In the 1600s, the father of Irish chemistry, Robert Boyle, is said to have treated cataracts by drying human feces into a dry powder and blowing it into the eyes of people affected by the disease.
Then there is also baby feces, which is mashed and used to treat epilepsy in Ireland 100 years later.
Even though it sometimes causes tetanus and other infections, this material for treatment with feces seems to be being explored to study its efficacy.
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In recent years, Chinese women have experimented extensively and believe that tea mixed with feces can cure cancer.
Meanwhile, in today's medicine, there are not many who use feces as a treatment other than a diagnostic tool.
The procedure involves applying stools to the patient in order to increase good gut bacteria, which are said to help fight infection. (*)