HEALTH HABITS

Camilo Garcia Arce

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 How could fever be cured in the past?

a. People in antiquity used to chew willow

bark to fight fever.

b. People used to drink water to combat

fever.

c. Few people used to cure fever.

 WILLOW BARK

● People in antiquity used to

chew willow bark to fight fever,
pain and inflammation.
● People are used to curing
inflammations with pills
nowadays.
● Most of the people got used to
making homemade medicines to
relieve pain.
 How was headache relieved in the past?

a. People used to cut their hair.

b. Some people used to drink chamomile

aromatics to relieve headache.

c. Few people used to cure headache with

coffee.
 CHAMOMILE

★ Some people used to drink

chamomile aromatics to relieve
headaches.
★ Most of the people are used to
relieving headache with analgesics.
★ Few people got used to receiving
relaxation therapy to treat
headache.
 How was a fracture healed in the past?

a. People used to rest for a month.

b. Few people used to heal a fracture.

c. People used to cut meat and stick

resinous pine to the bone.
 RESINOUS PINE STICK

❖ In ancient times, people used to cut

meat on the wound and stick a resinous
pine stick to the bone, and let it rest.
❖ People are used to immobilizing with
splints and rest a lot.
❖ Most of the people got used to repairing
the broken bone by fixing it with screws
and biological implants.