--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], bernadine decosta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Yeah....we need to compile all these remedies so that >our future generations can always put them to use - >these are far less harmful than modern day medicines, >antibiotics etc., >
Not if you count the careful and caring application of cowdung on the freshly cut umbilical cord of an infant. Those who have encountered this seemingly harmless act of healing have more often than not found out that the curative powers of cowdung, if any, are well masked by its smell and its potential to produce tetanus. It is important not to go overboard with the mythical effectiveness and harmlessness of home remedies. Somebody has to compile them because of their cultural value - their value as a heartwarming component of our rich tradition, and for sheer amusement. But as for their usefulness in the treatment of genuine medical conditions, their chances of therapeutic success might charitably be slightly better than of music curing an AIDS patient. And many of these remedies can pose a significant threat to one's life. For example, another addition to stomping breech boy and other home remedies is a deceptively innocuous and silly little Goan folk remedy, whose name I consider to be a triumph of our homegrown Goan imagination. This remedy is fittingly called mithacho goo (Hey, this did pass Herman's filter!). It's use, as far as I know, is limited to little girls with infected newly pierced noses. The whole idea behind this remedy is to separate the dirt from common salt, and apply it to the purulent bleb on the pierced nose of a hapless child. In every instance that I have seen it used, the poor victim ended up with a nose twice as infected and horribly swollen, crying to be rescued by the dreaded antibiotics. Cheers, Santosh =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet =================================================================== For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
