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Oberlin and plants
The scientific database
For young audiences
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PLAYING IN THE
LITTLE WORKSHOPS
The little workshop
The workshop for older kids
Accompanying children
Oberlin and plants
DISCOVER
OBERLIN
AND PLANTS
JF Oberlin’s herbarium
The charitable pharmacy
Look at the 41 bundles
The scientific database
SEARCH
IN THE HERBARIUM DATABASE
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Bibliography
How do you read the labels ?
The charitable pharmacy
Whooping cough
In the 18th century, it was believed that the seat of this illness was in the stomach, and so it was treated by...
The common cold
J.F. Oberlin recommended drinking plenty, bathing the feet every evening, staying out of the cold and away from extreme...
Scabies
J.F. Oberlin used an ointment made of sorrel (yellow dock) grated and mixed with the same amount of flower of sulphur...
Urinary tract infections
Nephritis (kidney ailment)
Drink a light tea made of angelica, lovage, arnica and sagebrush....
Dartres
This name used to refer to herpes, as well as acne, eczema, impetigo, psoriasis,..
Contusions and bruises
J.F. Oberlin recommended:
- wrapping the bruised area with a cloth soaked in vinegar and twice...
Paediatric diseases
Convulsions
J.F. Oberlin recommended an enema with a decoction of mallow...
Sprains and fresh wounds
Sprains
Place a poultice of baccagunga cooked in urine...
Bronchopulmonary pathologies
J.F. Oberlin recommended a decoction of lungwort or of elecampane...
Jaundice and hepatitis
J.F. Oberlin recommended purging the patient and using a purgative herbal tea made with celandine root. He also...
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