Remedies
Examples of remedies in the Ebers Papyrus include:
- Asthma
- A mixture of herbs heated on a brick so that the sufferer could inhale their fumes.
- Belly
- "For the evacuation of the belly: Cow's milk 1; grains 1; honey 1; mash, sift, cook; take in four portions."
- Bowels
- "To remedy the bowels: Melilot, 1; dates, 1; cook in oil; anoint sick part."
- Cancer
- Recounting a "tumor against the god Xenus", it recommends "do thou nothing there against".
- Clothing
- Clothing may be protected from mice and rats by applying cat's fat.
- Death
- Half an onion and the froth of beer was considered "a delightful remedy against death."
- Dracunculiasis (Guinea worm)
- Wrap the emerging end of the worm around a stick and slowly pull it out. (3500 years later, this remains the standard treatment.)
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