Condition
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Method Of Treatment
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ingested - whiskey, sugar, hot water
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ingested - hot ginger tea
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ingested - horehound tea
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worn - beads of amber around neck
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ingested - peppermint tea
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ingested - creosote leaf tea
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applied - on bottom of feet, mutton suet
or tallow; place feet towards fire and bake
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applied - spirits of turpentine; tallow
on chest
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applied - camphor bags around neck
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applied - melted beeswax, lard,
turpentine in flannel cloth
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performed - hang fennel
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worn - camphor
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ingested - cold smartweed tea
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applied - iodine on bottoms of feet
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black cohash
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ingested - bruised lobelia and red
pepper pods covered with good whiskey
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ingested - orange juice
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applied - liniment (turpentine, oil of
cedar, camphor, and Vaseline)
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fruit, orange juice, sake, wine
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Bulltongue Bush (Pseudoelephantopus
Spicatus B Juss)
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ingested - camomile flowers, posset
drink
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ingested - ginger tea
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ingested - Elderberry blossom tea.
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Hog Plum (Spondias mombin L.)
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ingested - milkweed tea
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ingested - “pennyrile” (penny royal)
tea.
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ingested - Sweet hazel tea was taken for
colds.
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inhaled - Breathing the odor of skunk is
effective against colds.
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Thibet (Albizza lebbeck L.)
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ingested - Turpentine and sugar.
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ingested - boneset tea
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inhaled - pure water used to flush nasal
passages
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performed - kicking the cat out
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worn - Asafidity in cloth (Asafoetida)
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ingested - horehound candy (broth)
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ingested - Kerosene And Sugar
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ingested - raspberry tea
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ingested - put scraped turnip on back of
stove and steep it until it is a syrup then take this for your cold.
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worn - camphor bags
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ingested - garlic, tobacco, onion, soda,
vinegar, snake weed, catnip, sassafras root bark, sumac root bark,
devil’s shoestring roots, white pine inner bark, bear weed tea, blood
weed tea
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inhaled -vinegar, sulphur, ingested -
ginger tea, peppermint tea, applied - mustard, turpentine
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ingested - boiled balmoni weed
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ingested - Ginseng root
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applied - paste of crushed green peach
leaves
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applied - Vicks, blankets, heat ingested
- gin, orange juice
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inhaled - steam
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worn - garlic
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ingested - kerosene and sugar.
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ingested - garlic
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worn - clove of garlic
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worn - bag of asafoetida around neck
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applied - fried onions
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applied - cabbage leaves
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worn- hot peppers
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ingested - hog’s hoof tea
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worn - rosin
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ingested - skunk cabbage syrup
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ingested - thoroughwort
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ingested - mint, epasote
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ingested - rosemary tea
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ingested - horehound syrup
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inhaled - emulsion of oil, turpentine,
kerosene, camphor
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worn - bag of asafetida around neck
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ingested - fever-grass tea
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applied - on the chest, poultice of
onions fried in grease
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ingested - fever grass root tea,
sweetened with sugar
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applied - on temples, mixture of mutton
suet and turpentine
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applied - onion poultice
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ingested - first snow.
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applied - skunk grease, rendered and
used, mixed with sulfur, covered with flannel
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worn - copper band around wrist
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ingested - dog fennel tea
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worn - garlic
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applied - live-forever salve:
live-forever (Sedum purpureum), unsalted butter or lard
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ingested - tea from a plant called
“Old Man”
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ingested - green lobelia, red pepper;
whiskey
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applied - fried onion poultice
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applied - flannel rag soaked in equal
parts of coal oil and turpentine
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ingested - Elderberry wine.
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ingested - Iceland moss, water
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ingested - tea from life everlasting.
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ingested - Mamou tea made with the
beans.
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Hibiscus (Hibiscus spp.)
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performed - grow a mustache
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applied - mustard bath
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ingested - Mohegans simmered cut-up
onions into a syrup taken for colds.
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ingested - rock candy and whiskey.
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ingested - Wintergreen tea
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ingested - infusion of dried rootsticks
of bloodroot
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ingested - hoarhound (horehound)
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performed - pass three times under the
belly of a horse
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performed - sell cough
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applied - goose fat, flannel
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worn - garter worn - stocking
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applied - Mustard and onion poultices.
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bloodroot or cherry bark
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goat tallow
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ingested - Chicken soup
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ingested - red pepper
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ingested - a teaspoonful of sugar with
coal oil poured on it for cough
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Poliets- leaf.
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ingested - fermented onions and honey
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applied - Boiled onions placed between
two thin cloths.
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ingested - A large onion every day.
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worn - (asphidity) asfoetida
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ingested - Castor Oil
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ingested - sotol (liquid left after the
whiskey has been drained out of the still)
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ingested - sagebrush tea
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applied - mustard plaster of 3 parts
flour to 1 part mustard
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applied - onion poultice
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performed - run three times around
chicken coop
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ingested - bay (California Laurel) leaf
tea
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ingested - ginseng root tea
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ingested - orange or lemon leaf tea
(with sugar or tequila)
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ingested - hot lemonade and honey
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ingested - coal oil, sugar
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worn - clove of garlic
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worn - dirty stocking around neck
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applied - iodine on bottoms of feet
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pine tar
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ingested - ginger, penny royal
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camphor
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ingested - hot corn whiskey
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applied - ointment of peppermint,
turpentine, kerosene, heated
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ingested - juice from baked lemon
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applied - fried onions on chest and feet
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worn - garlic in sack around neck
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applied - cabbage leaves
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ingested - Boneset (Eupatorium
perfoliaturn L.)
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ingested - juice from roasted onions,
with sugar
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ingested - powder made by beating hard
pine resin
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ingested - liferoot
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ingested - balm of Gilead buds steeped
in whiskey
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inhaled - shovel of redhot coals covered
by lightwood splinters from pitchy pine stumps, rags, tar, and turpentine
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ingested - wild cherry, boiled with
horehound, and sometimes mixed with whiskey
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ingested - red pepper tea
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applied - goose grease
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inhaled - pine tar
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worn - garlic
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ingested - whiskey, sugar, and hot water
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applied - fried onion poultice
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applied - kerosene, tallow, and
turpentine on flannel cloth, heat it, and apply to chest
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worn - bag of asafetida
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ingested - garlic
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Worn -- Camphor
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ingested - cherry bark, rock candy and
whiskey for colds.
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performed - bake feet by the fire
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ingested - Elderberry wine.
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ingested - Tea of life-ever-lasting.
inhaled - Smoke the dried stalks and leaves of this plant.
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applied - hops plants wet in hot water
were applied to the chest
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worn - nutmeg
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ingested - cough drops
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The root of Spikenard (Aralia racemosa)
by steeping in spirits, “awsetze”, was used as a cure for colds.
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applied - Make a plaster of coal oil and
lard and bind to chest with a flannel for colds.
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The North American Indians used sumac
for colds.
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ingested - wintergreen
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ingested - Yerba santa leaves make tea
which is very good for colds.
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Grease from Christmas goose
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performed - wash
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ingested - Dr. Wistar’s Balsam of Wild
Cherry
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applied - fried onion poultices
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worn - goose grease, kerosene, cloth
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ingested - horehound tea
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ingested - rhubarb & soda
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inhaled - Head colds. Smell of garlic
for thirty minutes.
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worn - Bag of camphor pinned to
undershirt, or worn around neck.
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applied - onion poultices
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worn - camphor
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applied - saliva
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ingested - vitamin C
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ingested - cow chip tea
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performed - gargle with black currants
[juice?]
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inhaled - boiled vinegar; burned sulphur
fumes ingested - ginger tea; peppermint tea; turpentine on sugar lump
applied - mustard plaster
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ingested - beverage made from fresh
peppermint or rosemary leaves
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ingested - lemon juice with honey
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ingested - water in which onions boiled
worn - onion, mustard
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worn - garlic
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ingested - sugar, kerosene
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inhaled -vinegar, sulphur, ingested -
ginger tea, peppermint tea, applied - mustard, turpentine
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worn - garlic
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performed - burn sulfur
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worn - bag of asafoetida around neck
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ingested - huckleberry tea
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applied - mustard
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ingested - flaxseed tea
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ingested - lungwood, honey
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worn - sulfur
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soda and molasses
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ingested - mullein tea
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applied - vinegar, bacon, black pepper
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ingested - tea of Romero or Rosemary or
Ruda performed - blow tobacco smoke in face of person in convulsions, or
have patient smell burnt wool
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applied - flannel cloth soaked in
turpentine
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ingested - ginger, boneset, and sage tea
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ingested - pennyroyal tea
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applied - lamb tallow; mustard plaster
mixed with egg whtie; flaxseed poultices
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ingested - green alfalfa leaves boiled
in sugar and mixed with hot tea
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performed - pull out crown hairs of head
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performed - put onion on window sill
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ingested - whiskey, rock candy
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ingested - hot infusion of dried salted
lemons and limes
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ingested - papolo juice
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applied - goose grease
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ingested - horehound candy
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inhaled - smoke from cigarettes of life
everlasting [cudweed]
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ingested - mullein-leaf tea
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ingested - ground hemlock is good for
colds
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worn - Crocheted bag containing medal
with a circlet of willow root.
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ingested - Ochá, a New Mexican plant,
is boiled and drunk
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ingested - Onion syrup for colds.
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trade medicines
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ingested - Pennyroyal tea was said to
cause profuse sweating if taken just before retiring for the night; hence
it was used for colds.
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ingested - Rock candies
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Storax
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ingested - soda water
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ingested - coal oil
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ingested - teasel leaves for colds
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ingested - An infusion of James tea (Ledum
latifolium) and tamarack spruce (Latrix americana)
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applied - “Oriental black plaster”
to the soles of the feet.
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applied - “drafts” (roasted onions)
placed on the feet
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ingested - water off of tar, put in
water kept in crocks or cedar buckets
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ingested - ground or spruce hemlock,
whiskey.
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transference to crossbill
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ingested - Lemons
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worn - Schreckstein crystal
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applied - steamed onion poultices
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worn - asafoedita in bag
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ingested - Chamomile
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ingested - onions
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ingested - Yerva de la Bibora- boil this
weed with two drops of turpentine.
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applied - Place camphor bags on a sick
child to ward off and cure colds.
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worn - Garlic around neck.
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worn - camphor
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ingested - cow chip tea
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ingested - catnip tea applied - mustard
poultice
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ingested - tea made of poleo leaves
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ingested - orange juice
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inhaled - turpentine
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performed - hang garlic over the door
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ingested - port wine or ginnis
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ingested - ponche (egg, milk, spices)
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ingested - raw onion
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worn - bag of asafoetida around neck
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ingested - whiskey
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slippery elm bark
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ingested - Root of mullein, stewed
together with wild cherry bark, brown sugar, and a little vinegar
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applied - tar plasters
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ingested - cooked onions; fried onions;
whole onion
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applied - flannel cloth soaked in coal
oil, turpentine, and tallow
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applied - fried onions and grease
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ingested - horehound candy
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ingested - dittany tea, balm of Gilead,
or pine buds steeped in whiskey
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ingested - black currant tea (hot water
on black currant preserves)
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performed - walk barefoot about the
house.
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applied - skunk grease and wool sock
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Pennyroyal: Hedeoma pulegioides (L.)
Pers.
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worn - red flannel
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ingested - sotol, the liquid left after
whiskey has been drained out of the still
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applied - flannel rag soaked in kerosene
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worn - bag of asafetida
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ingested - Burro milk
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wild cherry
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Ingested, ginger
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ingested - elderberry wine
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ingested - strong raw honey
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Jambee bead (abrus precatorius L.)
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syrup of mullein leaves, cherry bark,
oak bark
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ingested - Warm milk with a glass of
rum.
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ingested - Onion syrup for colds.
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applied - Vick’s salve can cure most
colds.
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applied - Pine tar under the tongue.
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rock candy, whiskey
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applied - snake fat, tobacco leaves.
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Ingested -- Soda water
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ingested - sumac boiled in beer
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Thistleroot (Argemone mexicana L.)
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worn - a blue ribbon
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ingested - hemlock, whiskey
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ingested - tobacco tea
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Houchens Family Physician
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ingested - mullein
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ingested - “bitters” of bruised
lobelia, red pepper pods, and whiskey
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applied - eaves of herb patlixoxoqui
(very fresh) are put under a patient’s armpits
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ingested - Wistar’s Balsam of Wild
Cherry
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performed - pass finger between toes;
inhale smell
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worn - red flannel
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applied - poultice for chest colds (turpentine,lard,
coal oil, quinine and mentholatum)
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worn - garlic, red thread, red wool worn
around the neck (cures cold fever)
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ingested - oil of camphor, sugar
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ingested - Take a glass of orange or
grapefruit juice and add baking soda until it bubbles over. Drink for
colds.
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applied - Vinegar as a massage.
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worn - The Negroes from the South to
cure head colds, used to take a flat towel, starch it and wrap around the
head in a conical fashion, fill it with onions, and fold over the top
flaps in a turban. The juice of the onion running down the forehead would
then get rid of the disease.
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worn - Asafetida worn around neck.
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worn - Asafetida bags around the neck.
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applied - mustard plasters
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worn - camphor
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ingested - horehound leaf tea
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ingested - “Quinine Water”
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performed - feed patient; gargle of hot
water and salt ingested - juices (orange juice)
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performed - run around house with baby
when it is nine days old
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performed - place onion under pillow
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molasses, vinegar, pepper, butter
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turpentine, lard
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eucalyptus
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ingested - syrup formed from stewed
chopped onions mixed with sugar
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roasted onions
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ingested - horehound
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ingested - syrup of black cherry
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ingested - orange juice, egg yolks
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ingested - whiskey, apple
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ingested - coltsfoot or crowfoot
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mountain dittany
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ingested - a cough syrup-mullen root,
wild plum bark, wild cherry bark, holly bark, green pine needles, catnip,
life everlasting leaves, sourwood bark
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applied - mixture of turpentine, lard,
camphor, and kerosene, on chest or throat
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ingested - lemon stew (lemons, water,
honey, whiskey)
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ingested - mellein tea
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ingested - Dried rootstocks of bloodroot
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applied - lard and turpentine
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ingested - bear-foot plant tea
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ingested - Pach co i au saukas. Smell
Mouth. Western Sweet Cicely. Washingtonia divericata. Indian horehound, to
three cups of water.
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ingested - tea of life everlasting
[cudweed]
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ingested - Stolen milk.
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applied - Mustard Plaster
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ingested - Pine tar.
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ingested - rock candy, whiskey
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applied - Some saliva rubbed on the sole
of the foot will prevent colds after a person has stepped on a cold floor.
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ingested - dried toad venom
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ingested - Turpentine with sugar and
kerosene.
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ingested - catnip, spearmint,
peppermint, wintergreen teas
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ingested - whiskey toddies
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ingested - Yarrow-leaf tea given for
colds.
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worn - black silk strings
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performed = onions hung in every room to
prevent family from getting colds
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ingested - roasted onion juice mixed
with brown sugar
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ingested - hemlock
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ingested - water off of tar, put in
water kept in crocks
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ingested - crapeau (toadgrass) tea
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ingested - bruised lobelia and red
pepper pods covered with good whiskey
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ingested - whiskey, rock candy
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ingested - Brown’s Bronchial Troches
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ingested - Dr. Wistar’s Balsam of Wild
Cherry
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applied - garlic (on children’s feet)
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goose grease
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ingested - fried onions
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ingested - Poleo leaf--used in tea for
colds
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ingested - rock candy, whiskey, black
draught
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applied - Soak a cloth in Turpentine,
put vaseline on chest, put cloth on chest and cover with a hot water
bottle.
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ingested - Kerosene and sugar.
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applied - Rub tallow on the feet and
warm by the fire.
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performed - Sew children into their
longres(?).
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worn - asafetida tea bag tied around
your neck
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turpentine
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applied - mixed chopped onion and lard
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worn - camphor
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applied - urine
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applied - red clay [sweet-gum tree
resin, cow manure, onion, etc.]
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ingested - cow chip tea
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ingested - chamomile tea
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ingested - boiled horehound weed syrup
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ingested - “ponche”
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inhaled - eggs, milk (ponche)
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applied - mustard, flour, egg whites,
kerosene, fat
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applied - goose grease
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ingested - fennel tea
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ingested - sotol, the liquid left after
whiskey has been drained out of the still
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Yerba Santa
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ingested - hot onion syrup
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applied - red flannel underclothes
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ingested - water in which flaxseed has
boiled
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ingested - tea made by boiling pine
needles, with sugar
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ingested - thick syrup made by boiling
down wild-cherry bark, life everlasting, and mullein, with sugar or honey
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ingested - horehound leaves, steeped in
hot water and flavored with molasses
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ingested - cherry bark
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performed - keep garlic in your bed.
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applied - nutmeg, lard
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White horehound
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ingested - horseradish.
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ingested - skunk-oil and sugar
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ingested - coltsfoot or crowfoot
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mountain dittany
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ingested - tea made of “boneset”
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ingested - decoction of inner bark of
“Mountain Birch”
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ingested - hot ginger tea
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ingested - Tea made from Dittany.
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ingested - horehound, whiskey
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ingested - honey and vinegar.
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performed - keep a peeled onion lying on
end of the mantel. The onion absorbs germs from the surrounding air
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ingested - pennyroyal tea for colds
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Sweet Scent (Pluchea odorate, L., Cass.)
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applied - Skunk grease is improved as a
medicine if some of the skunk scent is in it--this is especially so in the
case of colds.
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Baking soda
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coltsfoot
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applied - Cold remedy: Baked tomatoes
with alcohol or whisky are excellent for rubdowns to cure bad colds.
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applied - inhaled - turpentine
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ingested -Hot toddies
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performed - applied - patient is bathed
in water heated with three large blue stones
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ingested - Yarrow tea given for colds.
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applied - Head colds: bathe feet at
night with soda, salt and mustard.
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worn - asafetida bags
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ingested - hoarhound (horehound)
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ingested - hemlock, white pine
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ingested - water off of tar, put in
water kept in cedar buckets
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ingested - green lobelia herb, red
pepper, whiskey
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ingested - Extract of foxglove.
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applied - skunk grease, wool sock
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ingested - Dr. Wistar’s Balsam of Wild
Cherry
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ingested - juice of sugar/onion infusion
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applied - camphorated oil
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ingested - Tea or wine of elderberry
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ingested - red onions boiled with sugar
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sumas [?] boiled in beer
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ingested - Black treacle (molasses) will
keep you free from colds.
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worn - Afatoetidy tied around neck.
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applied - bathe in water in which
Eucalyptus leaves have been boiled
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applied - mutton grease
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ingested - sheep shower tea
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worn - greased black silk string
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ingested - Garlic
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