Plastering cracked ribs

Using pine resin: it’s gathered from spring to summer from cut branches, or making a small cut in the bark (a small one, since making it bigger the pine would die). Let it leak for some days, then collect with a knife and put in a container where it will last for years.
In case of cracking ribs or bones (not broken), or even in case of infections due to thorns, take a little bit of resin, put in a small pot with a little bit of wine and make it fluidify on a low fire. When it becomes liquid, pour it on a wool cloth. Put it warm on the sore part and bind to keep it steady.
The resin hardens, absorbs the pain and acts like a plaster allowing the movement. According to the tradition, it comes off only when “pain goes off”. Throw the cloth away.
The resin can be used also as a plaster for backache (once again the tradition says the resin can move up and down but it must not be touched since “it’s following the pain”).

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