Table 2 Non-herbal sources of remedies and their uses
Sources | Remedies (no.) | Ailments (no.) | Interviewees (no.) | Animal treated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Lard | 11 | 4 | 21 | Cattle a, horses |
Salt | 10 | 7 | 14 | Cattle a, horses |
Ashes | 9 | 6 | 13 | Cattle a, horses, pigs |
Copper sulphate | 8 | 3 | 11 | Cattle a, horses, pigs, dogs, cats, hens |
Clay | 6 | 5 | 6 | Cattle a, horses, little pigs |
Ozzu casu (fat obtained by boiling the milk cream with flour) | 6 | 5 | 10 | Cattle a, horses, pigs, dogs, cats, hens |
Ozzu seu (dried peritoneum of sheep) | 5 | 3 | 6 | Cattle a, dogs |
Brewer’s yeast | 4 | 4 | 10 | Cattle a, horses |
Cuttlefish bone (Sepia officinalis L.) | 3 | 2 | 6 | Cattle a, horses, pigs |
Frammentalzu (mother yeast for bakery) | 3 | 1 | 3 | Cattle a |
Ozzu porchinu (fat from lard) | 3 | 2 | 3 | Pigs, cows |
Ozzu brujadu (reused motor oil) | 3 | 2 | 7 | Pigs, oxen |
Knife | 3 | 3 | 3 | Cattle a |
Scissors | 3 | 1 | 4 | Cattle a |
Sugar | 3 | 2 | 4 | Cattle a |
Urine | 3 | 2 | 3 | Cows, pigs |
Beeswax | 2 | 1 | 2 | Cows |
Brine | 2 | 1 | 2 | Cattle a |
Creolin | 2 | 1 | 2 | Horses, pigs |
Cow’s milk | 2 | 2 | 2 | Cattle a, pigs |
Naphtha (diesel oil) | 2 | 2 | 3 | Cattle a |
Needle | 2 | 1 | 6 | Cows, oxen |
Seawater | 2 | 2 | 3 | Cattle a, horses |
Soap | 2 | 2 | 2 | Cows, oxen |
Warm water | 2 | 2 | 2 | Cattle a, cat |
A bath in the river | 1 | 1 | 1 | Oxen |
Acetylsalicylic acid | 1 | 1 | 2 | Horses |
Beer | 1 | 1 | 4 | Cattle a |
Blood of rabbit | 1 | 1 | 1 | Pigs |
Butter | 1 | 1 | 1 | Cattle a |
Cicatrene | 1 | 1 | 1 | Horses |
Coal | 1 | 1 | 1 | Horses |
Coffee | 1 | 1 | 2 | Cattle a |
Coke | 1 | 1 | 1 | Cattle |
Ethyl alcohol | 1 | 1 | 1 | Pigs |
Iodine | 1 | 1 | 1 | Cows |
Lead acetate | 1 | 1 | 1 | Horses |
Leech (Hirudo medicinalis L.) | 1 | 1 | 1 | Cattle a |
Lime | 1 | 1 | 1 | Cattle a |
Goat milk | 1 | 1 | 1 | Pigs |
Mud | 1 | 1 | 1 | Cattle a, horses, pigs, dog, cats, hens |
Peg | 1 | 1 | 1 | Cows |
Penicillin | 1 | 1 | 1 | Cows |
Petroleum | 1 | 1 | 2 | Cattlea |
Pig tail | 1 | 1 | 1 | Pigs |
Pins | 1 | 1 | 1 | Oxen |
Pumice stone | 1 | 1 | 2 | Pigs, dogs |
Red hot iron | 1 | 1 | 3 | Cattlea, horses |
Galloping | 1 | 1 | 1 | Horses |
Red hot spike | 1 | 1 | 1 | Horses |
Rope made of goat’s hair | 1 | 1 | 1 | Horses |
Rough stone | 1 | 1 | 1 | Pigs |
Silver coin (Five liras) | 1 | 1 | 1 | Cows |
Warm clothes | 1 | 1 | 1 | Horses |
Waxed thread | 1 | 1 | 1 | Pigs |
Wet clothes | 1 | 1 | 1 | Cattlea |