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CHEROKEE HERBOLOGY (A begining of understanding)
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[Collected & Distributed by Joseph Teller of the
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Pagan Information Network, Homeboard being the
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Wonderland BBS 508-663-6220 Billerica MA. Open
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for public non-commercial Distribution]
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Agrimony (Agrimonia Gyposepala) DRink tea of burs to check bowels,
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and for fevers; root tea to build up blood.
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Alder, red/smooth/tag (Alnus Serrulata) For pains realted to birth,
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ingredient in tea for menstrual period - acts as an emetic and a true
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purgative.
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Alder, white (Clethra Acuminata) Decoction of bark and wild cherry
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is drunk to break a high fever.
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Aloe, false Aloe (Agave Virginica) Chew root for obsitant problems
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with diarrhea. Also good for treating animals for worms.
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Alum-root, American Sanicle (Heuchera Americana) Root is an
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astringent; root tea for bowel complaints or dysentery (usually made
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with honey to improve the taste).
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Angelica (Angelica Atropurpurea) Root tonic for fevers and colds;
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Gargle for sore throats and mouth pains/cold sores.
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Bastard Toadflax (Comandra Umbellataa) Steep with roots of pink
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lady's slipper for kidneys; put juice on open cuts or sores.
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Beardtongue, hairy (Penstemon Laevigatus) Tea for cramps.
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Birch, cherry/mountain/red/river/sweet (Betula Lenta) chew leaves or
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drink tea for dysentery; tea for colds.
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Bittersweet (Celastrus Scandens) Bark tea to settle stomache; strong
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tea combined with red raspberry leaves for pains of childbirth.
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Blood leather/rock tripe (Gyrophora Dillenii) Stop bleeding from
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open wounds.
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Bluebells\lungwort\virginia cowslip (Mertensia Virginica) for
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whooping cough; consumption.
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Bluets (Houstonia Caerulea) Tea to stop bedwetting.
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Branch lettuce/saxifrage (Saxifraga Pensylvanica) Root poultice for
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Sore swollen muscles.
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Buckeye, red (Aesculus Pavia) Pounded nuts are poultice for swelling,
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sprains and infected wounds. bark tea drank for facilitating woman's
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delivery in childbirth.
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Buffalo nut/oilnut (Pyrularia Pubera) Salve for old sores.
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Butterfly weed/Witch weed (Asclepias Tuberosa) Seeds or root are
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a gentle laxative; boil seeds in new milk for diarrhea; also for pleurisy,
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pains in breast, stomache and lungs.
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Cinnamon tree (Cinnamomum Zeylanicum) Bark tea for flu.
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Comfrey (Symphytum Officinale) roots in water for gonorrhea.
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Coneflower/Black-eyed susan (Rudbeckia Fulgida) Root ooze for earache.
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wash for snakebites and swelling caused by worms.
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Fern, bracken (Pteridium Aquilinum) Root tonic used as antiseptic.
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Fern, rattlesnake (Botrychium Virginianum) boil root down tyo syrup
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and rub on snake bites.
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Feverfew (Chrysanthemum Parthenium) Bathe swollen feet in a tea.
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Geranium, wild (Geranium Maculatum) used for open wounds; astringent.
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Goosegrass (Galium Aparine) Tea to move bowels.
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Indian Pipe/Fit root/ice plant (Monotropa Uniflora) root pulverized
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and given for epilepsy and convulsions.
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Laurel, Mountain (Kalmia Latifola) INgredient in liniments.
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New jersey tea/Red root (Ceanothus Americanus) hold root tea on an
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aching tooth; hot root tea for bowel complaints.
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**** Short Bibliography ****
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Cobb, B. 1963 : Field guide to The Ferns. Boston. Houghton-Mifflin Co.
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Fernald, M.L. : Gray's Manual of Botany. NY
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Hamel, Paul : Plants of The Cherokees. 1974.
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Plowden, C.C. : Manual of Plant Names. NY 1970.
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Sharp, J.E. : The Cherokees Past and Present. 1970. Cherokee Press.
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[This is not meant to be a complete monograph on the subject of the
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CHerokee plant lore, just a sampling of the available information.]
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