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Arvilla Payne-Jackson John Lee

Folk wisdom and mother wit : John Lee, an African American herbal healer /Arvilla Payne-Jackson - Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press , 1993. - xiv, 173 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. - Contributions in Afro-American and African studies, no. 161. .

Foreword --
Acknowledgments --
Pt. 1 Introduction (starting p. 1) --
Ch. 1 Historical Overview of African American Folk Medicine (starting p. 7) --
Ch. 2 Becoming an Herbalist (starting p. 17) --
Ch. 3 Diagnostic System (starting p. 21) --
Ch. 4 Classification of the Materia Medica and Illustrations (starting p. 27) --
Pt. 2 Herbal Repertoire (starting p. 35) --
Appendix: Biologicals (starting p. 159) --
References (starting p. 161) --
Index (starting p. 169)

This book combines historical biography with a focus on the role of the practitioner in the folk health-care system, and ethnobotany, including a description of the active ingredients of the herbs used in African American herbal medicine

ISSN: 9780313288685

Publisher. No.: International Book Distributors ;Flat No.17 Prakash Apartment Building,Ansari Road Darya Ganj New Delhi

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Traditional medicine

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Herbs--Therapeutic use--Herbs -- Therapeutic use -- North Carolina.

Dewey Class. No.: 615.3210 JAC