Herbal Remedies of the Lumbee Indians

Arvis Locklear Boughman,Loretta O. Oxendine

Herbal Remedies of the Lumbee Indians
Format
Paperback
Publisher
McFarland & Co Inc
Country
United States
Published
5 February 2004
Pages
191
ISBN
9780786413324

Herbal Remedies of the Lumbee Indians

Arvis Locklear Boughman,Loretta O. Oxendine

The Lumbee Indian tribe has lived in the coastal plain of North Carolina for centuries, and most Lumbee continue to live in rural areas of Robeson County with access to a number of healing plants and herbs used in the form of teas, poultices, and salves to treat common ailments. This work records the details of numerous plant and herbal remedies that the Lumbee have used for centuries and continue to use today. There are remedies for ailments relating to cancer (external and internal), the circulatory and digestive systems, the heart, hypertension and hypotension, infections and parasitic diseases, asthma, pregnancy, sprains, swellings, and muscle, skeletal and joint disorders, to name just a few. The information presented in this book is not intended to be a substitute for the advice or treatment from a physician. The authors do not advocate self-diagnosis or self-medication, and warn that any plant substance may cause an allergic or extremely unhealthy reaction in some people.

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