Folk Wisdom and Mother Wit: John Lee--An African American Herbal Healer

by Arvilla Payne-Jackson and John Lee

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313288682
• ISBN13: 9780313288685
• Release Date: September 1993
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.5"