Condition |
Method Of Treatment |
measles |
ingested - rabbit bill teas |
measles |
ingested - goat pill tea |
measles |
ingested - fodder tea |
measles |
ingested - sheep manure tea. |
measles |
ingested - sage tea. |
measles |
ingested - corn shuck tea |
measles |
ingested - wallink fern spores dissolved in whiskey |
measles |
worn - mother’s red jippo |
measles |
worn - asafetida. |
measles |
applied - black hen blood |
measles |
ingested - sheep ball tea |
measles |
ingested - rosemary, rum |
measles |
ingested - sage tea |
measles |
ingested - tea made of sheep cherries |
eyes, sight, vision |
|
abnormal births |
|
measles |
|
measles |
performed - cut off cat’s left ear ingested - three drops of blood in wineglass of water |
measles |
worn - asafoetida. |
measles |
performed - take hot bath |
mumps |
ingested - goat dung tea |
measles |
ingested - butterfly root |
measles |
|
measles |
applied - ingested - burned herring spawn and catfish oil |
measles |
ingested - sheep excreta tea |
measles |
ingested - sheep pill tea |
measles |
ingested - hot pine tea |
measles |
applied - wet diapers. |
measles |
applied - hot red pepper tea |
measles |
Ingested - hot slippery elm tea |
measles |
ingested - corn shuck tea |
measles |
|
measles |
worn - asafoetida. |
measles |
ingested - holly leaf tea |
measles |
ingested - fresh sheep dung dissolved in water; deer dung |
measles |
ingested - sheep dung tea |
measles |
marigolds |
measles |
performed - ceremony including golden crowned kinglet, pollen, noises, tail feathers. |
measles |
ingested - sulfur tea performed - hold nose and head down |
measles |
ingested - sheep’s dung, water, sulfur, and porter |
measles |
|
measles |
ingested - catnip tea |
measles |
worn - asafoetida. |
measles |
performed - immerse patient in tub of hot water; place ice cubes in mouth |
measles |
ingested - saffron tea |
measles |
ingested - icecream |
measles |
ingested - corn shuck bread |
measles |
ingested - "mouth" parts of small barnacles are powdered, mixed with water applied - ochre mixed with catfish oil; skate liver |
measles |
ingested - catnip tea |
measles |
performed - put child in back door and run hen over him/her |
measles |
ingested - sheep tea (nanny tea, nanny dung) |
measles |
ingested - sheep tea |
measles |
ingested - spicewood tea. |
measles |
ingested - corn shuck tea |
measles |
|
measles |
worn - asafoetida. |
measles |
Ice |
measles |
ingested - sheep dung tea |
measles |
ingested - tuba and hard boiled eggs |
measles |
ingested - marigold, elderberry |
measles |
Plantain |
measles |
performed - hair given to dog. |
measles |
ingested - sassafras tea |
measles |
ingested - sheep dung, or sassafras tea. |
illness, healing methods |
applied - eggs of black hen, yellow bandage, red flannel |
measles |
worn - rag |
measles |
ingested - corn shuck tea |
measles |
applied - hot bath |
measles |
performed - keep patient in dark room |
measles |
performed - avoid bathing in cold water |
measles |
ingested - hen dropping tea |
measles |
applied - manure |
scarlet fever, measles, chicken pox |
ingested - saffron |
Whooping cough |
ingested - donkey’s milk |
measles |
ingested - corn shuck tea |
measles |
performed - go to bed and stay hot |
measles |
ingested - hot lemonade |
measles |
summer savory |
measles |
ingested - wild strawberry roots |
measles |
ingested - sheep manure tea; sheep manure pills |
measles |
ingested - corn shuck tea |
measles |
|
measles |
worn - asafoetida. |
measles |
ingested - ipecac and calomel, followed by hot sage tea and hot saffron tea applied - blankets to induce sweat |
measles |
ingested - sheep dung tea |
measles |
ingested - sheep dung tea |
measles |
ingested - tormentil juice with Venice treacle |
measles |
ingested - roasted mouse. |
measles |
plantain leaf |
measles |
ingested - sassafras tea |
measles |
ingested - sheep dung tea |
measles |
applied - hot towels, coconut oil |
sexual potency, virility |
|
eye ailments |
applied - slippery elm or sassafras tea |
measles |
ingested - corn shuck tea |
measles |
ingested - cold water |
measles |
applied - goose feces and oil |
cold, flu |
ingested - ponche (egg, milk, spices) |
measles |
ingested - whiskey |
measles |
ingested - elderberry tea |
measles |
ingested - cold ice cream |
measles |
ingested - sassafras root and bark, boiled and sweetened |
measles |
ingested - Mare milk |
measles |
performed - feed hair, bread, butter to dog. |
measles |
ingested - tansy tea |
eyes, measles |
|
measles |
ingested - sheep manure tea; sheep manure pills |
croup, measles, whooping cough, mumps |
worn - bag of asafetida worn around the neck |
measles |
|
measles |
|
measles |
|
measles |
ingested - fennel tea |
measles |
|
measles |
ingested - sheep dung tea |
measles |
ingested - sheep dung tea |
measles |
applied - salve made of tallow and strong yarrow tea |
measles |
ingested - minced mice |
measles |
ingested - violet flowers and pomegranate rind. |
measles |
ingested - sassafras tea |
measles |
ingested - sheep dung tea |
measles |
applied - red cloth |
measles |
ingested - dry corn shuck tea |
measles |
worn - coins tied around neck |
measles |
ingested - sheep dropping tea |
measles |
ingested - boiled hen feed |
measles |
ingested - elder blossom tea |
measles |
ingested - mullein tea |
measles |
ingested - spicewood tea |
measles |
ingested - pennyroyal |
measles |
performed - boil cow dung. |
measles |
ingested - hot tea |
measles |
ingested - hot teas or heated whiskey |
measles |
Holly: Ilex opaca Ait. |
measles |
|
measles |
|
measles |
ingested - bedbug tea |
measles |
performed - place red flannel, into which are stuck five pins, under bed |
measles |
ingested - sheep dung tea |
measles |
ingested - roasted mouse |
measles |
applied - pokeroot, sheep dung. |
measles |
ingested - violets |
measles |
ingested - sassafras tea |
mumps, measles, chicken pox, smallpox |
performed - giving alms ingested - Rice, Curry, Coconut milk |
measles |
ingested - sheep dung tea |
pregnancy |
|
abnormal births |
|
illness, healing methods, supernatural treatment |
|
measles, bedwetting |
performed - march around house with newborn baby unwashed |
measles |
|
measles |
ingested - corn shuck tea |
cough |
ingested - “ponche” |
measles |
ingested - herbal tea with seven stones of power immersed in it |
measles |
ingested - sheep dung tea |
measles |
ingested - elder flowers |
measles |
ingested - sheep dung tea, nanny tea |
measles |
ingested - flaxseed tea |
measles |
performed - bathe in warm water with ground mustard seed |
measles |
pennyroyal or peppermint |
fever |
|
measles |
ingested - pig feet tea |
measles |
ingested - cold tea |
measles |
worn - three hairs from donkey’s tail around neck performed - thistle held over heads during donkey ride |
measles |
|
measles |
Red flannel |
measles |
ingested - sheep dung tea |
measles |
ingested - sheep dung tea |
measles |
performed - hang turnips in chimney |
measles |
ingested - roasted mouse. |
measles |
Pearls with honeysuckle |
measles |
Bark of spice tree |
measles |
ingested - sassafras tea |
measles |
ingested - sheep dung tea |
scrofula |
|
pregnancy |
|
measles |
ingested - corn shuck tea |
measles |
ingested - cow chip tea. |
pregnancy |
|
measles |
|
measles |
ingested - sheep dung tea |
measles |
applied - corn, cloth, vinegar |
measles |
ingested - Make a tea of sheep manure and drink it to make measles break out. |
measles |
ingested - ginger tea |
measles |
ingested - pennyroyal tea |
measles |
|
blindness |
performed - rub dying hands over eyes |
measles |
ingested - hot tea from pig droppings. |
measles |
ingested - hot lemonade |
contagious disease |
|
measles |
performed - ritual with donkey ride; thistle held over head worn - 3 hairs from donkey tail around neck |
measles |
applied - flaxseed poultices |
measles |
|
measles |
ingested - sheep dung tea |
measles |
ingested - sheep dung tea |
measles |
ingested - thyme tea |
measles |
ingested - roasted mouse. |
measles |
performed - passing through. |
measles |
Three bordered water |
measles |
applied - rags soaked in strong sassafras tea |
measles |
ingested - sheep dung tea |
measles |
ingested - bread made of corn shuck flour |
measles |
worn - camphor |
chicken pox |
|
measles |
ingested - cold water and lemonade |
measles |
ingested - “sheep nanny” tea made of sheep manure boiled in water |
measles |
performed - sweep with a white horse’s tail |
whooping cough |
|
measles |
ingested - holly leaf tea |
measles |
ingested - hot tea |
measles |
ingested - hot peppermint tea |
measles |
ingested - hot lemonade |
measles |
ingested - sheep manure |
measles |
ingested - wine, molasses |
itching, measles |
performed - bathe in polk-root ooze ingested - sheep tea |
exanthemata |
|
hives, measles |
ingested - Seneca snakeroot tea |
measles |
ingested - hair from node where stripes of an ass cross, sprinkled on bread-and-butter |
measles |
applied - hot bath. |
measles |
ingested - fodder tea |
measles |
ingested - sheep dung tea |
measles |
ingested - sheep manure tea |
measles |
ingested - hot tansy tea |
measles |
ingested - roasted mouse |
measles |
performed - saints invoked |
measles, sore throat |
ingested - sassafras tea |
measles |
ingested - sheep dung tea |
measles |
applied - dishwater bath |
measles |
performed - hang garlic from porch |
measles |
worn - camphor |
eye ailments |
|
measles |
ingested - “ponche” drink made of eggs and milk |
measles |
ingested - hot boiling sheep manure tea |
measles, mumps, chicken pox |
worn - asafetida |
measles |
ingested - pennyroyal tea |
measles |
ingested - tea made from saffron blossoms, with lemon and sugar |
measles |
ingested - sheep dung tea |
measles |
ingested - ice cream. |
measles |
ingested - red pepper tea |
measles |
worn - camphor bag around neck |
measles |
ingested - hot drinks |
measles |
|
measles |
ingested - burdock roots |
measles |
performed - wash patient at murdered man’s grave and returning home by different way |
measles |
applied - red light |
measles |
ingested - sheep dung tea |
measles |
ingested - sheep dung tea |
measles |
ingested - sheep dung tea |
measles |
|
measles |
ingested - Sarsaparilla |
measles |
ingested - sassafras tea |
measles |
ingested - sheep dung tea, tea made of tatlings and corn shuck |
smallpox, measles |
applied - pigeon blood |
whooping cough |
worn - bag of asafetida around neck |
measles |
worn - pair of dolls from shrine |
measles |
applied - salve made of boiled lamb foot |
measles |
performed - cook and mince mice |
blindness |
|
eye ailments |
|
measles |
ingested - hot toddy made with whiskey, water, lemon juice, honey |
measles |
applied - sheep manure and urine |
measles |
worn - black silk cord |
measles |
ingested - saffron tea (made from sheep manure) |
measles |
ingested - black pepper tea |
measles |
|
measles |
ingested - hot sage-grass tea |
measles |
performed - keep victim in dark room; ingested - warm tea |
measles |
ingested - sheep saffron tea |
measles |
ingested - cold water. performed - wrap in warm blankets. |
measles |
ingested - whiskey and honey |
colds |
ingested - Wild cherry bark tea for measles and colds among home remedies now or formerly used by settlers in Cades Cover in Great Smoky Mts. Borrowing from Cherokee remedies noted. |
cough |
ingested - hyssop boiled with honey and figs in wine |
measles |
performed - cut off cat’s left ear ingested - three drops of blood in wineglass of water |
measles |
ingested - decoction of leaves of viscous elm, vinegar, maple sugar |
measles |
|
measles |
ingested - buffalo chip tea. |
measles |
applied - goose grease |
measles |
ingested - sheep dung tea |
measles |
ingested - sheep dung tea |
measles |
ingested - oat tea |
measles |
ingested - water distilled from bistort root |
measles |
ingested - mare’s milk, sheep cherries. |
measles |
applied - water from boiled peas |
measles |
ingested - skullcap tea. |
measles |
ingested - sheep dung tea |
mumps |
worn - Asafetida |
measles |
ingested - goat dung |
blindness |
|
measles |
performed - keep victim in dark room ingested - warm tea |
measles |
|
measles |
ingested - sheep droppings |
measles |
ingested - sassafras tea |
measles |
ingested - boiled sheep manure |
chicken pox |
ingested - saffron tea |
eye ailments |
|
cold, food |
ingested - ponche |
measles |
applied - lard on feet, hands, chest |
measles |
ingested - goat dung tea |
measles |
worn - red scarf |
measles |
ingested - ginger tea |
measles |
ingested - sassafras tea |
measles |
|
measles |
ingested - hot or cold sassafras tea |
measles |
ingested - sheep dung tea |
blood |
ingested - whiskey in which roots of burdock have been soaked |
measles |
ingested - rabbit ball tea. |
measles |
performed - put person in dark room |
measles |
ingested - infusion of sheep dung (nanny tea) |
measles |
performed - pictures with red in them drive measles away; red cross hung in houses |
measles |
performed - cut off cat’s left ear; ingested - three drops of blood in wineglass of water |
measles |
Flower of elderberry tree |
measles |
applied - bread and milk |
measles |
inhaled - chewed garlic breath |
measles |
ingested - Lady-bird [ladybug] |
measles |
ingested - sheep dung tea |
measles |
ingested - sheep dung in water |
measles |
ingested - hot teas |
measles |
ingested - water distilled from bistort leaves |
measles |
ingested - milk, gin |
measles |
applied - pea broth. |
measles |
performed - sweat the patient in a darkened room and allow as little moving air as possible to touch the sufferer. |
measles |
ingested - applied - sheep dung liquid |
scarlet fever |
ingested - drinking hard cider, decoction of ure accompanied by milk and honey and “nanny-goat tea.” |
measles |
ingested - boiled oats tea. |
measles |
ingested - sassafras tea |
measles |
ingested - sheep dung tea |
measles |
applied - corn starch powder |
measles |
ingested - hog hoof tea |
measles |
|
measles |
worn - red yarn |
measles |
ingested - spicewood bark tea |
measles |
performed - cover patient with scarlet blankets ingested - scarlet medicine |
measles |
ingested - tea made from boiling dry shucks |
measles |
ingested - three buckshot a day for three days |
measles |
worn - asafetida |
measles |
performed - put red blanket over yourself. |
measles |
ingested - sheep balls (testicles) and tea |
blindness |
hanging the roots of purnellac on the neck of afflicted child |
eyes, chicken pox, smallpox, measles |
worn - apostem herb |
measles |
Catnip gathered at midnight before St. Swithin’s Day |
measles |
ingested - elderberry blossom and marigold leaf tea |
measles |
performed - place a cut onion in room of sick child. |
measles |
worn - garlic in little sack around neck |
measles |
worn - leg bands |
measles |
ingested - sheep dung tea |
measles |
ingested - sheep dung tea |
measles |
ingested -tea |
measles |
ingested - powdered bistort root in drink |
measles |
applied - milk |
measles |
ingested - pennyroyal tea |
measles |
ingested - water collected from special stones. |
measles |
steeped Senna leaves |
measles |
ingested - penny-royal and dog fennel and bone sage |
measles |
ingested - sassafras tea |
measles |
ingested - sheep dung tea |
measles |
worn - red sweater; piece of red flannel |
throat, sore |
ingested - cold water and lemonade. |
blindness |
performed - prayer applied - gold earrings |
measles |
|
measles, pneumonia |
|
measles |
worn - sulpher |
infection |
|
measles |
ingested - red pepper tea |
measles |
worn - asafetida bags |
measles |
ingested - snakeroot tea |
measles |
ingested - catnip tea |
colds |
ingested - brandy |
measles |
ingested - catnip tea |
measles |
worn - red scarf |
eyes |
worn - apostem herb |
measles |
ingested - catnip tea |
measles |
ingested - elder blossom tea |
measles |
performed - carrying a child around in an old quilt. |
measles |
ingested - boneset tea. |
measles, sore throat |
ingested - hot lemonade |
measles |
ingested - sheep dung tea |
measles |
ingested - sheep tatlings and corn shucks tea |
measles |
ingested - mare’s milk |
measles |
ingested - pennyroyal |
measles |
ingested - wine, sugar, taken hot. |
measles |
applied - slippery elm bark |
measles |
ingested - hot tea made of oats |
short lived |
|
measles |
ingested - rabbit droppings. |
measles |
ingested - sheep dung tea |
measles |
worn - red sweater |
measles |
worn - bag of asafoetida |
headache, insect bites, earache, arthritis, measles |
|
measles |
warm water |
measles |
ingested - ginger tea |
measles |
ingested - hot toddy |
measles |
|
measles |
performed - place lemons by bed |
measles |
ingested - corn husk tea |
measles |
applied - red dots to face. |
blindness |
worn - rue and apostem |
chicken pox |
ingested - saffron tea (for bringing out spots) |
measles |
ingested - chicken manure |
measles |
ingested - viburnum tea. |
measles |
ingested - borrage tea. |
measles |
worn - sack of garlic around neck |
measles |
ingested - sheep dung tea |
measles |
ingested - cooked milk and sheep dung |
measles |
ingested - pomegranate rind. |
measles |
|
measles |
applied - slippery elm |
measles |
ingested - sheep’s dung, sulfur, and porter |
mental retardation |
|
blindness |
|
measles |
|
measles |
ingested - onions |
measles |
ingested - wild cherry bark tea |
blindness |
|
measles |
worn - bag of asafoetida |
measles |
performed- put a baby in bed with a person with measles so they will not have it when they are older. |
measles, thrush |
|
measles |
ingested - ice-cold water |
measles |
ingested - sheep dropping tea; nannyberry tea |
measles |
ingested - cold water performed - wrap self in warm blankets |
measles |
|
measles, seven year itch |
worn - sulphur in shoes |
measles |
ingested - sheep manure tea |
measles |
performed - sprinkle corn under sickbed. |
measles |
performed - draw circle on floor, do not move |
childhood diseases |
performed - watchfulness, proper care, and the best health and hygienic conditions possible in the home and school. |
eye ailments, measles |
worn - rue |
measles |
ingested - elderberry blossom tea |
measles |
ingested - ginger tea |
measles |
ingested - decoction of mallow |
measles |
ingested - sheep dung tea |
measles |
ingested - wild cherry bark |
measles |
ingested - Mullen tea |
measles |
ingested - red tea. |
measles |
ingested - cold water, lemonade. |
measles |
ingested - Saffron tea |
measles |
ingested - sheep’s dung tea |
eyes |
|
measles |
performed - stay in a dark room under a red blanket. |
measles |
ingested - onions |
measles |
ingested - camomile tea performed - wrap patient in heavy blanket |
measles |