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36172
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Not only can the profiled spices make dishes delicious, their value includes nutritious. Adding thyme, chili pepper, sage, cinnamon, turmeric, and oregano in the daily diet could combat diseases such as cancer and Alzheimer’s. Other health benefits noted: anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-viral, antioxidant, antidepressant, fat burning, cholesterol lowering, and immunity boosting.
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CityView (NoCar F 264.T3 W4), Vol. Issue , January/February 2017, p14-16, 18, 20-23 Periodical Website
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36202
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John Tradescant the Younger is credited for finding plants such as the Virginia Creeper and Spiderwort, with the latter having his contribution reflected in its Latin name, Tradescantia virginiana. Along with being a popular garden plant, Spiderwort can be found in abandoned farms and homesteads, a testament to their former importance in agrarian life.
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23704
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The Madstone or “Bezoar Stone” was once believed to be the most highly prized piece of medicine anyone could possess. These stones were used to treat snakebites, rabies and lock jaw and were passed down in families for generations. Dr. R. G. Cobb of Kinston, NC owned a madstone passed down in his family. There were other popular remedies long ago that included “Asafetida bags,” also called “Devil’s Dung,” stinky bags put around the necks of children to keep flu, disease and evil spirits away. There was “Father John’s,” that tasted like licorice and cod-liver oil. There was “Terpine Hydrate Cough Expectorate,” that contained codeine that would knock out kids for 14 hours. There were parents who believed in Musterrol, Vicks salve, and Castoria, a castor oil substitute.
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16320
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Devil's Shoe String is the popular name for a plant growing in the eastern United States. It was believed to provide a cure for the poisonous bite of a rattlesnake when boiled in sweet milk and applied as a poultice.
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16314
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Shaw discusses the life and career of a native North Carolina folk doctor, Cicero West.
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16352
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Several folk cures were discovered at the North Carolina Division of Archives and History among the private papers of John Ashworth of Buncombe County. They include cures for dropsy, scald head, and cancer.
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35802
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With knowledge passed down from generations, Flora Johnson sold herbal remedies for a wide array of ailments, including arthritis, diabetes, the common cold, and upset stomachs. q
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16357
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This listing is a supplement to Professor Clark's Madstones in North Carolina (presented in North Carolina Folklore Journal March 1976, Vol. 24:1), an exhaustive study of the curious natural stones and stone-like products of the stomachs and gall bladders of animals used in folk medicine.
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16361
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The literature of folk medicine indicates that for several centuries many folk believed without reservation in the magical power of madstones, supposedly originating as hair or fiber balls in the stomachs of ruminants such as deer, cow, or buffalo. Others were tabasheer, an opal found in the joints of bamboo, while still others were picked in open fields or river beds being associated with halloysite, a clay mineral. These stones were applied to wounds to absorb venom. Clark discusses their ownership, physical origins and characteristics, their uses in treating wounds, their efficacy, and the views of the believers and unbelievers.
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16364
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The \"palmer Christian\" or Palma Christi is a palm tree of sorts that happens to grow unexpectedly in Bladen County, North Carolina. The Palma Christi was thought to be a charm against witchcraft and parts of its root could be used to promote quick and easy childbirth.
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16367
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North Carolina, like most parts of the nation, has inherited much medical folklore from British, European, and other sources. Among the most tenacious early folk medical practices to live on into the 20th-century is the primitive custom of pulling patients through or passing them through holes in trees, stones, or in the earth, or moving them, or causing them to walk, crawl, or creep through a variety of natural or man-made apertures for the curing of disease.
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16396
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Herb doctors filled a gap in American history when doctors were scarce and expensive. Today the herb doctors are very few and tend to take their secrets with them. In Scotland and Robeson counties of North Carolina herb doctors still work with various herbs in various methods.
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35926
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It was proof that fashion—albeit of the folk remedy variety--always comes back around. Among the remedies were recommendations for illnesses such as colds and croup. Others were suggestions for nail and bees sting injuries. Others were proposals for hair and oral health.
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Sea Chest (NoCar F 262 D2 S42), Vol. 1 Issue 1, Spring/Summer 1973, p36-39
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16422
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The conjure doctor in eastern North Carolina evolved from a tradition of African voodoo, native Indian practices, and Anglo-American folk healing. The perpetuation of the conjure doctor in the South centralized in areas of low economic and educational standards.
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16452
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In an age of capsules and expensive doctors visits, faith healing may be regarded with a doubtful eye. But there are those in the southern Appalachians that claim to be able to cure certain ailments through faith healing.
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