> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "santoshhelekar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 23 > Subject: [Goanet] Re: Ancestral Home Remedies > > Dear All, > > It has been a very interesting reading on the "Ancestral Home Remedies". > > >Thinking about these ancestral home remedies as a grown man with some >education and with some ability to reason, I would have to conclude >that these wonderful treatments are more of nostalgic than >therapeutic value, unless of course you are of the type for whom >nostalgia is panacea. >
Do you really think that they are not therapeutic, Doctor? Why are so many books being published on "popular medicine", etc? I am not ashamed to say that I did treat my children with a teaspoon of portwine in which a small clove of garlic pressed with a pinch of salt was mixed (the liquid was of course strained before "administration") whenever they had sleepless nights with gnashing (right word?) of teeth. I remember my mother used to say "dont chalvole" whenever we were in the same condition and then came the pressed garlic on the "bombli". And what about the smoke of big "biddis" made with tobacco leaf rolled in jack fruit leaf blown in the head when the fever was high? I used to admire the woman who used to put the big "sullko" fire end in her mouth. I was told of an incident when a doctor's young son was sick with high fever and who refused to treat him with usual home medicine for worms. The child eventually died and it seems there were worms coming out from the mouth and the nose. am sorry if this shocks some sensitive people but it comes in the line of thoughts just like the "kakoi lassunk" and so many visible "branded" arms and legs that used to be around. Just one more confession . I treat my sore throat with ear bud dipped in any edible oil. Believe me, the moment the ear gets the lubrication my throat gets "loose" and I feel I can swallow. The antibiotics never cure me because before they start having any effect they start killing me. Just oil in the ears, even more efficient if used with a well disinfected feather from a hen and salt water gargles is the best solution. >It would be such a pleasure to read a compilation of Goan folk >remedies. > I have with me a small book printed at Margao in 1925 and published by Tipografia "Nacional" Editora of that city. It is called "Medicina Ind�gena - Mais de Mil e Quinhentos Espec�ficos Coligidos" by Filipe Neri Correia. If anybody is interested in translating it into Konkani and publishing it or even into English, I am willing to supply a photocopy. Also Chapter VIII of "The Chef" by Isidore Coelho deals with "Home Remedies". Livia =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet =================================================================== For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
