Table 3.

Mineral and chemical remedies

Compound	Source	Use(s)	Method	References
alcohol	T1 p. 58	Turi says it is a substance which causes great harm	ingestion
ash/sand	T1 p. 129	inability to pass afterbirth	place a hot compress of sand and ash wrapped in woolen fabric just below mother’s chest	A: [12,13,29]
				C: [20,33]
copper	T1 p. 124	swelling	mix flecks of copper into reindeer fat and apply to swelling	A: [12,13]
				B: [8,48]
				C: [49,50]
mercury (quicksilver)	T1 p. 127	broken bones, contusions, shooting pains, severe diarrhea	swallow a spoonful of quicksilver**	A: [12,13,56]
				B: [74]
				C: [74,75]
	T1 p. 127	sties and other eye ailments	apply quicksilver to affected area	"
	T1 p. 127	protects against ghosts	carrying quicksilver*	A: [12,56]
Muscovite (fox gold, yellow mica)	T1 p. 128	joint problems	grind the muscovite as fine as flour, mix in water, and then drink*	B: [76]
				C: [77]
silver	T1 p. 120	excessive bleeding	press the bleeding vessel with a silver coin*	A: [12,13]
	T1 p. 170	pain relief	press silver to affected area*	A: [12,13]
				B: [14]
snakestone	T1 p. 115	skill at law	steal a snakestone from where snakes breed*	A: [12,29,56]
soot (carbon or copper oxides)	T1 p. 124	male urinary blockage	rub soot from the bottom of a copper kettle on the outside of the penis	A: [12,29]
strychnine	T1 p. 94	wolf poison	put strychnine mixed with lead shavings or inside a tallow plug in chunks of reindeer meat
sulfur	T2 XXXIX	parasites in dogs	give the dog stinking assa (Ferula asafetida) and sulfur to eat	A: [13]
				C: [78]

*magical treatment.

**accompanying incantation.

A: mentions of similar remedies used in other cultures.

B: historical commentaries on a particular remedy or technique.

C: research that evaluates the possible efficacy of compounds or techniques described in the remedy.