Alum

Alum was traditionally used in France as a treatment for chilblains on the hands. A small piece was taken and melted in enough hot water to cover the hands.

After the alum was melted, the chilblain-sufferer put in or her hands in the liquid and covered the hands with gloves. These were to be kept on all night and as long as possible during the day.

Alum was also used to alleviate the effects of excessive perspiration.

Anemia

This was sometimes informally known as bloodlessness and is a condition in which there is a lack of red blood corpuscles, or hemoglobin, caused either by inadequate production of red blood cells or prolonged loss of blood.

Traditional cures fro anemia includes nettle tea, which is rich in iron, often sweetened with some honey, or dandelion tea. Alternatively, an infusion of herbs could be taken, the herbs including alfalfa, centaury, dandelion root, rose-hip, watercress and yellow dock, both nettle, and yellow dock being exceptionally high in iron content.

Watercress, being rich in iron, was also used as a cure for anemia, as were wheat, carrots, cabbage, onions and apples. Comfrey was also an ancient cure for anemia, and angelica, barberry, fenugreek, fumitory, St. John’s wort and vervain were also used in treatment.

Anemone

Another common name is pasqueflower. The whole plant was used in traditional herbal remedies.

It was used in the treatment of asthma, bronchitis, whooping cough and respiratory disease generally. Disorders of the digestive system were also treated with it, as were some nervous problems.

Angelica

Angelica was once thought to have magical powers. It was thought to have the power to protect anyone using it from the powers of darkness.

It is chiefly used in crystallized form in cake decoration, but it was used widely in folk medicine. The roots were thought to be able to ward off infection, and in the Great Plague of 1665 many Londoners chewed pieces of angelica root in the belief that it would prevent them from catching the disease.

The plant was also used to stimulate the appetite. Flatulence and indigestion were also thought to be helped by it.

Angelica was also used as an expectorant in respiratory disorders, being used to alleviate colds, coughs, sore throats, influenza, and bronchitis. It was also used to bring down fevers.

It was thought to have extremely wide-ranging powers, being also useful in the treatment of urinary disorders and disorders of the kidneys. Muscular cramps and chilblains were also treated with it.

This is an impressive range of treatments, but these were not all. The plant was also thought to be instrumental in improving bad eyesight and deafness.

Antiseptics

Various herbs were known for their antiseptic powers in folk and herbal medicine. These included avens, costmary, garlic, oak, thyme, violet and woundwort.

Boric Acid

Boric acid, also called boracic acid or orthoboric acid or acidum boricum, is a weak acid often used as an antiseptic, insecticide, flame retardant, in nuclear power plants to control the fission rate of uranium, and as a precursor of other chemical compounds.

It exists in the form of colorless crystals or a white powder and dissolves in water. It has the chemical formula H3BO3, sometimes written B(OH)3. When occurring as a mineral, it is called sassolite.

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Boric acid can be used as an antiseptic for minor burns or cuts and is sometimes used in dressings or salves or is applied in a very dilute solution as an eye wash in a 1.5% solution (1 tbsp per quart or 15 cm3 per L) of sterilized water.

As an anti-bacterial compound, boric acid can also be used as an acne treatment. Boric acid can be used to treat yeast and fungal infections such as candidiasis (vaginal yeast infections) by inserting a vaginal suppository containing 600 mg of boric acid daily for 14 days or for yeast infection of the male pubic region (jock-itch or strong genital odor) by applying the powder to the skin all over the pubic region for several days to a week.

It is also used as prevention of athlete's foot, by inserting powder in the socks or stockings, and in solution can be used to treat some kinds of otitis externa (ear infection) in both humans and animals. The preservative in urine sample bottles (red cap) in the UK is boric acid.

TBE buffer is widely used for the electrophoresis of nucleic acids and has a higher buffer capacity than a TAE buffer. It can be used for DNA and RNA polyacrylamide and agarose gel electrophoresis.

Weak Ankles

Some illnesses, such as scarlet fever, were thought to leave the patient with weak ankles after the illness was cured. A cure that would now seem rather exotic involved oysters.

The patient was advised to take a raw oysters in the palm of the right hand and massage the ankles with it until the oyster was more or less rubbed into nonexistence. This practice was to be carried out every evening before the sufferer went to bed and was to be carried on until the ankles grew stronger.

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