Native Plants Native Healing rice Ploughshares

Ploughshares

a thirteen-year-old métis girl

Readers are immersed in a world where all genders are respected

At the turn of the twentieth century

Native Plants Native Healing rice PloughsharesTraditional Muskogee Way. The Cherokee and Hitchiti author shares his knowledge of medicinal uses of plants and traditional Native root doctoring techniques. Readers learn how to identify, honor, and select common wild plants and are given information about responsible harvesting versus cultivation. The author explains how to prepare liniments, lotions, oils, salves, teas, and tinctures, and recommends specific remedies for numerous ailments. A must