Record #:

18706

Author(s):

Kilpatrick, Anna Gritts

Abstract:

This article details the Cherokee use of roots in their folk medicines.

Source:

Southern Indian Studies (NoCar E 78.S55 S6), Vol. 16 Issue , Oct 1964, p24-28, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Cherokee Indians--North Carolina--Medicine

Record #:

8403

Author(s):

Krochmal, Arnold

Abstract:

The Cherokee healed their sick with a combination of herbal treatments, invocations to deities, rituals to counteract witchcraft, and limited surgery. Most surgeries consisted of scarification. Tools such as flint arrowheads, turkey leg bones, sucking horns, and blackberry stickers were used to perform surgeries. Herbal medicines such as Joe Pyeweed (Eupatorium) were also used to treat the sick.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 52 Issue 11, Apr 1985, p15, il

Subject(s):

Cherokee Indians--North Carolina--Medicine

Record #:

8840

Author(s):

Kennicutt, Wally

Abstract:

Cherokee legend says animals created human disease when they grew tired of men hunting them. The medicine man observed the effects of plants on animals when diagnosing treatment for sick tribesmen. In 1971, the Food and Drug Administration concluded a study on 2,000 Cherokee medicines and found 39% to be effective.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 48 Issue 8, Jan 1981, p20-21, il

Subject(s):

Cherokee Indians--North Carolina--Medicine; Indians of North America--Medicine

Record #:

35696

Author(s):

Krochmal, Arnold; Krochmal, Connie

Abstract:

The Black Drink and Great Man, or a variety of tea and the known commonly gingsen, were among the multitude of remedies the Cherokee and Catawba produced from wild herbs. Such remedies, shamans in Nations such as these used in centuries past to treat a variety of medical conditions. What is modern is the regard for these remedies’ effectiveness, in particular for their power to provide a holistic cure.

Source:

Tar Heel (NoCar F 251 T37x), Vol. 6 Issue 6, Nov/Dec 1978, p60-62

Subject(s):

Catawba Indians--North Carolina; Cherokee Indians--North Carolina--Medicine; Herbs--Therapeutic use; Medicine, Herbal; Medicine--Magic, mystic, and spagiric

Record #:

8742

Author(s):

Krochmal, Arnold

Abstract:

The Cherokee Indian Hospital in Cherokee provides free medical services to all Qualla tribe members. Built in 1981, the single story structure cost $12 million to build. Although the hospital incorporates many modern treatments, traditional healing, characteristic of the Cherokee culture, is used here as well.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 49 Issue 10, Mar 1982, p19, il

Subject(s):

Cherokee Indians--North Carolina--Medicine