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Folk wisdom and mother wit : John Lee, an African American herbal healer /Arvilla Payne-Jackson

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher number: International Book Distributors | ;Flat No.17 Prakash Apartment Building,Ansari Road Darya Ganj New DelhiSeries: Contributions in Afro-American and African studies, no. 161Publication details: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press , 1993.Description: xiv, 173 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmISSN:
  • 9780313288685
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 615.3210 JAC
Contents:
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)
Summary: 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
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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

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