"Mad Stone" remedy???

judsoncarroll4

Interesting tidbit from the Old Farmer's Almanac - I have never heard of this one!

https://www.almanac.com/content/try-madstone

JennyT Upstate South Carolina

I can't help but think of the Harry Potter books after reading that article.😊

Linda Bittle

When I was a kid my dad subscribed to magazines like True West and Real West. I recall an article about them as a cure for rabies. That's the only help I can be.

marjstratton

Reminds me too of Harry Potter stories!

Linda Bittle

After some poking around on the internet there's a lot of articles. Here are a few.

https://www.ozarkhealing.com/madstones.html

https://www.ncpedia.org/madstones

http://www.mtnlaurel.com/articles/625-the-madstone.html

https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/feb/15/interesting-history-madstones/

judsoncarroll4

https://community.thegrownetwork.com/discussion/comment/908831#Comment_908831

Very cool - thanks!

water2world

@judsoncarroll4 I had never heard of this. Thanks for posting. I am going to check out the sites that @Mary Linda Bittle, West Plains, Missouri posted Thanks to both of you!

MaryRowe

Fascinating stuff. Seems like I vaguely remember coming across a reference or two in `19th-century diaries to madstones. but can't locate them now. However, once something like this comes up, it has a way of popping up again and again....Just saw this article today in a Homestead email--madstones and various other unsavory folk remedies....I think I'll stick with herbs!

https://www.homestead.org/health-diet/folk-medicine/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1-22-22