Condition |
Method Of Treatment |
headaches |
applied - stone |
headaches, head ailments |
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headaches, head ailments |
applied - handful of salt on top of head |
headaches |
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headaches |
performed - wrap head with paper soaked in vinegar |
headaches |
ingested - cinnamon with water |
headaches |
applied - sliced onion on forehead |
headaches |
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headaches |
worn - nutmeg |
headaches |
performed - dip hand in cold water, rub over head, shake hand dry. |
headaches |
performed - constantly stroke nut carried in pocket |
headaches |
worn - rattlesnake rattles in sweatband of hat |
headaches |
performed - ear piercing |
headaches |
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headaches |
applied - cabbage leaves |
headaches |
performed - put oil on top of water |
headaches |
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headaches |
applied - cloth tied tightly |
headaches |
worn - cornbeads |
headaches |
ingested - catnip tea |
baldness, headaches, hair color |
applied - rope used in hanging rope used in suicide noose |
earaches |
ingested - camomile [chamomile] tea |
head, headaches |
performed - place agate in cloth under head |
headaches |
worn - buckeye |
headaches |
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headaches |
applied - dust from threshold of the door. |
headaches |
performed - applied - blow water onto head, say charm four times |
headaches |
applied - Jimson weed to aching part |
headaches |
ingested - decoction of live-for-ever |
headaches |
performed - scratch head while Passion is read or sung on Good Friday |
headaches |
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headaches |
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headaches |
performed - hot foot bath |
headaches |
worn - Rattlesnake rattle in hat. |
headaches |
applied - hot water to feet |
headaches |
worn - halter used to kill a person. |
headaches |
worn - a salt herring. |
headaches |
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headaches |
applied - tobacco smoke to each ear |
headaches |
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headaches |
performed - put a lock of hair under a stone |
headaches |
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headaches |
applied - worn - tobacco stamps |
headaches |
worn - match in hair |
headaches |
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headaches, sun pain |
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migraine headaches |
applied - compass-plant resin grain into ear |
illness, sickness, disease, cause, portent |
ingested - tablespoonful of saltpeter and four ounces of castor oil |
illness, healer traditions, médico |
applied - herbs and chewed betel nut, wrapped in black cloth; performed - remove illness |
headaches |
worn - coral |
headaches |
performed - bath up to hip in 40 degree water |
headaches |
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headaches |
performed - Have smoke blown in ear. |
headaches |
applied - potato |
headaches |
applied - mesquite leaves. ingested - mistletoe leaves |
headaches |
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headaches |
applied - elaborated ceremony |
headaches |
applied - malvas leaf enema or wash |
headaches |
applied - potato slices dipped in vinegar in bandage |
headaches |
applied - cloth wrung out in vinegar |
headaches |
applied - folded and warmed blue kitchen towel on head |
head ailments, headaches |
worn - rattles of rattlesnakes |
headaches, evil eye |
performed - put out fire in bowl of water on patient’s head |
headaches, feet, toes |
applied - hot water |
sores |
applied - poultice of urine |
headaches |
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headaches |
worn - snake rattles in hat band |
headaches |
performed - blow smoke into ear |
headache, head ailments |
applied - dime |
headache, head ailments |
performed - sleep with head to the east |
conjury, death |
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black eye |
applied - blood suckers |
neurasthenia, headache |
ingested - iodine |
headaches |
worn - red bandana handkerchief |
headaches, head ailments |
performed - burn every hair to keep from birds |
headaches, head ailments |
worn - jet necklace |
headaches |
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headaches |
worn - horse chestnut |
headaches |
applied - poultice of egg white and turpentine on back of neck |
headaches |
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headaches |
ingested - lemon juice in coffee |
headaches |
performed - bury hair from top of head. |
headaches |
performed - carry lucky stone in your hair. |
headaches |
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headaches |
worn - match in the hair |
headaches |
performed - wrap dead snake around head |
headaches |
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headaches |
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headaches |
applied - skin of cucumber |
headaches |
performed - form cross with , salt, water, oil, plate. |
headaches |
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headaches |
worn - needle |
headaches |
performed - cross two matches in hair |
head, headaches |
worn - adder skin around hat |
headaches |
worn - buckeye in pocket |
headaches |
applied - cigar butts |
headaches |
applied - banana leaves |
headaches |
white beet juice |
headaches |
applied - elder blossoms gathered on St. John’s day |
headaches |
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headaches |
applied - bruised horseradish leaf, wet with vinegar, around forehead |
headaches |
applied - “jimsin” weed in brown paper to head |
headaches |
performed - scratch head while Passion is read or sung on Good Friday |
headaches |
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headaches |
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headaches |
applied - Head wash of salt water. |
headaches |
worn - Rattlesnake rattles in hat. |
headaches |
ingested - Tea of yellow lady’s slipper. |
headaches |
ingested - watercress pottage |
headaches |
applied - hot and cold water |
headaches |
worn - halter used to hang a person. |
headaches |
performed - tell patient that that they should have their head cut off and thrown to the pigs. |
headaches |
worn - red ribbon |
headaches |
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headaches |
performed - put a lock of hair under a stone |
headaches |
performed - stick pins and needles into certain tree at Church of St. Christopher near Pamplona |
headaches |
tobacco stamps |
headaches |
performed - let hair grow long. |
headaches |
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headaches |
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headaches |
applied - crushed, salted, plantain leaves |
headaches |
inhaled - dried and powdered moss growing on human skull |
migraine headaches |
applied - ground and steeped earthworms |
patent medicines |
Kenealy’s Bromalgine |
headaches, neuralgia, nervousness, dyspepsia |
ingested - Dr. Benson’s Celery and Chamomile |
animal products |
Snakes |
cancer, headaches, asthma |
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colds |
Poliets- leaf. |
headaches |
ingested - “calonel” tea |
headaches |
applied - buckwheat cake |
headaches |
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headaches |
performed - Have smoke blown in ear. |
headaches |
ingested - radishes |
headaches |
applied - thumb to roof of the mouth |
headaches |
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headaches |
applied - paste or strap plum seed onto your head or the temple . |
colds |
ingested - ginseng root tea |
headaches |
inhaled - marijuana smoke with seeds |
headaches |
applied - rag soaked in vinegar; slices of potato |
headaches |
applied - rags soaked in vinegar |
headaches |
performed - lie down quietly applied - cover forehead and eyes with wet rag |
head ailments, headaches |
worn - rattles of rattlesnakes |
headaches, evil eye |
performed - draw cross on forehead, put soup dish full of olive oil on top of head |
headaches, feet, toes |
performed - tickle toes |
headaches |
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headaches |
worn - snake rattles in hat band |
headaches |
performed - press hand on forehead, applying pressure to each place where pulse beat is felt |
headache, head ailments |
rattlesnake plant |
hair |
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conjury, headache |
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conjury, headache |
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neurasthenia, headache |
performed - remove teeth |
illness |
coin rubbing |
migraine headaches |
marijuana |
bruises, cold, swelling |
ingested - Wild-yam. Cissus sicyoides L. "Mary-bush." |
headaches |
worn - grow hair long |
headaches, head ailments |
performed - tie live frog to head until it dies |
headaches, head ailments |
performed - wash face every morning in stream that runs north |
headaches |
performed - soak feet in hot water |
headaches |
worn - pale blue stones around neck |
headaches |
ingested - powdered ginger, sugar, water |
headaches |
performed - healer hides hair from sufferer’s head |
headaches |
applied - lemon to temples and back of neck |
headaches |
performed - cut hair and bury under a rock. |
headaches |
performed - keep a potato in your pocket. |
headaches |
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headaches |
long hair |
headaches |
worn - cabbage leaf in hat |
headaches |
performed - put cut hair under rock; place split salty pickle on head; rub smooth rock on head, replace rock |
headaches |
performed - press roof of mouth with thumb. |
headaches |
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headaches |
applied - horseradish leaf |
headaches |
performed - bless yourself with olive oil. |
headaches |
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headaches |
ingested - olive oil. |
headaches |
worn - fresh green mesquite leaves in hat |
head, headaches |
applied - fresh leaves of Taetsia fruticosa around forehead |
head, headaches |
Aspirin |
headaches |
worn - buckeye in pocket |
headaches |
performed - avoid food given to animals |
headaches |
inhaled - castor |
headaches |
applied - wilted beet leaves. |
headaches |
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headaches |
applied - elder blossoms gathered on St. John’s day |
headaches |
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headaches |
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headaches |
applied - bruised Jimson weed to head |
headaches |
ingested - Sarsaparilla Mead |
headaches |
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headaches |
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headaches |
worn - Salt on top of the head. |
headaches |
worn - Rattlesnake rattle in hat. |
headaches |
ingested - wax-berry root |
headaches |
worn - halter used to kill a person. |
headaches |
syrup, juice of hops, sugar |
headaches |
worn - binding rope |
headaches |
worn - ribbon |
headaches |
inhaled - applied - tobacco |
headaches |
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headaches |
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headaches |
worn - jet necklace |
headaches |
snake skin |
headaches, hangover |
applied - stamp from cigarette package |
headaches |
Empty head |
headaches |
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migraine headaches |
applied - compresses |
headaches, biliousness, dyspepsia, neuralgia, nervousness |
ingested - Dr. Benson’s Celery and Chamomile Extract |
headaches |
applied - fingers to head performed - bible verses |
illness, headaches, bleeding, healer traditions, powwowing |
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psychosomatic illness |
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headaches |
ingested - strong coffee and lemon juice |
headaches |
performed - walking upstairs backwards |
headaches |
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headaches |
worn - Rattlesnake rattle in hat. |
headaches |
applied - piece of material |
headaches |
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headaches |
performed, a picture must be straightened |
wake, funeral |
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headaches, joints |
ingested - applied - chamomile (camomile) tea |
fever |
worn - cake made from cinnamon and saliva |
headaches |
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headaches |
applied - thinly sliced potatoes soaked in vinegar |
headaches |
applied - cloth soaked in vinegar |
headaches |
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head ailments, headaches |
worn - rattles of rattlesnakes |
headaches, evil eye |
applied - salt performed - sign of the cross |
headaches, feet, toes |
performed - massage |
headaches |
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headaches |
worn - snake skin around head |
headaches |
applied - paper that has absorbed vinegar |
insects |
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headache, head ailments |
worn - a string with nine knots |
headache, head ailments |
worn - snake rattlers |
headache |
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conjury |
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headache |
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conjury, blindness |
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conjury, headache |
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conjury, headache |
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skin pinching |
skin pinching |
headaches |
performed - seventh child blowing in ear |
headaches |
performed, born in October |
headaches, head ailments |
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headaches, head ailments |
performed - get head wet in first rain of May |
headaches |
applied - hot cloths on back of neck |
headaches |
applied - sliced lemon on forehead |
headaches |
ingested - brains |
headaches |
performed - keep combings in a dark place. |
headaches |
worn - red ribbon |
headaches |
buckeye |
headaches |
ingested - chew heart’s-leaf plant |
headaches |
performed - carry tooth |
headaches |
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headaches |
applied - horseradishes |
headaches |
applied - cold water |
headaches |
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headaches |
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headaches |
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headaches |
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head, headaches |
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head, headaches |
Avellanas mellizas |
headaches |
worn - buckeye in pocket |
headaches, hangover |
worn - emerald on which beetle has been engraved |
headaches |
applied - distilled water of the flowers of the elder tree |
headaches |
applied - houseleek |
headaches |
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headaches |
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headaches |
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headaches |
applied - salt, vinegar |
headaches |
worn - Rattlesnake rattles in hat. |
headaches |
Yarrow. |
headaches |
inhaled - skunk cabbage |
headaches |
|
headaches |
worn - halter used to kill a person. |
headaches |
Flowering tops of rosemary. |
headaches |
worn - ribbon |
headaches |
applied - tobacco smoke to ears. |
headaches |
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headaches |
performed - do not comb hair for first year |
headaches |
applied - snakeskin to forehead |
headaches |
performed - put on right stocking first |
headaches |
applied - mandrake juice |
headaches |
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headaches |
ingested - catnip tea |
migraine headaches |
Strong vinegar |
toothache, headaches, ague, fever, chills, epilepsy |
performed - prick gum with iron nail; drive nail into tree or ground |
whooping cough |
performed - place hair from child between two slices of bread; feed bread to dog |
illness, healer traditions |
“Treated” handkerchief |
evil eye |
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headaches |
applied - a bean |
headaches |
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headaches |
worn - Rattlesnake rattle in hat band. |
headaches |
applied - first rain of May. |
headaches |
worn - applied - mesquite leaves |
headaches |
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headaches |
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headaches |
applied - camphor, vinegar |
headaches |
inhaled - marijuana smoke |
headaches |
applied - sliced potatoes soaked in vinegar |
headaches |
applied - cloth soaked in vinegar |
headaches |
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head ailments, headaches |
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headaches, evil eye |
performed - elaborate |
headaches |
applied - urine poultice |
illness, religious treatment |
performed - prayer; transfer of disease |
headaches |
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headaches |
worn - snake skin around head |
headaches |
worn - horse chestnut |
headaches |
worn - fresh green mesquite leaves in hat |
headache, head ailments |
ingested - Balmonia root |
headache, head ailments |
applied - cloth, stick |
mental illness |
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illness, healer traditions |
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conjury, headache |
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headache |
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conjury |
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conjury, headache |
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conjury |
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cold, headache |
applied - potato |
bowel ailments, headaches, indigestion |
ingested - Rock-weed. Begonia |
throat, sore |
worn - salt herring |
headaches |
applied - cottonwood leaf |
headaches, head ailments |
ingested - brain of a screech owl |
headaches, head ailments |
performed - walk fifty yards backwards without turning head |
headaches |
applied - cold water packs |
headaches |
applied - hot meal poultice |
headaches |
ingested - packs of catnip and dock leaves |
headaches, toothache |
performed - put on right stocking first |
headaches |
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headaches |
worn - black velevet |
headaches |
performed - stick head under a pillow and count to a hundred |
headaches |
applied - hot water |
headaches |
|
headaches |
performed - hold horseradish in right eye in front of right eye. |
headaches |
applied - water |
headaches |
worn - bandana |
headaches |
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headaches |
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boils |
applied - Boils or risings are best relieved by the application of a poultice of mashed elderberry (Sambucas canadensis) leaves or of mashed Jimson weed. |
digestion, fever, headache, indigestion, diarrhea |
ingested - Sarsaparilla Mead |
fever |
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head, headaches |
ingested - tea of senna leaves, sage, crushed ginger |
head, headaches |
Red alder leaves soaked in vinegar |
headaches |
worn - burdock leaves in hats |
headaches |
applied - recently killed animal |
headaches |
ingested - garden balm tea |
headaches |
|
headaches |
applied - elder leaves, salt |
headaches |
inhaled - ammonia |
headaches |
performed - pull kerchief very tight around head |
headaches |
performed - set silver plate under scalp at back of head |
headaches |
|
headaches |
worn - Rattlesnake rattles tied to hat band. |
headaches |
applied - wintergreen |
headaches |
inhaled - camphored whiskey |
headaches |
performed - haircut |
headaches |
worn - halter used to kill a person. |
headaches |
applied - raw potato |
headaches |
Red Cedar |
headaches |
worn - rings of lead with quicksilver |
headaches |
applied - tobacco |
headaches |
|
headaches |
performed - comb hair with a comb made from the right horn of a ram. |
headaches |
applied - snakeskin to head |
headaches |
mesquite preparation |
headaches |
|
headaches |
ingested - milk of white cow, milked by maiden |
headaches |
applied - caster bean leaves |
headaches |
|
headaches |
applied - ground, salted, plantain leaves |
headaches |
“Medida” or measure of saint’s head |
headaches |
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headaches |
ingested - small pebbles found in swallow’s nest |
childhood ailments |
performed - cross with keys. |
migraine headaches |
Whiskey |
pulmonary |
inhaled - applied - ingested - tobacco. |
headaches |
performed - pour water over coals inside iron; spill water 7 times over sharp knife |
headaches |
performed - put head of bed to the East. |
headaches |
|
headaches |
worn - Rattlesnake rattles in hat band. |
headaches |
worn - tooth |
headaches |
applied - massage |
headaches |
|
headaches |
applied - rub a little peppermint on the temples. |
illness |
applied - Lime or lemon to temples. |
evil eye |
performed - elaborate, curandera’s cure |
headaches |
inhaled - marijuana smoke |
headaches |
applied - cut potatoes soaked in wine |
headaches |
applied - cloth soaked in vinegar |
headaches |
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head ailments, headaches |
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headaches, evil eye |
performed - elaborate |
headaches |
applied - cinnamon, saliva |
headaches |
|
headaches |
worn - snake skin around head |
headaches |
horse chestnut |
headaches |
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headache, head ailments |
ingested - Wasp nest tea |
headache, head ailments |
worn - matches |
hair |
|
headache |
worn -- one red and one blue-tipped match crossed as "X" in hair for nine days |
conjury |
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conjury, headache |
performed- remove bow of hat from sparrow’s nest |
conjury, headache, hair loss |
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conjury, headache |
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conjury, headache |
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headache |
brown paper, vinegar |
illness, procedures |
cupping |
headaches |
worn - cord tied tightly around head |
headaches |
applied - mustard plaster |
headaches, head ailments |
performed - catch mole; allow it to die in hands |
headaches |
worn - plastic bags on feet |
headaches |
ingested - spring mint and water |
headaches |
applied - crushed onions on brow |
headaches |
|
headaches |
worn - green velvet |
headaches |
applied - footbaths, alternating hot and cold. |
headaches |
performed - burn your hair. |
headaches |
applied - onion |
headaches |
applied - cold cloth |
headaches |
worn - kerchief, clothespin, walk around house three times. |
headaches |
|
headaches |
applied - brown paper and vinegar |
headaches |
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felons |
sea onion bulb |
head, headaches |
performed - press thumb firmly against roof of mouth |
head, headaches |
applied - leaves of Ave Maria plant |
headaches |
performed - inhale powdered buttercup flower |
headaches |
applied - ash leaves, wine. |
headaches |
performed - head in bell, saying Hail Marys, ringing bell |
headaches |
collard leaf |
headaches |
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headaches |
performed - hands on head and whispering |
headaches |
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headaches |
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headaches |
performed - only cut finger and toenails on Fridays |
headaches |
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headaches |
worn - Rattlesnake rattle in hat. |
headaches |
ingested - vinegar poured over door hinge |
headaches |
ingested - chew willow bark |
headaches |
inhaled - camphored whiskey |
headaches |
performed - cut hair during waning moon. |
headaches |
halter used to hang person |
headaches |
Tobacco |
headaches |
|
headaches |
performed - comb hair with a comb made from the left horn of a ram. |
headaches |
performed - nailing lock of patient’s hair to tree |
headaches |
applied - “shirt of a serpent” |
headaches |
performed - put on right stocking first |
headaches |
applied - ashes from menstrual blood |
headaches |
|
headaches |
applied - catnip |
headaches |
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migraine headaches |
Rope with which criminal has been hanged |
pain, headaches |
performed - applied - bind grass from head of statue to head of patient |
sunstroke |
applied - cold compress of lilac leaves, table salt, and crushed ice performed - recite prayers |
toothache |
butternut |
illness, unkraut |
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mental ailments |
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evil eye |
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headaches |
performed - ritual incantation; cross self; turn around |
headaches |
corn |
headaches |
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