Summary of Phyllis D. Light's Southern Folk Medicine

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#1 We went ginseng hunting down the mountain, but had no luck. We were exhausted, so we headed back toward the truck, a long walk up the north face of the mountain on an overgrown and long-deserted roadbed.

#2 I loved exploring abandoned homesteads, and I often found old fruit jars, patent medicine bottles, and marbles. I would flaunt my finds to my siblings and cousins.

#3 Ginseng is a medicinal plant that is used to treat many ailments. It is said that if you harm one snake, the other will exact revenge; what you do to one, you do to the other.

#4 Ginseng is a magical herb that has a rare and mysterious quality. It is not simply harvested or gathered, but rather it is hunted. Ginseng is smart and can become invisible unless it wants to be gathered.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jun 15, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822542686

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

We went ginseng hunting down the mountain, but had no luck. We were exhausted, so we headed back toward the truck, a long walk up the north face of the mountain on an overgrown and long-deserted roadbed.

#2

I loved exploring abandoned homesteads, and I often found old fruit jars, patent medicine bottles, and marbles. I would flaunt my finds to my siblings and cousins.

#3

Ginseng is a medicinal plant that is used to treat many ailments. It is said that if you harm one snake, the other will exact revenge; what you do to one, you do to the other.

#4

Ginseng is a magical herb that has a rare and mysterious quality. It is not simply harvested or gathered, but rather it is hunted. Ginseng is smart and can become invisible unless it wants to be gathered.

#5

I was taught to look for running water, deer trails, and rattlesnake signs to locate the plant. I was also taught to break off and replant the arm of the ginseng plant for immediate growth.

#6

I was very frustrated that morning, as I couldn’t find any ginseng plants. I stood in the middle of all the green plants, closed my eyes, and became calm and quiet. I heard the sounds of the birds in the trees and the wind rustling limbs and leaves. I felt the wind as it flowed over my skin. I became a part of the land.

#7

Folk medicine is the system of medicinal beliefs, knowledge, and practices associated with a particular culture or ethnic group. It is typically not tested or proven, but has been used for hundreds or thousands of years, accumulating massive amounts of empirical evidence and information that supports its effectiveness and safety.

#8

According to the World Health Organization, Traditional Medicine is the sum total of the knowledge, skills, and practices based on the theories, beliefs, and experiences indigenous to different cultures, whether explicable or not.

#9

Complementary and alternative medicines are healthcare practices that are not currently considered an integral part of conventional medicine. They include but are not limited to herbs, homeopathy, chiropractic, hypnosis, and acupuncture.

#10

The language of the healers and herbalists is so commonly used that it is difficult for the specific concepts to be conceptualized as a concise folk medicine philosophy by the uninitiated. The use of common, ordinary language as a health language is comforting to clients.

#11

There are common beliefs shared by folk medicine systems around the world. These