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FOLK CURE FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
TAKE A FRESH LEMON AND SQUEEZE OUT THE JUICE AND DRINK IT STRAIGHT.
Where learned: WESTERN YMCA ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-12-1971
REMEDY
MAKE A BREAD AND MILK POULTICE TO BRING A BOIL TO A HEAD.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM YOUTH.
Data entry tech comment: THERE ARE 3 SIMILAR REFERENCES IN THIS SECTION OF ARCHIVE.
Where learned: INDIANA ; South Bend
Keyword(s): BOILS ; HEAT REMEDY ; INFECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
JAPANESE BELIEVE THAT CERTAIN ANIMALS CAN BE CURES FOR WOMEN'S
AILMENTS. CHARRED CARP IS EATEN FOR BREAST DISEASE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL CURE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
FOR BRONCHITIS
PEPPERMINT IN WHISKY IS GOOD FOR BRONCHITIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 01-30-1968
CUSTOM (REMEDY)
IF YOU HAVE A CYST ON YOUR WRIST,
YOU CAN GET RID OF IT BY HITTING IT WITH A BIBLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
REMEDY
PUT A SILVER KNIFE OVER A BUMP ON THE HEAD
TO TAKE AWAY THE PAIN.
Data entry tech comment: THIS SECTION OF THE ARCHIVE CONTAINS A SIMILAR CURE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; 714 SHIPLE HALL
Keyword(s): IMITATIVE MAGIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
FOLK REMEDY/ TOMATO
A SLICE OF TOMATO WAS WRAPPED AROUND A BUNION
ON A TOE TO RELIEVE THE SORENESS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 19305 GALLAGHER
Keyword(s): POULTICE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 01-20-1970
HONEY
HONEY IS GOOD TO USE ON SKIN BURNS.
Data entry tech comment: ANOTHER SIMILAR CURE IS IN THIS SECTION OF THE ARCHIVES.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
USE VINEGAR FULL STRENGTH FOR BURNS, AND IT WILL
TAKE AWAY THE SORENESS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 18285 LESURE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 03-10-1971
FOLK CURE
FOR A BURN, PLACE MUSTARD ON IT.
THE MUSTARD TAKES THE STING OUT.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SWAERS BY THIS CURE,
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 22427 RED MAPLE LN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 02-27-1971
A REMEDY
TO HEAL A BURN, PUT SALIVA ON IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SPITTLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
BURN REMEDY
WHENEVER ANYONE BURNS ANY PART OF HIS BODY,
MY GRANDMOTHER URGES HIM TO IMMEDIATELY APPLY ICE.
THIS HAS MORE MEDICINAL EFFECT THAN BUTTER.
Submitter comment: MY GRANDMOTHER FIRMLY BELIEVES THIS REMEDY WHEN ANYBODY GETS BURNED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 26251 ELBA
Keyword(s): ICE, MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 03-31-1971
BURNS
WHEN YOU BURN YOURSELF, IT IS BELIEVED
THAT YOU CAN RELIEVE THE PAIN
BY PUTTING BUTTER ON THE BURN.
Data entry tech comment: TWO SIMILAR CURES ARE IN THIS SECTION OF THE ARCHIVES.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): BUTTER, MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
FOLK REMEDY
TO CURE BURNS, TAKE ASHES FROM A WOOD FIRE
AND PACK THEM AROUND THE BURN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLEASANT RIDGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
REMEDY FOR CHAP HANDS
FOR CHAP HANDS AND FEET APPLY URINE TO THEM.
Submitter comment: LEARNED THIS FROM MY MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): URINE, MEDICINAL VALUE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
A HOME REMEDY FOR A PERSON WHO HAS A CRACKED LIP IS THIS:
TAKE SOME WAX FROM YOUR OWN EAR AND APPLY IT TO THE CRACKED LIP.
THIS WILL RELIEVE THE PAIN AND HEAL THE LIP.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-14-1969
HOME REMEDIES
CHEST CONGESTION - PLACE A LARGE QUANTITY OF ROCK CANDY
IN A LITTLE WHITE WHISKEY TO MAKE A THICK SYRUP.
TAKE A FEW SPOONFULS SEVERAL TIMES A DAY.
(SECOND CURE:)
RENDER THE FAT OF A POLECAT. EAT TWO OR THREE SPOONFULS
THIS BRINGS UP THE PHLEGM.
Where learned: GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 04-01-1972
EGG WHITE RAW IN MILK IS GOOD FOR CHEST PAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY ; 6312 ELIZABETH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-22-1971
CURE
FOR COMMON COLDS AND FEVERS WHICH ACCOMPANY A COLD
IT IS ADVISABLE FOR THE SICK PERSON TO BE WRAPPED IN A WOOL BLANKET
AND FED WHISKEY, SUGAR AND WARM WATER.
THEN BELTS ARE TO BE PUT AROUND THE BLANKET
SO THAT THE BLANKET CAN NOT BE LOOSENED.
THIS WILL BREAK UP CONGESTION AND ALSO BREAK UP THE FEVER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
HOME REMEDIES
CONSTIPATION
GATHER THE ROOTS OF MAYAPPLE,
CUT OUT THE JOINTS, AND DRY THE MIDDLE OF THE ROOT.
PLACE IN A CLOTH AND BEAT TO A POWDER.
ADD A FEW DROPS OF CASTOR OIL AND ROLL INTO PILLS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): BOWEL HABITS ; HERBAL REMEDIES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 04-01-1972