A. Plant medicines |
1. Diseases in the head area |
pionnd | mint. (Cha robh fios aige an e ainmear f. no b. a tha seo.) Disease: ceann goirt. Part used: every part, dried. How prepared: mint-tea. Sources of information: parents and people around. |
piobar | pepper. Disease: sore tonsils. How prepared: put on tonsils with spoon-handle. Sources of information: parents and people around. |
2. Respiratory diseases |
pionnd | mint. Disease: asthma. How prepared: mint-tea. |
3. The blood |
cuach Phàdraig | (St.) Patrick’s wort. Disease: cuts. How prepared: leaf raw on cut. |
còinneach | sphagnum moss. Disease: burst blister. Blister caused by back of shoe rubbing back of foot. Chafing between shoe and back of shoe [sic], after blister had burst and left open wound. How prepared: kept wet, and plaster on top. |
4. The bowels and stomach |
pionnd | mint. Disease: ruadh (rud sam bith a tha ceàrr air an stamaig). How prepared: tè. |
5. Bladder and kidneys |
6. Other internal organs |
7. Gynaecological complaints |
8. Skin diseases not already mentioned |
9. Acute diseases |
10. The skeleton and muscles |
an fheanndag | nettle. Disease: rheumatics. How prepared: sting part affected. |
B. Treatments which did not involve the use of plants |
cnàimh bod an dòbhrain | dried otter’s penis-bone – chewed to relieve toothache. |
sùgh nam bàirneach | (am b. air a bhruich) purgative, whether ill or not. Also, to purify the blood. |
[bidse] | bidse bh’air cuileanan a bhreith reimhid – bha i math gus creuchdan a leighiseadh le bhith gan imlich. |
butter and boiled egg mixed | for diarrhoea. |
peileir luaidhe | swallowed whole to cure appendicitis. (Eriskay) |
gruthan an èisg | good for gut. Cooked in a ‘bonnach’. |
stad-mhaighistir | cured by standing feet in warm water. |
stad-uisge | cured by standing feet in warm water. |
bainne-teth | cure for cholera (used in Hellisay, according to old man who lived in Bruernish). |
bloineig-circe | rubbed on strained muscles. |
C. Veterinary medicine |
[faochagan] | faochagan beaga glas gam pronnadh – for constipation in cattle. |
D. What do you think is the English name for the plants called in Gaelic: |
E. Any further information about your sources |
F. Other information not covered above |