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 "Dioscorides particularly valued bedbugs for the treatment
of external wounds. Around the same time, Pliny was recommend-
ing headless beetles as a cure for infected wounds. Chinese texts
have long included prescriptions for the use of bedbugs to treat bac-
terial infections like sties and infected wounds. In one account, pub-
lished in 1590, a healer wrote: "In case of chronic ulceration with a
gaping wound, apply locally some bedbugs, the heads of which
should be removed."
Native American shamans in Amazonia have never been
thought to employ many insects for medicinal purposes."- Mark J. Plotkin, Medicine Quest: In Search of Nature's Healing Secrets (Get the book.) |
 "The petroleum solvent that Seuss was selling as Flit, however, was very dangerous and probably carcinogenic in large doses, though mild when compared to the World War II chemicals that would be sprayed from Flit guns on everything from bedbugs to flies, mosquitos, and humans after the end of the war.
Considering the reverence with which Dr. Seuss is held today, it is difficult to envision him as a pivotal figure in the public acceptance of poisonous pesticides."- Will Allen, The War on Bugs (Get the book.) |
 "Green cuttings of alfalfa are said to deter bedbugs. Alfalfa has long been thought to attract prosperity."- Brigitte Mars, A.H.G., The Desktop Guide to Herbal Medicine: The Ultimate Multidisciplinary Reference to the Amazing Realm of Healing Plants, in a Quick-study, One-stop Guide (Get the book.) |
| "Chinese texts
have long included prescriptions for the use of bedbugs to treat bac-
terial infections like sties and infected wounds. In one account, pub-
lished in 1590, a healer wrote: "In case of chronic ulceration with a
gaping wound, apply locally some bedbugs, the heads of which
should be removed."
Native American shamans in Amazonia have never been
thought to employ many insects for medicinal purposes." - Mark J. Plotkin, Medicine Quest: In Search of Nature's Healing Secrets (Get the book.) |
 "He did not discard the old materia medica, but in addition to giving mercury, arsenic, and all other minerals, included some of the most filthy serums, unsanitary preparations from bees, bedbugs, snake poisons, etc. Anyone with intelligence, who would take a few minutes to think about the make-up of the human body, would realize that minerals and such unsanitary medicines could not prove a panacea for any of the ills of man that they seemed to think they would."- Jethro Kloss, Back To Eden (Get the book.) |
 "The old Chinese remedy of pounding seven bedbugs, mixing them with cooked rice, and applying the paste to infected sores was probably effective for stopping the spread of infection, and it helped the wound heal faster. Similarly, a recipe from 1590 in Europe recommended removing the heads of bedbugs and placing them directly on open wounds.
Even the pesky ant was drafted in the war against disease. In the Amazon, army ants were used to close surgical wounds. Native people would close cuts by letting the sharp mandibles of the soldier ants close around the incision, effectively suturing it."- Peggy Thomas, Medicines From Nature (Get the book.) |
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