This book is the first to spell it out the history, folklore, assessment methods, and remedies of Southern and Appalachian Folk Medicine—the only system of folk medicine, apart from Native American, that developed in the United States. Among the system’s last energetic professionals, Phyllis D. Light has studied and worked with natural herbs, foods, and other healing techniques for a lot more than thirty years. In everyday vocabulary, she clarifies how Southern and Appalachian Folk Medicine was passed down orally through the years by herbalists and healers who looked after people within their communities using the organic tools on hand.