Earache, remedies

Although this is all Dioscorides had to say on the subject, it was the first time cannabis had been described as a medical remedy in a Western medical text. And since Dioscorides herbal continued to be one of the most important books in medicine for the next 1500 years, cannabis became a common household remedy for treating earaches throughout Europe during the Middle Ages. 

The Herbal Home Remedy Book Simple Recipes for Tinctures, Teas, Salves, Tonics, and Syrups, by Joyce A. Wardwell. Discover how to use 25 common herbs to make simple herbal remedies for everything from colds and coughs to joint pain and earaches. Native American legends and folklore are spread throughout the book. 176 pages. Paperback. ISBN 1-58017-016-1. 

The Mundas (a tribe) of Nagpur (India) mix the juice of the leaves with water and mustard oil and use it as a remedy against earache [60]. Sinularfy, Physalis philadelphica is used by the people of Guatemala for the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders and in Mexico for the treatment of leprosy [64]. 

Black pepper is historically used also in traditional medicines and home remedies in India [3]. Black pepper figures in remedies in Ayurveda, Siddha, and Unani medicine in India for such illnesses as constipation, diarrhea, earache, gangrene, heart disease, hernia, hoarseness, indigestion, insect bites, insomnia, joint pain, liver problems, lung disease, oral abscesses, sunburn, tooth decay, and toothaches. Black pepper was relied upon to treat specific conditions such as diarrhea and fevers, but it appears that the extensive, generalized use was to enhance the effects of many herbal remedies [3]. 

Traditional Medicine. Use as ophthalmic for eye inflammations with mucous discharge a folk remedy for allergy, cancer, coughs, earache, headache with congestion, hoarseness, inflammation, jaundice, rhinitis, and sore throat (duke 2 foster and duke). In European tradition also reported as stomachic and for skin diseases. ... 

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