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Alternative Therapies (Medieval :crossed_swords: (Natural Remedies …
Alternative Therapies
Medieval
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Religion
:latin_cross:
Belief in using
Prayer :pray::skin-tone-2:
Church encouraged belief in miraculous healing
Pilgrimage :footprints:
Went to shrines of people
e.g.
Thomas Becket
Shrines
Filled with bones hair and body parts of a holy person
Natural Remedies
:evergreen_tree:
Wise Women :older_woman::skin-tone-2:
Each village had one
Traditional remedies passed down through generations
Herbal :carrot:
Markets and fairs offered herbal potions
Supernatural beliefs :star_and_crescent:
They would use charms
Believed in astrology affecting health
e.g. Planet Alignment
Renaissance
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Natural Treatments
:four_leaf_clover:
Often done by women
Every plant was considered a possible cure
Supernatural Treatments
:explode::
Belief in magic
Would buy :moneybag:
Bones and blood of exotic animals
Spices- believed it would heal if it were foreign
Quacks
:duck:
Travelling salesmen sold cure-alls
The Great Plague
:ghost:
Cures
Animals
Used to draw out poisons
Frogs :frog:
Snakes :snake:
Scorpions :scorpion:
Chickens :chicken:
Pigeons :bird:
Dogs :dog:
Industrial
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Pain Relief
:!!:
Religion
:latin_cross:
Sang hymns and hoped God would take the pain away
Herbal Remedies
:strawberry::
Still used them with varying success
Used fever reducers like willow bark and meadowsweet
Drank alcohol but this increased heart rate and blood flow
Modern
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Plastic Surgery
:dagger_knife:
A ward was set up to graft skin
Used to treat those with severe facial wounds
Plastic surgery was respected all over the world
Reconstructed faces
21st Century
Belief in macrobiotic diet (Vegan) :fallen_leaf:
Believed this diet could cure cancers and other serious illnesses