Recently, I've purchases a book called Country Fold Medicine which is a collection of old remedies people used to do for various illnesses. The information was gathered by Elisabeth Janos and comes from elderly senior's stories of the good 'ol days. It is truly questionable if these treatments work or whether they are just placebo effect. Some treatments do have some scientific proof behind them and/or have been used for centuries dating even back to the Egyptians.
Cures for Diarrhea or more discreetly, "summer complaint":
Blackberries in general:
Blackberry root simmered in water to make tea.
Blackberry brandy
Blackberry syrup
Scalded Milk:
A cup of scalded milk + spices of your choosing (cinnamon, pepper, flour)
Scalded Milk poured over burnt toast. yum yum.
Pepper:
spoonful of pepper or diluted in water or flour.
So I think ideally, if you wanted to cure your summer complaint: a cup of scaled milk, burnt toast with blackberry jam sprinkled heavily with pepper.
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