This was taken from a Victorian Cures article dated 1890. I'm not sure how it works but if you suffer from Sciatica and are willing to try anything to help with your pain, you might want to give it a try. If you try this, make sure the fabric is not steaming hot when you apply it to your skin after warming with the iron!
1) Use vinegar and a flat iron. The iron is heated until it is hot enough to vaporize the vinegar, and is then covered with some wool fabric, which is moistened with vinegar and applied at once to the painful spot. The application may be repeated two or three times a day. As a rule, the pain disappears in twenty-four hours, and recovery ensues at once.
2) Take full grown cucumbers and put them into a pot with a little salt. Then put the pot over a slow fire, where it should remain for about an hour. Then take the cucumbers out of the pot and press them. The juice from the cucumbers must be put into bottles, corked up tight, and placed in the cellar, where they should remain for about a week. Then wet a flannel rag with the liquid and apply it to the parts affected.
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