The Cherokee Herbal

Author : J. T. Garrett
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1591439523
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cherokee Herbal written by J. T. Garrett and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2003-02-27 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical guide to the medicinal uses of over 450 plants and herbs as applied in the traditional practices of the Cherokee. • Details the uses of over 450 plants for the treatment of over 120 ailments. • Written by the coauthor of Medicine of the Cherokee (40,000 copies sold). • Explains the healing elements of the Four Directions and the plants associated with them. • Includes traditional teaching tales as told to the author by Cherokee Elders. In this rare collection of the acquired herbal knowledge of Cherokee Elders, author J. T. Garrett presents the healing properties and medicinal applications of over 450 North American plants. Readers will learn how Native American healers utilize the gifts of nature for ceremonial purposes and to treat over 120 ailments, from the common cold to a bruised heart. The book presents the medicine of the Four Directions and the plants with which each direction is associated. From the East comes the knowledge of "heart medicine"--blood-building tonics and plants for vitality and detoxification. The medicine of the South focuses on the innocence of life and the energy of youthfulness. West medicine treats the internal aspects of the physical body to encourage strength and endurance, while North medicine offers a sense of freedom and connection to the stars and the greater Universal Circle. This resource also includes traditional teaching tales to offer insights from Cherokee cosmology into the origin of illness, how the animals found their medicine, and the naming of the plants.

Author : J. T. Garrett
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1591439337
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Medicine of the Cherokee written by J. T. Garrett and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1996-09-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the holistic experience of human life from the elder teachers of Cherokee Medicine. With stories of the Four Directions and the Universal Circle, these once-secret teachings offer us wisdom on circle gatherings, natural herbs and healing, and ways to reduce stress in our daily lives.

Author : Deborah L. Duvall
Publisher : UNM Press
ISBN 13 : 9780826330079
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.7X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How Medicine Came to the People written by Deborah L. Duvall and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When humans begin to hunt animals, the animals hold councils and decided to protect themselves by harming the people, but the plants, knowing that people took care of them, find a way to help.

Author : Anthony J. Cichoke
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9781583331002
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Secrets of Native American Herbal Remedies written by Anthony J. Cichoke and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2001-06-04 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The modern techniques of holistic and alternative healing and natural remedies have been alive in the "old ways" of Native American medicine for centuries. This comprehensive guide introduces the Native American concept of healing, which incorporates body, mind, and spirit and stresses the importance of keeping all three in balance. Dr. Anthony Cichoke explains the philosophy behind American Indian healing practices as well as other therapies, such as sweat lodges, used in conjunction with herbs. He examines each herb in an accessible A-to-Z format, explaining its healing properties and varying uses in individual tribes. Finally, he details Native American healing formulas and recipes for treating particular ailments, from hemorrhoids to stress.

Author : Tis Mal Crow
Publisher : Native Voices Books
ISBN 13 : 157067986X
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Native Plants, Native Healing written by Tis Mal Crow and published by Native Voices Books. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a must for beginners and serious students of herbs and of Native American ways. This set of herbal teachings, which draws strongly from the Muscogee tradition, presents an understanding of the healing nature of plants for the first time in book form. In a time of expanding awareness of the potential of herbs, this work shines and beckons. Tis Mal examines common wild plants and in a clear and authoritative style explains how to identify, honor, select, and prepare them for use. Illustrated and indexed by plant name and medical topic.

Author : Alma R. Hutchens
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 0834824396
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Indian Herbalogy of North America written by Alma R. Hutchens and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 1991-08-27 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An encyclopedia of North American medicinal plants, this classic herbalist’s guide goes inside Native American herbalism and other natural healing traditions around the world For more than twenty years, this pioneering work had served as a bible for herbalists throughout the world. It is an illustrated encyclopedic guide to more than two hundred medicinal plants found in North America, with descriptions of each plant’s appearance and uses, and directions for methods of use and dosage. Native American traditions are compared with traditional uses of the same plants among other cultures where the science of herbs has flourished, particularly in Russia and China. Included is an annotated bibliography of pertinent books and periodicals.

Author : Alma R. Hutchens
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 0834824221
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Handbook of Native American Herbs written by Alma R. Hutchens and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 1992-11-10 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of ‘the bible on herbalism’ returns with a portable guide on North American medicinal herbs—for the professional and amateur herbalist alike Based on the now-classic reference text Indian Herbalogy of North America, this illustrated pocket guide is the perfect companion for those eager to expand their knowledge of herbal healing. Through detailed descriptions and illustrations, Alma R. Hutchens walks readers through: • 125 of the most useful medicinal herbs found in North America, and their uses • How to create herbal remedies for common ailments • The herbal traditions of North America and other lands Entries include staples of folk medicine such as echinacea and slippery elm as well as common kitchen herbs—from parsley to thyme to pepper—whose tonic and healing properties are less widely known.

Author : Robert J. Conley
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806138770
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cherokee Medicine Man written by Robert J. Conley and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2014-01-13 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A modern medicine man portrayed through the words of the people he has helped Robert J. Conley did not set out to chronicle the life of Cherokee medicine man John Little Bear. Instead, the medicine man came to him. Little Bear asked Conley to write down his story, to reveal to the world ?what Indian medicine is really about.” For Little Bear, as for the Cherokee ancestors who brought their traditions over the Trail of Tears to Indian Territory, the medicine is about helping people. Visitors from neighboring states and Mexico come to him, each one seeking help for a different kind of problem. Each seeker's story is presented here exactly as it was told to Conley. Little Bear has cured problems involving health, relationships, and money by uncovering the source of the problem rather than simply treating the symptoms. Whereas mainstream medicine and counseling have failed his patients, Little Bear's healing practices have proven beneficial time and again.

Author : Arvis Locklear Boughman
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786413328
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Herbal Remedies of the Lumbee Indians written by Arvis Locklear Boughman and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2004-02-05 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "There's nothing happens to a person that can't be cured if you get what it takes to do it. We come out of the earth, and there's something in the earth to cure everything ... I don't fix a tonic until I'm sure what's wrong with a person. I don't make guesses. I have to be sure, because medicine can do bad as well as good, and I don't want to hurt anybody.... Maybe it takes some herbs. Maybe it takes some touching. But most of all, it takes faith"--Vernon Cooper, Lumbee healer. The Lumbee Indian tribe has lived in the coastal plain of North Carolina for centuries, and most Lumbee continue to live in rural areas of Robeson County with access to a number of healing plants and herbs used in the form of teas, poultices, and salves to treat common ailments. The first section of this book describes and documents the numerous plant and herbal remedies that the Lumbee have used for centuries and continue to use today. There are remedies for ailments relating to cancer (external and internal), the circulatory and digestive systems, the heart, hypertension and hypotension, infections and parasitic diseases, asthma, pregnancy, sprains, swellings, and muscle, skeletal and joint disorders, to name just a few. The second portion of this work records the words, recollections and wellness philosophies of living Lumbee elders, healers, and community leaders. The information presented in this book is not intended to be a substitute for the advice or treatment from a physician. The authors do not advocate self-diagnosis or self-medication, and warn that any plant substance may cause an allergic or extremely unhealthy reaction in some people.

Author : William H. Banks
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780937207437
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plants of the Cherokee written by William H. Banks and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This extraordinary book is based on research conducted by William Banks on the Cherokee Indian Reservation in the 1950s. It describes traditional Cherokee uses for more than 300 plants -- medicinals, edibles, natural dyes, and more. Banks documented herbal treatments for a huge range of ailments, everything from coughs and colds to rheumatism, diabetes, and cancer, back when some Cherokee elders still practiced the old ways. Published by Great Smoky Mountains Association, it includes wonderful botanical illustrations.