To Cure a Sting of a Bee or Wasp
Bind on common baking soda, dampened with water. Or mix common earth with water to about the consistency of mud.
Source: The White House Cookbook, F.L. Gillette
To Stop the Flow of Blood
Bathe the cut with ordinary red wine; then cover the wound with either whiting, pipe-clay, or cobwebs and brown sugar ; if you have none of these, apply the fine dust of tea, or, if all are
wanting, a handful of earth held tightly to the wound until help can be obtained ; if the cut is deep, it is wise not only to bandage it tightly, but to tie another bandage above, not onto, the wound.
Source: The Unrivalled Cook-Book and Housekeeper’s Guide, Mrs Washington