Occult Medicine and Practical Magic

This text provides natural remedies for a variety of illnesses, including typhus, tinea, whooping cough, and tuberculosis.

Summary

The text begins by discussing the treatment for typhus. It recommends applying intestinal baths (enemas) twice a day of water boiled with Mallow and Castor oil, or with the decoction of Canaigre. It also suggests applying onion poultices on the sole of the feet. Another formula for typhus is given, which includes antipyrine, acetate of quinine, chloral-hydrate of quinine, caffeine, tincture of aconite, and tincture of nux vomica.

The text then discusses the treatment for tinea. It recommends collecting equal parts of ground soot, sulfur, and marrow from the head of cattle and applying it to the affected area. Another remedy for tinea is given, which includes pulverized cat manure mixed with mustard reduced to powder with vinegar.

The text next discusses the treatment for whooping cough. It recommends preparing tea of red pepper, sweetened with honey (bee honey) and adding some drops of tincture of Lobelia. It also suggests using the sedatives Valim, Florafenicol, or Pectpsol.

Finally, the text discusses the treatment for tuberculosis. It recommends consuming a liquid from the shoot of the Banana-Plantain plant, pressed juice of Watercress, and idocaine. Idocaine is made with the following ingredients: iodine, tincture of Eucalyptus, guacanol (oil), guayacol (oil), and creso. The text also suggests eating the plant called Purslane (Portulaca oleracea L.) for nine days.

Questions

• What are the natural remedies for typhus?
• What are the natural remedies for tinea?
• What are the natural remedies for whooping cough?
• What are the natural remedies for tuberculosis?

Answers

• The natural remedies for typhus are intestinal baths (enemas) twice a day of water boiled with Mallow and Castor oil, or with the decoction of Canaigre. Onion poultices on the sole of the feet can also be applied. Another formula for typhus includes antipyrine, acetate of quinine, chloral-hydrate of quinine, caffeine, tincture of aconite, and tincture of nux vomica.
• The natural remedies for tinea are collecting equal parts of ground soot, sulfur, and marrow from the head of cattle and applying it to the affected area. Another remedy is pulverized cat manure mixed with mustard reduced to powder with vinegar.
• The natural remedies for whooping cough are preparing tea of red pepper, sweetened with honey (bee honey) and adding some drops of tincture of Lobelia. The sedatives Valim, Florafenicol, or Pectpsol can also be used.
• The natural remedies for tuberculosis are consuming a liquid from the shoot of the Banana-Plantain plant, pressed juice of Watercress, and idocaine. Idocaine is made with the following ingredients: iodine, tincture of Eucalyptus, guacanol (oil), guayacol (oil), and creso. The text also suggests eating the plant called Purslane (Portulaca oleracea L.) for nine days.