Condition |
Method Of Treatment |
foot, feet, blisters |
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diphtheria |
applied - very hot salt pork applied to neck |
ribs |
performed - recite charm, three highest words in Bible |
abscesses, blisters |
applied linseed oil |
blisters |
ingested - applied - Yerba de Pasma |
blisters |
applied - alum |
blisters |
applied - powder of origanum, Christmas candles |
fever blisters |
applied - moistened match. |
pimples, boils |
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thrush |
performed - healing by thrush doctor |
illness, healing methods, sucking |
performed - sucking |
illness, supernatural cause, treatment |
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fever blisters |
applied - ear wax. |
blisters |
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fever blisters |
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conjury, foot, blisters |
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fever blisters, sores |
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fever blisters |
applied - juice of poke berries |
fever blisters |
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shingles |
applied - warm fresh blood from black hen injected - local anesthesia |
illness, healing methods, counter irritants |
applied - croton oil, cow itch, pokeroot, fly blisters |
fever blisters |
applied - ice |
blisters |
applied - vitamin E oil; bandage |
fever blisters |
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fever blisters |
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chapping, fever blisters, corns |
applied - mutton tallow |
fever blisters |
applied - hot biscuit |
fever blisters, sores |
performed - allow dog to lick sore |
blisters |
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blisters, burns |
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blisters |
applied - scraped raw Irish potato |
boils |
applied - linseed poultice |
burns |
applied - scraped potato |
fever blisters |
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hives |
applied - poultice of pasture manure |
pain |
applied - Spanish fly, onion |
pimples, blisters |
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blisters |
applied - onions |
fever blisters |
applied - cold iron |
fever blisters |
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blisters, sores, lumps, tongue |
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fever blisters |
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pneumonia |
performed - put fly blisters onthe chest and clip the blisters. |
fever blisters |
applied - earwax |
blisters |
applied - fire ashes of Ash tree |
blisters |
pepper |
blisters |
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burns |
applied - hawkweed leaves with salt |
fever blisters |
applied - alum or hat |
frog |
applied - wipe with gunpowder and honey mixture; wipe with red felt |
herpes |
applied - oil using feather performed - charm recited |
lice |
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tongue |
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thrush, thrash |
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fever blisters |
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blisters |
applied - urine |
blisters |
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fever blisters |
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fever blisters |
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chapping, fever blisters, corns |
applied - mutton tallow |
stomach, fever blisters |
applied - yerbabuena, manteca [lard or oil] |
fever blisters |
performed - spit three times on fever worm |
fever blisters |
applied - sweat from corn bread |
fever blisters |
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fever blisters |
applied - golden seal |
epilepsy |
performed - elaborate |
fever blisters |
performed - kiss a dog |
herpes |
performed - charm recited applied - oil from feather |
tongue |
applied - mixed and triturated olive leaves |
fall sores |
applied - mixture of resin and pork lard |
fever blisters |
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gums, sores, blisters |
applied - animal manure |
kidneys |
ingested - blisters of fir gum |
fever blisters |
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pneumonia |
applied - mustard, flour, water, vinegar, cheesecloth |
fever blisters |
performed - let a dog lick it |
fever blisters |
ingested - sweet spirits of niter |
throat, sore |
ingested - urine |
blisters, tongue |
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snakebite |
applied - copper pennies, Indian heads down |
fever blisters |
applied - ear wax |
fever blisters |
performed - kiss red-headed person |
blisters |
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chicken pox |
applied - blood from white chicken |
blisters |
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blisters |
grease |
blisters |
applied - coal, urine |
erysipelas |
ingested - infusion of melissa or liver herb (mandragora) heather, wound herbs, and snake root, worn - herbs |
fever blisters |
performed - throw cup behind self |
tongue |
performed - pull thread as far as possible; recite formula; spit on earth |
illness, healing methods, blisters |
performed - blistering |
fever blisters |
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fever blisters |
applied - human hair |
illness, healer traditions |
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fever blisters |
performed - rub ear lobe three times, then blisters three times |
fever blisters |
performed - kiss red-headed Negro |
blisters |
applied - urine |
rheumatism |
performed - cause blisters. |
fever blisters |
applied - billygoat whiskers |
blisters |
Tamarisk wood ashes |
blisters |
ingested - mild food and senna tea chewed senna leaves |
fever |
applied - heated glass jars |
fever blisters |
applied - butter or oil |
fever blisters |
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blisters |
applied - heated dried, preserved turnip |
chicken pox |
applied - baking soda wash |
fever blisters |
applied - ear wax |
fever blisters |
applied - ear wax |
fever blisters |
performed - rub finger behind ear, then on blister |
broken ribs |
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blisters |
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ear ailments, blisters |
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fever blisters |
applied - morning window dew, ear wax |
skin ailments |
inhaled - smoke from Lichen aphtosus. |
cuts, burns, wounds, bruises, sprains, sores |
applied - Grace’s (Celebrated) Salve. |
fever blisters |
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poison ivy |
applied - cornstarch |
blisters |
worn - piece of lard around neck with string |
back |
performed - cupping |
fever blisters |
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fever blisters |
performed - kiss a “red-headed” man |
broken ribs |
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cold blisters, cold sores |
applied - ear wax |
blisters |
applied - bath in extract of nettle |
blisters |
applied - ointment made from ear-wax. |
boils, blisters |
applied - poultice of bread applied |
fever blisters |
performed - rub behind ear, then on fever blister. |
blisters |
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fever blisters |
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fever blisters |
applied - baking soda |
Blisters |
performed - draw a needle and thread through blister. |
fever blisters |
applied - machine oil |
fever blisters |
applied - wax from ear |
fever blisters |
sulphur |
fever blisters |
applied - yellow root |
cold blisters, cold sores |
performed - kiss a dog’s forehead |
blisters |
applied - rub nettles on blisters on feet. |
fever blisters |
applied - ear wax |
boils, pimples |
applied - blisters, leeches |
fever blisters |
performed - kiss a red head |
sunburn, blisters |
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fever blisters |
applied - tobacco, lard, chicken feather |
blisters, sores, lumps, tongue |
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fever blisters |
applied - wax from ear |
fever blisters |
applied - straw dipped in turpentine |
water blisters |
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fever blisters |
performed - kiss a red-headed person |
blisters |
applied - vervain |
blisters |
Water for blisters. |
fever blisters |
applied - ear wax |
fever blisters |
performed - kiss a red head |
sunburn, blisters |
applied - baby oil. |
fever blisters, styes |
applied - silver |
blisters |
applied - cabbage leaves |
fever blisters |
performed - lick finger, rub behind ear, rub blister. |
fever blisters |
applied - hot bicuit |
blisters |
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blisters |
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blisters |
applied - juice of white beet |
blisters |
applied - Lay water-plantain on the blisters. |
burns |
goat’s milk |
fever blisters |
applied - ear wax |
fever blisters |
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fever blisters |
performed - kiss red-headed person |
blisters, tongue |
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fever blisters |
applied - ear wax |
blisters, hand |
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arthritis, rheumatism, blisters |
liniment on the joints |
blisters |
applied - cabbage leaves |
blood purification |
ingested - balsam tree sap |
boils, fever blisters |
applied - ear wax or corn meal poultice for boils, applied - corn meal poultice |
cuts |
applied - liquor from a cut balsam blister |
fever blisters |
applied - “milk” of celandine |
fever blisters |
applied - ear wax |
pneumonia |
applied - poultice of beat-up onions and turpentine |
skin ailments |
performed - smoke body with special kind of moss |
shingles |
applied - blood of a black cat. |
sunburn, blisters |
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yellow fever |
applied - blisters, to neck, head and limbs |
illness, healing methods |
applied - turpentine oil on flannel dipped in hot water |
fever blisters |
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blisters, sores, lumps, tongue |
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human body, lips, fever blisters |
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fever blisters |
performed - kiss the head of a dog |
illness, botanical treatments |
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fever blisters |
performed - let red-headed person of opposite sex kiss one on mouth |
pleurisy |
applied - plasters that made blisters, which were broken open; withered cabbage leaves applied to blistered skin |
fever blisters |
applied - corn meal poultice |
fever blisters |
applied - ear wax |
sunburn, blisters |
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fever blisters |
performed - put saucer of turpentine under bed |
burns |
applied - soapy rag |
blisters, sores, lumps, tongue |
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fever blisters |
applied - ear wax |
blisters, hand |
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burns |
applied - vanilla |
fever blisters |
performed - kiss of a red-headed man |
blisters, sores, lumps, tongue |
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fever blisters |
applied - ear wax on a penny |
blains, blisters |
eggs |
burns |
applied - pepper, salt, grease and water |
fever blisters |
Yellow root |
fever blisters |
applied - ear wax |
smallpox |
pox- stone |
sunburn, blisters |
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fever blisters |
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burns |
applied - a peeled potato |
fever blisters |
performed - kiss red-headed boy |
fever blisters |
applied - gold ring or coin |
blains, blisters, swellings |
ingested - egg yolks, wine, oil, honey, fennel root |
blisters |
ingested - wash mouth with water soaked in red cloth |
consumption |
ingested - mustard seeds, vinegar, muslin |
fever blisters |
performed - pierce blister applied - salt |
fever blisters |
applied - ear wax |
sunburn, blisters |
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fever blisters |
applied - ear wax on a penny |
headaches |
applied - mixture of nettle-fibre and wasp's nests is prepared and made into a small ball, which is held in small tongs, ignited, and applied to the two temples, the nape of the neck, and the crown of the head |
fever blisters |
performed - kiss red-headed girl |
fever blisters |
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anthrax |
applied - carriage grease |
blains, blisters, skin |
fleawort |
blisters |
applied - rub work blister with any hard nonpoisonous substance. |
blisters |
oily substance from carraleja beetle |
burns |
applied - raw onions, salt |
dropsy, edema |
performed - various and elaborate remedies |
fever |
Bleeding, “10 and 10” of jalap and calomel, “dovers [diverse?] poweders[powders],” pearlash and vinegar, and blisters. Brandy, bitters and quinine |
foot, feet, swollen |
applied - heated dirt from an old grave |
fever blisters |
applied - soda |
fever blisters |
applied - gold |
shingles |
applied - fasting spittle; performed - sign of cross made over with a wedding ring |
sunburn, blisters |
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lips, fever blisters |
|
fever blisters |
performed - kiss red-headed Negro |
fever blisters |
performed - put finger in ear and touch blister |
blains, blisters |
juice of the white beet |
burns, blisters |
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burns |
inhaled - raw onions beaten with salt |
fever blisters |
|
fever blisters |
applied - gold |
poison ivy |
applied - nightshade put into a bowl and beaten cow cream added to it and rubbed. |
shingles |
applied - fasting spittle |
fever blisters |
powdered alum |
tongue, canker, blisters |
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blisters |
worn - red ribbon |
fever blisters |
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burns, blisters |
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burns, blisters |
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burns |
applied - onion |
eye ailments, blisters, rheum |
applied - crowfoot flower ointment |
fever blisters |
applied - saliva; performed - refrain from using remedy |
fever blisters |
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sunburn, blisters |
performed - look into a vase full of oil. |
illness, healing methods |
applied - leeches |
illness, healing methods, vesicant |
applied - blister-flies (Cantharidae) |
fever blisters |
camphor oil |
stye |
applied - silver |
blisters, sores, lumps, tongue |
|
fever blisters |
applied - ear wax |
cuts |
applied - clear liquid from balsam blisters |
burns |
applied - onion |
erysipelas |
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fever blisters, lips |
|
fever blisters |
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herpes |
performed - while fasting, 9 crosses made over affected part with celedonia branch; charm recited |
sunburn, blisters |
performed - let sun shine on child’s face before baptism. |
yellow fever |
applied - heavy blisters on head and kidneys |
illness unspecified |
applied - blisters |
illness, healer traditions, sunburn, sun blisters |
applied - blow fire out |
fever blisters |
applied - inside of eggshell |
sores, swelling |
applied - A plaster is made of Moneses uniflora L. S. F. Gray which is chewed and placed on swellings, where it is held by means of shredded undyed cedar-bark |
fever blisters |
performed - kiss red-haired man or woman |
hives |
performed - burst blisters, apply Vaseline |
pneumonia |
applied - hot flaxseed poultice; burst resulting blisters and apply gauze |
fever blisters |
performed - kiss red-headed person |
itching, itches, itchy |
applied - sulfur and lard performed - bathe |
blisters |
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burns |
applied - onion |
fever blisters |
performed - kissing forehead of a dog. |
herpes |
performed - cross made over affected part with “peseta cruzada”; charm recited |
sunburn, blisters |
applied - hare’s blood. |
burns, hand blisters, corns, sore throat, rheumatism, convulsions, fits, seared skin, insect bites |
applied - turpentine spirits |
blisters |
applied - place foil on blisters from sunburn. |
blisters, healers |
performed - rubbed hand and whispered words |
fever blisters |
performed - rub behind ear, then on fever blister. |
cold sores |
performed - lance sore with sterilized needle; put pus from sore under arm |
pneumonia |
applied - flypaper; clip and treat resulting blisters |
foot, feet, blisters |
applied - wood worm |
fever blisters |
|
sunburn, blisters |
performed - walk backwards through door first time on first of March. |
tongue, blisters |
Bewitching dolls |
blisters |
applied - salve to blister and cover up. |
fever blisters |
applied - ear wax |
appetite, lack, anorexia |
ingested - gum of balsam tree blisters with sugar |
bedwetting, enuresis |
ingested - boiled goose skin in sweet milk performed - after sunset, etc. |
blisters |
performed - break blisters after sundown |
blisters, tongue |
|
herpes |
performed - blessing with red wine in which branch of anise has been boiled; charm recited |
blood blisters |
applied - leeches |
fever blisters |
applied - ear wax. |
cough |
ingested - juice squeezed out of fir blisters applied - poultice of above |
boils, pimples |
|
fever blisters |
applied - flannel, brine, brandy |
sunburn |
applied - egg whites. |
illness |
|
burns |
applied - potato |
fever blisters |
applied - ear wax. |
pneumonia |
applied - coal oil |
burns |
applied - apple cider vinegar |
fever |
|
blisters |
|
blisters |
applied - wipe with damp diaper |
burns |
applied - white lettuce, salt |
fever blisters |
applied - turpentine |
pain, internal |
applied - blister plaster (spanish fly); hot cornmeal poultice |
thrush |
applied - lining of chicken gizzard |
illness, healer traditions, thrush, thrash, doctor |
|
blisters |
performed - pinch |
fever blisters |
applied - ear wax to penny to blister. |
cough |
fir blisters, pine slivers |