Mountain Magic by Rebecca Beyer
Author:Rebecca Beyer
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Wellfleet Press
Published: 2022-06-15T00:00:00+00:00
The flavor is lemony and quite pleasant despite the plantâs precarious reputation.
Medical and magical uses: In folk medicine, poke root has many uses. The roots were used in Appalachia boiled and applied warm as a poultice or tea to the skin for eczema, ringworm, and fungal infections. It was also used to treat breast cancer and swollen breasts after childbirth. A strong poke root tea was also the cure for the dreaded scabies or âthe seven year itch.â Essentially, a strong root decoction was used to cleanse the body of painful, persistent skin conditions.
These uses stem from Cherokee healing traditions and were incorporated into the folk medical ways of European and African Appalachians. In modern herbal practice, this low-dose medicinal is used in the form of a tincture for problems with growths, cysts, and lymphatic drainage issues, as well as an immune stimulant. Dosing this can be difficult, as the plant is quite strong, so please refrain from ingestion without the advice of an experienced herbalist. A salve of the root is also used for cysts and growths of various types. In Appalachian folk medicine, always apply salve with the middle finger, or it wonât work right.
The magical uses of poke root are grounded in the Southern African-American folk magic tradition known variously as Hoodoo, rootwork, conjure, and other names. Magically, the root is used in modern rootwork for breaking curses, finding lost objects, and bringing courage to the carrier. Pieces of the sliced root were historically placed in oneâs shoes to stave off arthritis. To drive off an enemy, powdered poke root was mixed into dirt from the maligned personâs footprint, blended into melted wax, then thrown into running water. The tea of poke root was also used to break curses and in the performing of uncrossing rituals when added to bathwater. This act of sympathetic magic could be the ultimate expression of the medicinal cleansing power of this potent root. It not only drives away skin irritations and tumors, but its cleansing abilities are so powerful, it is believed to even drive away a troublesome person.
The berries provide a lovely purple to pink dye when vinegar is applied as a mordant to natural materials. It also makes a fine magical ink, for the seeds of the berries are poisonous, and what better way to write our secrets then in poison ink? Anywhere belladonna ink, batâs blood, or doveâs blood ink is called for, use poke berries soaked in rubbing alcohol to create a brilliant poisonous, purple paint to draw sigils and perform your rites.
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