Ketchup as a form of medicine??

i dont think so

don't know

hmm i dont know, there were lots of things back then they used and you wonder how come.

I have never heard of that. Maybe the tomatoe in it has a value toward something. I know it does with men and prostate problems.

It could be used for people having sugar withdrawals! In the 1800's they used blood letting to "cure" people. Ketchup smetchup old people are crazy.

i did not know that thank you for that little tidbit

I have read ( i think it was heinz.com)that it does have some medicinal value. They say it contains a substance called Lycopene abundantly found in processed tomatoes because when tomatoes are cooked that's when it is released. It says it is good in the prevention of prostate cancer and also maintains healthy cell growth resulting in slowing age. You can look it up on the site mention. I think it's that site.

That's interesting. I don't know what they would've used it for.

I would think it was used for sprains and strains of muscles. Since it is vinegar based and that is what was used on muscles back then. It could have also been used for bruising since vinegar was once used for that too.

i dont belive it

I have no clue what it could have been used for. That is very interesting that Katcup was used as a medicine. I heard that tomato extract was used to lower high blood pressure.. maybe that is something it was used for.