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Cramps

Condition	Method Of Treatment
cramps, feet	performed - put feet in hot ashes
cramps	ingested - camphor in hot water
cramps	worn - brass wire around arms and legs
indigestion	ingested - steeped pennyroyal; tansy of peppermint
cramps, pain, feet, hands	applied - red pepper.
cramps, pain, feet, hands	performed - stuff socks into shoes lay upside down under bed.
colds, cold aches, cramps	nep
colic, intestinal cramps	ingested - tea made from bark of a peachtree
cramps	worn - brass ring
cramps	worn - Many old ladies try to cure the cramps in their legs by putting tight garters around the legs, which is exactly the wrong treatment, since the cramps not infrequently are the result of poor circulation of the blood
cramps	oil of camomile
cramps	performed - plant some southern wood (Artemisia abrotanum)
cramps	worn - yarn string
cramps	applied - goose grease
cramps	performed - make crosses with lizard blood and sickle blade
cramps	ingested - decoction of mullein
foot, feet, cramps	performed - turn shoes upside down
cramps, legs	applied - red mud; performed - prayer
stomach, cramps	ingested - Horsemint tea.
cramps
cramps	performed - turn shoes upside down on the bed
menstruation	ingested - Ginger tea.
cramps	ingested - mixture of cider, vinegar, honey, water
cramps	applied - cloth soaked in turpentine ingested - turpentine in sugar
cramps
cramps
menstruation	ingested - whiskey laced with black pepper
stomach ailments
menstrual ailments, cramps	ingested - black pepper tea, warm goat’s milk
cramps	ingested - water off of peach tree limb
cramps	performed - turn shoes bottom sides up
cramps
cramps	worn - cotton string worn loosely around ankle
cramps	wormwood tea
cramps, pain, feet, hands	performed - put a rock or a brick under the leg.
cramps, pain, feet, hands	performed - keep soiled sock under bed.
cramps, feet	applied - urine
cramps	performed - crosses made on body with sickle blade moistened with lizard, snake, bat’s blood
cramps	worn - For cramps tie a garter smooth and tight around your knee on going to bed.
cramps	squirrel
cramps	worn - red yarn strings about their abdomens
cramps	top vertebra of a goose
cramps	ingested - Glinus dictamnoides L. and Heliotropium supinum L., both called nalufiaoli,
foot, feet, cramps	performed - turn shoes upside down
menstruation
stomach, cramps	ingested - Horsemint tea.
pregnancy, ailments
cramps
cramps	performed - turn shoes upside down
menstruation
cramps	performed - place pan of water under bed
menstruation
menstruation	ingested - mixture of whiskey, lemon juice and honey - see text
mensuration
stomach ailments	ingested - mint tea; dried and pounded rhubarb roots in water applied - electric pillow; hot pan cover covered with dish towel
cramps	performed - turn slippers upside down
cramps, legs	performed - place shoes under bed
cramps	applied - raw potatoes on stomach
cramps, pain, feet, hands	performed - put scissors under sheets or mattress.
cramps, pain, feet, hands	performed - put socks in bed.
stomach ailments	worn - hem of a man’s shirt tail.
cramps	worn - string with seven knots tied around waist
cramps	bat’s blood
cramps	performed - cross stockings over a basin of water
cramps	yarrow, militaris
cramps	lavender
foot, feet, cramps	performed - turn shoes upside down
cramps, legs	worn - black ribbon under knees
menstrual ailments, cramps	Extract of avens root
menstruation
stomach	ingested - red pepper tea
stomach, cramps	ingested - Hartshorn, hartshorn powder (Hitzpulver), hartshorn ashes, harstshorn solution.
menstrual ailments, cramps	applied - cotton in armpit
cramps	worn - urination on legs
menstruation	ingested - sugar, turpentine, coal oil.
cramps	ingested
plants
cramps	worn - red yarn around big toe
cramps
menstruation
leg ailments	performed - place shoes under bed soles up.
mensuration	ingested - tea from orange leaves
stomachache	ingested - snake root
masturbation
cramps	performed - lay with feet above head
menstrual ailments, cramps	applied - diet restriction; no onion, tomatoes or sour foods, pills ingested - avocado leaves, herb tonics
cramps, legs	performed - put shoes upside down under bed
cramps	ingested - mint
cramps	worn - brass cramps
cramps, pain, feet, hands
cramps, pain, feet, hands	worn - woolen socks
cramps	worn - raw cotton string tied in nine knots around waist
cramps
cramps, feet	performed - turn shoe upside down.
cramps	ingested - Wild ginger, drunk in the form of a tea, was used for cramps in bowels or stomach.
cramps	worn - brimstone
cramps	performed - place shoes T- or X- wise under the bed.
cramps	ingested - tea made from laurel leaves
foot, feet, cramps	performed - turn shoes upside down
cramps, legs	worn - silk ribbon above ankles, blessed string
sinews	applied - dog oil
stomach	ingested - laurel leaf tea
stomach, cramps	applied - Noose to navel.
neuralgia, pain, cramps, paralysis, epilepsy	worn - Dr. Christie’s Galvanic Belts and Necklaces
confinement, lying in
cramps, legs
cramps	performed - turn shoes and socks upside down under the bed
cramps	performed - urination on legs
menstruation	ingested - saffron
delivery	ingested - manzanilla tea
cramps
menstruation
menstruation	ingested - hot toddy
mensuration	ingested - mint, parsley
stomachache	ginger, sugar, hot water
cramps	worn - tarred rope
cramps
indigestion	ingested - boiled strawberry leaves; rhubarb root, strained
female ailments	performed - burn menstrual cloths.
cramps, pain, feet, hands
cramps, pain, feet, hands	worn - woman’s stocking
cramps	ingested - grass tea
cramps, feet	performed - point shoes toward wall.
cramps	performed - carry coffin wood in pocket
cramps	ingested - ginger in whiskey
cramps	ingested - wallworth tea
foot, feet, cramps	performed - bowl of water placed under bed at night
gout	performed - ritual with dog
internal ailments	ingested - horse manure, brandy.
cramps, legs	performed - place shoes upside down under the bed
stomach, cramps	ingested - Tea of peppermint and cucumber peelings.
birth, childbed ailments	applied - hot cloth with cow tallow, camphor, and turpentine
cramps	performed - urination on legs
cramps	performed - urination
cramps, legs	performed - sleep with a pocket knife partly opened, under the bed.
colic	ingested - Fennel, peppermint, alfalfa, sage, camomile, stinging nettle
cold
cramps
menstruation
menstruation	ingested - whiskey, honey
leg ailments	performed - put shoes in corner of room.
mensuration
stomach, cramps
cramps
cramps
stomachache, cramps	ingested - siempreviva leaves, cinnamon
cramps	performed - turn shoes upside down under bed at night
cramps, pain, feet, hands	performed - put alum in bed
cramps, pain, feet, hands	performed - turn shoes upside down.
cramps, pain, feet, hands	performed - hang stockings by the toes.
dysmenorrhea	ingested - hot ginger tea
cramps	ingested - yarrow leaf tea
cramps	ingested - tea of “mother’s comfort”
cramps, legs	performed - jump out of bed with both feet.
cramps	performed - turn toes of boots toward street at night
cramps	ingested - Ginger tea
cramps	worn - copper band
cramps	performed - urination on legs
cramps	applied-Root whose native term is translated as “rat bait” because it is favorite food of muskrat, is ground into a paste.
cramps	ingested - pulverized eye tooth of a hog in water
cramps, legs	performed - place shoes upside down under the bed; put shoes and stockings in shape of a cross
cramps, legs	performed - turn toes of shoes together when removed for the night.
menstruation	performed - having a baby
stomach, cramps	Urine with sweet oil.
illness, unkraut
cramps, legs	performed - make crosses from your shoes and stockings, when they are not being worn.
hair
delivery	ingested - oregano tea
colds	ingested - chamomile tea
cramps
menstruation
menstruation	ingested - whiskey in hot water
mensuration
stomach, cramps
cramps, sprains
rheumatism, cramps
colic, cramps	ingested - fennel, tansy tea
cramps	ingested - tansy tea
cramps	performed - put feet in hot ashes
cramps	performed - spit on stone, replace stone upside down
cramps, pain, feet, hands	applied - camphor
cramps, pain, feet, hands	performed - take left shoe, upside down, corner of room nearest to bed on the left-hand side.
cramps, pain, feet, hands	worn - silver ring.
stomach ailments	inhaled - hornet’s nest.
cramps	worn - strap of leather on wrist; copper band around ankle performed - remove left shoe first at night
cramps	ingested - tea of mother school craft (penny grass)
cramps	ingested - pennyroyal
cramps, legs	applied - chamber lye
cramps	worn - dime
cramps	worn - cotton string with nine knots
cramps	performed - urinate on limbs
cramps	worn - spruce nut
cramps	applied - green hawkweed leaves, meal, water
cramps	worn - leather strap
foot, feet, cramps	worn - silk ribbon
cramps, legs	performed - tie a string around your leg below the knee
cramps, legs	performed - put toe of one shoe into other when they are off for the night.
sinews	garden tansy, oil
stomach, cramps
cramps	performed - tie wool thread around leg
cramps, legs	performed - point toes of shoes under bed at night.
illness, healing methods	ingested - coca cola
cramps	ingested - burbon
menstruation
leg ailments	performed - carry a potato in pocket.
mensuration
stomach, cramps
menstruation, cramps
cramps	worn - wool thread, turpentine
cramps	performed- catch in knot
cramps	performed - urinate on legs
cramps	ingested - wild verbena tea
cramps	performed - spit on stone and throw it into water
cramps, pain, feet, hands	worn - copper
cramps, pain, feet, hands	performed - take left shoe off first, both toes pointing same direction.
arm ailments, fractures	worn - copper bracelets
cramps	ingested - tansy tea
cramps, legs	performed - cross shoes under bed at night.
stomach, cramps, spasms	ingested - plantain
cramps	performed - place shoes soles up under bed at night
colic, intestinal disorders, cramps	ingested - oil
cramps, retching	ingested - alder bark, water
cramps	worn - a dime about the ankle
cramps	ingested - crayfish stone
cramps	performed - string with seven knots
cramps	performed - urination on legs
cramps	worn - Ring of sea horse teeth tied upon the fingers and fillets of green periwinkle tied about the calf of the leg or the thigh.
cramps	worn - magnet hung on back
foot, feet, cramps
gout
cramps, legs	applied - turpentine
cramps, legs	performed - point toes of shoes out from under the bed.
menstruation	performed - walk up stairs backward
menstruation	performed - put bread knife under bed
stomach	ingested - tea of blackberry roots
stomach, cramps, worms
gender, cause, prediction
cramps
cramps, legs	performed - put shoes under bed soles up.
menstruation	ingested - rock candy whiskey.
menstruation
leg ailments	performed - carry a potato in pocket.
mensuration
stomach, cramps
cramps	worn - shoestring
conjury, bladder, death
cramps	ingested - pepper grass tea
cramps, feet	performed - turn shoes upside down at night
cramps	performed - upon arising, plant some southern wood (Artemisia abrotanum)
cramps, pain, feet, hands	worn - copper
cramps, pain, feet, hands	performed - set shoes against wall with toes out.
cramps, pain, feet, hands	worn - skunk hide
cramps	applied - vine, plantain
cramps, legs	performed - turn shoes upside down.
stomach, cramps, spasms	worn - brass ring
cramps, retching	ingested - alder bark, water
cramps	worn - a bone from the head of a cod
cramps	ingested - decoction of elecampane roots in wine
cramps	ingested - charcoal
cramps	worn - strings made of threads spun during “Passion Days”
cramps	Valerian
cramps	Rattles from the rattlesnake.
cramps	hare’s foot
cramps	ingested - mint
foot, feet, cramps	performed - wet fingers; make sign of cross on foot
childbirth, delivery, labor	ingested - anisette
amputation
cramps, legs	performed - put shoes under bed soles up.
mensuration
menstruation
leg ailments
stomach, cramps	applied - pillow, heat
pregnancy
cramps	performed - place shoes soles up under bed at night
cramps	performed - turn shoes upside down under bed
cramps	performed - place pan of water under bed at night
cramps, legs	performed - set shoes under bed bottom side up
cramps, pain, feet, hands	worn - brass ring
cramps, pain, feet, hands	performed - set shoes against south wall with toes together.
cramps, pain, feet, hands	performed - bottle spiders, keep at foot of bed.
cramps, legs	performed - point shoes to the wall.
stomach, cramps, spasms	ingested - dandelion roots, apply hot cloths
cramps	ingested - tea made from the flowers of the "camomile" (probably, judging from the description, Maruta colula DC.)
cholera	ingested - extract of “head” flaxen; applied - flaxen
cramps	worn - cramp ring worn around neck
cramps	worn - a ring made from the hinge of a coffin
cramps	applied (presumably): human excrement
cramps	performed - turn shoes upside down, with soles touching, as in standing.
cramps	worn - knotted string dipped in turpentine
cramps	performed - placing body weight on cramped leg
cramps	worn - Rattle skin around the ankle.
cramps	worn - Silk ribbon tied under one’s knee
foot, feet, cramps
cramps, legs	ingested - whiskey
muscles	applied - lemon juice
stomach	performed - put steel object under pillow
cramps, legs	performed - put shoes under bed soles up.
menstrual ailments, cramps	applied - worn - newspaper around waste
stomach, upset, menstrual cramps, colic	ingested - spearmint tea
foot, feet, ailments	ingested - milk
mensuration
menstruation
stomach, cramps	ingested - wards liniment, water, sugar.
stomach ailments	ingested - red pepper
objects in body, plants
cramps	performed - turn shoes bottom side up at night
swimming	performed - urinate down legs
cramps, pain, feet, hands	performed - lace shoes with copper wire, put paper under tongue of shoe
cramps, pain, feet, hands	performed - put toes of shoes facing east
cramps, pain, feet, hands	applied - string
cramps
cramps	ingested - Sampson’s snakeroot
menstrual ailments
amputation, cramps	performed - Bury the amputated member in a straight position.
cramps	ingested - alle gugul
cramps	worn - rings made from the hinges of a coffin
cramps	worn - knee cap of a sheep
cramps	worn - garters of black silk or candle cotton.
dysmenorrhea, menstural cramps	ingested - apple pierced with nails for 48 hours
epilepsy, demon
cramps	ingested - tea of manzanilla, corn tassel, cinnamon, hinojo
foot, feet, cramps	performed - tie elk skin around leg
cramps, legs	performed - carry dried puffball.
cramps, legs	performed - put shoes under bed soles up.
menstruation
stomach	applied - ashes, hearth, salt, stocking.
stomach	ingested - Inner bark of high-bush cranberry (“cramp bark’)
wrists	applied - Eelskin.
hair
cramps, legs	performed - put shoes under bed soles up.
pregnancy
headaches
menstruation	ingested - apple cider vinegar
mensuration	ingested - hot water, scotch
stomach, cramps	ingested - sugar, coal oil, turpentine
birth, delivery, labor
cramps	performed - put shoes upside down on bed.
cramps	performed - spit under rock
cramps	performed - turn shoes bottom side up at night
female ailments	worn - cord soaked in holy water on special dates.
cramps, pain, feet, hands	performed - turn shoes upside down with toes pointing northward.
cramps, pain, feet, hands	worn - string
stomachache	performed - fumigate house with sulfur
cramps
cramps, legs	applied - rubber band
cramps	ingested - apple - vinegar
cramps	camphorated whiskey
cramps	worn - Garters of black silk or candle-cotton.
cramps	applied - hare’s knee bone
cramps	ingested - Mamon tea (Erythrina herbecea)
cramps, legs	performed - put shoes under bed soles up.
neck	inhaled - cedar fumes
stomach, cramps	ingested - Inner bark of high-bush cranberry.
abdomen	ingested - rhubarb, water, sugar, soda
pregnancy
constipation	ingested - syrup made from cascara bark boiled with sugar and water
mensuration
menstruation	ingested - beets, cider vinegar
stomachache	ingested - turnpentine, sugar, coal oil
mensuration	ingested - gin, warm water, sugar
stomach, cramps	sugar, peppermint
rheumatism	performed - keep potato in bed
cramps	ingested - black haw
cramps	performed - sleep with shoes under bed
cramps, pain, feet, hands	performed - put shoes under last chair you sat in, upside down.
cramps, pain, feet, hands	worn - string
cramps	performed - spit on a rock.
cramps	worn - garter, left leg
menstrual ailments	ingested - hot camomile tea.
cramps
cramps	ingested - tea from red coon root (Hepatica triloba)
cramps	worn - patella of a sheep
cramps	worn - sulfur
cramps	woodbine
cramps	English rhubarb
cramps	Curing society of Zuni cures through Shumaikoli kachina cramps with a spiral shell as “mother.”
cramps	performed - carry hare’s foot
cramps	ingested - motherwort
foot, feet, cramps	performed - put feet in hot ashes
cramps, legs	performed - put shoes under bed soles up.
menstruation	applied - hot water and flannel to abdomen
stomach, cramps	Blackberry root and whiskey.
pregnancy
muscles, cramps	applied - smashed garlic or garlic juice
worms	ingested - Jerusalem oak, sugar.
menstrual ailments, cramps and pains	ingested - calcium pills
menstruation
mensuration	ingested - juice of the boiled bean
stomach, cramps	ingested - cornstarch, water.
cramps	ingested - tansy tea
cramps, chills, fever	worn- string with three knots
stomach ailments	performed - bore hole in wall, put child’s hair in hole, plug hole
cramps, pain, feet, hands	performed - make a cross and spit on it.
cramps, pain, feet, hands	performed - set shoes next to bed as if walking away
cramps, pain, feet, hands	worn - black string
cramps	worn - rubber band.
stomach ailments	applied - salt to palm of hand and sole of foot.
cramps	performed - turn shoes upside down
menstrual ailments	ingested - ginger tea.
cramps	ingested - Allheal
cramps	worn - fresh cork slices
cramps	worn - preventative: eelskin worn around one’s ankle
cramps	ingested - decoction of centaury
cramps	performed - sleeping with stockings containing sulphur
foot, feet, cramps	performed - make cross with spittle
cramps, legs	performed - barefoot, weight of body on heel, press down hard.
cramps, legs, foot, feet	performed - put shoes under bed soles up.
stomach, cramps	Charm.
cramps, uterine colic	ingested - smoke from certain narcotic plants
allergy, colic
cramps	applied - hot ashes
foot, feet, ailments	performed - put shoes upside down over night
menstrual ailments, cramps and pains	ingested - calcium; vitamin B-12
muscles, aches, pains	ingested - honey
mensuration
menstruation
mensuration
stomach, cramps	ingested - pepper, whiskey
cramps	ingested - camphor in hot water
cramps	ingested - black pepper, water
conjury
cramps	performed - place stockings on floor crossed
cramps	carried - gnerl
illness, prevention	worn - asafetida
menstrual ailments, cramps
post natal care

Cramps

Condition

Method Of Treatment

performed - put feet in hot ashes

ingested - camphor in hot water

worn - brass wire around arms and legs

ingested - steeped pennyroyal; tansy of peppermint

applied - red pepper.

performed - stuff socks into shoes lay upside down under bed.

nep

ingested - tea made from bark of a peachtree

worn - brass ring

worn - Many old ladies try to cure the cramps in their legs by putting tight garters around the legs, which is exactly the wrong treatment, since the cramps not infrequently are the result of poor circulation of the blood

oil of camomile

performed - plant some southern wood (Artemisia abrotanum)

worn - yarn string

applied - goose grease

performed - make crosses with lizard blood and sickle blade

ingested - decoction of mullein

performed - turn shoes upside down

applied - red mud; performed - prayer

ingested - Horsemint tea.

performed - turn shoes upside down on the bed

ingested - Ginger tea.

ingested - mixture of cider, vinegar, honey, water

applied - cloth soaked in turpentine ingested - turpentine in sugar

ingested - whiskey laced with black pepper

ingested - black pepper tea, warm goat’s milk

ingested - water off of peach tree limb

performed - turn shoes bottom sides up

worn - cotton string worn loosely around ankle

wormwood tea

performed - put a rock or a brick under the leg.

performed - keep soiled sock under bed.

applied - urine

performed - crosses made on body with sickle blade moistened with lizard, snake, bat’s blood

worn - For cramps tie a garter smooth and tight around your knee on going to bed.

squirrel

worn - red yarn strings about their abdomens

top vertebra of a goose

ingested - Glinus dictamnoides L. and Heliotropium supinum L., both called nalufiaoli,

performed - turn shoes upside down

ingested - Horsemint tea.

performed - turn shoes upside down

performed - place pan of water under bed

ingested - mixture of whiskey, lemon juice and honey - see text

ingested - mint tea; dried and pounded rhubarb roots in water applied - electric pillow; hot pan cover covered with dish towel

performed - turn slippers upside down

performed - place shoes under bed

applied - raw potatoes on stomach

performed - put scissors under sheets or mattress.

performed - put socks in bed.

worn - hem of a man’s shirt tail.

worn - string with seven knots tied around waist

bat’s blood

performed - cross stockings over a basin of water

yarrow, militaris

lavender

performed - turn shoes upside down

worn - black ribbon under knees

Extract of avens root

ingested - red pepper tea

ingested - Hartshorn, hartshorn powder (Hitzpulver), hartshorn ashes, harstshorn solution.