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consumption
(tuberculosis) and
coughs.
Made into tea for chills Green Cumby, TX.
and fevers.
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Herb/Plant Medical Use WPA Source
Fennel (continued) Mixed with corn shucks to Lou Smith, OK.
make tea to cure chills
and malaria.
Mixed with life everlasting Polly Colbert, OK.
and butterfly root to
cure palia and
pleurisy.
Feverfew/Fever Grass Used a purgative when George Pretty, FL.
(Tanacetum parthenium) taken as a tea.
Tea used for unspecified William Mcwhorter, GA.
illnesses.
For sickness or fever. Wade Owens, AL; and
Henry Lewis, TX.
Fig (Ficus carica) Leaves used for rash. George Pretty, FL.
Used to draw boils. George Pretty, FL.
Leaves applied to forehead George Pretty, FL.
for fever.
Flagroot (See Calamus)
Flax/Flux Weed (Linum Made into tea for upset Griffin Myrax, AK.
usitatissimum) stomach.
Fleaweed (Galium verum) Used for toothache and Henry Lewis, TX.
neuralgia.
Made into tea for sickness. Hal Hutson, TN.
Garlic (Allium sativum) Worn around neck to Eva Martin, TX; Henry
prevent illness. Ryan, SC; Harriett
Robinson, OK; and
Chency Cross, AL.
Unspecified medical use
as water or poultice. Victoria Adams, SC; Nan
Stewart, OH; Wheeler
Gresham, GA; Emma
Hurley, GA; and Emma
Hurley, GA.
Mixed with whiskey for Adeline Willis, GA.
good health.
Mixed with whiskey for Mary Colbert, GA.
worms.
Used with Jerusalem oak Ella Harris, AL.
for worms.
Garlic water taken for Manuel Johnson, GA.
colds.
Roasted garlic juice was James Bolton, GA.
given to children for
illness.
Used to make poultice for James Bolton, GA.
pneumonia.
Ginger (Zingiber Leaves were used as a None identified but likely
Officinale) wrap for fevers. used by some. Fanny
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Herb/Plant Medical Use WPA Source
Moore, NC, may have
used ginger.
Ginseng (Panax ginseng) Leaves had unspecified Gus Smith, MO.
medical use.
Golden Rod (Solidago Mixed with mullen, Annie Davis, AL.
virgaurea) horehound, cherry bark,
and golden rod to make
tea.
Unspecified medical use. Gus Smith, MO.
Tea used for fever. George Pretty, FL.
Goldenseal (Hydrastis None identified in the
canadensis) WPA narratives but
likely used by some.
Goose Grass (Eleusine Used as a tea for stomach Robert Bryant, MO.
indica) aches.
Grape (Vitis vinifera) Roots used for swollen Henry Lewis, TX.
feet.
Roots were boiled and Della Fountain, OK.
mixed with black haw
root, sour dock, bear
grass, bull nettle, sweet
gum bark, and red oak
bark to treat blood.
Grey Beard (Chionanthus Tea used for chills. George Briggs, SC.
virginicus)
Heart Leaf/Philodendron Used in a tea for Davis Mose, GA.
(Philodendron scandens) unspecified illness.
Hickory (Carya ovata) or Bark used for unspecified Dulcinda Baker Martin,
Pignut Hickory (Carya medical purpose. KT.
glabra) Leaf used to bring on Henry Brown, SC.
sweats.
Holly (Ruscus aculeatus or Mixed with horsemint, and Carrie Davis, AL.
Ilex aquifolium) life-everlasting to make
a tea for sickness.
Hops (Humulus lupuluse) Used as a cure for Sarah Louise Augustus,
rheumatism. NC.
Horehound (Marrubium Unspecified medical use. William Emmons, OH;
vulgare or Ballota nigra) Mary Colbert, GA;
Manuel Johnson, GA;
Susan Mcintosh, GA;
Hamp Kennedy, MS;
and Toy Hawkins, GA.
Mixed with mullen, cherry Annie Davis, AL.
bark, and golden rod to
make tea.
Made as a tea for sickness, Sally Murphy, AL; George
colds, fevers, and Taylor, AL; Annie Ware,
coughs. TX; Charles Hayes, AL;
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Herb/Plant Medical Use WPA Source
Horehound (continued) Fannie Moore, NC;
Emeline Stepney, GA;
and Nettie Henry, MS.
Mixed with catnip to make Jane Lassiter, NC.
tea for pain.
Horehound (Marrubium Candy used for worms. Phil Town, GA.
vulgare) Mixed with butterfly root Georgia Smith, GA.
to make tea or candy for
worms.
Made into candy with Julia Brown, GA.
brown sugar for colds
and sickness.
Horsemint (Monarda Use as tea for chills and Millie Ann Smith, TX;
punctata) fevers. Pierce Harper, TX;
Green Cumby, TX;
Charles Hayes, AL; and
Nettie Henry, MS.
Used as a tea for general Sarah Ford, TX.
ailments.
Boiled with castor beans Easter Wells, SC.
and bull nettle root used
as a bath (soak) for
swelling.
Mixed with life-everlasting Carrie Davis, AL.
and holly to make a tea
for sickness.
Tea used for sickness. Ed Crump, MS.
Unspecified medical use. Hamp Kennedy, MS.
Horseradish (Armoracia Root was used for Dulcinda Baker Martin,
rusticana) unspecified medical use. KT.
Root was used as a Harriet Collins, TX.
poultice put on head for
headaches.
Indian Root or Indian Pink Put on boils. Cecil George, LA.
Root (worm grass)
(Spigelia marilandica)
Ipecac (Cephaelis Unspecified use for illness. John Crawford, TX; Ellen
ipecacuanha) Betts, TX; Stearlin
Arnwine, TX; and
George Eason, GA.
Jerusalem Oak/Weed Mixed with sorghum syrup Henry Ryan, SC; Esther
(Chenopodium or made into candy for Green, AL; Manuel
ambrosioides) worms. Johnson, GA; and
Charles Hayes, AL.
Made into tea for chills Millie Ann Smith, TX.
and fevers.
Used with garlic for Henry Cheatam, AL.
worms.
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Unspecified uses to build Everett Ingram, AL.
children up.
Used for worms. Louis Davis, MS; Wheeler
Gresham, GA; and Julia
Cole, GA.
Seeds mixed with syrup for Carrie Nancy Fryer, GA.
unspecified purposes in
the spring.
Mixed with sugar to make Annie Ware, TX.
a candy for colds.
Seeds mashed up and George Strickland, AL; Sol
given to children for Walton, TX; Henry
worms or made into tea Barnes, AL; Ella Harris,
for worms. AL; and Charles Hayes,
AL.
Boiled down into syrup Mary Gaffney, TX; and
with red oak bark, and John Crawford, TX.
privet roots for malaria,
fever, and chills.
Jimson Weed/Thorn Apple Mixed into a salve with Sampson Willis, TX.
(Datura stramonium) lamp oil, quinine,
turpentine, and camphor
for chest and throat
congestion.
Mixed into a salve with Sampson Willis, TX.
lamp oil, quinine,
turpentine, and camphor
for chest and throat
congestion.
Weed was used for Gilliam Lowran, SC.
unspecified medical
purposes.
Mashed into a pulp for Annie Ware, TX.
pain.
Used for rheumatism. Julia Brown, GA.
For headache or fever. Henry Brown, SC.
Used as a tea for stomach Davis Mose, GA.
aches.
Tea made for unspecified Gilliam Lowran, SC.
medical purposes.
Made into tea for colds. Alec Bostwick, GA.
Used as a poultice for a Jasper Battle, GA.
sore foot.
Larkspur (Delphinium Unspecified medical use. Jacob Branch, TX.
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