generell sehr freundlich, aber in der Praxis grüßt niemand im Wartezimmer. Wozu allerdings sicher auch die offene Gestaltung beiträgt. Es könnte also auch damit zu tun haben, dass deutsche Arztpraxen oft erkennbar umfunktionierte Wohnungen sind.

    • @Goldzwiebel
      @Goldzwiebel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Ich hab bei dem Punkt direkt erwartet, dass sie nun erklärt, dass wir uns so weit wie möglich von Anderen weg setzen und weiter nicht mit den Personen sprechen. Immerhin könnte man sich ja anstecken! Die Begrüßung ist überall normal, aber eben nicht, dass wir danach stark distanziert sind. Vielleicht wurde hier komisch geschnitten und der eigentliche Fun fact ist deshalb weg gefallen. Anders kann ich es mir nicht erklären.

    • @johaquila
      @johaquila 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Goldzwiebel Die Begrüßung ist zumindest in England glaub ich nicht üblich, und distanziert ist man da sowieso. Wenn es in den USA ähnlich sein sollte, dann gilt das Nicht-Grüßen im englischen Sprachraum halt schnell als normal.

    • @RachelStewart04
      @RachelStewart04 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@Goldzwiebel When talking to people who have moved to Germany from other countries, this often comes up in conversation - we are surprised when Germans greet us in the doctor's waiting room or in an elevator 😋

  • @Marlene55M
    @Marlene55M 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Fun fact 11: We do not have to produce and sell crystal meth when we get seriously ill. ;)

  • @christophmensch3945
    @christophmensch3945 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Whenever "Meet the Germans" pops up on TH-cam, I must watch right away and get my short, informative, educational, amusing and entertaining crash course on whatever topic!

  • @Neyjina
    @Neyjina 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Wadenwickel works. You even learn how to do them in Nursing School. They are great to lower a mild fever without medication.

    • @daan6763
      @daan6763 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      why would you want to lower a fever?! it's there to fight whatever virus is trying to kill you...

    • @FiveOClockTea
      @FiveOClockTea 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@daan6763 when fever reaches a certain temperature or stays high for too long it's important to lower the fever.

  • @touficjammoul4482
    @touficjammoul4482 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    we actually put Garlic in the ears when there's some kind of headache caused by a flue, due to its anti-inflammatory ingredients. but that's fun to watch how other cultures deals with such situations at home.

  • @TheRealAssix
    @TheRealAssix 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Rachel macht mich mit jedem neuen Video einfach happy :)

  • @althelas
    @althelas 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    my grandma would feed us hot beer with sugar when we had a cold. since the beer was boiled, the alcohol was mostly gone and it helped and her cough medizine was 3 chopped onions boiled with 750ml water and a lot of rock sugar. Let it boil for a minute and then turn down the heat to let the mixture simmer until it is syrupy. Sip one or two tablespoons of the syrup twice a day. I still do that and it still works. not every home remedy from the old days is hocus pocus. ;)

    • @LythaWausW
      @LythaWausW 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't want to live upstairs from your grandmother who is boiling beer and onions!

  • @dariamathes4852
    @dariamathes4852 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I live in Germany and had a bad knee injury while skiing. I was advised by my doctor to smear quark (a kind of yogurt/sour cream dairy product ) all over my knee and wrap it in a towel to draw the fluid out of the knee. It was a bit messy and I'm not sure if the quark or just time helped with the swelling, but I did it!

    • @hiwakoo
      @hiwakoo 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Very good medial advice, I always recomed it

    • @j.werfuchs3975
      @j.werfuchs3975 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Got that recommendation from every doctor (and other health professionals) I went to with my knee injury (from diagnostics, through all the steps you need to prepare for surgery, through rehabilitating the knee).
      They were all convinced that Quark drew the swelling out if the knee (all those bad substances that accumulate there?) and even if that WERE hocus-pocus (you see, I wasn't convinced and pressed pretty hard with my questions), it would help against the swelling because it was far more effective at cooling the injury down than cold water bottles or cooling pads... And cooling would definitely help against the swelling XD

  • @leejay2418
    @leejay2418 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Rachel is very informative and engaging. I could watch her videos for hours!

  • @annabella7285
    @annabella7285 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Another delightful episode! Danke!

  • @mambofornasa
    @mambofornasa 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I find Rachel's way of presenting these facts very interesting. I love the German system. Continue with these videos

  • @msultan5194
    @msultan5194 5 ปีที่แล้ว +139

    Wondering why Germany is not playing bigger role internationally, they have all it takes to be a super power country, science, economy and industry.
    Very quiet country!

    • @Bloeckchenbauer1
      @Bloeckchenbauer1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +169

      It went wrong the last time.😬 Nationalism in Germany is still a difficult topic, that‘s why we‘re not being a global player openly. But regarding science and technology we definitely are, at least from my point of view.

    • @oskarwagner5897
      @oskarwagner5897 5 ปีที่แล้ว +101

      M Sultan well Germany has the 4th strongest economy on the globe and is the biggest exporter world wide

    • @afarhan21
      @afarhan21 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      WWII maybe the reason. It's also true for Japan.

    • @annaandre9131
      @annaandre9131 5 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      Well, they do play a huge role in EU politically. And their economy is one of the biggest in the world. But they play a more subtle role in world affairs, due to...well you know...wwii, they try not to be aggressive.

    • @romansongen6284
      @romansongen6284 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      We tried several times :P

  • @sanholo3114
    @sanholo3114 5 ปีที่แล้ว +174

    That with Globuli isn't true we make fun of it and the few people who use it rather than take it

    • @SilverFoxGPC
      @SilverFoxGPC 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Still too many and the lobby is strong. Public health care is still allowed to pay for homeopathy, but is not required to pay for actually effective things like glasses or proper composite fillings.

    • @ichmageisify
      @ichmageisify 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Well, the Placebo effect is pretty powerfull. If you believe in sth, it might help. So, let people take it and placebo will do it's trick (obviously not if somebody has cancer or anything really serious.)

    • @Sp4mMe
      @Sp4mMe 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's embarrassing, but Germany is one of the biggest market for this crap (and other related crap).

    • @DonKuanWP
      @DonKuanWP 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Well ... the "few people who use it" are about 60% of our population ...

    • @tintentoaster4494
      @tintentoaster4494 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ichmageisify I'd rather not have people waste their money on the only type of medication that does not have to be proven to work to be sold as medicine.

  • @ant7936
    @ant7936 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    All I know is, they're way ahead of UK.
    In 1982, I went to the doctor at 7.30 a.m.
    By noon, I'd had a barium meal, X-ray (which I was given to take back to my doctor) and been prescribed medication.
    And that was on the cheapest health insurance.
    Here, in UK today, a blood test or X- ray would take around 3 weeks for a result -- after waiting 3 weeks for an appointment.

    • @indahooddererste
      @indahooddererste 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      not different from germany. medication costs are raising and raising. less doctors for a specicality especially psychologists you can wait for a year.

    • @API-Beast
      @API-Beast 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You are making the wrong assumption that health care gets better over time. Quite the opposite. By now you also have to wait weeks for an appointment, even with a general practitioner.

    • @johaquila
      @johaquila 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      In many German regions we now have similar problems. The difference is that British politicians inflict them on their population by withholding money from the NHS and increasing its expenses through privatisation, and German politicians do it by simply not accrediting enough doctors, especially specialists, and most particularly psychologists and psychiatrists.

    • @Diana_L.
      @Diana_L. 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      And I had to see a neurologist 2 years ago and it took 6 months to get an apointment. A cardiologist took 4 months.

  • @jandy8911
    @jandy8911 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi, I am from Czech Republic and my mom used put warm potatoes wrapped in cloth on my belly when I was a child. And it really worked to lower my body temperature and reduce coughing. And to this day I use garlic and honey for coughing.

  • @bernardsanke4876
    @bernardsanke4876 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    😍😀❤ As usual, Rachel; so much fun to watch and listening to.
    Yes, us Germans are very suspicious when it comes down to our health. Medication is a no-go because of all the side effects, and home-remedies are the holy grail in every German family as they are handed over from generation to generation.
    However, I would like to highlight a few facts, or differences if you like. Seeing a doctor in the UK usually concludes after about three minutes with a prescription of Co-codamol or antibiotics. Also, when comparing surgeries between the two countries, one will notice that a British surgery looks rather untidy, run down, and not very professional. Moreover, once one is lucky to get a doctor's appointment in time, the actual time spent with the doctor is like the treatment or consultation itself, pointless and ineffective. In comparison, a German doctor and his or her surgery are very clinical and professional. A German doctor WILL listen while trying to find the best way to help you. Much more important though is the fact, that a German doctor will treat you at his/her surgery whenever they can, while the transfer to a specialist is taking hours or days compared to months and years in the UK.
    Please, I do not want to appear negative. But I am still too much a German when it comes down to the British health system, which I liken to compare to Third World standards.

  • @pigoff123
    @pigoff123 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    When I lived in Germany as a military civilian I didn't have health insurance. I went to a dentist off base on the economy. I told him I had a toothache. He told me I didn't cause he saw me 3 months ago. He took an xray and said I had a sinus infection. Sent me to the apotheke to get peppermint oil. It worked.

  • @unlink1649
    @unlink1649 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I like Rachel. Rachel is good. Be like Rachel.

  • @hannahl8164
    @hannahl8164 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    THE SCARF WORKS! Its amazing and anyone getting ill in winter after going outside without a scarf will regret it

  • @Hermetic_
    @Hermetic_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    1:51 lol “because....hump day?”

    • @gluteusmaximus1657
      @gluteusmaximus1657 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Every Wednesday. It divides the week and is humpday ! ;-)

    • @HBoff
      @HBoff 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gluteusmaximus1657 Yes, and they are closed because the Doctors closed, too

  • @rwandaforever6744
    @rwandaforever6744 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It might sound funny to put a bag of minced and slightly heated onions on your ear when you have an ear infection, but it IS working. There is even scientific proof of how it works. Most pain in the ear is based on bacterial infections. Onions have several ingredients that act as an antibiotic. Yes, you smell like onion for some time, but that smell - due to sulphuric components - is what helps killing the bacteria. Also, it's warm and heat usually makes you feel better (enhanced circulation leading to better supply with blood and thus leucocytes fighting bacteria or other blood components relieving pain).
    The wet cold towels around the calfs are also working quite well (as is a cold towel in the neck with nose bleed or a cold towel on your forehead when you have a fever). It's effectively cooling your body down. You could, in theory, sit in a tub with cold water, but that would be a bit too much and could be dangerous for your health, if you do it for a longer time. And it puts additional stress on your body already taxed with the ailment you have to combat. Wrapped around the calfs (sometimes also the upper arms), you can to this while lying in bed. It works better the smaller the person, hence it usually is used for children.
    Remember those crazy people chewing willow bark against headaches? Yes, they were also right and today we have acetylsalicylic acid and it works quite well...derived from the Latin word salix for willow. Just because something seems strange or crazy, it still can work. That is, of course, not working for homeopathy. There is no value in this other than as a placebo. As long as they do not press the issue about it having any effects more than that, they can keep popping sugar pills.

  • @fionamacleod30
    @fionamacleod30 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I love the low level sarcasm that you bring to this video.😆 👍

  • @timsummers870
    @timsummers870 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Rachel Stewart has my heart!!

  • @Cocktailkatze
    @Cocktailkatze 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Cola and Salzstangen was actually prescribed to me by my doctor !!! In general doctors also prescribe home remedies and natural medicine on top of the regular one.

  • @HundkatzeFisch
    @HundkatzeFisch 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    In Germany many people think, although scientifically disproved, that you get a cold when you go outside in winter after swimming with wet hair.
    Some beans are actually not to be eaten raw, because of the phasin they contain.
    Phasin causes the red blood cells in the human body to stick together. The transport of oxygen in the blood is hindered. Headaches, nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea can result. Children are particularly at risk because of their low body weight. Just five to six raw beans are enough to cause these symptoms in children.

  • @christabelrewe2811
    @christabelrewe2811 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    In Kenya when you get a headache, your mom blames your phone😂

    • @shimanopetermann9068
      @shimanopetermann9068 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I do believe that mothers all around the world do that 🤣 and not only for headaches. According to my mother the phone is also the source of stomach issues, allergies, broken legs and even if I got decapitated her explanation for the phenomenon would be "That happens when you're always looking at your phone." 🤣

    • @Wolfboy2012
      @Wolfboy2012 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same with Mexican Moms

  • @crypto9999999
    @crypto9999999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    when i had cough as a child my parents made a glass with cut onions and sugar to get the fluid out, closed it and let it stand over night. always helped. "zwiebelsaft" helps when having a cold.

  • @sabinenoll5947
    @sabinenoll5947 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Why are scarves so remarkable? In Russia when you go out without a hat, all the grannies will stop you and remind you to put immediately a hat on. And that even in mild winters and autumns.

  • @dieterdodel1974
    @dieterdodel1974 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Zwiebelsaft hilft perfekt gegen Husten. 3-4 Zwiebeln in dünne Scheiben schneiden, in eine Schüssel geben und mit 2-3 Esslöffel Zucker bestreuen.
    Der Saft der durch den Zucker aus der Zwiebel gezogen wird, trinken. Ist zwar kalorienreich aber es hilft sehr schnell.
    Onion juice helps against cough perfectly. Cut 3-4 onions into thin slices, put them in a bowl and sprinkle with 2-3 tablespoons of sugar.
    Drink the juice drawn from the onion by the sugar. It is high in calories but it helps very quickly.

  • @mikeoskam3785
    @mikeoskam3785 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    One of the reasons Germans go to the "Hausarzt" so often is that it is required to get a sick notice, in paper, in person from your family doctor. Bureaucracy

    • @mellowtopia5376
      @mellowtopia5376 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hat nicht viel mit Bürokratie zu tun. Wir haben ja keine "Sick days" (zum Glück), also braucht man halt 'nen Schein, so dass die Krankenkasse zahlt. Bei meinem Arbeitgeber aber z.B. erst nach dem zweiten Krankheitstag.

  • @quietcorner293
    @quietcorner293 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    No complaints here on the German medical system. After falling off my mountain bike and separating my shoulder (type III), I was under the knife in less than a week. In 09, my left leg went weak and I could barely walk. I went to the hospital, was in an MRI immediately and that night, the doctor said it looks to be MS. If there is a waiting list, it's not very long.

  • @Annele555
    @Annele555 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Those home remedies are still around for a reason. Most of them work excellently!

  • @Miximixos
    @Miximixos 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Regarding #10. As a Munich resident, I know about the "Föhn" weather phenomenon. When we have "Föhn", we can see 200 kilometers to the south - but many Munich residents have headaches because of this warm wind.

  • @The_Irate_Penguin
    @The_Irate_Penguin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Spent a few years doing graduate work in Germany, some of this time near the German-French border. The above 10 facts are all more or less true, but near the French border you need to combine all of these remedies with the delivery method of choice: suppositories. I'm not sure if this also applies to the onion-in-the-ear remedy, though I wouldn't be surprised.

  • @bigbrowntau
    @bigbrowntau 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Germany has the highest percentage of male nurses in the world. It all comes from the old conscription system. 12 months in the military, or 18 months of community service. Being a nursing student meant you could do the 18 months as the practical part of your degree, so a lot of guys opted to become nurses. It's had a big effect on how nursing is seen, and how nurses work in Germany. Now young men see nursing as just another possible career.

  • @xOPowerRangerOx
    @xOPowerRangerOx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Another German home remedy I grew up with would be warm milk with honey when you have a sore throat. Also you can put a cut up onion on your skin if you got stung by a wasp or a bee. Trust me, it helps 😁

  • @suzyhangaround
    @suzyhangaround 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My mom sometimes made us "Kartoffelwickel" (potatoes, cooked and slightly mashed and wrapped into a towel) when we had a cough and I'd say it works!

  • @lieve6361
    @lieve6361 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Im from the Netherlands and we have all of this too

  • @FreekVerkerk
    @FreekVerkerk 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    We drink hot water with onions when we gave a cold (Holland) it is supposed to get your nose running and should open up your nose and lungs. With onions you can also fill a plate and leave that near your bed, to inhale during the night. I think it works. :)

  • @berlinrog
    @berlinrog 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Surprised there isn't a whole section on "Kreislaufstörung"....! When I worked as a teacher, it was the single most common excuse for students missing school - and yet I had never ever heard of such a thing back home in Blighty! And how did you get access to an Apotheke??!!

    • @Plasmodium2002
      @Plasmodium2002 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not to mention "Hörsturz" - another illness known only in Germany! Or the headache coming from the Fön..I thought they were joking when they first told me about that one!

    • @RachelStewart04
      @RachelStewart04 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Kerry Mills hmm looks like I might have to make a follow-up episode 😆

    • @uweinhamburg
      @uweinhamburg 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@@Plasmodium2002
      "headache coming from the Fön"... Well, perhaps it is just the name of the weather condition which puzzles you. Look for similar conditions in other countries and you will find similar complaints (Mistral in France fe.)

    • @Plasmodium2002
      @Plasmodium2002 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@uweinhamburg That is very interesting! But this is definitely not a source of headache in any English-speaking country I've been to (Australia, US, England and Canada). So just central Europe?

    • @uweinhamburg
      @uweinhamburg 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@@Plasmodium2002 Kerry, why do you communicate about a scientific question with a layperson?
      Why not just Google for some real scientific facts? English is my third language and so it is harder for me than it would be for you but this is what i found in 20 seconds...
      n.neurology.org/content/72/10/922.abstract
      I bet there are lots of newer and wider studies. 😉

  • @nikaswords17
    @nikaswords17 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It’s true that most Germans avoid taking pills for ‘small matters’ because we don’t want it to become a habit. Yes, we generally rely on plant power - ginger tea, herbs every day and preferably a large amount of fruits and veg in the everyday diet to avoid getting sick in the first place

  • @WildwoodClaire1
    @WildwoodClaire1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    "Alternative medicine" remains "alternative" until it is actually demonstrated to work, after which it is just "medicine."

  • @annapeyton5605
    @annapeyton5605 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In some parts of the southern U.S., it’s believed a raw potato placed in your socks when you go to bed will draw out internal infection. I’ve also heard of onion or potato poltices (not sure if I spelled that correctly) for other infections. I’ve never tried these, but I know a lot of people swear by these treatments. I just drink hot tea ☕️ 😊

  • @luisfkr111
    @luisfkr111 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    My grandmother believes in drinking garlic with lemon juice and ginger for her health.

    • @dieterdodel1974
      @dieterdodel1974 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      She is absolutely right. It stimulates fat digestion ... so good for losing weight.

    • @julianreverse
      @julianreverse 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Garlic protects your heart ... greetings from Germany.

    • @volkerysilvia
      @volkerysilvia 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@andreasfischer9158 including vampires :)

  • @Obstgeist7
    @Obstgeist7 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    My mother always made onionjuice for me. Just chop up an onion into a cup, add sugar (best kind is kandis, the brown lumps) and leave it overnight. A spoonfull several times a day helps against a sore throat and coughing

  • @missink13
    @missink13 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I am from Austria and when I have pain in my ears, I stick a clove of garlic into them or heat a kitchen towel filled with lavender and press that onto the ear.

    • @henriettelegde8518
      @henriettelegde8518 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I do the same. Some drops of warmed up sesame oil (caution: gets hot very easily) plus a clove of garlic. Learned it in Sri Lanka when I catched an ear infection from the fan. Its a natural antibiotic and works abd the local doctor asked me to do it. Thats 15yrs ago and Im Still doing it whenever I have pain in my ears.

  • @peaveyst7
    @peaveyst7 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    i, as a german, are so thankfull for our healthcaresystem. my daily live depents on medical treatment because i have a severe neurodermitis. dupixent is very expensive but i dont pay a cent for it. my sprays, pills, cremes etc. everything is covert and every two years, i can go to a rehabilitation center for skinconditions... like bad bentheim. even i am unable to work anymore they pay for me. they dont let me suffer and that is the greatest thing ever.

  • @narendranbhaskar
    @narendranbhaskar 5 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    I emigrated here a few years ago and thought only I found this stuff strange. Thanks Rachel. I realise I'm the normal one now.

    • @TheAiskie
      @TheAiskie 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      If you don't put onions on your ears how can you call yourself normal? Pfft...

    • @Fenglang1
      @Fenglang1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Not in Germany you aren't :p

    • @Ottts22
      @Ottts22 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      your are not normal but simply arrogant, I am an family doctor and I tell you the onion trick works, Coke and saltlets are fake...

    • @RedbadvanRijn-ft3vv
      @RedbadvanRijn-ft3vv 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Even in my country,the Netherlands we used it.

    • @blackMZworld
      @blackMZworld 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I do agree it is totally strange to have one of the best health services around the Globe. Especially, if your name is Bhaskar.

  • @helvisea
    @helvisea 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Winter tires and functioning, tight windows - not only existing in Germany, but must be real surprises for a British girl. 😂😂😂 In any case, the young lady is perfect in both languages, and perhaps even more. Respect! 😊

  • @naneneunmalklug4032
    @naneneunmalklug4032 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    1:00 to Point Four Health Wizdoms you should totally include the "cold kidney" ;) very very bad, but apparently in Germany only

    • @lucialove174
      @lucialove174 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Can cofirm, there's even special belts against it (uses, for example, for motorbiking)

  • @andychicago8295
    @andychicago8295 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Die Brille steht dir hervorragend! Und ich bin ziemlich glücklich, über das deutsche Gesundheitssystem.

  • @rcsfjo207
    @rcsfjo207 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    In Turkey you wrap a scarf or whatever you find around your head if you have a headache.

  • @achokaracho7021
    @achokaracho7021 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Onion sacks are a well-tried household remedy for earache. The warm ear wrap can relieve the discomfort for young and old. The combination of warmth and various ingredients of the onion proves to be effective. These include various sulfur compounds. Among other things, they give the plant its antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effect.

  • @dresdenkiller
    @dresdenkiller 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    A doctor once told me “sit on the floor you will soon become spray”. He meant wait for your injection in the corridor. This is what happens when you literally translate German word for word.

    • @trulyUnAssuming
      @trulyUnAssuming 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      that is not word for word, that is just bumbling into every false friend you could possibly find in one sentence.
      Flur is not floor, and spritze is not spray, bekommen is not become.

    • @trulyUnAssuming
      @trulyUnAssuming 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@johnrogan9420 Word for word?
      Flur is corridor, spritze is syringe, bekommen is get. Simply replacing those words:
      Sit [in] the [corridor], you will soon [get] [the] [syringe]. Makes a lot more sense.
      The original sentence badly translated would probably habe been
      Setzen Sie sich in den Flur, sie bekommen gleich ihre Spritze.

  • @christophdro6251
    @christophdro6251 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Onions on the ear i havent ever done. But Wadenwickel ( cold towels ) i have done with great efficiency.

  • @occupyyourmind4418
    @occupyyourmind4418 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This is better than in the US where we have an opioid crisis due to our habit of taking a pill for everything...

    • @hurtigheinz3790
      @hurtigheinz3790 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      And why do you have that habit? Advertising? Accesability?

    • @hansdieter2923
      @hansdieter2923 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Everything has its pros and cons. While in general I think it's good that opioids are not given away like candy, this can lead to harm too. When my dad had cancer his "home oncologist" made my dad stop morphine. Noticed it a few days later when my dads mood did not seem to be the best. He told me he was in pain since his doc cancelled the opioid treatment because he could get addicted. Left him with f-ing ibuprofen. I got so furious and the doc can be glad he wasn't standing beside me in that moment.
      Got my dad some new morphine tablets the same day, he died a few weeks later. At least not in pain. Still mad about the doctor.

    • @highks496
      @highks496 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I never understood how it is considered okay in the US that doctors will prescribe opioids for longer-term use. We know how opioids work, we have known for at least a hundred years. If you subscribe opioids for people to just take at will, at least 80% of people will get seriously addicted. These are well-known facts, which is why you will *never* get opioids in Germany unless you are currently in the hospital, under the supervision of doctors, or maybe if you have terminal cancer.

    • @Sycokay
      @Sycokay 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      As someone who knows how to read and think, I would enjoy having easier access to prescription drugs. Instead of making a doctors appointment, sitting a while around other people spreading the newest viruses, wasting half a day...for a fucking cough medicine.

  • @movingshapes
    @movingshapes 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    You are such a great show hostess. Love the fun expressions you throw here and there. :)

  • @stevenvanhulle7242
    @stevenvanhulle7242 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I live in Belgium and my health insurance fund stopped a year paying for homeopathy, which I commend.
    (OTOH, they still provide workshops hand reflexology... not sure which is worse... 🤔)

  • @vanessas2454
    @vanessas2454 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Regarding the draft: Maybe Germans are a overly concerned about drafts but it´s not without reason. When you´re already ill, you´ll be sensitive to drafts, so of course people avoid that. And in winter, a constant draft will even drive up the heating bill. So therefore, we are strong advocates for quick "Durchzug" meaning we open several windows wide and at the same time, letting fresh air in and then close them again, rather than having a constant draft of air.

  • @rudiausbuddeln3652
    @rudiausbuddeln3652 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I’m German and If I‘m ill I like to drink hot beer before going to sleep. You will sweat very much but it’s worth it! It really works

    • @matthewx7486
      @matthewx7486 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      In my time at military (Bundeswehr), my seargent recommended doing dextrose into the beer before heating it up. 😂😂

    • @rudiausbuddeln3652
      @rudiausbuddeln3652 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@matthewx7486 Does it work ?

  • @dalesmith9885
    @dalesmith9885 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cola and pretzel sticks for upset stomach: well here in the USA I have used just Cola and also sometimes soda crackers (or saltines as they are called in the store) to help. I enjoy your program "meet the germans"

  • @doppelkammertoaster
    @doppelkammertoaster 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Not mentioned at all is the current state of our system: we lack doctors, many of them and it is not getting better. You will run into issues finding a doctor that actually accepts new patients, then getting an appointment that is not 3 months in the future (despite there being a law that should give you one in 2 weeks max) and then they have usually not much time treating you. As usual, it's all good on paper and I definitely like it more than the system in the US but its state is a huge issue.

    • @ellahurdygurdy3827
      @ellahurdygurdy3827 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      3 Months? In October 2019 I got a doctors appointment for September 2020. I don't even know if I'll be still alive until then. :D We got the same issues with finding a house doctor in our area, there are a lot of people without one and the doctors won't accept any new patients.

    • @doppelkammertoaster
      @doppelkammertoaster 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ellahurdygurdy3827 Where are you from?

    • @ellahurdygurdy3827
      @ellahurdygurdy3827 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@doppelkammertoaster I'm from Bavaria :)

    • @doppelkammertoaster
      @doppelkammertoaster 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ellahurdygurdy3827 I'm always surprised to hear that you have the same issues down there as well. I had the impression that it was hella better in the southern parts of Germany.

    • @ellahurdygurdy3827
      @ellahurdygurdy3827 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@doppelkammertoaster Well, sadly no. No doctors and if there's a doctor he's soooo bad at German that he doesn't even understand what you want from him and his medical advise isn't that good either because of communication problems.

  • @augustineosterbek6277
    @augustineosterbek6277 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Potatos also help if you have pain in your ears (Mittelohrentzündung). Cooked potato in a towel and put on the ear. Salted water against Schnupfen and Halsschmerzen.

  • @hartbigfan1714
    @hartbigfan1714 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    To speak for my colleagues: "Hausarzt" is a specialist just like an ENT or gynacologist....After med school you are an "Assistenzarzt" for several years to become a "Hausarzt" and plenty of them actually are internists so after uni they had training just like a cardiologist or pulmonologist or geriatrician and studied all organs so in the end: they are not limited or specialized to one small area of medicine but they still are specialists and still are "Fachärzte"...It really bothers me that they are not seen as such because the german health care system uses them to sort patients to specialists...I can not count the number of times I've heard someone say "Und...welchen Facharzt wirst du mal machen....oder wirst du Hausarzt?"...Everytime someone says that I understand why noone wants to be a Hausarzt anymore

  • @mijp
    @mijp 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    - Onions onto the ear is not working.
    - Cold/wet towles against fever is working, for pure physical reason.
    - Coke and prezel sticks where recommanded from the WHO but not nowadays anymore. It was meant for remineralization and rehydration. It is recommanded as emergency medication nowadays if there are no other otions at hand.

  • @Weirdo0258
    @Weirdo0258 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Can anyone tell me where can I find that music??? The one that's at the intro of each section..I just can't get enough of.it.

  • @geraldmcmullon2465
    @geraldmcmullon2465 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wonder if these are more regional based as I have never come across any of these in Celle/Hanover.
    My mother and grandmother were ones for chicken stock soup (very thin and with leeks and onions and worse than it sounds) and camomile tea. Herbal teas and fruit teas came in many forms.
    At the age of four (1957) I fell onto a plank of wood with a long nail sticking out of it. This went through my hand. It was washed in hydrogen peroxide and bandaged. A trip to the doctor was not considered necessary. The other stock medicine in the bathroom cabinet was chamomile lotion.

  • @ennabass
    @ennabass 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Zwiebelsaft mit Honig oder Ingwer Tee mit Honig macht mir meine Mutter immer wenn ich Halsschmerzen habe XD

  • @toast4354
    @toast4354 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm not sure if this is normal in other places (I'm from Australia btw) but when I would have a sore throat I would usually drink hot water with cinnamon, honey and lemon juice in it, which always helped

  • @lisablank661
    @lisablank661 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm German and I've never heard of the Bioweather map :D But I'm glad I did, because I always feel like the weather affects my health lol :D I will use this map often now haha

  • @carolcosta6409
    @carolcosta6409 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Here in Brazil we also usually directly seek a specialist doctor. If you have a rash or acne, go directly to the dermatologist, once a year go to the woman doctor, also once a year go to the theeth doctor and have a special clean up, etc.... And sometimes one specialist will send you to another specialty, like a woman doctor might send you to an endocrinologist or a back orthopedist might send you to a knee orthopedist.

    • @carolcosta6409
      @carolcosta6409 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Also is a common “grandma knowledge” that if you eat mango and drink milk you will get sick and it’s not good to eat bananas at night (go figure).

    • @Србомбоница86
      @Србомбоница86 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@carolcosta6409 makes sense ,fruit and milk are not a good mix

  • @mdlwg3567
    @mdlwg3567 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    😂😂 the scarf thing is so real, my husbamd always uses it

  • @junglecat_rant
    @junglecat_rant 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I don't know where you live but here in Berlin pharmacies are open without intermission and their business hours are often aligned with shop business hours.

    • @jamesflynn6827
      @jamesflynn6827 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      In the big cities maybe but not in the countryside its quiet usual in Saxony (I can't speak for other Bundesländer)

    • @solidstate9451
      @solidstate9451 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      In central Kassel at the Hauptbahnhof the pharmacy is closed wednesday afternoon.

  • @lennartromer7022
    @lennartromer7022 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Der Typ mit dem Vodka Gurgeln. Der hat das echt gut umgesetzt 😂😂

    • @EDMGmbH
      @EDMGmbH 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hilft allerdings wirklich. Alternativ Salzwasser gurgeln. Bei den ersten abtauchen von Halsschmerzen etwas gurgeln das desinfiziert. Somit geht das Sau schnell Weg

    • @volkerysilvia
      @volkerysilvia 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@EDMGmbH Vodka oder Salbei/Minz/Thymian-Extract - kommt auf dasselbe raus. Mundhygiene halt.

  • @kleoonyoutube
    @kleoonyoutube 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    the onion thing totally works, dice a onion very fine, wrap it in a thin towel and smash it with a mallet to release the juices. Then you can use a hat to keep it on your ear , and the onion juice will help you get rid of the pain.

  • @happykuchenmuffin5945
    @happykuchenmuffin5945 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Ich, krank, mit Mandelentzündung gönne mir Fenchel und Salbeitee , Hühnerbrühe und Gemüse. Omas Mittel helfen und Gemüse für die Power zum Heilen😊

  • @thegonza1976
    @thegonza1976 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love Doc Rachel...

  • @shimanopetermann9068
    @shimanopetermann9068 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Oh my God beware the air draft!!! It's deadly🌬💀

    • @rickcharmingtv
      @rickcharmingtv 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      ES SIEHT! ES SIEHT! ugh.

    • @volkerysilvia
      @volkerysilvia 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rickcharmingtv Es zzzzzzzieht (there's a draft). "Es sieht" would mean "it sees". Note the German "Z" is *always* pronounced "Ts".

    • @BERNDWERK
      @BERNDWERK 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      In fact you can get a stiff neck from drafts ... but a scarf can protect you!

  • @harshwardhang8188
    @harshwardhang8188 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fun fact: In India, mothers usually rub an onion on the sole of feet during summers to combat heat wave induced fevers.

  • @d.bi.1630
    @d.bi.1630 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The "Hausarzt" isn't just the family doctor its also the doctor that visits you at home if you are really sick 😅 and for sore throat my family gargles with salt water

  • @williamnethercott4364
    @williamnethercott4364 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A scarf around the neck for a sore throat. My grandmother used to swear by eating a mixture of butter and sugar for a cough, it was revolting!