Granny Medicine
by Kitty Boots
The insect bite on my ankle didn't seem to heel as fast as I thought it should. A light crater of pus was surrounded by a ring of red. Antibiotic ointment didn't help. Maybe Granny Medicine would.
Jewelweed counters the effects of Poison Ivy. I've brewed a tea of pine needles for congestion. Rosemary heated in a pot of water produces fragrant steam for allergies and sinus problems.
Slippery Elm has calmed my throat. 'Sang (ginseng) cures about anything, and if it doesn't, it's at least a comfort.
My Grandpop used to buy Sassafras leaves and roots. We lived in that weird dimension, city, but not urban, country, but not too country. I don't know how he made the connection, long before the internet and cell phones. The doorbell would ring, I'd open the door to a wizened, old black man. He'd hand my grandfather a small plastic bag, a few dollars changed hands. Granny Medicine.
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Author's Note
Have been relying on some natural treatments for minor health issues...thought of my Grandpop when I prepared a poultice for my ankle.
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I swear by Plantain. Marvellous for infections.
The old over the new, hey? Lovely cameo Kitty.
Lovely work.
Thank you, Erika. I will put Plantain on my list of botanicals to try!
Thank you, Amantine B. Ahh, I could write forever about the old over the new on so many subjects...we have forgotten or dismissed so much.
Thank you, Gary. Stay out of the Poison Ivy (or away from her!)
Hope it works. This worked for me! *
I love the description of where you lived, I think I lived there, too *
I love my Granny Medicine.*