This book combines historical biography with a focus on the role
of the practitioner in the folk health-care system, and
ethnobotany, including a description of the active ingredients of
the herbs used in African American herbal medicine. The
contributions of European Colonial, American Indian, and African
practices to the development of contemporary African American folk
medicine are discussed. In addition to showing John Lee's approach
to folk medicine, the volume provides descriptions and
illustrations of the main herbs used. Folk Wisdom and Mother Wit
provides a basic historical framework and background to the
continuing viability of a folk medical system based on a pluralism
combining biomedicine and traditional health care. As such, it will
be of value to scholars and students of medical anthropology as
well as Black Studies.
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