Southern Folk Medicine: Healing Traditions from the Appalachian Fields and Forests

This book is the first to describe the history, folklore, assessment methods, and remedies of Southern and Appalachian Folk Medicine—the only system of folk medicine, other than Native American, that developed in the United States. One of the system's last active practitioners, Phyllis D. Light has studied and worked with herbs, foods, and other healing techniques for more than thirty years. In everyday language, she explains how Southern and Appalachian Folk Medicine was passed down orally through the generations by herbalists and healers who cared for people in their communities with the natural tools on hand.

• The Earthwise Herbal Repertory: The Definitive Practitioner's Guide
• Folk Medicine in Southern Appalachia
• Medicinal Plants of the Southern Appalachians
• Traditional Western Herbalism and Pulse Evaluation: A Conversation
• The Modern Herbal Dispensatory: A Medicine-Making Guide
• The Illustrated Herbiary: Guidance and Rituals from 36 Bewitching Botanicals
• The Practice of Traditional Western Herbalism: Basic Doctrine, Energetics, and Classification
• The Earthwise Herbal, Volume I: A Complete Guide to Old World Medicinal Plants
• Backwoods Witchcraft: Conjure & Folk Magic from Appalachia
• The Book of Herbal Wisdom: Using Plants as Medicines