Stopping the Blood
Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2020 4:14 pm
I am mainly here because I am curious if anyone else has heard of this folk healing method. I feel that it is probably most closely related to Hoodoo. Basically, there are two traditions in my family, Talking Out the Fire (for burns) and Stopping the Blood (for bleeding).
From the way my family does things, a male can teach a female or a female can teach a male. However, if someone teaches another of the same gender, then they lose the ability altogether.
I finally learned how to stop the blood myself over the winter. Talking out the fire is mostly lost now as the only person who was taught it by my great-grandma apparently forgot. As for stopping the blood, it consists of saying a certain bible verse.
Has anyone else heard of these methods? What other methods run in your families? I'm curious to see how common this type of healing is...
From the way my family does things, a male can teach a female or a female can teach a male. However, if someone teaches another of the same gender, then they lose the ability altogether.
I finally learned how to stop the blood myself over the winter. Talking out the fire is mostly lost now as the only person who was taught it by my great-grandma apparently forgot. As for stopping the blood, it consists of saying a certain bible verse.
Has anyone else heard of these methods? What other methods run in your families? I'm curious to see how common this type of healing is...