Or wear amber-colored beads. Rub cow dung over scalp. Make a tea out of corn silks. Put a knife between the straw-tick and the feather bed. Place a small amount of turpentine on the bite or hold a chaw of tobacco over it.
Slice open a live chicken and leave the intestines inside.
Place over the bite to draw out the poison. Scrape two carrots, add 2 tbls. Put cucumber juice on them. The powdered red roots of a sassafrass bush, drink 2 tablespoons a day. Chop several onions fine and place in a quart of water for a day.