How Medicine Came to the People: A Tale of the Ancient Cherokees (Grandmother Stories) - Hardcover

Deborah L. Duvall; Murv Jacob

9780826330079: How Medicine Came to the People: A Tale of the Ancient Cherokees (Grandmother Stories)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 082633007X ISBN 13: 9780826330079

Publisher: University of New Mexico Press, 2003

"A long time ago, all the animals and people lived happily together," begins this story of the origins of Cherokee herbal medicine. As the people begin to outnumber the animals and then to hunt them for their hides and meat, the days of peaceful coexistence are over. The animals take their revenge on the people by making them sick, creating rheumatism, coughs, and colds, aches and pains, fevers and swellings and rashes and allergies. The people are saved by their only remaining allies: the plants and trees that they have cultivated, who show them how to use herbal medicine to survive.

Simply told and magnificently illustrated, this story is suitable for children but eerily resonant for adults at a time of heightened awareness of the threat of disease and the usefulness of herbal remedies. The book includes an appendix with pictures of common medicinal plants and information on their uses.

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Ages 6 and up

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From the Publisher:

Simply told and magnificently illustrated this fable is the story of revenge taken by animals against the people that hunt them for hides and food. It details the origins of the Cherokee herbal medicine. With the heightened awareness of the threat of disease and the usefulness of herbal remedies this story will enrich children as well as any adult.

About the Author:

Deborah L. Duvall is an author of books and short stories on Cherokee history and tradition, a singer-songwriter, and a professional in financial management. She was born and continues to live in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, capital of the Cherokee Nation.

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