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These are remedies for illnesses that have been handed down from ancient times. Many of these remedies, while not being approved scientific treatments, (i.e. not part of modern medical treatment) have been found to have some beneficial components. (e.g. willow bark - gave rise to modern aspirin for the treatment of pain, the Madagascar Periwinkle contains a compound that is now used in the treatment of leukemia, the Foxglove contains belladonna used in treatment of certain heart conditions, poppy heads contain opium once used widely in the 19th century as the medical preparation 'laudanum').
Please note that I am not suggesting that you treat yourself with folk medicine, many herbs are very poisonous. if you are sick you should seek treatment from a qualified medical practitioner.
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What are some folk medicine for cancer?
hebal tea
What has the author Wayland Debs Hand written?
Wayland Debs Hand has written: 'American Folk Medicine' 'Magical Medicine: The Folkloric Component of Medicine in the Folk Belief, Custom, and Ritual of the Peoples of Europe and America'
What is an aromatic labiate plant used in folk medicine?
HYSSOP
What medicine did they have in the 1600's?
Nothing just folk herbs and bloodletting
Where did alternative medicine originate?
Alternative medicine is basically a folk medicine practiced in various countries & in various civilizations in one form or the other for over centuries.
What kind of medicine the did pioneers use?
Mostly what we call "folk medicine", derived from plants. They also had alcoholic spirits, laudanum, and a few other medicines.
What did the colonial people do if their children got sick?
They used herbs and folk medicine, such as bleeding, and they prayed.
What is a balaustine?
A balaustine is a roselike flower of the pomegranate, with a bitter taste and sometimes used as an astringent in folk medicine.
Requirements to be a medieval doctor?
A doctorate in theology. A disbelief in folk medicine (herbal and common sense cures).
What has the author Gladys Tantaquidgeon written?
Gladys Tantaquidgeon has written: 'Folk medicine of the Delaware and related Algonkian Indians'
What has the author DeForest Clinton Jarvis written?
DeForest Clinton Jarvis has written: 'Arthritis and folk medicine' -- subject(s): Arthritis, Traditional medicine '5 x 20 Jahre Leben' -- subject(s): Traditional medicine
What has the author William Lannik written?
William Lannik has written: 'Paper figures and folk medicine among the San Pablito Otomi' -- subject(s): Medicine, Otomi Indians, Papermaking
