Back To Welcome
Back To The Zwamp

Back To Home Remedies

 

                                           Measles

 

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