Article Nº 2319 Folk medicine Vol. II · pp. 664–667
Dysentery
Original title: Disenteria
Folk treatment of dysentery with cinnamon and basil teas, vinegar lemonade, rice water and sometimes a purgative.
To treat it, the patient is given cinnamon tea and tea of alfavaca de cobra, vinegar lemonade, rice water, etc. In certain cases a purgative stops the evacuations.