Texas Folk Medicine

by Anderson, John Q.

• ISBN13: 9781574410563
• ISBN10: 1574410563
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-10-01
• Publisher: Univ of North Texas Pr

Summary

Many of these folk medical practices are older than scientific medicine. Some reflect a belief in magic. Seldom written down, this oral lore has been passed down from generation to generation from the time of the first settlements in this country. Some of these cures and remedies work because the items used have medicinal properties, as modern science has shown. Many have no known therapeutic value, but for those who believed in them the power of suggestion was enough

Table of Contents

Acne	3	(1)
Amputations	3	(1)
Anemia	3	(1)
Appendicitis	3	(1)
Arthritis	3	(2)
Asthma	5	(1)
Baldness	6	(1)
Birthmark	6	(1)
Bleeding	6	(1)
Blood Poisoning	7	(1)
Boils	8	(2)
Bone Felon	10	(1)
Bruises	11	(1)
Burns	11	(2)
Chickenpox	13	(1)
Chills	14	(1)
Colds	14	(5)
Colic	19	(1)
Corns	20	(1)
Coughs	20	(3)
Crick in the Neck	23	(1)
Crossed Eyes	23	(1)
Croup	23	(1)
Cuts and Wounds	24	(2)
Diarrhea	26	(1)
Diphtheria	27	(1)
Dropsy	27	(1)
Dysentery	27	(1)
Earache	27	(3)
Epilepsy	30	(1)
Evil Eye	30	(1)
Evil Spirits	31	(1)
Falling Palate	31	(1)
Fertility	31	(1)
Fever	32	(2)
Fever Blisters	34	(1)
Flu	34	(1)
Freckles	34	(2)
Fright	36	(1)
Frostbite	36	(1)
Goiter	36	(1)
Hay Fever	36	(1)
Headache	37	(1)
Hiccups	38	(4)
Hives	42	(1)
Ingrown Toenail	42	(1)
Insect Bites and Stings	42	(5)
Itch	47	(1)
Kidney Trouble	48	(1)
Labor Pains	48	(1)
Leg Cramps	49	(1)
Lockjaw	49	(1)
Laryngities	50	(1)
Lice	50	(1)
Liver Trouble	50	(1)
Measles	50	(1)
Mumps	51	(1)
Nosebleed	52	(3)
Night Sweat	55	(1)
Pain	55	(1)
Poison Ivy	55	(1)
Pneumonia	56	(1)
Punctures	57	(1)
Quinsy	58	(1)
Rabies	58	(1)
Rash	58	(1)
Rheumatism	59	(2)
Ringworm	61	(2)
Risings	63	(1)
Shingles	64	(1)
Snakebites	64	(2)
Sore Eyes	66	(1)
Sore Throat	66	(3)
Sprains	69	(1)
Stomachache	70	(1)
Strains and Stretches	70	(1)
Stuttering	70	(1)
Styes	71	(1)
Sunburn	72	(1)
Teething	73	(2)
Tetter	75	(1)
Thrush	75	(1)
Tonics	75	(1)
Toothache	76	(2)
Warts	78	(10)
Warts Removed by Special Powers	88	(2)
Webfoot	90	(1)
Whooping Cough	91