Native food and Medicines

[margypops]

Thank you for inviting me , I would love to hear of some Native American recipes, past and presant also the medicines used, I have a book that has some natural medicines ..it says ..and the fruit shall be for meat ,and the leaf thereof for Medicine ..Ezekiel

[doctora]

Well my names means white dove, from what I have recently heard it is Mohawk, but that is what I am not sure of, I have heard other tribes. It is from one of the tribes area that I live in, which is Southwest Ontario Canada.
Hope that helps, didnt find much on Goggle?
Thanks!

[lonewolf07]

Native healers, medicine women (and men) do treat people off the reserve.  There are a lot of Natives living in urban areas.  You can find them through Friendship Centers or other Native organizations.  I have no idea what tribe your name comes from - there are so many tribes.   Have you tried a google search?  If I find out what your name means and what tribe it comes from, I'll let you know   = )

[doctora]

Hi;
I was wondering if the elder healers (holistic medicine), also treat people that are not living on a reserve, and how would you find one?

Second question - my name is Chenoa, it is Native American, Im sure you must know what it means, but which tribe does it originate from, I have always been curious about this?

Thanks for the info in advance!

[Dazon50]

I know next to nothing of these kinds of things...interesting....glad you talked about it :-)))

[lonewolf07]

I've never heard of Plantain being used as a medicine.  I've used bear fat for insect bites or even infected scratches and it does work.  Can't kill a bear just for the fat - bears are powerful "symbols" for more northern tribes; all living things are important really.

[ginger899]

I have heard Plantain is used a lot by Native People in medicine. A Native man who works with herbal medicine once told me that if you have an infection in the skin, to chew up a couple of Plantain leaves to a mush, then spit them out, and bind them to the infection with a bandage.
Well I can say it works! In the summer I got bitten by some horrible insect while I was in the woods. Bite lumps came up (nothing unusual about that) but after a few hours my arm swelled. In the morning it was worse. Benadryl helped but didn't get rid of the swelling all up my arm. I got the Plantain leaves, and did make a poultice and applied it over the area which had been bitten, and kept refreshing the bandage every 6 hours or so, and the next day everything was OK. No antibiotics needed, or any other drugs.