yellow pages index

Things in this book are listed in the order of the alphabet:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Note:

Each subject in this list links to the section in the book.

Page numbers are here if you need to refer to the book.

The Index of Medicines in the Green Pages might be useful too.

A subjects

Abdomen (See Belly)

Abortion - 243 - 284 - 414 - 415 (Also see Miscarriage)

Abscess - 419

breast - 278
caused by injecting - 67 - 69 - 74
liver - 144 - 145
of the teeth - 230 - 231
under the skin - 202

Acid Indigestion - 128 - 129

Acne (pimples) - 211 - 394 - 419

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (See HIV and AIDS)

Acupuncture - 74 - 401

Acute abdomen - 15 - 93 - 94 - 419 - (Also see Gut - Swollen belly)

Addiction - 416 - 417

Afterbirth (placenta) - 262 - 264 - 269 - 426

AIDS - 399 - 401 (Also see HIV and AIDS)

Alcoholic drinks

and heat stroke - 81
problems caused by - 119 - 148 - 149 - 325 - 326 - 400 - 416

Alcoholics Anonymous - 149 - 417 - 429

Alcoholism - 148 - 149 - 416 – 417 - 419

Allergic reaction - 23 - 54 - 166

in the skin - 203 - 285 - 290
medicines for - 337 - 385 – 386
to medicines - 54 - 56 - 68 - 70 - 71 - 350

Allergic rhinitis (hay fever) - 165 - 427

Allergic shock - 70 - 105 - 350 - 385 –386 - 410

Aloe vera - 13 - 129

Amebas - 144 – 145 - 336 - 367 - 368 - 419

Amputation - 409 - 419

Anabolic steroids 51

Analgesics (painkillers) - 378 – 380

Anemia - 124 - 419

causes of - 113 - 124
during pregnancy - 248 – 249
in children - 307 - 321
treatment - 335 - 391 - 393

Anesthetics - 378 – 380

Angel’s Trumpet 12

Angina pectoris 325

Antacids - 52 - 64 - 129 - 248 - 324 - 380 - 381

Antibiotics - 52 - 55 - 58 - 156 - 350 - 363

Anti-diarrhea medicines - 156

Antihistamine - 70 - 165 - 204 - 385 – 386 - 419

Antiretroviral medicines - 396 - 398

Antispasmodic - 235 - 329 - 380

Antitoxins - 387 – 388 - 419

and allergic shock - 70 - 105
for tetanus - 388
(Also see Antivenom)

Antivenom - 70 - 387 – 388

for scorpion sting - 387
for snakebite - 105 - 387 – 388

Anus - 233 - 419

hemorrhoids in it - 175
sores in it - 238 - 400 - 402 - 403

Apoplexy - 37 - 78 - 288 - 327

Appendicitis - 36 - 94 - 95

Appendix 94

Arms

muscles and nerves in 37
numbness or pain in - 23 - 325

Arteriosclerosis 326

Arthritis (joint pain) - 173 - 324

medicines for - 51 - 378 – 379

Ascaris (roundworm) - 140 - 141 - 420

and asthma - 167

Asthma - 167 - 337 - 384 – 385

Athlete’s foot - 205

B subjects

Babies

examining 34
feeding - 120 - 121
with diarrhea - 159 - 358
with skin problems - 215

(Also see Children - Newborns)

Back pain - 173 – 174 - 248

Bacteria - 19 - 55 - 420

Bacterial dysentery - 145

Bacterial infection of the blood - 273 – 275

Bag of waters - 256 - 258 - 259 – 260 - 420

Bandages - 85 - 87 - 101 - 102 - 336

Bathing

and hygiene 133
newborns and babies - 7 - 215 - 263
postpartum mothers - 8 - 276
sick persons - 7 - 39

B.C.G.

vaccination - 147 - 180 - 185

434

{:.no_toc}

Beaded lizard bite 106

Bedbugs - 200

Bed sores - 13 - 214 - 420

Beliefs

harmful - 4 - 5 - 10 - 11
healing power of 2

Bell’s Palsy 327

Belly

actue abdomen - 93 - 94
examination of - 35 - 36
lumps in - 280
pain in lower belly - 243

(Also see Gut - Swollen Belly)

Bewitchment - 2 - 6 - 420

Bilharzia - 146

Biliousness 329

Birth (See Childbirth)

Birth control (See Family planning)

Birth control pills - 285 - 288 – 289 - 393 – 394

Birth defects - 6 - 247 - 272 - 289 - 318 - 321 - 412

Birth kits - 254 – 255

Birth opening (See Vagina)

Bites

of wild animals (rabies) - 181
poisonous - 104 - 106
that may cause infection 89
treatment 86

Bitot’s spots - 226

Black flies - 227 – 228

Blackheads - 211 - 420

Black magic - 5 - 24

Black widow spider bite 106

Bladder - 233

infection - 234 - 243
stones - 234 - 235

Bleach - 74 - 401

Bleeding

and anemia 124
during menopause - 246
during pregnancy - 249 - 281
gums - 107 - 231
how to control - 13 - 82 - 83
in an unconscious person 78
in the whites of the eyes - 225
of the newborn - 272 - 337 - 392
severe - 82 - 243 - 246 - 264 - 281 - 404 - 410 - 414
stopping after birth - 263 – 266 - 337 - 390 – 391 (Also see Blood)

Blindness - 221 – 222 - 412

from injuries to the eye - 218
night blindness - 113 - 226 – 227
protection for babies - 221 - 237 - 378
river blindness - 227 – 228 - 378

Blisters

from medicines - 356 - 359
from touching certain plants - etc.
204
with burns 96
with chickenpox 311
with eczema - 216

Blood (Also see Bleeding)

and AIDS - 75 - 82 - 84 - 399 - 401
clots - 288
coughing up blood - 168
flukes - 146
in stools - 128 - 144 – 146 - 157 – 158 - 306 - 401
in the urine - 146 - 234
in vomit (cirrhosis) - 328
in vomit (ulcer) - 128

Blood pressure - 420

high - 125 - 249 - 289 - 326 - 327 - 410 – 411
how to measure - 410 – 411
low - 77 - 411

(Also see Shock)

Blood transfusion - 399 - 401

Blueness of skin - lips - and nails 30

Body-building foods 110

Boil (abscess) - 202 - 420

Bones

calcium for - 246
deformities of - 125 - 319
hit by a bullet 90
that have come out of place at a joint 101 (Also see Broken bones)

Bottle feeding - 120 - 154 - 296

Bowel movement - 242 - 420 (Also see Feces - Stools)

Braces 315

Brain damage - 319 - 320

and seizures 319
from high fever 76
from tapeworm cysts 143

Bran - 16 - 126 - 382

Brand-name medicines - 55 - 333 - 339 - 420

Breakbone fever (See Dengue)

Breast abscess (mastitis) - 278 - 424

Breast cancer - 279

Breast feeding - w12 - 120 - 122

and birth control - 285 - 289 - 294 - 394
and good nutrition - 114 - 116 - 304
and preventing diarrhea - 154 - 156
of newborns - 271 - 277 - 405
traditional beliefs about - 2 - 7

(Also see Breasts)

Breasts

care of - 277 - 279
swelling of - 278 – 279

Breathing (respiration) - 426

difficulties - 23 - 57 - 168 - 181 - 274 - 325 - 410
hot water vapors47 - 168
of a sick person 32
rate 32
stopped 80

(Also see Lung diseases - Mouth-to-mouth breathing)

Breech delivery - 257 - 268

Broad-spectrum antibiotics - 56 - 58 - 352 - 355 - 358

Broken bones - 14 - 98 - 99

Bronchitis - 170

Brucellosis (Malta fever) - 27 - 188

Bubos - 238 - 403 - 420

Bullet wound

in arms or legs 90
in the belly - 15 - 92 - 93
in the head 91

Burns - 13 - 96 - 97

and leprosy - 192
of the eye - 219

435

{:.no_toc}

C subjects

Calcium and rickets 125

danger of injecting - 53 - 67
for spider bite 106
for weak bones - 246
in eggshells 116

Callus - 210

Cancer - 25 - 412 - 420

and oral contraceptives - 288 - 289
and smoking - 119 - 149 - 168
of the breast - 279
of the eyes - 33 - 217
of the skin - 197 - 211 - 399
of the womb - 280

Candida (thrush) - 232 - 242 - 400

Canker sores - 232

Carbohydrates (energy foods) - 110 - 121 - 420

Carbonated drinks - 115 - 150

Cardon cactus - 13 - 232

Cascara 16

Cassava - 117 - 130 - 420

for constipation - 16 - 126 - 382

Cast - 14 - 98 - 319 - 420

Castor oil 16

Cataract - 33 - 217 - 225 - 323 - 420

Catheter - 239 – 240 - 336 - 420

Causes of illness - w6–w7 - w10 - w27 - 17 - 19

Cavities in teeth - 229 – 230 - 420

Cellulitis 212

Cereal - 152 - 381

Cerebral malaria - 30 - 178 - 186 - 366

Cerebral palsy 320

Cerebro-vascular accident (CVA) - 37 - 78 - 288 - 327

Cervix - 286 - 291 - 420

Chancre - 237

Chancroid - 236 - 238 - 403

Chemical burns of the eye - 219

Chest wounds 91

Chickenpox - 204 - 311

Chiggers - 201 - 420

CHILD-to-child program 322

Child Health Chart - w20 - w24 - 297 –304 - 420

Childbirth

bleeding after - 264 – 265
correct use of Oxytocics - 265 – 266
cutting the cord - 262 - 263
difficult births - 267 –269 - 319
infection - 260 - 276
position of the baby - 257 - 261 - 267
position of the mother - 260
premature - 262
preparing for - 254 – 256
signs of labor - 258
tearing of the birth opening 269

Childbirth fever - 27 - 276 - 283 - 420

Children

and diarrhea - 151 – 153 - 159
foods for - 112 - 113 - 120 - 122 - 295
giving injections to 73
growth of - 107 - 297 – 304
having the number you want - 283 – 294
infectious diseases of - 311 - 315
malnourished - 112 - 114 - 154 - 303 - 305 - 306
mentally slow - deaf - or deformed 318
problems they are born with - 316 - 321
severely ill 214
vaccinations for - 147 - 296 (See also Babies - Newborns)

Chlamydia - 221 - 234 - 236 – 237 - 355 - 359 - 378

Choking - 79 - 314

Cholera - 158

Cigarettes (See Smoking)

Circulation - poor (See Varicose veins)

Circumcision - 74 - 401 - 404

Cirrhosis of the liver - 108 - 148 - 328

Cleanliness - 131 - 139

basic guidelines of - 133 - 139
in childbirth - 260 - 263
of children - 136 - 296
of equipment - 74 - 401
of mouth and teeth - 229 – 231
personal cleanliness - 39 - 41 - 133 - 135
public cleanliness - 137 - 139
to prevent infection - 74 - 84 - 401 - 414
when injecting - 68 - 74 - 401

Cleft palate - 318 - 319 - 421

Climacteric (menopause) - 246

Clitoris - 233

Clubbed feet 319

Cocaine - 416 – 417

Coitus interruptus - 285 - 294

Cold and hot sicknesses 119

Cold compresses - 193 – 194

Colds and the ‘flu’ - 45 - 57 - 163 - 308

diet with 123

Cold sores or fever blisters - 48 - 171 - 232 - 402

Cold weather - 408 – 409

Colic (gut cramps) - 35 - 145 - 157 - 421

Colostrum - 277 - 421

Coma - 78 - 421

Combination medicines - 52 - 397

Combined methods of birth control - 285 - 292

Comfort of a sick person 39

Complications from abortion - 243 - 414 – 415

Compresses - 193 – 195 - 421

Condom - 239 - 285 - 287 - 395 - 401

Congestion 23

Conjunctivitis - 219 – 221 - 308

Constipation - 16 - 126

as a sign of acute abdomen 94
during pregnancy - 248
treatment and prevention - 126 - 382

436

{:.no_toc}

Consumption (See Tuberculosis)

Contact dermatitis - 204 - 421

Contraception - 283 – 294 - 393 – 396

Contraceptive foam - 290 - 395

Contractures - 314 - 421

Convulsions - (See Seizures - Spasms)

Cooperatives - w24

Cornea - 217 - 218 - 224 - 225 - 226 - 228

Corn silk 12

Corns - 210 - 421

Cortico-steroids - 51 - 129 - 370

Cortisone 51

Cough - 168 – 169

chronic - 168 - 324 - 400
common causes - 168
cough with blood - 140 - 171 - 174 - 179
medicines for - 52 - 383
smoker’s - 149

Counting days method - 291 – 292

Cradle cap - 215

Cramps - 421

gut - 12 - 35 - 106 - 145 - 147 - 243 - 380
heat 81

Cretinism (See Hypothyroidism)

Crop rotation - w13 - 115 - 117 - 427

Cross eyes - 223 - 318

Crutches - how to make 315

Cupping - 22 - 421

Cuts - 84 - 86

CVA (Cerebro-vascular accident) - 37 - 78 - 288 - 327

Cyst - 143 - 243 - 280 - 421

D subjects

Dacryocystitis - 223

Dandruff - 215 - 421

Dandy fever (See Dengue)

Dangerous illnesses - w28 - 42 - 179 – 192

Dangerous use of medicine 50

Date of expiration 332

Deafness

home cure for 11
in children 318
with ringing and dizziness 327

Death - accepting 330

Decongestants - 164 - 165 - 421

Defects - birth - 7 - 289 - 316 - 321 - 421

Deformities - 421

from birth - 289 - 316 - 321
with leprosy - 191 – 192

Dehydration - 151 – 152 - 421

and diarrhea - 46 - 155
causing sunken fontanel - 9 - 274
danger of laxatives with - 15 - 382
medicine not to take - 52 - 53 - 156
prevention and treatment - 152 - 156 - 381

Delhi boil (See Leishmaniasis)

Delirium - 24 - 421

and malaria - 186
and typhoid - 189

Dengue - 187

Dermatitis - contact - 204 - 421

Diabetes - 127 - 251 - 329 - 410

Diaper rash - 215 - 422

Diaphragm - 285 - 291 - 395

Diarrhea - 151 – 160

and dysentery - 144 – 145 - 153 - 306
babies with - 159 - 271
causes of - w7 - 17 - 107 - 132 - 33 - 135 - 153 - 399 - 400
causing sunken fontanel 9
home cures for 11
prevention of - w7 - 46 - 47 - 154
severe - 151 - 160
treatment of - 58 - 152 - 155 – 158 - 383
with blood - 144 – 145 - 157 – 158 - 306 - 401
with vomiting - 151 - 157
with worms 142

Diet - 421

congestion and 23
for fever 8
for postpartum mothers - 8 - 123 - 276
for sick persons - 40 - 123
for small children - 120 - 122
for specific diseases - 40 - 124 - 130 - 154 – 156
harmful ideas about 123
things to avoid 119
what to eat to stay healthy - 110 - 111
while taking medicines 123
with oral contraceptives - 286

(Also see Foods - Nutrition)

Diets for specific diseases - 40 - 124 - 130

acid indigestion - heartburn - and ulcers, 128 – 129
anemia 124
constipation - 16 - 126 - 382
diabetes - 40 - 127
diarrhea - 155 – 156 - 159
goiter 130
high blood pressure 125
people who are too heavy 126

Digestion 13

Diphtheria - 147 - 296 - 313 - 314

Direct pressure 82

Disability

how injections cause - 74 - 314
in children - 74 - 314 - 318 - 321

Diseases (see sicknesses)

Dislocations - 38 - 101 - 316 - 422

Dizziness - 327 - 249

Dolor de ijar 22

Dosage information 340

Double vision - 227

Douche - 241 - 247 - 258 - 281 - 293 - 422

Down syndrome (mongolism) - 318 - 425

D.P.T.

vaccination - 147

Drinking (alcohol) - 148 – 149 - 318 - 325 - 326 - 328 400 - 416

Drowning - 79 - 422

Drug abuse - 399 - 401 - 416 – 417

Dry eyes - 107 - 113 - 226 - 391

Dry malnutrition (marasmus) - 112 - 113

437

{:.no_toc}

Dumdum fever (See Leishmaniasis)

Dysentery - 144 – 145 - 422 (Also see Diarrhea)

E subjects

Ears

how to examine a sick person’s 34
infections of 309
nodes behind 88
ringing of - 107 - 327

Earwax - 405

Eclampsia - 249 - 390 - 422

Ectopic pregnancy - 22 - 36 - 93 - 243 - 249 - 280 - 414

Eczema - 216

Emergency

contraception - 288 - 394 – 395
problems of the gut - 93 - 95
supply of medicines 332
use of injections 66

Emergencies caused by cold - 408 – 409

Emergencies caused by heat 81

Empacho 22

Emphysema - 170

Enema - 15 - 76 - 92 - 422

Energy foods - 110 - 111

Enterobius (pinworm - threadworm) - 141

Epilepsy - 38 - 178 - 319 - 388 – 390

Epsom salts 16

Erysipelas 212

Evaluation - w20 - 422

Evil eye - 5 - 422

Examining

a pregnant woman - 250 – 253
a sick person - 29 - 38breasts - 279
eyes - 33 - 217
eyesight - 223
for appendicitis - 36 - 95
for hernia - 94 - 317
for knee reflexes - 183

Excision - 404

Exhaustion - heat 81

Expectorants - 52 - 383 - 422

Experimenting - w15

Extra finger or toe - 318 - 319

Eyes - 217 – 228

cross eyes - 223
danger signs - 33 - 217 - 227
dryness of - 107 - 113
examining the eyes 33
eye problems of older people - 227 - 323
eye problems with leprosy - 192
foreign objects in eyes - 48 - 218
of newborns - 221 - 270 - 378 - 391
red and painful - 219 - 225
spots and “floaters” - 227 - 323
yellow - 30 - 172 - 274 - 328 - 329

Eyesight testing - 223

F subjects

Face

dull 318
lumpy skin on - 191
paralysis of - 37 - 327

Fainting - 78 - 79 - 81 - 325 - 327

Falciparum malaria - 158 - 186 - 363

False labor - 258

Family planning - w16 - 246 - 283 – 294 - 393 – 396

and infertility - 244

Farming - w13 - 412 – 413

Farsightedness - 323 - 422

Fatigue - 23 - 124 - 323 - 400

Fats - 111 - 121

Feces - 422

and infections - 84 - 96 - 131
in home remedies 11
in newborn’s mouth and nose - 268 (Also see Stools)

Feces-to-mouth - disease spread from - 131 - 133 - 140 - 188

Feet

clubbed 319
loss of feeling in - 127 - 162 - 173 - 191 – 192
swelling of - 113 - 124 - 144 - 176 - 248 - 249 - 323

Fertile days - 244 - 291

Fetoscope - 252 - 255 - 422

Fever

childbirth - 27 - 276 - 283
diet with 8
high - 15 - 75 - 76 - 335
how to bring down - 75 - 76 - 335
in children 306
in the newborn - 270 - 273
patterns in different diseases - 26 - 27 - 30 - 31

Fever blisters or cold sores - 48 - 171 - 232

La Fiebre - 26Filmstrips - w22

Fire wood 135

First aid - 75 - 106 - 422

Fits (See Seizures)

Flannel-graphs - w22

Fleas - 190

Flies and disease - w23 - 135 - 227 – 228 - 406

Flu - 45 - 57 - 163 - 308 - 422

Flukes - blood - 146 - 376 - 422

Fluoride - for teeth - 229

Foam - contraceptive - 285 - 290 - 395

Folic acid - 118 - 321 - 392 - 422

Folk beliefs - 3 - 6 - 8 - 123 (Also see Home remedies)

Folk disease - 21 - 26

Follicles inside the eyelids - 220

Fontanel (soft spot)

sunken - 6 - 9 - 151 - 274
swollen - 274

(Also see Dehydration)

Food poisoning - 23 - 103 - 135 - 153 - 161

438

{:.no_toc}

Foods

at low cost - 116 - 118
for a person with diarrhea - 155 – 156
for sick persons 41
for small children - 120 - 122
nutritious - 110 - 111 - 295
plant 116
producing - w11
spoiled - 103 - 135

(Also see Diet - Nutrition)

Fractions - 59 - 60 - 340

Fractures (See Broken bones)

Fright - 24 - 422

Frostbite - 409

Frozen skin - 409

Fungus infection - 19 - 58

ringworm - tinea - 205 – 206 - 371
thrush - 232
vaginal yeast - 242 - 369

G subjects

Gallbladder - 422

home cure for 12
pain in 36
problems 329

Gangrene 213

Garlic - 12 - 241 - 242

Gastritis - 128 - 129

Gelusil - 173

Generic medicines - 333 - 339 - 423

Genital herpes - 402 – 403

Genital warts - 373 - 402

Genitals - 205 - 232 - 233 – 244 - 423

sores on - 237 - 402 – 403

German measles (Rubella) - 247 - 312 - 320

Germs - 19 - 423

Giardia - 145 - 336 - 367 - 369 - 423

and diarrhea - 153 - 158

Gila monster bite 106

Glaucoma - 33 - 222 - 323

Gloves - rubber or plastic - 255 - 262 - 264 - 401

Glue sniffing - 416

Goiter - 10 - 130 - 423

Gonorrhea - 221 - 236 – 237 - 359 (Also see Sexually transmitted infections)

Grams - measuring in - 59 - 60 - 423

Groin - lymph nodes in - 88 - 238 - 423 (Also see Hernia)

Group discussions - w24w27

Growth - children’s - 107 - 297 – 304

Guaco 3

Guinea worm - 406 – 407

Gums - 229 – 232

bleeding of - 107 - 231
pale 124
swelling caused by medicine - 231

Gut

cramps - 12 - 106 - 145 - 157 - 243 - 380
emergency problems of - 35 - 93 - 94
infection - 47 - 131 - 144 – 145 - 153 - 189
obstructed - 22 - 94
out of anus (prolapse) - 142
outside a wound 92
wounds in 92

(Also see Abdomen - Swollen belly)

H subjects

Hair

changes with malnutrition 107
examination for lice - 200
loss of 107

Hansen’s disease (See Leprosy)

Hare lip - 318 - 423

Hay fever - 34 - 165 - 427

Head

fungus infections of - 205
injury - 37 - 78 - 91
swollen lymph nodes on 88

Headaches - 162 - 249 - 410

Health - w7- w11

Health worker - w1w7 - w29 - 43 - 246 - 340

Heart attacks - 23 - 325

confusion with heartburn 128
trouble - 33 - 310 - 325 - 410

Heartbeat - 32 - 33 - 77

Heartburn - 423

diet for - 128 - 129
during pregnancy - 248
medicines for - 380 - 381
medicines to avoid - 54 - 64

Heat

cramps 81
exhaustion 81
stroke - 78 - 81

Hemorrhage (See Bleeding)

Hemorrhoids (See Piles)

Hepatitis - 26 - 172 - 416

Herbal teas - 1 - 8

Herbs - curative - 12 - 13 - 423

Hereditary problems - 18 - 318 - 319 - 321 - 423

Hernia - 177 - 423

during pregnancy - 256
in groin of newborn 317
obstructing the gut 94

Heroin - 416 – 417

Herpes simplex or labialis (See Cold sores)

Herpes zoster - 204 - 373 - 400

Hexing 2

High blood pressure - 125 - 249 - 325 - 326 - 411

History - taking - 20 - 25 - 29 - 44 - 250 – 253 - 423

HIV and AIDS - 20 - 75 - 153 - 171 - 236 - 245 - 286, 290 - 396 - 399 – 401 - 416

and medicines - 396 – 398
and pregnancy - 249 - 398
and shingles - 204
and thrush - 232
and tuberculosis - 179
and vaccinations - 147
caring for someone with - 401

HIV

test - 400
preventing - 401

439

{:.no_toc}

Hives - 68 - 166 - 203 - 423

Home remedies - 1 - 3

enemas and purges 15
for infertility - 244
how to tell if they work - 10 - 11
questions and answers about - 6 - 8
sensible use of - w2 24

Home visits - w24

Hookworm (Uncinaria) - 133 - 142 - 296 - 307

Hordeolum (sty) - 224

Hormones - 224 - 287 - 393 - 423

Hot and cold sicknesses 119

Hot compresses - 193 – 195 - 406

Housing - w10

Human immunodeficiency virus (See HIV and AIDS)

Hydrocele 317

Hygiene (See Cleanliness)

Hypertension (See High blood pressure)

Hyperventilation - 24 - 423

Hyphema - 225

Hypochondria 329

Hypopyon - 225

Hypothermia - 408

Hypothyroidism - 318 - 423

Hysteria - 2 - 24 - 423

I subjects

Illnesses (See Sicknesses)

Imferon - 51 - 67

Immunizations (vaccinations) - 19 - 147 - 296 - 337

Impetigo - 25 - 202

Implants (birth control) - 285 - 289 – 290 - 396

Indigestion

diet for - 128 - 129
during pregnancy - 248
medicines for - 380 - 381
medicines to avoid - 54 - 64

Infantile paralysis (See Polio)

Infants (See Babies - Newborns)

Infection - 423

after giving birth - 276
and diarrhea - 154 - 157
in newborns - 182 – 183 - 275
in wounds - 88 - 89 - 96 - 213
medicines for - 55 - 58 - 335 - 336
minor 58
of the appendix - 94 - 95
of the eyes - 217 - 219 - 220 - 221
of the genitals - 236 – 239 - 241 – 242
of the gut - 94 - 95 - 135 - 140 - 146 - 243 of the tear sac - 223
of the urinary tract - 234 – 235 resisting - 108 - 120 - 271
signs of a serious - 88 - 194 - 272 – 275

Infectious diseases - 18 - 19 - 135 - 423

Infertility - 244

Inflamed tonsils (tonsillitis) - 309

Inhalers - for asthma - 167 - 384

Injections - 65 - 73

dangerous reactions from injections - 54 - 70 - 71
emergencies needing 66
faith in - w19 - 4 - 50
family planning - 289 – 290
medicines not to inject - 51 - 56 - 67
of vitamins 118
risks and precautions - 68 - 69
supplies for 336
that can disable children - 74 - 314
to prevent pregnancy - 285 - 293 - 395
when to inject - 65 - 67

Injury

moving an injured person - 99 - 100
of an unconscious person 78
severe 33
to the eye - 218

Insecticides - 19 - 103 - 187 - 372 - 412 – 413 - 423

Insomnia (loss of sleep) - 328 - 423

Intestinal worms - 13 - 140 - 145 - 423

Intestines (See Gut)

Intrauterine device (IUD) - 281 - 285 - 290 - 395 – 396

Intravenous solution (I.V.) - 40 - 53 - 67 - 152

Intussusception - 94 - 424

Iodized salt - 130 - 318

Iritis - 33 - 219 - 221

Iron

cooking pots 117
foods rich in 124
from nails in lemon juice 118
pills - 51 - 118 - 124 - 307 - 335 - 392 - 405

Itching

caused by fungus - 205 - 242
caused by medicines - 68 - 70 - 71 - 166
caused by plants - 204
medicines for - 335 - 385
of hands with syphilis - 238
of the anus (pinworm) - 141
rashes - allergies - 68 - 166 - 203 - 236 - 238
with chickenpox 311
with scabies - 199
with worm infections - 140 - 142 - 228

IUD (See Intrauterine device)

J subjects

Jaundice - 30 - 172 - 274 - 318 - 321 - 328 - 329 - 392 - 424

Jock itch - 205

Joints - painful - 101 - 102 - 173 - 310 - 324

K subjects

Kala azar (See Leishmaniasis)

Kangarooing - 405 - 408

Kidneys - 233 – 234 - 424

Kidney stones - 235 - 424

Kilograms - measuring in - 62 - 424

Kwashiorkor (wet malnutrition) - 30 - 113 - 424

440

{:.no_toc}

L subjects

TB of 212

Labor - 258 – 262 - 264 - 424

false labor - 258
problems with labor - 267
signs that show labor is near - 258
stages of - 259 – 262

(Also see Childbirth)

Land

distribution of - w7 - w11 - 413
use of - w11 - w13–w16 115

Latido 23

Latrines - 137 - 139 - 153

Laxatives - 15 - 16 - 382

misuse of 126

Lazy eye - 223

Leadership - w5

Learning - w4 - w21–w28 322

Legs

crossed like scissors 320
examination of legs - 37
pain in - 288 - 321

Leishmaniasis - 406

Lepra reaction - 191 - 362

Leprosy - 10 - 38 - 191 – 192 - 206 - 337 - 362 - 363

or lepra 25

Lice - 134 - 190 - 200 - 372

Limits - knowing - w4

Liquids - 39 - 40 - 151

Liters - measuring in - 61 - 424

Liver - 36 - 424

abscesses - 144 – 145
diseases - 172 - 288 - 328
infection of - 172

Liver extract - 65 - 67

Lockjaw (See Tetanus)

Loss of blood (See Blood - Bleeding)

Loss of consciousness (See Unconscious person)

Loss of feeling - 38 - 127 - 162 - 173 - 191 - 192 - 279

Loss of sight - 225 - 412

Loss of sleep (insomnia) - 328

Loss of weight (See Weight loss)

Low body temperature - 409

Low back pain - 173 - 248

Low blood pressure - 411

Lumps

in the abdomen - 35 - 243 - 280
in the breast - 279
on face and body - 191 - 228
that keep growing - 196 - 280

(Also see Lymph nodes)

Lung diseases

and smoking - 149
asthma - 167
bronchitis - 170
pneumonia.

171

tuberculosis - 179

Lymph nodes - swollen - 88 - 317 - 424

caused by an abscess 202
in the groin - 238 - 403
signs of infection - 194
with AIDS - 400
with breast cancer - 279
with brucellosis - 188
or typhus - 190
with German measles 312
with scabies or lice - 199 - 200

Lymphogranuloma venereum - 238 - 420

M subjects

Maalox - 173

Malaria - 186 – 187

falciparum - 158 - 363
fever pattern 26
medicines for - 337 - 363 - 367
with seizures 307
with sickle cell disease 321

Malnutrition

and diarrhea - 153 – 155
causes of - 115 - 283 - 412
checking for - 109 - 112 - 113 - 297 – 304
during pregnancy - 248
in children - 107 - 114 - 305 - 306
kinds of - 112 - 114
prevention and treatment of - 108 - 109 - 112 - 113 - 155 – 156 - 391 – 393
problems caused by - 107 - 306
signs of - 30 - 37 - 108 - 112 - 113 - 208 – 209 - 305

Malta fever (brucellosis) - 27 - 188

Marasmus (dry malnutrition) - 112

Marijuana - 416

Mask of pregnancy - 207

Massaging

sprains or fractures - 99 - 102
the birth opening - 269
the womb - 264 – 265

Mastitis (breast abscess) - 278 - 424

Measles (Rubeola) - 30 - 108 - 226 - 311 - 391

vaccination - 147 - 312 - 321

Measuring

blood pressure - 410 – 411
in pounds and kilos 62
medicine - 59 - 61 - 340

Medical attention

illnesses that always need - 179 – 192
when to seek - 43 - 159

Medicinal plants - 12 - 13

Medicine kit - 331 - 337

Medicines

brand name - 55 - 333 - 339
care in giving to the newborn - 54 - 272
dangerous misuse of medicine - 50 - 53
during or after birth - 266
during pregnancy - 54 - 247 - 398
for small children 62
generic - 333 - 339
guidelines for use - w18–w19 - 49 - 73 - 339 - 396
healing without medicines - 45 - 48
how to measure and give - 59 - 64 - 340
how to write instructions for - 63 - 64
limited use of medicines - w18–w19 49
medicines not to inject 56
reactions to - 68 - 70 - 71 - 350
uses - dosage - and precautions - 339 - 398
when not to take them - 54 - 64

441

{:.no_toc}

Ménière’s disease 327

Meningitis - 185 - 275 - 307

Menopause - 246 - 424

Menstrual period - 245 – 246 - 281 - 291 – 292 - 393 – 396

Mental problems - 18 - 318

Mental slowness - 114 - 306 - 318 - 320 - 321 - 426

Microscope - 19 - 144

Midwives

danger signs in pregnancy - 249
information for - 245 – 282
prenatal care - 250
special risk at birth - 256
things not to do - 260
things to have ready before birth - 254 – 255

Migraine - 162 - 424

Milk

and brucellosis - 188
and diarrhea - 156
and ulcers - 129powdered - 391

(Also see Breastfeeding)

Milk of magnesia - 16 - 382

Mineral oil - 16 - 382

Minerals - 111 - 116 - 118 - 425

Minipill - 285 - 288 - 394

Miscarriage (spontaneous abortion) - 246 - 249 - 266 - 281 - 414

Models for teaching - w22

Mongolism (See Down syndrome)

Morning sickness - 248 - 287

Mosquitos - 186 – 187

Mothers

health after childbirth - 276 - 280
health and sicknesses of children - 295 – 321
information for - 245 – 282
prenatal care - 250 – 253

(Also see Family planning)

Mouth - 107 - 229 – 232

Mouth-to-mouth breathing - 78 - 80 - 413

with newborns - 262

Moving an injured person - 99 - 100

Mucus - how to drain - 169 - 425

Mucus method - 285 - 292

Mumps 312

Muscles

examining - 37 – 38
lack of control of 320

N subjects

Narrow-spectrum antibiotics - 56 - 425

Natural balance 58

Nausea (See Vomiting)

Navel (umbilicus) - 425

cutting the cord - 262 – 263
hernia of navel - 317 - 318
infection of navel - 182 - 272

Neck broken 99

stiff - 38 - 182 – 185 - 274

Needs - felt and long-term - w8– w12

Needles - 74 - 399 - 401

Neonatal conjunctivitis - 221 (Also see Newborns)

Nerves - 425

muscles and - 37 – 38

Nevirapine - 249 - 400

Newborns

and tetanus - 182 – 183
bacterial infection of the blood - 275
bathing - 7 - 263 - 270
eyes - 221 - 237 - 270
feeding - 120 - 263 - 271
hernia 317
illnesses of - 272 – 275
medicines for - 54 - 272 - 337
problems with delivery - 268
small - early - and underweight - 405
the cord - 262 – 263 - 270
twins - 269

(Also see Dehydration)

Night blindness - 113 - 226 – 227 - 337

Nodes (See Lymph nodes)

Non-infectious diseases 18

Nose - stuffy or runny - 164 – 165 - 383

Nosebleed - 11 - 83

Numbness (See Loss of feeling)

Nutrition - w11 - w13–w16 - 107 - 130 - 295 (Also see Malnutrition)

O subjects

Obstructed gut - 22 - 94 (Also see Gut)

Older persons - 83 - 214 - 235 - 323 - 330

Onchocerciasis - 227 – 228 - 377

Opium - 416

Oral contraceptives - 285 – 289 - 393 – 394

Outhouses - 137 - 139

Ovarian cyst - 280

Ovaries - 36 - 280 - 425

Oxytocics - 50 - 265 – 266 - 319 - 390

Oxyuris (pinworm - threadworm) - 141

P subjects

Pain

asking about 29
back - 173 – 174 - 248
chest - 179 - 325
in the belly - 12 - 35 - 36 - 94 - 95 - 128 - 146 - 243
in the eye - 217 - 219 - 221 - 222
in the joints - 101 - 102 - 173 - 310 - 324
in the leg - 288
in the teeth - 165 - 231
in urination - 146 - 235 – 236 - 239 - 242 – 243
medicines for - 19 - 52 - 75 - 76 - 162 - 335 - 378 – 380

(Also see Cramps - Headaches)

Pannus - 220

442

{:.no_toc}

Pap smear - 280

Papaya 13

Paralysis

examining for - 37
from pesticides - 412
from ticks - 201
in a spastic child 320
in leprosy - 191
in polio - 314 - 315
in stroke - 37 - 327
in TB of backbone - 180
of face - 37 - 327

Parasites - 19 - 425

intestinal - 19 - 140 - 145 - 308
on skin - 19 - 199 – 201

Patient report 44

Pellagra - 114 - 208 – 209

Pelvic inflammatory disease - 237 - 243 - 244 - 395

Penis - 199 - 232 - 233 - 235 – 240 - 286 - 402 – 403

Peritonitis - 94 - 95 - 129 - 189 - 425

Pertussis (See Whooping cough)

Pesticides

burns in eyes - 219
causing birth defects - 247
misuse of - 412 – 413

Pharmacist - words to 338

Phlebitis - 288

PID (See Pelvic inflammatory disease)

Piles (hemorrhoids) - 16 - 175 - 423

during pregnancy - 248
medicine for - 391
the Pill (for birth control) - 285 - 288 – 289 - 393 – 394

Pimples - 211 - 419 (Also see Chickenpox)

Pink eye - 219 – 221 - 308

Pinta - 207

Pinworm (threadworm - Enterobius) - 12 - 141

Placenta (afterbirth) - 262 – 264 - 269 - 426

Placenta previa - 249 - 426

Plantar warts - 210

Plants

medicinal - 12 - 13
that cause itching - 204

Play acting - w23

Pneumonia - 27 - 41 - 171 - 399 - 400

Poisoning 103

food - 23 - 135 - 153 - 161
urine - 239 – 240

Poisonous

bites - 104 - 106
plants - 204

Poliomyelitis (infantile paralysis) - 314

signs of - 37
vaccination - 147 - 296 - 314

Population - w10 115

Posters - w22

Postpartum - 426

diet 123
hemorrhage - 266 - 390

Postural drainage - 169

Power of belief or suggestion - 2 - 5 - 24 - 426

Pre-eclampsia - 176 - 249 - 251 - 422

Pregnancy - 247 – 255 - 286

anemia during - 124 - 248 – 249 - 391 – 392
bleeding during - 249 - 264 - 281
check ups during - w24 - 250 – 253 - 410
danger signs in - 249 – 251
difficulty becoming pregnant - 244
ectopic - 22 - 36 - 93 - 243 - 249 - 280 - 414
German measles during - 247 - 312
growth and position of baby - 251 – 252 - 257
how to prevent - 283 – 295
how to stay healthy during - 247
how to tell the baby’s birth date - 252
medicines during - 6 - 54 - 247 - 398
minor problems of - 174 - 248 - 251
nutrition during - 118 - 250
record of prenatal care - 253
signs of - 247
supplies to have ready before birth - 254 – 255 (Also see Family planning)

Pregnancy mask - 207

Prenatal care - 250 – 253

Presentation of an arm - 268 - 426

Pressure points 82

Pressure sores (See Bed sores)

Preventive medicine - w17 - 17 - 131 - 150

cleanliness - 131 - 136
how to avoid many sicknesses - 108 - 148 – 150 - 242 - 326
sanitation - 137 - 139
sexually transmitted infection - 239 - 401 – 403
vaccinations (immunizations) - 147
worms and other intestinal parasites - 140 - 146

Prolapse of the rectum - 142 - 426

Prophylactic (condom) - 239 - 285 - 290 - 395, 401 – 403

Prostate gland - 233 - 235 – 236 - 426

Protective foods - 110 - 426

Proteins - 110 - 111 - 112 - 113 - 116 - 118 - 121

Psoriasis - 216

Pterygium - 224 - 426

Pulling out (to prevent pregnancy) - 285 - 293

Pulse - 32 - 33 - 41 - 410 – 411 - 426

Pulsing or throbbing of stomach 23

Pupils - examining - 217

Purges - 15 - 16

misuse of - 92 - 126

Pyorrhea - 231

Q subjects

Questions to ask a sick person - 29 - 44

R subjects

Rabies - 181

Rash on the skin - 216 - 236 - 400

diaper rash - 215 - 421
like tiny bruises (typhus) - 190
of allergic reaction - 68 - 166 - 203 – 204 - 356
of chickenpox 311
of German measles - 312of measles - 30 - 311
of syphilis - 238
of typhoid - 189
preventing 133
with itching - 199 – 200 - 203

443

{:.no_toc}

Reactions (See Allergic reactions)

Rebound pain - 35 - 95 - 426

Rectum

prolapse of - 142 - 426

Reflexes - testing - 183 - 426

Rehydration Drink - 152 - 311 - 381 - 400 - 426

and vomiting - 161
as an enema 15
for acute abdomen 95
for dehydration - 9 - 46 - 158 - 306
for newborns - 273
for very sick persons - 40 - 53

Remedies (See Home remedies)

Resistance - 426

to antibiotics - w19 - 57 - 58 - 237 - 350
to infection - 108 - 120 - 271

Resources - w8 - w12 - 115 - 283 - 426

Respiration (See Breathing)

Retardation - mental (See Mental slowness)

Rheumatic fever - 27 - 310

Rheumatoid arthritis 324

Rhinitis - allergic (hay fever) - 165 - 426

Rhythm method - (See Counting days method)

Ribs - broken 99

Rickets 125

Ringing of the ears - deafness - and dizziness - 107 - 327 - 358 - 361 - 378

Ringworm - 11 - 205 – 206 - 371

River blindness - 227 – 228 - 378

Road to health chart (See Child Health Chart)

Rotating crops - w13 - 115 - 117 - 427

Roundworm (ascaris) - 140 - 141

Rubber (condom) - 239 - 285 - 290 - 395 - 401 – 403

Rubella (See German measles)

Rubeola (See Measles)

Rupture (See Hernia)

S subjects

Salt

iodized - 130 - 247 - 318
purges 16
using little - 120 - 125 - 176 - 249 - 325 - 326

Sanitation - w10 - 137 - 139 - 153 - 427

Scabies - 34 - 199 – 200 - 335 - 372

Scales (to weigh babies) - 297

Scars

on the cornea - 224 - 226 - 228
on the eyelids - 220
reventing burn scars 97

Schistosomiasis - 146 - 337 - 376

Scorpion sting - 11 - 70 - 106 - 337 - 387

Scrofula 212

Scrotum - 233 - 427

small sores on - 199
swollen 317

Seborrhea - 215

Seizures - 23 - 178 - 422

caused by high fever 76
from birth defects - 273 - 319
in cerebral malaria - 186 - 366
in children - 307 - 319
in meningitis - 185
in pregnant women - 249 - 390
medicines for - 336 - 388 – 390 (Also see Spasms)

Senna leaf 16

Septicemia - 275 - 427

Serious illnesses - w28 - 42 - 179 – 192

Seven year itch - 199 – 200 - 335 - 372

Sexually transmitted infections (STI) - 236 –239 - 285 – 286 - 290 - 399 – 403 - 427 - 428

Sheath (See Condom)

Shigella - 145 - 158 - 353 - 358

Shingles - 204 - 373 - 400

Shock - 30 - 77 - 325 - 427

allergic - 70 - 105 - 166 - 350
from serious burns 97
heartbeat during - 33 - 410 – 411
in postpartum mother - 265

Shoulder - dislocated 101

Sickle cell disease - 30 - 321 - 392

Sicknesses

causes of - 17 - 20 - 107
common - 151 – 178
dangerous - w28 - 42 - 179 – 192
“home,” 21
“hot” and “cold,” 119
infectious - 18 - 19
non infectious 18
of children - 215 - 272 – 275 - 311 - 314
of older people - 323 - 330
of women - 241
prevention of - 131 - 150
spread of - 131 - 137 - 140 - 188 – 189 - 237 – 239,399
telling apart - 20 - 21 - 26 - 27

Side pains 22

Signs - 20 - 29 - 427

Sinus trouble (sinusitis) - 165 - 427

Skin

cancer of - 211 - 399
chart of different diseases - 196 – 198
diseases - 193 – 216 - 406 - 421
dryness of - 107 - 208
how to examine 34
in children - 215 - 308
medicines for - 334 - 335 - 370 – 373
painless sores - 191 - 237 - 279

TB of - 179 - 212

ulcers - 212 - 213

Slipped disc - 173

Slowness (See Defects - Mental problems)

Smallpox - 147

Small sores with pus - 201 - 211

Smoking

during pregnancy - 318 - 416
problems caused by - 119 - 129 - 149 – 150 - 289 - 325 - 326 - 400 - 416

444

{:.no_toc}

Snails - 146

Snakebite - 104 - 105

antitoxin - 70 - 105 - 337 - 387
home cure for 3

Soaks - 102

Social conditions - 283 - 401 - 415 - 417

Soft drinks - 155 - 161 - 229

Soft spot (See Fontanel)

Solda con solda 14

Sores

bed sores - 41 - 214
chronic - 20 - 127 - 212 - 213 - 236 - 324 - 406
large - open - 127 - 213 - 214
mouth - 232
of the feet 324
on penis or genitals - 199 - 205 - 232 - 237 - 238 - 242 - 400 - 402 – 403
sugar or honey treatment for - 213 - 214
that keep growing - 127 - 191 - 211 - 213 - 214
without feeling - 191 - 237 - 279
with pus - 199 - 201 - 406

(Also see Skin)

Sore throat - 163 - 309 - 310

Spasms - 183 - 427

in spider bite 106
in tetanus - 182 – 184 (Also see Seizures)

Spastic - 38 - 319 - 320

Sperm - 233 - 244

Spermicide - 285 - 290 - 395

Sphygmomanometer - 410

Spider bite 106

Spleen - large - 158 - 186 - 392 - 427

Sponge method - 294

Spontaneous abortion (See Miscarriage)

Spots before the eyes - 227

Sprains - 102 - 427

Spread of disease - 131 - 137 - 140 - 190 - 237 – 239, 399 – 403

Squint - 223

Starches - 110 - 203 - 408 - 427

Starvation (See Malnutrition)

Sterile - 427

bandages 87
men and women - 236 - 244 - 412

Sterilization - 427

of equipment - 74 - 401
of syringes - 69 - 72 - 74
to prevent pregnancy - 285 - 293

Steroids 51

Stethoscope - 410

Sting

bee 70
scorpion 106

Stitches (sutures) - 86 - 255 - 269 - 423

anesthetics for - 378

Stomach ache - 12 - 93 - 427 (Also see Belly - Cramps)

Stomach ulcers - 128 - 129 - 149 - 380 - 381

Stools

in acute abdomen (obstruction) - 94
in diarrhea (dysentery) - 144 – 145 like
rice water - 158
white or pale - 172
with blood - 128 - 146 - 189
with schistosomiasis - 146 - 376
with typhoid - 189 – 190
with ulcer (black - tarry stools) - 128 (Also see Constipation - Feces)

Story telling - w23

Strabismus - 223

Strains - 102

Strep throat 310

Stretcher 100

Stroke - 37 - 78 - 288 - 327 - 410 (Also see Heat stroke)

Sty (hordeolum) - 224 - 427

Suction bulb - 84 - 255 - 262 - 268

Sugars - 110 - 111 - 427

Sulfonamides - 55 - 356

Sunken fontanel (See Fontanel)

Sunlight

and acne - 211
and rickets 125
and skin problems - 195

Supplies

for childbirth - 254 – 255
for the medicine kit - 334 - 336

Suppressants - 427

cough - 52 - 383

Surgery

immediate need for - 91 - 95 - 177 - 222 - 267
possible need for - 102 - 175 - 177 - 211 - 222 - 225 - 235 - 243 - 279 - 280 - 293 - 317 - 319 - 329

Susto 24

Suture (See Stitches)

Sweets - 115 - 119 - 122 - 229 - 408

Swelling breast swelling and lumps - 278 – 279

caused by medicine - 68 - 70 - 71 - 231
home cure for 12
in old age 323
of broken arms or legs 14
of hands and face - 108 - 239 - 249
of strains and sprains - 102
of the eyes - 144 - 221 - 313
of the feet - 113 - 124 - 144 - 176 - 248 – 249 - 321
of the scrotum or testicles - 312 - 317
with infection - 194

(Also see Lymph nodes - Swollen belly - Varicose veins)

Swollen belly

different causes of 20
in children - 107 - 112 - 114 - 321
in giardia infection - 145
in gut obstruction 94
in malnutrition - 112 - 114
in pregnancy - 248 - 249

(Also see Gut)

445

{:.no_toc}

Symptoms 29

Syphilis - 10 - 237 – 238 - 403

Syringe - 72 - 74 - 336 - 339 - 401 - 405

T subjects

Taboo - 23 - 428

T.A.L.C.

297 - 431

Tapeworm - 143 - 375

TB (See Tuberculosis)

Teaching - w2 - w4–w5 - w21–w28 321

materials - addresses for - 429

Tear sac - infection of - 217 - 223

Teaspoons - for measuring 61

Teeth - 133 - 229 – 232

Temperature - 30 - 31 - 272 - 409,

Tepeguaje 14

Testicles - 233 - 286

swellings of testicles - 312 - 317

Tetanus (lockjaw) - 182 – 184

from a wound - 84 - 89 - 105-106 - 388 - 407
in the newborn - 182 – 183 - 273
medicine for - 184 - 336 - 337 - 388
vaccination - 147 - 184 - 296

Thalassemia - 392 - 428

Thermometer - 31 - 334

Threadworm (pinworm - Enterobius) - 141

Throat

lump on the throat - 10 - 130 - 423
object stuck in 79
sore throat - 163 - 309 - 310

Throwing up (See Vomiting)

Thrush (Candida) - 232 - 400

Ticks - 190 - 201 - 428

Tinea - 205 – 206

Tinea versicolor - 206

Tobacco - 129 - 416 – 417

Tongue - 232

Tonsillitls (Inflamed tonsils) - 309

Toothache - 231

Toothbrush - homemade - 230

Toothpaste - 230

Toxemia of pregnancy (See Pre-eclampsia)

Trachoma 220

Traditions - w3 - w11 - 1 - 2 - 21

Trichinosis - 144

Trichocephalus (whipworm - Trichuris) - 142

Trichomonas - 241

Trichuris (whipworm - Trichocephalus) - 142

Tropical sore (See Leishmaniasis)

Tubal ligation - 294

Tuberculosis - 108 - 179 – 180 - 337

and AIDS - 396 - 400
and children 136
and measles 311
medicines for - 359 - 361
of the lymph nodes 212
of the skin 212
of the spine - 173
signs of - 30 - 37
vaccination - 147

Tumors (See Cancer)

Twins - 251 - 256 - 269 - 289

Twisted joint (sprain) - 102

Typhoid fever - 188 – 190

fever pattern 26
medicines for 356
pulse with 33
resistance to medicines 58

Typhus - 26 - 190

U subjects

Ulcer - 428

on the cornea (eye) - 224 – 225
skin - 20 - 212 - 213 - 324
stomach - 13 - 36 - 53 - 128 - 129 - 149 - 381

Umbilical cord - 428

and tetanus - 182
how to cut - 262 – 263
infection of - 270 - 272
wrapped around the baby’s neck - 268

Umbilical hernia - 317 - 318 - 428

Umbilicus (See Navel)

Unclnaria (hookworm) - 133 - 142

Unconscious person - 78 - 424

breathing of 32
difference in pupil size 33
in shock 77

Under-Fives Program - w20 - w24 - 297 - 428

Undulant fever (brucellosis) - 27 - 188

Units - measuring in 60

Uremia - 239 - 240

Ureters - 233

Urethra - 233 - 235 - 286 - 428

Urination - difficulties with - 234 – 236 - 239 - 240 - 324 - 403 - 410

Urinary tract - 36 - 233 – 234 - 428

Urine

blood in - 146 - 234 - 376
brown - 172
dark yellow - 151
less than normal - 151 - 236
too much or often - 127 - 234
pus in - 236

Using this book - inside front cover - w28

Uta (See Leishmaniasis)

V subjects

Vaccinations - 19 - 147 - 180 - 250 - 296 - 321 - 337 - 405

Vagina - 233 - 286 - 428

infections of - 241 – 242 - 369
placenta blocking - 249
tearing during birth - 269

Vaginal discharge - 241 – 242 - 369

Vapors - breathing hot water vapors - 47 - 168

Varicose veins - 175 - 213 - 288 - 410 - 428

and chronic sores - 20 - 212 - 213 - 324
during pregnancy - 248

Vasectomy - 294

446

{:.no_toc}

Venereal diseases (VD) (See Sexually transmitted infection)

Venereal lymphogranuloma - 238 - 420

Ventilated improved pit latrine 139

Verrucase (warts) - 210

Village health committee - w24

Village health worker - w1–w7 - w29 - 43 - 340

Village medicine kit - 336 - 337

VIP latrine 139

Virus - 19 - 399 – 401

Vision (See Eyes)

Vital signs 41

Vitamins - 110 - 111 - 116 - 118 - 391 – 393 - 405

injections of - 65 - 67 - 118
the best way to get - 52 - 118
vitamin A - 226 - 391
vitamin B - 208
vitamin C - 248 - 335,
vitamin B6 - 360 - 393
vitamin B12 - 51 - 65 - 392
vitamin K - 265 - 272 - 337 - 392

(Also see Iron - Zinc)

Vitiligo - 207

Vomiting - 161

during pregnancy - 248 - 249
enemas and laxatives with 15
how to cause vomiting - 103 - 388
in the newborn - 273
medicines for - 161 - 335 - 385 – 386
violent vomiting - 151
with blood - 128 - 328
with diarrhea - 151 - 157
with urine poisoning (uremia) - 239

W subjects

Wandering eyes - 223

Warm compresses - 193 – 195

Warts - 210 - 212 - 400 - 402

Water - healing with - 45 - 48

and cleanliness - 46 - 131 - 135 - 137 - 139 - 144 - 146
and spread of disease - 146 - 188
for fever 75
to ease pain of burns 96
vapors - 47 - 168 - 383

Weakness - fatigue - 23 - 124 - 323 - 400

Weight and diet - 110 - 111 - 127

deciding dosage by 340
homemade scales - 250
importance of losing - 125 - 127 - 325 - 326
in pounds and kilos 62
measuring medicines - 59 - 61
weight gain - in children - 297 – 304
weight gain in pregnancy - 247 - 250

Weight loss

chronic - 179 - 180 - 400
different causes 20
how to lose weight 126
in the newborn - 273
sudden (dehydration) - 151

(Also see Malnutrition)

Welts (hives) - 68 - 203 - 238

Wet malnutrition (kwashiorkor) - 113

Whipworm (Trichuris - Trichocephalus) - 142

White spots and patches on the skin - 206 – 207 - 232

Whooping cough (pertussis) - 168 - 313

medicines for 313
vaccination - 147 - 296

Witchcraft - 5 - 24

Withdrawal

from drug addiction - 417
to prevent pregnancy - 285 - 294

Womb - 286 - 428

cancer of - 280
contractions of - 258 - 266
infection (See Childbirth fever)
massaging - 264 – 265
position of the baby in - 251 - 257

Women’s health care - 241

Working together - w5- w24

Worms - 140 - 146 - 227 – 228 - 406 – 407

causing obstructed gut 94
in children 308
medicines for335 - 373 – 375
prevention of - 47 - 131 - 134

Wounds

abdomen 92
bullet - 90 - 93
chest 91
controlling bleeding of 82
deep - 89 - 92
from a broken bone 99
how to close them - 85 - 86
infected - 88 - 89 - 213 - 401
knife and bullet - 89 - 93
medicines for - 93 - 334
small 84
that may cause tetanus - 89 - 182
to the eye - 217 – 218

X subjects

Xerophthalmia - 113 - 226 - 306 - 337 - 391 - 428

Xerosis (See Xerophthalmia)

X ray - 102

Y subjects

Yaws - 198 - 202 - 238

Yeast infection - 19 - 58 - 232 - 242 - 369 – 370 - 372

Yesca - 11

Yogurt - 57 - 155 - 232 - 242,

Z subjects

Zinc - 155 - 159 - 393