Table 2 Animal, plant and mineral derivatives in folk medicine

Badger

Coat, with splinters of brass under the halters of the horses to protect them from the evil eye

Conti [2]

Hare's blood

Pneumonia and pleurisy. It is kept dried, dissolved in lukewarm water (internal use)

Moffa [4]

Spread on painful joints, especially the shoulder

1(PI)

Cinders

On potato plants to protect them from parasites

4(PI)

Cobwebs

Applied fresh to wounds as an haemostatic and cicatrising agent

Moffa [4]

1(PI)

Domestic mouse (!!)

As food for the incontinence, skinned and cooked

6 (PI)

Ass Dung

Dried and powdered on bleeding wounds

Moffa [4]

Egg white

Whisked until stiff, it was mixed with lime and wrapped on fractured limbs as plaster

4 (PG)

For sprains and haematomas, whisked until stiff, applied to the skin and bound

4 (CH) 4 (VG)

Fat

Fat of fox or horse applied to pimples to bring them to a head

Conti [2]

Hen fat spread on sores of the neck of oxen

4 (PI)

Hard eggs and March "ricotta"

As food in cases of dysentery

Conti [2]

Leeches

Applied to the skin against typhus

2 (CH)

Salt water

External cysts, the skin was always kept wet

4 (PI)

Snail ("ciammarùca")

The mucilage was applied to serious skin inflammations

3 (PI)

Soot

De-wormer for children, dissolved in water (internal use

4 (VG)

On wounds as an anti-parasitic (veterinary use)

4 (VG)

As a repellent, with wood cinder in molehills

6 (PI)

Sl oughing of snake (old skin)

Crumbled and mixed with food: for women with difficult pregnancy (magic use)

4 (CH) 6 (PI)

Put in a small bag as an amulet against evil eye

4(PI)

Wax of ear

On pimples (applied with Hyoscyamus sp. leave)

Pierro [3]