poke-root

Now, there's two kinds of poke-root berries, the red skin and the white skin berry.

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Now, there's two kinds of poke-root berries, the red skin and the white skin berry.

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"I must lay in some poke-root for Tobe's knee-j'ints," mused Mrs. Cullum, as she turned into the lane which led to her own door-yard.

Southern Lights and Shadows William Dean Howells 1878

I'd as soon eat poke-root and sleep on pizen-vine as read Voltaire and Rousseau.

A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett William Henry Venable 1878

Yer I is, gwine on eighty year, en I aint tuck none er dat ar docter truck yit, ceppin 'it's dish yer flas' er poke-root w'at ole Miss Favers fix up fer de stiffness in my j'ints.

Nights With Uncle Remus Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation Joel Chandler Harris 1878

Yer I is, gwine on eighty year, en I ain't tuck none er dat ar docter truck yit, ceppin 'it's dish yer flas' er poke-root w'at ole Miss Favers fix up fer de stiffness in my j'ints.

Nights With Uncle Remus Joel Chandler Harris 1878

I omitted stating in the proper place, that plasters of mustard-seeds, or poke-root poultices, or some other of the articles recommended for that purpose in Materia Medica,

The Cherokee Physician, or Indian Guide to Health, as Given by Richard Foreman, a Cherokee Doctor; Comprising a Brief View of Anatomy, With General Rules for Preserving Health without the Use of Medicines. The Diseases of the U. States, with Their Symptoms, Causes, and Means of Prevention, are Treated on in a Satisfactory Manner. It Also Contains a Description of a Variety of Herbs and Roots, Many of which are not Explained in Any Other Book, and their Medical Virtues have Hitherto been Unknown to the Whites; To which is Added a Short Dispensatory. Richard Foreman 1849

Indians say that poke-root boiled into a soft poultice is the cure for the bite of a snake.

The American Frugal Housewife Lydia Maria Francis Child 1841

This poultice is to scatter or drive back the disease, which it will do in a few days if matter is not already formed at the bone; where matter has formed at the bone the disease must come to a head -- in this case steam and anoint it as above directed, and apply a poultice made of one-third poke-root to two-thirds buckeye-root, (the bark off the roots is the part used) they are to be boiled, thickened and applied, as directed for the cat-paw or pole cat poultice.

The Cherokee Physician, or Indian Guide to Health, as Given by Richard Foreman, a Cherokee Doctor; Comprising a Brief View of Anatomy, With General Rules for Preserving Health without the Use of Medicines. The Diseases of the U. States, with Their Symptoms, Causes, and Means of Prevention, are Treated on in a Satisfactory Manner. It Also Contains a Description of a Variety of Herbs and Roots, Many of which are not Explained in Any Other Book, and their Medical Virtues have Hitherto been Unknown to the Whites; To which is Added a Short Dispensatory. Richard Foreman 1849

a fish market and ask 'em ter give you a little fish brine; then go in the woods and get some poke-root berries.

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