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. 2009 Jan;78(1):26–33.

Table II.

Numbers of Cures, (Group A, Solicited, Group B, unsolicited)

Ailment No of References Recorded
Group A

Asthma 35

Burn(s) 101

Cramp (differently interpreted by respondents) 64 (+1 animal)

Epilepsy 28

Erysipelas 31

Headache 70

Jaundice 37

Mumps 62

Rickets 11

Sprain 120

Stye 113 (+ 1, also for ‘sore eyes’)

Toothache 104

Warts 162

Whooping Cough 134

Group B

Abscesses 2

Bed Wetting 1

Bloodlessness 1

Boils 3

Cancer 4 (+1, malignant skin disease)

Chilblains 3

Cold (possibly in horse) 1

Cooling Blood 1

Corns 1

Cough (human or horse) 1

Cut 2

Earache 1

Eczema 1

Foreign Body in Eye 2

Hiccough 5

Hydrophobia 1

Infectious Diseases 1

Influenza 1

Kidney Trouble 1

Measles 3

Purgative 1

Quinsy 1

Rheumatism 3

Ringworm 7

Scald 2

Shingles 1

Sore 1

Sore Eyes 4

Sore Throat 3

Stings 3

Stomach Ache/Ailment 4

Thrush (Oral) 1

Tuberculosis 4 (+1, ‘early TB’)

Ulcer 1

Varicose Veins 1

Wind/Colic 1

Wounds 1