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'Weird' remedies and the problem of 'folklore' - Dr Alun Withey

For a child that wets the bed, roast a mouse and give him the gravy to drink, and it will cure certainly”. “For whooping cough, take a large ...

The Strange World of Traditional Folk Medicine - Traveling Boy

Most kids got to sleep with their teddy bears, I got onions and garlic. At least I can't recall ever having a problem with werewolves or ...

17 Bizarre Natural Remedies From the 1700s | Mental Floss

1. To Cure An Ague · 2. To Cure a Canine Appetite · 3. To Cure Asthma · 4. To Prevent or Cure Nose Bleeds · 5. To Cure a “Cold in the Head” · 6. To ...

Herbal Medicine in Folklore: Nature's Healing Wisdom | by Larabrown

These tales not only entertained but also served as educational tools, preserving valuable knowledge about the healing properties of nature's ...

The Most Bizarre Historical Folk Remedies

1. Apply Mouse to Affected Area. Egypt, date unknown · 2. Incinerated Dog Skull. England, c. · 3. Wart-Charmers. Just about anywhere, just about ...

Strange Colonial Cures | Morgan Log House

... folk magic and healing. You can purchase tickets for it here. Colonial Medicine: a Very Brief Introduction. First a note on colonial medicine. Much of ...

How folk remedies can fuel misinformation - The Conversation

Folk wisdom can involve herbal remedies, dietary recommendations and advice about following specific behaviours. It is often passed down by ...

Myth Or Fact? Folklore And Home Remedies Tested

Some folk wisdom and home remedies for cold or flu symptoms have proven true. Others are plain false. We sort fact from fiction for these 6 ...

The Weird and Wonderful World of Croatian Medicinal Folklore

Bee sting cure – rub with mixture of (any) three herb leaves. People love to do home remedies, especially tinctures with local herbs (for burns) ...

10 Folk Cures You Should Never Try - People | HowStuffWorks

When seeing a doctor was simply out of the question, these folk remedies provided comfort. Now that science and evidence-based practices have given us safer ...

The strange world of Irish folk cures, herbal remedies and faith healers

Many used folk cures alongside the conventional medical treatments of the day for the treatment of the most common and non-serious ailments.

Folklore and "old wives' tales" of Plants Found in Nature - Cincinnati ...

... problems and ulcers, skin eruptions, and swellings and inflammation. ... folk lore” has a very real role in modern medicine today. There are ...

Plague Folklore: Strange Doctors, Cures, and the Black Death

It came from a translation issue. Simon de Covinus, the Flemish astrology, wrote about the plague in 1350. He referred to it as 'mors atra ...

Traditional British Folk Remedies - Historic UK

Folk Remedies. Thank goodness for the National Health Service ... Eye diseases came in for many weird remedies. Patients with eye problems ...

Appalachian Folk Magic: Generations of “Granny Witchcraft” and ...

They concocted treatments for bladder and stomach problems, relief for burns and warts, and herbal methods for contraception and abortion.

Eight weird and wonderful medieval remedies for illness - BBC

Helping an enlarged spleen. There are even cleverer remedies in some leechbooks. One problem in Anglo-Saxon England, believe it or not, was malaria. We hadn' ...

What's in the Cauldron: Witches, Folk Remedies, and their ...

Some of these remedies, like excretions from toads, Hemlock, Yew, and Foxglove have persisted for centuries and were used for a wide range of ailments.

15 Most Bizarre Medical Treatments Ever - CBS News

iStockphoto The history of medicine is filled with stories of strange tonics, outlandish remedies, and curious "cures."

Herb Folklore: Herbal Natural Remedies | The Old Farmer's Almanac

For example, herbalists often recommend increasing sea vegetables, such as bladderwrack capsules, which are rich in iodine, or you could ...

Share what you're comfortable sharing of folk remedies, witchery ...

To be fair, I have bouts of skin problems ... If you're the one with the burn, you can literally feel it pulling, it's so strange.