One is surprised to find that sores from bruises do not generally heal quickly.
The Igorot attempts no therapeutic remedies for fevers, cholera, beri-beri, rheumatism, consumption, diarrhea, syphilis, goiter, colds, or sore eyes.
Some effort, therapeutic in its intent, is made to assist nature in overcoming a few of the simplest ailments of the body.
For a cut, called “na-fa′-kag,” the fruit of a grass-like herb named la-lay′-ya is pounded to a paste, and then bound on the wound.
Burns, ma-la-fûb-chong′, are covered over with a piece of bark from a tree called ta-kum′-fao.
Kay-yub′, a vegetable root, is rubbed over the forehead in cases of headache.
Boils, fu-yu-i′, and swellings, nay-am-an′ or kĭn-may-yon′, are treated with a poultice of a pounded herb called ok-ok-ong′-an.
Millet burned to a charcoal, pulverized, and mixed with pig fat is used as a salve for the itch.
An herb called a-kûm′ is pounded and used as a poultice on ulcers and sores.
For toothache salt is mixed with a pounded herb named ot-o′-tĕk and the mass put in or around the aching tooth.