Condition |
Method Of Treatment |
foot, feet |
performed - bathe feet in hot salt water |
feet, sore |
worn - elder leaves |
chapped hands, feet |
applied - ashes of the shell of a land-turtle dissolved in wine and oil. |
fall sores |
Brown sugar and lamp oil applied - fat meat poultice |
foot, feet, sores |
applied - juice of broadleaf plantain |
foot, feet, sores |
applied - dish water |
teeth |
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illness, supernatural cause, treatment |
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callosities, calluses, callouses |
applied - castor oil |
sores |
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foot, feet, ailments |
applied - fresh cow dung |
foot, feet, ailments |
applied - sour milk |
foot, feet |
performed - bathe feet in hot water mixed with soda; rub feet and legs well and dry |
sores, leg, feet |
applied - Jimson weeds wilted in hot water |
foot, feet ailments |
performed - stand in manure |
fall sores |
performed - avoid dew, swimming |
eye ailments, sore eyes |
applied - cold, water |
foot, feet, sores |
worn - piece of peeder dreed or dreeder peed; path treader, doorweed (Polygonum aviculare) |
conjury |
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cuts |
applied - cow dung |
feet, sore |
worn - grape leaves |
foot, feet ailments |
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throat |
applied - tomato on feet, then on throat |
eye ailments |
applied - bath water |
foot, feet, sores |
worn - ironweed, or mugwort |
foot, feet, sores |
applied - hot water and salt |
fevers |
applied - pine resin |
foot, feet, sores |
ingested - violet leaf tea |
headaches, feet, toes |
performed - massage |
foot, feet, ailments |
applied - Purex |
conjury |
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blood, clot |
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feet, sore |
performed - put whiskey in the shoes |
foot, feet ailments |
applied - dog’s tongue |
foot, feet, sores |
applied - warm, cooked egg |
throat |
applied - tomato on feet, then on throat |
illness, healer traditions |
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throat, sore |
worn - salt herring |
throat, sore |
performed - bathe feet in hot salt water |
throat, sore |
applied - salt herring on feet |
feet, sore |
applied - zinc |
foot, feet |
applied - goats cheese |
foot, feet, sores |
worn - olive leaves in footwear |
colds |
ingested - “Quinine Water” |
throat, sore |
performed - bathe feet in hot soda water |
foot, feet, sores |
applied - therapeutic spring water |
nursing |
applied - warm cow dung, horn or ivory comb, woolen cloth |
throat, sore |
worn - warm stockings around throat |
tonsillitis |
worn - yarn cloth, greased with good salve, around throat ingested - kerosene performed - bathe feet in hot salt water or soda water |
foot, feet, sores |
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blisters |
applied - heated dried, preserved turnip |
soreness |
applied - black smith water |
throat, sore |
applied - salt herring or salt fat port on throat and feet; balm |
feet, sore |
applied - turpentine and lard mixture |
foot, feet |
applied - ointment |
foot, feet, sores |
applied - warm water and marigold flowers |
skin ailments |
applied - elderberry, salt water. |
strep throat |
performed - boil tomatoes, tie in a cloth, put one group at your feet, another at your throat and cover up warmly |
callosities, calluses, callouses |
applied - turnip |
conjury, protection |
performed- put nail in tree |
foot, feet ailments |
applied - milkweed |
cracked skin, chapped skin, chapped hands, chilblains |
applied - urine |
foot, feet, sores |
applied - hot salt water |
foot, feet, sores |
applied - crushed mallow roots with unsalted lard |
foot, feet, sores |
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sores |
applied - peach tree leaves |
foot, feet ailments |
applied - raw potato |
foot, feet, sores |
Calf’s-foot herb |
foot, feet, sores |
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legs, feet |
oranges |
foot, feet ailments |
applied - boiling water, weeping willow |
foot, feet, sores |
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arthritis |
applied - fresh salmon |
legs, feet |
applied - mustard water |
infections |
applied - kerosene |
conjury, swollen feet |
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rheumatism |
applied - salt mackerel |
feet, sore |
applied - hemlock bark tea |
legs, feet, ailments |
Oranges |
foot, feet, sores |
worn - common plantain leaves |
foot, feet, sores |
applied - Epsom Salts |
bumps |
applied - fresh salmon |
cold |
applied - hot salted lard |
legs, feet, ailments |
performed - soak feet in mustard water |
eye ailments, sore eyes |
applied - bathe head and feet in cold water at night. |
sores |
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tonsillitis |
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illness, healer traditions |
performed- bathing |
foot, feet ailments |
applied - hot water, soda. |
foot, feet, sores, wounded |
applied - boar’s lung and honey |
foot, feet ailments |
applied - Epsom salts, coal oil. |
colds, coughs, sore throat |
performed - warm feet in oven |
foot, feet, sores |
applied - fresh urine |
foot, feet, sores |
applied - hot bran mash |
foot, feet, sores |
applied - brewed leaves |
stomach |
performed - bleeding; applied - oil, herbs, honey, mastic, aloes, pepper, cloth, ewe’s wool; ingested - pepper, mugwort; performed - massage |
foot, feet, sores |
applied - Epsom Salts |
throat, sore |
applied - ingested - stewed tomatoes, butter. |
conjury, feet |
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colds, coughs, sore throat |
applied - fried onions on soles of feet |
foot, feet, sores |
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foot, feet |
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foot, feet |
applied - elaborate |
stomach |
performed - massage |
throat, sore |
applied - tomato |
eye ailments |
applied - cold water |
foot, feet, sores |
performed - hoodoo magic |
foot, feet, sores |
performed - cut turf in pattern of foot; replace upside down in hole |
foot, feet, swollen |
applied - heated dirt from an old grave |
sprains |
applied - hot bran mash |
throat, sore |
applied - boiled tomatoes |
eye ailments |
applied - water used to wash feet |
illness, healer traditions |
performed- bathe with mullein, prayer, apply salve of snake oil, saltpeter, mullein, nutton suet |
soreness |
applied - blacksmith water |
feet |
gall, princess pine |
angina, sore throat |
applied - tomato |
dew poisoning |
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injuries, feet |
performed - grease nail and drive it into something |
foot, feet, sores |
Boar’s lung and honey |
sores |
applied - salve (Foot’s Ointment) of hog’s lard, mutton tallow, oil spike, beeswax, rosin |
throat, sore |
applied - salt herring |
throat, sore |
applied - boiled tomato poultice on throat and bottom of feet. |
feet, sore |
applied - salt pork |
throat, sore |
worn - stocking |
foot, feet, sores |
applied - double linen thread and toad’s foot |
sores |
applied - cut-off live toad’s foot with double linen thread |
throat, sore |
worn - dirty sock around neck |
throat, sore |
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injuries, feet |
performed - grease nail and drive it into something |
conjury, sore feet |
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feet, swollen |
performed - Tansy (English derivation): Tanacetum vulgare L. (European); ingested as tea, applied to head |
foot, feet, sores |
Deer tallow or suet |
foot, feet, legs, sores |
applied - meadow hay seed, wood ashes, salt, mustard, boiling water |
foot, feet, sores |
applied - jimson weed and hot water |
foot, feet, ailments |
applied - mustard |
throat, sore |
applied - Stew tomatoes, fry in garlic, place in cloth and wrap around bottom of feet. |
tonsils, tonsillitis |
inhaled - broiled tomatoes |
sores |
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feet, sore |
performed - carry doorweed |
foot, feet, sores |
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foot, feet, sores |
applied - spring water |
kwaadzeer |
applied - pikpleister |
lameness |
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foot, feet, ailments |
applied - cold water, powdered alum |
cold, fever, sores, lame foot, feet |
ingested - Bat-wing. Passiflora sexf1ora Juss. "Duck-foot," "Goat-foot." |
feet, sore |
performed - carry doorweed |
fall sores |
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foot, feet, sores |
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foot, feet, swollen |
applied - elderberry bark and strong salt water |
foot, feet, ailments |
ingested - quinine water |
fungus |
inhaled - milk of milkweed |
throat, sore |
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feet |
applied - elderberry bark, salt water |
conjury, paralysis |
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feet, sore |
performed - wean baby in sign of feet. |
puncture wounds |
performed - grease the nail. |
blemishes, chilblains, soft corns, poison ivy, insect bites, fever sores, body odors, oily skin, sore lips, sunburn, tired feet, warts |
applied - Hokara, a massage cream |
foot, feet, sores |
applied - cut-open live chicken |
foot, feet, sores |
silver weed |
cramps, bruises, strains, sores, rheumatism, neuralgia |
applied - arnica and oil liniment |
foot, feet, sores |
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throat, sore, hoarseness |
applied - onions |
foot, feet, ailments |
applied - salt water |
foot, feet |
performed - bathe feet in water in which hemlock bark has boiled |
colds, sore throat |
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feet, sore |
performed - walk barefoot in early morning dew. |
feet, sore |
applied - wash feet in dish water |
foot, feet, sores |
silver weed |
foot, feet, sores, itching, burning |
applied - salt water |
throat, sore |
applied - garlic and lard. |
illness |
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colds |
applied - sliced, fried tomatoes in cloth |
foot, feet, ailments |
applied - hot seaweed water |
throat, sore |
applied - worn sock |
sores |
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foot, feet |
performed - bathe feet in water in which black-oak bark has boiled |
feet, sore |
performed - run up and down road barefoot before sunrise on Good Friday |
colds, coughs, sore throat |
ingested - hot sage tea performed - soak feet in hot water and go to bed |
feet, sore |
performed - fill shoes with corn and put water on it |
feet, sores |
worn - piece of red yarn around little toe |
foot, feet, sores |
performed - cut turf in pattern of foot; replace upside down in hole |
teeth |
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back, foot, feet, aches, pains, colds |
ingested - Quinine water |
foot, feet, ailments |
applied - fresh salmon |
foot, feet, ailments |
applied - buttered bread |
feet |
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conjury, sores |
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