During roasting, mothers tie strings around their waist/wrist, paint lime crosses in corners of homes or on necks or ankles, and place thorns under their bed to ward off priey krawlah pleungh, a spirit that attacks a woman while roasting, causing seizures,
fainting, loss of consciousness and bizarre behaviors. Herbs are used with hot rocks (tshuajntxhawb) to treat ill health arising from not keeping the body warm enough.