The Rub is an old herbal remedy that has been in Dorrie Killeen’s grandmother’s family for generations.
In 1890 young teacher Annie Murphy, whose family came from Rathmoylan in County Meath, took up a post outside Athlone in a south Roscommon national school. She met and married Dorrie’s grandfather Thomas Feeley, and Roscommon was to become her home for life.
She brought with her a recipe for a substance made from herbs, oils, and salts that had been used by her family for generations for pains, aches, and inflammation. In 1991, searching her old medical book entitled ‘The Household Physician’, Dorrie found the recipe and made it up for an elderly man who had very bad arthritis in his hands, knees, ankles, and shoulders. The following day, after using The Rub twice, he came back saying he was able to walk up the fields for the first time in three years.
That was the discovery of The Rub 20 years ago. Dorrie’s grandmother used to say, “For every illness, a herb grows nearby”.
Over the years Dorrie has studied the science of herbs and nutrition and collected lots of old traditional remedies. She has written a book, and plans to publish it next year.
Here are some testimonials from users of The Rub:
“The relief I’ve got using The Rub is marvellous; I call it the miracle Rub” - Mary, Sligo.
“I was just able to walk using a stick with chronic knee pain. Now I get around easily with no stick, I walk up three flights of stairs to my room, with no lift, thanks to The Rub” - Patricia, Galway.
For further information and testimonials visit dorriekilleentherub.blogspot.com
The Rub is available locally from McGorisks, Honey Pot, Cooneys, Cunninghams, and Concannons Pharmacies in Athlone; Brodericks and Hollys Pharmacies, Ballinasloe; Whelehans Pharmacy, and Nuts & Grains Health Shop in Mullingar; McManus Pharmacy, Clara; and O’Briens Pharmacy, Roscommon.
