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Herbal Remedies of the Lumbee Indians

Herbal Remedies of the Lumbee Indians

by Loretta O. Oxendine and Arvis Locklear Boughman
Paperback
Publication Date: 19/02/2004

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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.
ISBN:
9780786413324
9780786413324
Category:
Traditional medicine & herbal remedies
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
19-02-2004
Language:
English
Publisher:
McFarland & Co Inc
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
191
Dimensions (mm):
229x152x10mm
Weight:
0.27kg

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