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<P align="justify"> The burning of tinder was one of the ancient remedies of the Saami. It was used to cure a variety of sudden pains like tooth-, ear-, back- and headaches, gout, rheumatism and sciatica. Tinder was made from the soft layer under the skin of a bracket fungus growing on a birch tree. It was prepared either by cooking it in ash lye or by simmering it in hot ashes and then drying it. A cone-shaped piece of this tinder about 1-1.5 cm long was placed on the affected part of the body and was lit from the top. It was held in place by a metal ring or withe. The tinder was allowed to smoulder in place until it fell off. The blister thus created was allowed to heal by itself. This form of remedy has been used by many Arctic peoples. The points on the body to which the tinder was applied have been shown to correspond to a great extent with those used in acupuncture.</p><P align="justify"> The word for this method of pain relief in North Saami is duovli. Corresponding forms are found in most of the Saami languages, and they have the same origin as the Finnish word taula tinder . They are old loan words from the Baltic languages. The Finns have rarely used this as a remedy, and the word has been mainly used to refer to tinder as kindling for ignition by means of a flintstone.</p>
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