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                                  OLD CURES

    Old cures,other wise known as Folk Medicine,
    has been used for centuries to aid the sick.
    Though many advancements has been made in
    the medical world,folk medicines has survived
    time and is still used around the world.  While
    something as simple as chicken soup drew
    controversy among many medical doctors,some
    has finally come to agree that it has medical
    benefits but they're not sure why.  Like many of
    the old cures used during the early years,the old
    folks didn't know why their boiled herbs worked,
    but only that they did.
    Many cultures such as the Indian, Japanese,
    Mexican, African and many others were deeply
    rooted in folk medicines, folklore, voodoo,or old
    folktales. They didn't know anything about test
    tubes or pills, but there was the boiling of the
    roots and leaves;some were even smoked. This
    form of healing has laid the foundation for what
    is, and what will be, in the medical Future.

    My study of Old medical documents;one being
    an old home medical book dated 1926 by William
    Evans M D.,shows a close relationship between
    traditional healing and folk healing. This old
    book is truly an antique and covers a wide range
    of old cures like: home remedy for ringworm,
    pink eye, sore throat, tooth ache, how to get rid
    of pimples, hives, the history of small pox,
    scarlet fever, scurvy,malaria symptom, rickets
    disease,eczema and many other interesting
    subjects.

    Many ingredients that were contained in old
    home remedies are used in todays prescription
    Drugs. Though these ingredients may be listed
    under some fancy scientific name the end result
    is the same. The Old folk,as they were
    sometimes called! Would probably change some
    of these names to something simple like
    vinegar, corn meal, pine tar, onions, baking
    soda, salt, peppers, tree bark, roots, corn silk,
    sassafras,dew berry roof, aspirin; Why aspirin?
    Because it has been long used as a pain killer
    and though mostly synthetically made today,it
    was originally made from salicin, the active
    ingredient in willow bark, (acetylsalicylic acid,)
    and was a primary ingredient in folk medicines.
    The same can be found in strawberries, almonds
    and tomatoes. So It's plain to see that  by
    consuming the right combination of fruit, herbs
    and vegetables,some bodily ailments would not
    exist,or the limiting affect of the aliment would
    be greatly reduced. Did you know that store
    bought cloves are good for a tooth ache? Nearly
    all medical benefits and cures has come from
    simple nature.  Even One of the most deadliest
    human diseases,malaria,was first treated with
    the extract from the bark of a South American
    tree.
    The old folks knew a great deal about healing
    herbs, but didn't speak of what they knew,
    unless with a family member or close friend. For
    this reason unfortunately; many old remedies
    has been lost forever, and the rest remains
    secret. My ancestors are great examples this;
    they could be called the keepers of old cures.  
    They did a lot of healing but revealed very little
    of how it was done. However, before my
    mother's death (Martha Marr- Fitzgerald,)
    revealed some of what she knew about folk
    healing to the local newspaper.  Click on the folk
    medicine link and read some of what she had to
    say. Though most old cures has been covered in
    mounds of dirt along with the people that
    processed them. I am honored to reveal this
    article and give thanks to Frances Hallam Hurt,
    that took the time to investigate and publish this
    article which was printed in"The Bee." A
    newspaper located in Danville, Virginia.

    I would like to dedicate this page to early
    pioneers of all cultures for their contribution to
    the healing of the sick.  For they were true
    pioneers,that has cut a path through history,that
    has lead us to what we call the present.

By  A  M. Fitzgerald Sr.
Col., Ohio
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