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The Philippine Journal of Science 



1917 



Anorexia. — ^An amulet is made with the words illustrated 

 in fig. 2 written on it. This is used for children who do not suck 

 or adults who have no appetite. 



Fig. 2. Amulet for anorexia. 



Asthma. — Write on a white cup the prayer called patija or 

 duana minangung. In such a cup pomelo juice is placed in which 

 a piece of hard Moro salt has been mixed for a short time. 

 This mixture is then drunk. 



Cold. — The following is a good medicine for a cold which 



produces rattling in the throat. 

 Take equal parts of the earthen 

 nest of wasps, shell of a hen's 

 egg that did not hatch, and 

 Chinese face powder, mix to- 

 gether and pulverize in a 

 mortar, add pomelo juice, and 

 apply to the throat. 



Cough. — The following signs 

 (fig. 3) should be written in a 

 white plate or cup and water 

 placed on it. The water is 

 drunk. 



Crying. — The following signs 

 (fig. 4) should be written and 

 made into an amulet for a child 

 who cries long and often. 

 Disease of children (infantile beriberi?). — Mix onion, in- 

 cense, pepper, bearded palay, and any dirt in any crossbeam 

 near the stairway of the house, add three eyelashes and a leaf 

 of nipa from the roof, burn the whole mixture, and smoke the 

 child while repeating the following prayer: 



"Kaji ali andu jambri andu aski." 



Fig. 3. Amulet for cough. 



