Condition |
Method Of Treatment |
worms |
ingested - earth worm broth |
rheumatism |
applied - worm oil. |
worms |
ingested - pigeon manure tea. |
worms |
ingested - sugar and turpentine |
snakebite |
applied - oil in which fishing worms and brandy have been mixed |
throat, sore |
worn - wriggling worms |
worms |
worn - garlic |
ear ailments, worms |
|
headaches |
|
inflammation |
applied - cat or dogs ear, golden bandage, living dew worms |
rheumatism |
Fishing worms |
rheumatism |
applied -oil made of prickly ash bark, red earthworms, oil of hogs’ feet |
sores |
applied - worms |
toothache |
performed - Vedic hymn to Indra |
toothache, tooth worms |
inhaled - boiled old holly leaf or lower umbel of hart wort, upward part of sage, water |
worms |
bistort leaves |
worms, internal |
ingested - apple |
worms |
ingested - Marjoram |
worms |
ingested - Jerusalem Oak seeds mixed with any kind of syrup |
worms |
|
worms |
ingested - 20 laurel leaves ground in a mortar, mixed with water |
worms |
worn - conch |
worms |
ingested - horsemint tea |
worms |
ingested - celery |
worms |
ingested - tea made of cedar twigs |
worms |
ingested - Indian pinkroot |
worms |
ingested - worms |
worms |
ingested - wine, worm herb. |
worms |
ingested - wormkraut, honey |
worms |
witch hazel |
worms |
ingested - steeped bark of poplar |
illness, emaciation, skin eruptions |
Thunar-Thor |
mental illness, worms |
|
breast milk |
|
cholera |
ingested - worms |
snakebite |
applied - worms |
worms |
|
care of the corpse, objects in coffin |
|
worms |
ingested |
worms |
|
worms |
|
ringworm |
applied - saliva |
teeth, gum ailments |
|
worms |
ingested - garlic |
worms |
|
legs |
worn - fried earthworms |
worms |
ingested - gunpowder, buttermilk |
conjury, objects in body, animals |
|
worms |
earthworms |
worms |
ingested - asafetida in water |
worms |
|
amputation |
applied - worm oil. |
worms |
ingested - whiskey, raisins. |
worms |
ingested - sugar and turpentine; sugar and kerosene |
worms |
applied - garlic |
worms |
ingested - worm weed |
ears |
|
injuries |
applied - Earth worm oil. |
intestinal disorders |
ingested - womseed, honey, fasting, laxative. |
rabies, hydrophobia |
ingested - bread on which Sator-Arepo formula was written |
rheumatism |
applied - extract of cooked dew worms |
ringworm |
ingested - use aralias roots bruised or chewed. |
scarlet fever |
|
sores |
applied - worms |
teeth |
applied - worm powder. |
toothache, tooth worms |
inhaled - smoke from candle made of wax, acorn meal, henbane seed |
worms |
ingested - poke leaves cooked in grease |
worms |
ingested - juniper berries |
worms |
applied - savine, leather |
worms |
ingested - butterbur decoction in wine |
worms |
ingested - rue |
worms |
ingested - Mugwort |
worms |
Moon |
worms |
ingested - syrup made of Jerusalem oak and pinkroot boiled together |
worms |
|
worms |
ingested - lemon seeds |
worms |
ingested - horsemint tea |
worms |
ingested - mint leaves in milk |
goiter |
performed - transference |
worms, internal |
ingested - alder bark |
worms |
|
worms |
ingested - wormkraut |
worms |
ingested - scraping of a pewter spoon |
worms |
ingested - meadow saffron |
worms |
ingested - wormroot tea |
worms |
ingested - jalap |
worms |
ingested - turpentine and sugar |
worms |
applied - pomegranate rind wash |
worms |
ingested - poplar sap |
hair |
|
pregnancy |
|
illness, supernatural cause, treatment |
|
human body |
|
worms |
|
worms |
applied - turpentine oil. |
worms |
ingested |
worms |
|
worms |
|
worms |
|
worms |
ingested - sugar, turpentine |
conjury, objects in body, animal |
|
Worms |
ingested - egg shell, hair |
deafness, ears |
applied - Worms |
worms |
ingested - burdock tea |
worms |
|
worms |
ingested - Castoria in water |
worms |
ingested - dried chicken gizzard lining powder with sugar |
vermes, worms |
applied - pulverized glass on navel |
whooping cough |
performed - put nine worms into bottle and hide it |
worms |
|
worms |
|
worms |
applied - garlic |
worms |
ingested - worm weed |
arthritis, rheumatism |
bread-baked earthworms |
belching, eructation |
|
deafness |
applied - bacon |
epilepsy |
performed - small rolls (Aachener Bomchen) are distributed |
female ailments |
rye bread with hare’s bread |
joints |
applied - fishworm oil |
lameness |
applied - worms |
lumbago |
performed - carry three castania nuts |
heart, palpitations |
cress “killing worms” is used in heart cures; or a bandage made of rye flour and strong alcohol is made |
ringworm |
applied - Touch of seventh son. |
ringworm |
ingested - chewed aralia root |
toothache |
|
toothache, tooth worms |
performed - hold in mouth a hot boiled mixture of old holly rind, root of carline thistle, hot water |
toothache |
|
worms |
ingested - pumpkin seeds |
worms, intestinal |
|
worms |
ingested - Knotgrass |
worms |
Cow milk |
worms, internal |
ingested - aloes formula |
worms |
|
worms |
performed - recite charm |
worms |
ingested - blackened bread. |
worms, intestinal |
performed - sleep on bed of leaves of asente or carrapito |
worms |
ingested - candy made from Jerusalem Oak roots and sorghum molasses |
worms |
applied - spiritus salis, gall of glass, garlic, yeast, nettle roots, honey, venetian glass, turpentine, whiskey, lampblack, sperm oil, swallow water |
worms |
worn - bag of tansy around the neck |
wounds |
performed - conjuration |
worms |
ingested - wormwood |
worms |
ingested - wormfuge. |
worms |
Peach skin |
worms |
ingested - tea made from peach leaves |
worms |
ingested - Ripe persimmon fruit |
worms |
|
illness, healing methods |
ingested - healing bread made with barley meal and purslane |
illness, healing methods |
ingested - sesame cake with mallow |
illness, healing methods, panaceas |
tobacco, water, soot, insects, scorpions, spiders, worms, vipers, other creatures |
sleeping, asleep |
applied - caterpillar oil |
fertility |
|
illness, healing methods, supernatural treatment |
|
bites, animal, dog, worms |
applied - worms |
worms |
|
sprains |
applied - worms, oil. |
worms |
ingested |
worms |
|
worms |
|
worms |
inhaled - garlic clove |
worms |
ingested - tansy tea |
consumption |
ingested - complex remedy - see text |
childhood, illness |
|
worms |
ingested - pumpkin seeds |
conjury |
|
worms |
ingested, worn - tansy |
worms, wounds |
ingested - Worm-wood. |
worms |
ingested - carrot juice before breakfast |
worms |
|
worms |
ingested - horehound candy |
worms |
ingested - devil’s-shoestrings roots |
worms |
inhaled - smoke from pipe tobacco |
worms |
applied - garlic |
appendicitis, appendix |
|
bowels |
|
rheumatism |
applied - dew worms |
ringworm |
|
sinews |
applied - dog oil |
teeth |
applied - gastric juice of pig |
toothache, tooth worms |
|
warts |
applied - powdered glow worms |
worms |
ingested - tea of Jerusalem oak seeds |
worms |
ingested - brandy |
worms |
ingested - powder of root of devil’s bit |
worms |
ingested - seed of smallage |
worms |
ingested - sea coleworts |
worms, intestinal, convulsions |
ingested - onion |
worms, intestinal |
ingested - aloes |
worms |
applied - honey dropped in hole made by internal worm, then place ground glass on hole |
worms |
|
worms |
|
worms, intestinal |
performed - blessing by priest |
worms |
applied - seawater enema |
worms |
ingested - raw garlic |
worms |
|
wounds, cuts, parasites |
applied - basil |
worms |
ingested - chew tobacco |
worms |
applied - peach leaves |
worms |
applied - peach leaves as plaster |
worms |
ingested - chew gummy resin from pine wood |
worms |
performed - inject concoction made from tobacco leaves |
illness, healing methods |
ingested - eggs |
patent medicines |
“Bilious Pills” containing gamboge, aloes, soap, nitrate of potassa |
worms |
patent medicine: Dr. Jane’s Vermifuge |
illness, healer traditions, Indian doctor |
applied - oil made from washed and baked fish worms |
mental illness, worms |
|
ringworm |
|
stings, wasps |
applied - worms |
worms |
ingested - water from a corshallie cup |
worms |
ingested - cookie dough |
epilepsy |
performed - worm, dipped in alcohol, on sewing thread put down throat of patient and slowly withdrawn |
worms |
worn - fresh garlic around neck |
worms |
|
baby, worms |
|
convulsions |
applied - tobacco leaves |
worms |
ingested - salt, soda |
conjury, constipation, objects in body, animal |
|
conjury, objects in body, animal |
|
worms |
ingested - dulse and molasses |
worms |
|
hiccups, hiccoughs |
performed - recite charm (verse) |
worms |
ingested - Jerusalem tea |
worms |
|
worms |
ingested - horehound tea |
worms |
ingested - mashed garlic and sugar |
worms |
ingested - nettle root tea |
worms |
ingested - candy made from wormfuge seeds and sorghum molasses |
backache |
applied - clay angleworms |
ear ailments, worms |
applied - centaury decoction |
earaches |
applied - earth-worms, oil of Roses |
fever |
|
gout |
performed - ritual with dog |
headaches |
|
hemorrhoids |
applied - worm oil |
rheumatism |
applied - let a quantity of earth worms and ants rot together in a bottle. |
rheumatism |
applied - pork grease, rue, worms. |
ringworm |
performed - Draw picture of ringworm in soot and burn in presence of patient. |
teeth |
|
toothache, tooth worms |
performed - recite formula during waning moon |
toothache |
|
worms |
|
worms |
ingested - lavender cotton seed |
worms |
ingested - allheal |
worms |
ingested - salt, honey |
worms |
|
worms, intestinal |
ingested - onion herbals |
worms |
worn - earthworms around neck |
worms |
|
worms |
ingested - sweet flag |
worms |
performed - sleep on bed of leaves of carrapito |
worms |
ingested - milk with anise added |
worms |
ingested - copperas |
worms |
|
worms |
wormseed. |
worms |
ingested - applied - syrup of tobacco juice boiled with sugar; tobacco leaf applied to navel |
health, promoters |
ingested - maple sugar |
illness, healing methods |
ingested - healing bread made with barley meal and coriander |
illness, healer traditions |
performed - suck worms from navel |
animal in body |
|
tapeworms |
ingested - rain worms (earthworms?) |
worms |
ingested |
worms |
ingested - decoction of scalded thistle roots |
worms |
|
worms |
worn - camphor or garlic around neck |
worms |
|
baby, worms |
|
worms |
ingested - mulberry root bark |
objects in body, animal |
|
objects in body, animal |
ingested- blood of snake, scorpion, lizard, reptile |
baby, worms, teeth grinding |
|
worms |
castoria |
worms, consumption |
apricots, peach, nectarines |
clam poisoning |
worms in salmon berries |
worms |
queen’s delight |
worms |
ingested - corvage molasses; castor oil; rubarb Indian Speufick Salree hard Sop Rosin, brown sugar, flax seed oil |
worms |
|
worms |
ingested - syrup made from Jerusalem-oak seed and molasses |
worms |
applied - turpentine, lard |
worms |
ingested - onion juice |
ear ailments, worms |
applied - juice of calamint |
fever |
performed - spit on it |
fever |
performed - plant linseed in earth while saying incantation. |
fever |
applied - vinegar |
rheumatism |
applied - fishing worms, brandy. |
spasms |
ingested - ground worms. |
teething, dentition, cutting teeth |
worn - string of wormseed roots |
toothache |
inhaled - smoke from candle made of henbane seed, red purmele of heth, virgin wax, recheles (incense) |
toothache, tooth worms |
applied - fermented cheese |
toothache |
|
whooping cough |
performed - feed fishworms to fish or place in bottle |
worms |
|
worms |
|
worms, stomach |
|
worms |
Quimehpatli |
worms |
Beaten egg-white, sugar, medicinal turpentine |
worms |
ingested - plantain seeds on butter bread |
worms |
|
worms |
worn - bag of sage, around neck |
worms |
worn |
worms |
ingested - resin |
hygiene |
|
itching, boils, warts, sprains, bites, shingles |
|
illness, healing methods, weapon salve |
bear fat, boar grease, bloodstone, red saunders, dried worms, moss from a dead man’s skull |
nursing, lactation |
ingested - worms |
worms |
|
toothache |
performed - walk across bridge with worms in mouth |
worms |
|
worms |
worn - string of seven cloves around neck |
children, worms, nose |
|
worms |
|
worms |
|
conjury, objects in body, animal |
|
worms |
ingested - beef bone |
worms |
worn - To prevent worms, wear a string of garlic. |
ringworm |
applied - rub pencil; throw pencil behind one at fork of road |
worms |
ingested - mouse with hair scraped off, mixed with lard |
worms |
|
worms |
ingested - molasses candy with Jerusalem-oak seed |
worms |
ingested - tea from Jerusalem oak stalks, seed and all |
worms |
applied - turpentine, lard |
worms |
ingested - candy |
cancer |
applied - fishing worms, tallow |
worms |
ingested - pine tree tea. |
ears |
applied - hemp leaves |
acne, eczema capitis, herpes iris, worms |
|
eyes |
applied - rue, honey |
fits |
ingested - scrapings |
glandular ailments |
ingested - powdered earth worms |
toothache |
applied - heated ointment of radishes and goat’s fat |
toothache, tooth worms |
|
worms |
ingested - water of green nut coverings |
worms |
ingested - decoction of elecampane roots in wine |
worms |
ingested - sorrel |
worms |
hair |
worms |
|
worms, stomach |
ingested - turpentine in sweetened water |
worms |
applied internally, enema, garlic |
worms |
|
worms, internal |
|
worms |
|
worms |
ingested - horehound candy |
worms |
ingested - Copperas. |
worms |
ingested - whiskey |
illness, healing methods |
ingested - healing bread made with barley meal and night shade |
animal in body |
performed - make incision in head of patient; pull out worms |
worms |
ingested - dried male fern buds |
worms |
|
worms |
|
worms |
applied - piece of tape on anus |
fingers |
|
worms |
|
colds |
ingested - Garlic |
worms |
worn - string of garlic inhaled - smell of garlic |
worms |
worn - garlic |
animal in body |
|
sickness, disease |
|
worms |
worn - garlic |
conjury, headaches, insanity |
|
objects in body, animal |
|
worms |
ingested - egg shell, hair |
worms |
applied - To prevent worms, rub turpentine over the stomach. |
worms, low stomach |
ingested - See-me-contract. Chenopodium ambrosioides L. "Worm-weed." |
worms |
ingested - okra, Jerusalem seed, molasses |
worms |
|
worms |
ingested - candy syrup mixed with Jerusalem-oak seed |
worms |
ingested - Jerusalem-oak-seed tea |
spasms |
|
whooping cough |
worn - worms |
worms |
ingested - pumpkin seed tea. |
felons |
applied - rainworm [earthworm?] |
fits |
ingested - “pink and senna” |
foreign objects in body |
applied - Earthworm ashes and honey. |
leprosy, scab, pocks |
ingested - black serpent head, worms, honey |
muscles, aches, pains |
applied - oil from sun-melted fishworms |
pimples |
|
rheumatism |
wooly worms. |
stomach, cramps, worms |
|
teeth, extraction |
applied - dried powdered worms |
teeth |
applied - dried and powdered worms (gathered while mating) |
toothache |
applied - worm. |
toothache |
inhaled - smoke from rose of rhododapus tree |
toothache, tooth worms |
|
worms, internal |
ingested - plums in liquor |
worms, internal |
|
worms |
hellebore |
worms |
ingested - chickweed |
worms |
applied - cottage cheese, meat |
worms |
ingested - Jerusalem oak seed made into candy-like syrup |
worms |
ingested - 3 handsful of horse dung, by cattle with worms. |
worms |
applied - garlic |
worms |
ingested - infusion of mint |
worms |
worn - applied |
worms |
ingested - syrup of the bark of Jerusalem oak |
worms |
ingested - resin |
worms |
ingested - vermifuge |
insomnia |
|
illness, healing methods |
wine soaked bread and cow excrement |
afterbirth expulsion |
|
toothache |
|
worms |
|
worms |
|
worms |
|
gender, cause, prediction |
|
worms |
|
measles |
ingested - “sheep nanny” tea made of sheep manure boiled in water |
worms |
ingested - soup into which garlic has been placed (remove garlic before serving) |
worms |
worn - garlic |
animal in body |
|
worms |
ingested - indian turnip, dried, grated, mixed with molasses |
worms |
ingested - brown egg shells, molasses, sulphur |
headache |
blood sucker |
worms |
ingested - porple, molasses, ginger |
worms |
ingested - dry sage, honey |
worms |
|
worms |
ingested - tea from Jerusalem-oak leaves, mixed with syrup and cinnamon |
worms |
ingested - oak-bark candy (made with molasses) |
rheumatism |
applied - oil in which fishing worms and brandy have been mixed |
fractured bone |
applied - beetles, worms, bugs |
whooping cough |
performed - bury three fish worms in a can |
worms |
ingested - wormifuge tea. |
joints, stiff, arthritis |
applied - mashed angle worms; hog grease; goose grease |
bedwetting, enuresis |
ingested - bread, butter, horse dung |
abdomen, bellyache, stomachache |
ingested - Horsemint tea |
colic |
|
diarrhea |
|
fits |
ingested - sugar and turpentine |
rheumatism |
ingested - dew worms, brandy |
rheumatism |
applied - various ingested - dogweed, sasparilla, whiskey |
rheumatism |
wooly worms. |
teeth |
applied - horse marrow |
toothache |
applied - pounded raisins boiled in olive oil |
toothache, tooth worms |
|
worms |
applied - cloth dipped in manure puddle |
worms |
ingested - pumpkin seeds |
worms |
|
finger, worms |
|
worms |
ingested - roots of fern bruised and boiled in mead or honeyed water |
worms |
centaury |
worms |
bears foot. |
worms |
ingested - turpentine, sugar. |
worms |
ingested - garlic |
worms, intestinal |
ingested - cold purgatives |
worms |
applied - performed - rub patient’s neck with soot, scrape off resulting pus from irritation with razor blade |
worms |
ingested - bitter things. |
worms |
worn - asafoetida |
worms |
ingested - only wheat flour |
worms |
ingested - chinaberries |
worms |
ingested - tobacco seeds in molasses |
worms |
ingested - southern wood seed |
worms |
ingested - squash |
worms |
applied - fried bull’s gall, wormwood, rue and hog’s grease |
worms |
Balls of sawdust from pine tree into flour |
illness, healing methods |
ingested - healing bread made from barley meal and “Wegwart” |
erysipelas |
earth worms |
worms |
|
ringworm |
applied - Baul of rabbit. |
worms |
ingested - burned crusts of toast |
worms |
|
worms |
|
worms |
|
worms |
|
worms |
ingested - garlic sandwich |
hiccups, hiccoughs |
performed- poem |
worms |
ingested - garlic, vinegar |
leg |
|
objects in body, animal |
applied- rattlesnake hide, oil |
conjury, objects in body, animal |
|
worms |
|
worms |
ingested - syrup made by steeping poplar bark in water and adding sugar; laxative |
blood, worms, sweating, fever |
ingested - spicewood (“fever bush”) tea |
worms |
ingested - tea made from bark of peach trees |
warts |
applied - worm oil. |