TY  - BOOK
AU  - Arvilla Payne-Jackson
AU  - John Lee
TI  - Folk wisdom and mother wit : : John Lee, an African American herbal healer
T2  - Contributions in Afro-American and African studies, no. 161
SN  - 978031328
U1  - 615.3210 JAC 
PY  - 1993///
CY  - Westport, Conn. 
PB  - : Greenwood Press
KW  - Traditional medicine
KW  - Herbs--Therapeutic use
KW  - Herbs -- Therapeutic use -- North Carolina
N1  - 	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)
N2  - 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
ER  -