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Head pains were treated with sweet-smelling herbs such as rose, lavender, sage, and bay. A mixture of henbane and hemlock were applied to aching joints. Coriander was used to reduce a fever.    Medieval Medicine to treat Stomach Pains and Sickness  Stomach pains and sickness were

Catuaba Bark: it is an aphrodisiac and also a stimulant, effective in treating health issues that may include poor memory, nervousness, and sexual dysfunction. Also facilitates increased sex libido.

Professionals say there are many side effects of herbal medicine however there are some alleged purposes: It can be used to treat migraines, eczema, migraines and chronic fatigue.

Use the root in a tea to enhance psychic powers. Used in Samhain rituals. Sleep, protection, healing. Bury in northwest corner of yard to bring favorable winds. Use in sachets and charms to make wishes come true.A very nutritious and universally beneficial herb. Use in dream pillows and sachets, the leaves and flowers can be used in tea for healing.

During the 1960s, this active alkaloid was found to help stop withdrawal symptoms associated with both opiates and heroin. Since that time, it has been a vital treatment for all types of addictions.

Additionally, common diseases of the the time were: Rheumatism, arthritis, tuberculosis, and dysentery these were referred to as the flux (Alchin). The main treatments for these disease were bleeding and leeching to restore balance to the humour (Ross). Smaller problems like headaches or head pains were treated with sweet smelling herbs (Alchin).

Smoked, chewed or steeped in tea, Kratom has a long history as a folk remedy for diarrhea, muscle pain, fever, coughing, hypertension, fatigue, depression, and other ailments. In modern times it has been used to treat opiate withdrawal, anxiety, chronic pain, and to boost the endurance of manual laborers. Despite its proscribed status in several countries, Kratom is still consumed socially during community gatherings in the Asian tropics.

Some plants served more than one cure depending on how they were utilized. Achiote Annato leaves were believed that when the seeds were ground up and placed inside a bath for soaking, anyone with measles could be cured. However if the seeds were seeped in water

Mr. Andy Natonobah, a Navajo medicine-man, described the ceremony used for healing. The ceremony was passed down for generations in his family for the cure of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome. The ceremony uses inotropic herbs in high dosages (A Description of a Navajo Healing Ceremony for Hantavirus, 2001). The purpose of the inotropic herbs is to increase the contractility of the heart muscle to prevent the hypoxia which comes from the buildup of fluid in the lungs. Capsicum, blue cohosh, ephedra, Pau d’Arco, and gentian would have been available to the medicine-man in previous years. These herbals have known inotropic properties (Dharmananda, 2003). Navajo medical beliefs concur with public health recommendations for preventing the disease (Frequently Asked Questions: Hantavirus and Zika Virus,

Herbal remedies-aromatic plants that may be used by people from all ethno cultural traditional backgrounds as one method of restoring physical health. (Africa)

As I mentioned, poi is a popular dish to be eaten but it also helps with settling the stomach, especially when combined with other products. Drinking the juice of a taro was known to help with fevers. The ancient Hawaiians would sometimes create a mixture for boils that involved mixing poi and ripe Noni fruit, or for diarrhea you could mix poi and an arrowroot starch called pia. Other parts of the taro were used as well, for example, taro leaves were used as bowl for mixing medicine and also used as bandages and wraps. Taro leaves were very strong and thick, which made it versatile. The stem of the taro plant can be used by breaking it off then rubbing it on a sore or cut to prevent/stop certain bleedings. Taro was also turned into cloth from the scraps of the taro that weren’t eaten. The mud from the taro patch would be used as dye for hair and clothes. The juice ringed out from the leaf stem could also sometimes be used as dye, giving off a reddish colored dye. As mentioned, taro would be turned into poi to eat, but since the poi had such a sticky paste consistency, it would also be used as something like glue.

that are the cause of malaria. It helps kill the insects that can be dangerous to crops that people

It can help people. The medicine help a variety of ills. So much are pangolin scales in request for these purposes that yearly the scales from some 4,000 or 5,000 individuals were imported from Java, with a value of 3,700 guilders. But recent regulations in Java, which prohibit capturing and killing of pangolins and the export of scales, will turn the attention of the Chinese medicine men more forcibly towards the native product.

Tabeuia avellanedae, commonly known as Pau D’ Arco, is an herb with a wide variety of medical uses. The herb comes from the wood and inner bark of Pau D’ Arco trees, which are native to Central and South America. Because of its antimicrobial and anti inflammatory properties, it has been used to treat respiratory infections (colds, the flu, and swine flu), sexually transmitted infections (gonorrhea and syphilis), prostate and bladder infections, parasitic infections (ringworm, schistosomiasis, and other intestinal worms), bacterial infections (brucellosis), yeast infections, anemia, diabetes, ulcers, gastritis and other stomach problems, liver problems, asthma, bronchitis, joint pain, hernias, and diarrhea. It has also been proven to have

Unlike modern medicine, herbal drugs can be adjusted according to the condition of each patient. The diagnostic approach depends on the tailored requirements according to the