01590nam a22002297a 450000500170000000800410001702200180005802801310007608200170020710000260022410000150025024501030026526000490036830000480041736500090046549000650047450504690053952002420100865000250125065500720127570000130134720211101122026.0211101b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780313288685  aInternational Book Distributorsb;Flat No.17 Prakash Apartment Building,Ansari Road Darya Ganj New Delhic;116962d;19/10/2021  a615.3210 JAC  aArvilla Payne-Jackson  a; John Lee  aFolk wisdom and mother wit b: John Lee, an African American herbal healerc/Arvilla Payne-Jackson  aWestport, Conn. b: Greenwood Pressc, 1993.  axiv, 173 pages b: illustrations c; 25 cm.  b4713  aContributions in Afro-American and African studies, no. 161.  a	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)  aThis 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  aTraditional medicine  aHerbs--Therapeutic usebHerbs -- Therapeutic use -- North Carolina.  aJohn Lee