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Continue reading →: Horehound: A Deeply Rooted Bitter CureHorehound-Marrubium vulgare – a bitter plant traditionally used since ancient Egypt for healing. Flowers by John M. Randall, The Nature Conservancy Bugwood.org, CC BY-NC 4.0 Part 3 of the “Take This Here” series: African American-Native American Home Remedies A healing plant’s story lasting from ancient Egypt to the American Great…
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Continue reading →: Trailblazer Frances Elliott Davis, R.N.from my Withrow family archives, a Women’s History Month spotlight Sources: https://www.dncr.nc.gov/blog/2017/08/03/world-war-i-nurse-frances-reed-elliott-davis Pathfinders: A History of the Progress of Colored Graduate Nurses. United States: Kay Printing House, 1929. The Crisis Magazine 1918
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Continue reading →: Boneset: Indigenous Herbal Benefits and UsesEupatorium perfoliatum by I, SB_Johnny,CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2529818 Take This Here “She don’t feel good again. Came home with a cold.” Mom “Well, fix her some of that boneset. She be alright.” Dad “Girl, take this here. Now! It’ll make you feel good.” Mom You’re a kid and if you…
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Continue reading →: That Preachin’ Man Chauncey I. Withrow A.M., D.D.
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Continue reading →: Exploring Rabbit Tobacco: Uses and Benefits
Take This Here We call it “rabbit tobacco” and the Yuchi people call it “tsodasha.” This stately, aromatic plant can grow taller than three feet in southern states east of Texas and is ready to harvest in the fall when its silvery green leaves are vivid. It is found on…
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Continue reading →: Found Great-Grandpa Abner In 1860
“If you don’t know where you are going, remember where you came from.” African proverb A lost child who is found by the police or a responsible adult is typically asked, “What’s your name? Who are your parents? Where do you live?” These fundamental questions help return the child to…
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Continue reading →: Annie, How’s Abner?
“How many times I got tell you to go outside and play? Stop asking me who she is. I told you already. Go on now!” Wiping her dishwater drenched hands in her apron, my mother turned from the sink with the look I knew meant business. So I quit questioning…
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