One of these involved placing a nettle leaf on the tongue or against the roof of the mouth. Witch hazel dried and used as a snuff was another old cure, and powdered tea was once used in this way also.
A small piece of cloth soaked in vinegar and put up the nostrils was said to cure a bleeding nose, as was a cloth soaked in lemon juice. A cold lotion applied to the head while heat was applied to the feet constituted another old remedy.
A common remedy was the putting of a cold key down the back of the person suffering from the nose bleed.
More drastic was the pouring of cold water down the back. Grasping the nose with the finger and thumb to exclude air from the nose was also used as a remedy.
Cinnamon taken in a hot drink was thought to stop bleeding from the nose.
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