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Miami Medicinal Remedies

Medical Problem        Remedy

Snake Bites Red Elm
Boils Wild Grapes
Burns Oak Bark
Warts Milkweed
Cough Chestnuts
Asthma Mints
Bee Stings Mullein
Toothaches Prickly Ash
Blood Remedy Sassafras
Skin Trouble Black Willow
Sore Mouth Wild Iris
Chills Snake Root
Earaches Tobacco Smoke
Jaundice Wild Fruits
Colds Wild Ginger
Sore Eyes Yellow Root
Fever Wahoo Bark
Sore Throat Elm Bark Tea
Laxative Bladder Nut Seeds
Hic Coughs Wild Cherry Tea
Sluggishness Any Yellow Flower
Boneset Broken Bones

*taken from Indian Lore by E. Wendell Lamb and Lawrence W. Schultz, 1964.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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