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Animal, plant and mineral derivatives in folk medicine |
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| Agent |
Method of employment and use |
Bibliographical use (references) |
Field use (frequency of citation) |
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| Badger |
Coat, with splinters of brass under the halters of the horses to protect them from the evil eye |
Conti [2] |
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| Hare's blood |
Pneumonia and pleurisy. It is kept dried, dissolved in lukewarm water (internal use) |
Moffa [4] |
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| Spread on painful joints, especially the shoulder |
1(PI) |
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| Cinders |
On potato plants to protect them from parasites |
4(PI) |
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| Cobwebs |
Applied fresh to wounds as an haemostatic and cicatrising agent |
Moffa [4] |
1(PI) |
| Domestic mouse (!!) |
As food for the incontinence, skinned and cooked |
6 (PI) |
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| Ass Dung |
Dried and powdered on bleeding wounds |
Moffa [4] |
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| Egg white |
Whisked until stiff, it was mixed with lime and wrapped on fractured limbs as plaster |
4 (PG) |
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| For sprains and haematomas, whisked until stiff, applied to the skin and bound |
4 (CH) 4 (VG) |
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| Fat |
Fat of fox or horse applied to pimples to bring them to a head |
Conti [2] |
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| Hen fat spread on sores of the neck of oxen |
4 (PI) |
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| Hard eggs and March "ricotta" |
As food in cases of dysentery |
Conti [2] |
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| Leeches |
Applied to the skin against typhus |
2 (CH) |
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| Salt water |
External cysts, the skin was always kept wet |
4 (PI) |
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| Snail ("ciammarùca") |
The mucilage was applied to serious skin inflammations |
3 (PI) |
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| Soot |
De-wormer for children, dissolved in water (internal use |
4 (VG) |
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| On wounds as an anti-parasitic (veterinary use) |
4 (VG) |
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| As a repellent, with wood cinder in molehills |
6 (PI) |
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| Sl oughing of snake (old skin) |
Crumbled and mixed with food: for women with difficult pregnancy (magic use) |
4 (CH) 6 (PI) |
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| Put in a small bag as an amulet against evil eye |
4(PI) |
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| Wax of ear |
On pimples (applied with Hyoscyamus sp. leave) |
Pierro [3] |
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Guarrera et al. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2008 4:7 doi:10.1186/1746-4269-4-7 |
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