Folk Medicine

treating diseases with herbsIllnesses and pain forcing people living in the village, away from scientific medicine, resorting Therapeutae in nature, which Great organization and has amazing results for many diseases show. Certainly the modern pharmaceutical science resorting to natural sanatorium of herbs and other plants to prepare from these various drugs.
But man of the village, herbs general uses almost identical or after a treatment, completely rough and far from laboratories or chemical effects. Naturally, for any kind of illness or pain using a different herb or plant.Also each type of plant used accordingly either blossom or leaves, the peel of the fruit etc. These parts of the plant produced some ointment or juice or decoction or poultice or powder etc.
Most known herbs used to treat various diseases are:
For coughs: oats, mallow, amaranth, the dragon, heather, thyme, poppy, lettuce and pine.
For anemia: rosemary, spinach, nettle and bramble.
For chickenpox: dill and fennel.
For diarrhea: the neromolocha, Germany, the strawberry, celery, the Tsapournia.
For influenza: rosemary, the lemon and lettuce.
For asthma: the dragon, oregano, clover.
For Bronchial: eucalyptus, onion, lettuce, thyme, asparagus.
For constipation: cucumber, basil, tomatoes, cantaloupe.
For burns: cabbage, lettuce, tomatoes, "fire the sheet."
For stomach ulcers: mallow, the spurge, the root of oak that are Zervos (Sunless) part.
For dizziness: rosemary and basil.
For mumps: ivy, the pikrangouria.
For the monk: onion, cabbage, flomos.
For pertussis: rosemary, ivy, thyme.
For chilblains: onion, potato, celery.
For rheumatism: artichoke, mint, willow.
For the kidneys: wildness and Pusan ​​(whiskers) of corn.
We left to mention last one herb which was used variously and grows near the village in the position called 'went'. This is the rue or rue (ryti the varyosmos as is the official name). From grass and seeds are used to make red dye. Was used as a drug for seizure for the treatment of epileptic et al. But as a spell-using rue, so it is known or phrase: "to exorcise the rue."
Magic - SpellsThe magic, as technical change in natural law, is unknown in the village, even as a concept. As energy but for satisfaction or variation of the desire some people is widespread and manifests itself in various ways. The used magical means mingled with elements of the Christian religion, as demonstrated by some spells (incantations), or may even be purely Christian greetings lined mystic energies and symbols. People who make their magical rituals and exorcisms on behalf of others, not always aimed at payment. However, do not reveal how their energy or words or wishes they say, for fear of losing their own "magical" ability. Spells and magical rituals are usually the "exorcism" of evil spirits, for the treatment of human and animal diseases, to prevent magical energy coming from those who wish evil one, to attract the interest of some person for some k . LP
Apart from evil spirits, which cause people turmoil, sickness and disease, there is a belief that some muscle aches or pains of the body due to the "pixies" or the "evil eye" (evil eye).
As a deterrent evil eye are garlic, talisman of earth taken from the altar of the church, head viper killed on May Day, the amulet of blue beads and others. Because not even the fruit trees and fields affected by the spell to protect them, hang in them the skeleton of the head of an animal, usually the donkey. The evil eye comes from various people, but mostly by the "smichtofrydides" and monitored by general malaise and headaches. When someone exhibits these symptoms, or resort to "special" village for xematiasma. So they throw in a glass of water three drops of oil from the lamp of the house, says the following words: "Holy Mary, dispersed the eye and all the evils in the woods, the boulders and f 'wild mountains'. These words says it three times and in between studying His name matiasmenou. If the drops of oil diluted, is evidence that the "patient" is still matiasmenos, if not, he has nothing. For "xematiasma" toddler get flowers from the bier and with the frankincense incense, or go to church and hold down the Gospel while the priest reads the Gospel. Also resort to or "special" for xematiasma and he says these words, after crucify the child three times: "Blonde cow gave birth and got blonde calf. He took his mother went to the middle of the bazaar. The saw pazariotes and the evil eye. Togleipse momma and passed. Face, jaw, cheeks "(three times).

 Apart from the above spells for xematiasma other spells which are said to cure certain diseases are:
a) For "varvaritses" (hard pimples on the fingers). While the priest says during operation "exairetos the Virgin immaculate ... the person seeking treatment says: To dry the varvaritses me. If this resailed three times then the varvaritses disappear.

 b) For the "pasta" (stimulus or pimple in the eye). Sufferer goes to someone who is born to the "alichtisi" to bully ie gafgizontas it as the dog. He makes the sign of the cross with his hand on the patient's eye and says: "'Am, um, get Starakis, orzo, because" I am the first child of my mother and I will eat. "These words are repeated three times.
 For the treatment of mumps, the patient moving his hand up - down slightly rubbing the part that hurts, saying: The deaf the landlord took the ax and went deaf to deaf the Logos to bring the deaf wood. Neither root nor HDPE top. " For treating Lugo just go dark at a crossroads (crossroads) with three alatospyra. They take the crossroads three gravel and turning to a road crossed the Lugo with a alatospyro and a pebble. So do to each of the other two paths and each time they say: "'Stars Tonight, tonight Lugo, Taxus nor stars nor Lugo." If you do not go to crossroads, they say: "The Lugo, the pens and t 'grindstone go to town. The Lugo, the pens turned and t 'grindstone lost. . . '. These words are repeated three times the same words to say and treat 'anemopyromatos "rousoumpelis or whatever they call it.

Folk Medicine in Trikorfo Doridos