Yellow Root in the Appalachian Mountains

[@taterbabie]

My great grand granny was a old mountain woman and never had electric or indoor plumbing and used to collect yellow root or have us kids collect it for her when she got low having roots. We'd go down by the creek to collect it. My granny would boil a pot of water and keep a quart mason jar of the water with around 5 yellow roots in the bottom about 5 inches long. Most every day or a few times a week maybe she drank a little of the water yellow root because she was a diabetic she said and it kept it her sugar down. She never had issues with her diabetes because of drinking yellow root water. I learned a lot from from my great grand granny and I learned a lot from my grandma which was Cherokee Indian. Because of the things I learned from them my boys have never in their life been to a doctor. or a dentist. My boys are 46, 39, 35 now days and are healthy with pretty teeth. My grandpa could talk out fire, stop blood and talk off warts. I come from a family of healing from the land and healers. They nothing silly about it in my book because it all works. Healing from nature and naturally is the way I think it should be. I love your channel, it takes me back to the things I remember and still do today in my life.

[@jenniferstomberger3920]

Mesmerized 😍

[@nsg_panthers7966]

I so glad you wrote this about granny my great grand had yellow root growing in her yard and used herbs for everything

[@scottvines4093]

It was the berberine content that kept her blood sugar under control. Amazing story. Thanks for sharing.

[@vanessaverner8480]

I still collect yellow root

[@martiamatters8710]

I 💯 agree 👍

[@chrisaman7401]

My dear mother-in-law often used folk remedies, and passed many on my wife. She frequently stressed the importance of maintaining a proper pH balance, and would seek out remedies that were "alkaline." When I looked up yellow root, it said it was alkaline. Gladys (my m-i-l) would be proud! Thank you Tipper for this piece of Appalachia!

[@sameoldmphymel]

Funny, loved this topic. In a different post I mentioned that my grandmother was a Cajun "treater", growing up we'd have various remedies applied to us. An often used one was the plantain leaf. If we had a festering sore, "Memaire" would "put a leaf on bebe", and the gesture alone made us feel better, but the remedy helped as well. Once my little sister's teddy bear which was threadbare and worn had a big tear across the belly. So my grandma ever resourceful, took some scrap of green fabric and sewed a green "leaf" across the belly to repair the doll and told my little sister "Cher, Memaire put and leaf on it to make it better". All the twenty grandkids, aunts and uncles immediately recognized what that patch represented. She was quite an interesting lady!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

What a wonderful story-thank you for sharing!

[@bonniebrown6960]

Mphymel, what did the leaf represent? I'd love to know. Did it jus mean she fix it or make it feel better or did it help with something else? 🤔😊 That was such an interesting story too. I love hearing about these stories.

[@sameoldmphymel]

@@bonniebrown6960 it meant she applied the leaf to heal our teddy bear just like she often did to us. Even as young as we were, we knew there was something "different" about that, lol. And we so readily identified with it, we all knew what that leaf patch was intended to mean. Funny thing, we were in the smokies last week, up on laurel Falls trail, and there was plantain growing all over the place.

[@jameshunt2905]

Yelluh root.... this one is known from a few different cultures as golden seal..... and yes, it does taste horrible (bitter). Its often used to cool the bodies systems which translates to use for colds, gut challenges, allergies and topically for wounds n scrapes in a paste form after drying down and then grinding to a powder. Personally I’m still one to appreciate the knowledge around herbs and natural medicine.

[@leroywalston671]

In Ohio Dad used to dig up sassafras trees and take the bark off the roots then dry it , it made a good tea

[@califtom]

I think I'm more impressed with you in this video than any other. I really liked your explanation about tying hair in the tree for headaches. You have such a deep understanding of how folklore played such a vital role in giving people the faith and the strength to make it through such a difficult experience such as childbirth in the past. That had never occurred to me before. It makes an even larger statement about human psychology and how people survived the trauma of just existing centuries ago when nearly everyone had witnessed someone die of tuberculosis or polio before their time. I looked it up and yellow root does in fact have antibiotic and anti-inflammatory properties so your ancestors definitely got it right about that. I very much appreciated your mention of modern medicine allowing your beautiful daughters to be born who are truly a gift. You are living proof you can honor and celebrate your past while remaining grounded in reality.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you Thomas!! We appreciate you!

[@greywindLOSP]

My wife and I thank you for your time and dedication, be proud to sit a spell with you......ATB

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

😀 Thank you!

[@TheKatherine1958]

Yellow root is from the buttercup family and as an herbalist, I can say it’s still used for many things today. I’d love to be able to walk those woods and find all kinds of healing herbs there.

[@harechick]

ME TOO!!!!

[@organic3280]

AKA .....Golden Seal.

[@m10lady38]

If you do donot go without knowing the rules if these particular mountains!

[@TheKatherine1958]

@@m10lady38 I don’t think it’ll happen for me, but thank you…I’m in California and not traveling currently. 😊

[@starlitetaylor]

Love this!! Thank you❤️ for sharing. In 6th grade, I woke up one morning and my mouth was really tender. Soon, there were oozing sores all inside my mouth, and I’d wake up every morning with a brown “scum” that had dried my lips together. We’d have to rinse my lips with warm water just to unstick them, and there’d be a brown covering over my teeth also. I was miserable and scared! My mom took me to the dr and they said I had a really bad case of Thrush. My uncle got wind of it, and brought some yellow root to my mom to boil and have me swish, gargle, and drink each morning as a tea. It immediately started getting better!

[@phyllisalexander7644]

When I was a child, I had an upset stomach on a regular basis. My mamma would cut a branch from our peach 🍑 tree and scrape the bark and make a tea for me to drink. Yes it was VERY bitter, but it did the trick every time. I still suffer with this problem, though not as frequently. I do wish I had a 🍑 tree nearby I would certainly make that tea and drink it. Thanks for your videos. I love them and you have a very calming voice. Jeri Whittaker

[@craftingontheporchwithbill]

You can still order wild cherry bark from the herb and spice companies. It is the same family and might help in a similar way.

[@laurabelickbeaver1650]

Yellow root is like Turmeric. We use turmeric for the same reasons. Turmeric is used to help prevent cancer. Thank you for sharing.

[@donnaevans1934]

When I was a child my mama always said that in spring you needed to "clean your blood." She did that by giving us a spoonful of sulfur stirred in syrup.

[@chriscunningham8453]

My grandad was an ophthalmologist and he swore by yellow root. We always used it as an antiviral. It works great for canker sores and any kind of mouth sores. I still use it today and I’m a phd toxicologist

[@organic3280]

AKA....Golden Seal.

[@gloaded1963]

Thanks for sharing your wisdom

[@lindatuttamore8676]

My dad made us all drink Burdock tea when we hit our teenage years. He said it prevented acne. The only kid who refused to drink was my oldest sister and she had bad acne, none of the rest of us had acne and had nice clear skin cause we drink that nasty tea.

[@kathya739]

I was one of the victims of the dirty sock neck wrap! I was about 12 and caught the 3-day measles. Running a slight fever, my stepdad, who was born and raised in the hills of Kentucky, had my mom tie his dirty ole sock around my neck! I cried myself to sleep that night, and I don't know if it worked, but it didn't anything for my swollen eyes;)! When Mom was in labor with her first child, her Tennessee grandmother went out to the chopping block, grabbed a chicken, cut off it's head and drained the blood on the axehead. She brought the axe and put it under the mattress. Mom said it cut her labor pains in half. I don't know if it's folklore or voodoo;), but she swore by it. Of course, we came from superstitious families on both sides.

[@thistlemoon1]

I found this in our grocery store the other day. I was really shocked.

[@Mntdewmania1]

Ppl from all over used to come and get yellow root and other herbs and tinctures from My daddy. Back then I never really paid attention but now I wish I could remember even half of what he told me...

[@jenniferstomberger3920]

Talk about kicking labor up a notch when a bloody ax comes in the room! However, I see where the distraction alone would be a great benefit.

[@ladyemerygizer]

When I was very young, my mother and I used to "ramble" the woods and neighboring farms and fields to collect various wild plants, roots, and certain tree barks and we washed and dried them all. A man used to come by to weigh and purchase them. She called him the medicine man. I have no idea what his name was. We connected Yellow root, black cohosh, wild cherry bark for sore throat, dogwood inner bark for the quinine, wild blackberry,. Dandelion leaves and roots, and muscadine leaves, white pine needles just to name a few. I wish I could remember them all, and what they were for. We used to chew small bits of pine sap to keep from getting sick. I remember having the measles and had a snowball fight with my brother and as soon as we got out of the car he got me. Parents had taken me to the doctor, who said to rest and drink plenty of water. So Mom's concoctions came next.

[@Cutter-jx3xj]

My Kentucky granny, not my Texas one, lol. She would cut a potato, rub it on a wart, bury it in the ground and the wart would go away. I knew and old man that would take his finger, rub the wart. Say a few words, who knows what and in a few days the wart was gone. I love your videos, they are a connection to the my roots in Kentucky all the way from Texas

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Mr. Chipps-I've heard a lot of wart stories, but I don't think I've ever heard one about a cut potato. Thank you for sharing that!

[@kathya739]

Fresh pineapple slice works, also. When I was young, I was very susceptible to seed warts(a virus). One summer, one took over the whole tip of my middle finger, and continued to grow. My mom took a dirty/greasy dish rag, rubbed it all over the wart, and had me to bury it under the front porch steps. The wart started getting smaller, and had totally disappeared in about a week! Of course, the dirty, greasy dish rag bothered me more than the wart! Lol

[@clarencegreen3071]

Two items: Had not heard the expression "take a run-a-go" in a long time. And, . . . "mind over matter" is actually hypnosis, which is a real thing even though it used to be used in stage shows and the like.

[@nomdeplume2213]

Psychosomatic

[@debramccullum9472]

I grew up in Mississippi as a child. I was raised by my great grandmother. When my two sisters and I got a cold, my great grandmother would make us take a tsp of castor oil and chase it with a swallow of orange juice. Within a day or two, the cold was gone. Thanks for making the video💕

[@backwoodsmama721]

It's not really medicinal, but I grew up with my mom putting tobacco with spit on my bee stings. My mamaw did the same when my mom was growing up. It's something that was passed down through the years. It actually works.

[@buzsalmon]

The only time I was stung by a hornet (not a wasp) I was about ten years old and on the banks of the Coosa River it hit me so hard I almost fell so a man fishing nearby saw what happened and came to help me by taking out his chewing tobacco from his mouth and held it tightly over where I was stung. It was almost immediate as the swelling went down and the pain eased up! Almost 70 years ago. Thank you for your video!

[@sameoldmphymel]

As a kid, my uncle Charlie (young, in his early twenties) and his bride-to-be, took me and my aunt (more like a sister as she was just a couple of years older than me) crabbing in a nearby lake. Riding home, my aunt and I would like to stand up behind the truck and let all that wind cool us off in this hot La. summers. On this particular day, I felt something hit my neck, and reaching for it got stuck something fierce on my neck and finger. I started screaming "a gueppe! A gueppe!" ("gueppe" is what a wasp or hornet is called in Cajun). Charlie stops the truck and they get out with me jumping and hollerin. His gal says "Charlie what's a gueppe?" (see she didn't talk too much french) Charlie say it's a wasp honey. So she immediately knew what to do, and grabs one of his smokes and wet it down with a little spit, and it really did help. From time to time at family gatherings that story about "Charlie what's a gueppe" comes up for a round of laughs.

[@scottvines4093]

My half-Delaware ancestor, Peter Mankins, Sr. said that "yellow root" and a daily shot of whiskey were the secrets to his longevity. Yellow root contains berberine. Good genes and remaining active probably helped too!

[@craftingontheporchwithbill]

I've used yellow root tea as an oral antiseptic and as a wound wash, especially for scrapes. I make mullein tincture for my friends and family for coughs and congestion, and make salve out of comfrey, yarrow and plantain that works wonders to heal surface wounds, even diaper rash and chapping from nursing babies. I make lemon balm salve for fungal infections and jewel weed salve for poison ivy. I used to teach these at primitive skills gatherings but my employer got nervous and asked me to stop. Mind over matter as you called it, or power of suggestion or placebo effect all work more often than people give them credit for. Most medical studies will credit up to 25% of the results to placebo effect. Because of that, I told my patients in the ambulance back when i was a paramedic that whatever treatment i was doing would make them feel better, and it usually did. I still say the same things with my herbal items, just to ring in placebo effect on my loved ones side. Thank you for showing us yellow root and for saying good things about those who still use herbal remedies. People who fight their use might be a little insecure. Remember that the folks who fought hardest against washing their hands before doing a treatment back at the turn of the century were Doctors.

[@organic3280]

Exactly right....from a Nurse of 33 years.

[@hollish196]

Another wonderful story from you. I appreciate these so very much. And I do have to share that a family friend who was a doctor started his practice in Kentucky. He was about to start surgery (appendicitis?) and the sister of the patient ran into the building and slammed an axe down into the table just above the patient's head.My friend just took a really deep breathe and did the surgery. Cutting the pain, indeed!!

[@mediclimber]

Excellent video. My Grandmother was a powwow doctor in the Poconos here in PA.

[@noahsmith8988]

I use to get yellow root for a women that had high blood sugar she made a tea and kept it in the refrigerator and drank some ever day it lowered her sugar to where she got off her medicine for years when she run out I would get her more I showed her son how to get the root and I did not have to get it anymore good video

[@sarahpassell226]

I just watched this one today. One of my favorites because you say so many true things, Tipper. Now I'm going to search what botanists and biologists have to say about yellowroot.

[@karlaruthford5149]

I'm sure happy I found your channel. Thank you.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Karla-I'm glad you found me too! Hope you drop back by often 😀

[@margiesteininger3344]

momma used to make a baking soda paste to ease a bee sting. she also used a mustard plaster for colds

[@StringfieldRidgeFarm]

Great info and great stories My dad used to hunt ginseng, goldenseal and bloodroot when I was growing up. I have some goldenseal and bloodroot on my property now I use as needed.

[@pvjohnson52]

This is a great journey going thru your videos.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you so much!

[@patriciawhite1041]

I sure Thank you for sharing this I wish I knew more things like that to help our element herbs and things l sure like watching you I can learn thinks

[@MPaulPrice187]

I dig Yellow Root in Doddridge County West Virginia and surrounding counties. I've found great big 3&4 prongers down to a little single

[@bonniebrown6960]

I love hearing about these old remedies. I wish I had a book with all that kind of information in it. I have heard about the ax or a knife under the bed will cut the pain. I guess that's why it helps to take lamaze classes too. It helps you breath through the pains when you're having a baby. Like you said, it's mind over matter. I took lamaze classes, but my daughter and daughter in law didn't. So, when they were in labor I helped them breath through those labor pains. I was only in labor 4 and half hours with my daughter. Thank the Lord I only lived 2 red lights from the hospital at that time or I would have given birth to her at home. I was expecting to be in labor for 12 to 24 hours like most women, but that's not what happened. I was only at the hospital for 20 minutes .... then I had her. Then I was only in labor 5 and half hours with my son. I didn't wait around with him. I hurried up and got to the hospital that time. Ha..! 😀 I have never heard about yellow root before though. I'll keep that in mind. Thank you for sharing this with us Miss Tipper. 🥰❤

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

That is quick 😀 Glad you enjoyed this one!

[@misscindy3414]

Tipper, I think you are 100% correct, we can do much more with focused thought than we realize.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Cindy-Yes! Its just so hard to get our minds to focus LOL!

[@therealamon]

I was taught how do look for this by my dad and grandma in South Carolina it makes a bitter tea but its good for health!

[@randyaivaz3356]

Interesting, I live in The Florida Keys, my yard is loaded with it. Had to KZbin Search it, found your Video. I Love Natural Herbs and Plants, Trees. I grew up in Maryland in the '60's, yard was right up to the Woods. Spent all day Exploring. Would dig up Sassafras Roots and Make Tea. Good Stuff. Thanks for the Video Stratmando

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you for watching!

[@maryrutherford-fromthenear5683]

It always looks so pretty growing along the creek banks and makes the best yellow dye!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Mary-I've never dyed anything with it, but would like to try it someday!

[@laurastafford6217]

Yellow root reminds me of my grandma..use to have it in the stores here but don't see it anymore.

[@jackrowe5571]

We used to chew yellaroot to clean our teeth, in Tallapoosa county Alabama the southernmost point in Appalachia.

[@harechick]

I love foraging for herbs in my neighborhood (and yard), been doing it for years. I dry the herbs to use in tinctures, salves, vinegars and oils. I love free, readily available wild herbs. (Thank you Lord for this bountiful planet)!!!! (and love reading the comments)

[@gregcheney7173]

Thank You so Much for all of these great videos. I love your delivery!!! Please continue to be good.

[@cassconner6023]

Hi, your accent sounds more southeastern Ky than Western NC. i’m from eastern ky but have been living in Franklin NC for quite a spell. Great video, found some YR today and am making some tea.

[@mywoolmitten]

What a sweet episode! I didn't know about yellow root, and my isn't it pretty? I think you're very right, that many of the old folk lore and practices were mind over matter..but they still worked ;)

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

It is a pretty plant! Thank you for watching!!

[@saprenna]

Gone With the Wind, Prissy says "Mammy says if you put a knife under the bed it cuts the pain in half!" when Melanie is in labor. 😁

[@jerrymapp2529]

Thanks for the information.

[@martiamatters8710]

I’m here for the comments I love to hear old wives tales you can learn a lot. That sometimes works better than modern medicine. My great great great grandmother was a herbalist a Witch Doctor and helped everyone she would take her grandchildren into the woods with her to pick herbs she would taste them to know which ones she wanted. She would use Herbs to heal everything and everyone she never went to a Doctor she would heal things for people that modern medicine couldn’t. The sad part is no one learn to use or identify herbs the way she did . That’s why I’m so interested in herbs. Ima teach myself.

[@tnreb8777]

Polk is good to eat, leaves, in Spring. The berries are great fir dyeing as well. Also berries & roots, have medical uses, with much caution!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

TinaMeana- Yes!! Thank you for watching.

[@TheComemikiamo]

We use the gel from inside to draw out infection. I had a horrid tooth ache. Tooth had a tiny bump by it. The taste makes you gag, but I held it in my mouth over that bump for 10 minutes or so. About a half hour later, that bump swole up 4 time the size. Another half hour that bump popped and all the infection came out. Aloe gel is good for the digestive system too.

[@lkw911news9]

Oh I wish you had showed us the plant and talked about it so we would know and could recognize it

[@violetflame2111]

Love this! I have lots of yellow root on our property. We also have a "pap" 🤣♥️ much love from Avery NC!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

😀

[@shirleyfrazier4476]

You asked if we knew of any old ways to treat illnesses. My nephew lived with us when I was growing up. He had asthma attacks real often. One time my daddy cut a branch the same length as my nephew from a certain kind of tree ( not sure what kind) and hid it in the attic. He said when my nephew grew taller than the branch is long he would be free from asthma. I don’t know if the tree had anything to do with it but he did stop having asthma attacks when he grew a little older. It was strange finding that tree branch in the attic many years later. My daddy swore the tree healed my nephew.

[@marquitacox8588]

I love yellow root. Besides the awful taste lol. My girls use it also. It was passed to me from my grandmother when I was little and had a sore throat. I make it taste better with local honey.

[@truthseeker3715]

My dad used to make a tea from it for a sore throat.

[@paularhodarmer3267]

Tipper, my grandmother told me a funny story about healing herbs. She and her brothers and sisters were made to wear these little bags of assa-fid-eta (at least, that what the word sounds like) like a necklace around their necks. This herb was supposed to keep them healthy and ward off dangerous diseases. She said it smelled terrible and they hated it, but did not dare take it off. Her father must have had a large patch of it or some way to get it, because he kept a supply and often neighbors and others came to him for the herb. Of course, in those days men were very careful about their language around women. She said one day a man came into the yard and asked for her father. Her mother told the man he had gone visiting and would soon be back. The man hung around the yard all day, and as evening came on he got more and more agitated that her father had not returned. Finally her mother told him she did not know why he was so late but she would be glad to give him a message as soon as he got home. The man, greatly relieved, told her mother to tell her husband that "Frank needs some rump-ta-fid-eta real bad." The children inside the home thought that was the funniest thing! Grandmother still laughed 80 years later when she would tell me that story. Another thing that comes to mind concerning herbs and medicine was my grandmother's neighbor, Dr. Christopher Grimshawe. My grandmother said he was a homeopathic doctor. This was doctor that gave tiny does of medicines, mostly herbs. I think he was quite famous in his time and area, I've seen his grave and his tombstone is very impressive. My grandmother's family had the utmost trust in him, and he took good care of them. I believe his family came from England. Keep up the great work on your new channel. If I've told you this story before, please forgive me - I forget who I've told and who I haven't.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Paula-what a funny story! Thank you for sharing it. I've heard of children wearing that around their neck too, but have never seen nor smelled it : )

[@trudygagne9782]

Ty

[@rough-hewnhomestead5737]

Great video! I've actually never foraged or used yellow root (even though I'm an herbalist). I will look for some in early spring or in fall. Love the stories that you share. God bless!

[@rough-hewnhomestead5737]

...a few herbal remedies that my maternal Grandmother used and shared are: boneset tea for breaking a fever (yarrow will do the same by improving the fever and hastening "breaking" it)...onion poultices for croup...pennyroyal (she pronounced it "pen-a-raw") tea for menstrual cramps (not to be used when pregnant as it can cause uterine contractions)...she burned shell bark hickory (we call it shagbark) bark to ash and gave it for intestinal worms --1/2 tsp ashes once a day for 3 days (she dosed her family with this annually as a preventative)..."Granny Grease" was a sort of homemade salve made of lard, liniment, Vick's, and camphor, rubbed onto chest/back/sides and person kept well covered and our of drafts......Catnip tea for colds and restlessness in infants....For boils and stone bruises: white bread soaked in warm milk and applied like a poultice...also, a bit of grated soap and some sugar mixed and added to a piece of cloth then moistened...also, the striffen from the inside of an egg shell applied to the area...also, a piece of fat meat applied to the area....For coughs she used wild cherry bark (after the cherries have set on as less cyanide remains in the bark then), shell bark hickory (we call it shagbark hickory and I make syrup from it that can double as a cough med and a pancake topper ;) ), and holly bark (my understanding is that holly bark must be dried before use)...For "breast fever" (mastitis) she made allspice tea (I wish I'd known this when I nursed my first baby!!)...Blackberry root tea for diarrhea (it's an astringent and dries things up)...For skin irritation she used a salve made by simmering hog's hair mixed with lard...Also for skin irritations/sores she used Balm of Gilead Tree Salve: she steeped the buds of the Balm of Gilead tree in lard or mutton tallow to make a salve. She also used mutton tallow for chapped hands. For croup she used skunk oil and/or bear grease: Render the fat from a skunk or bear and rub on chest/back/sides. Pine Tea was used for coughs: Boil needles and limbs from pine tree and use as tea or add sugar and boil down to a syrup. White oak bark was boiled down and reduced to an "ooze" (her words) and put on cuts to heal them. For shingles she says to kill a black chicken and allow the warm blood to drop onto the affected areas. I hope you found those interesting! God bless!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you so much for sharing her remedies!!

[@Lisa1111]

How pretty! Thank you! A lot of people here in Seattle are turning to cannabis for remedy. Does anyone use that there? Or is it Popcorn Sutton style 😉

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

I think its fairly common here too 😀

[@rayturner4769]

Well... 😌 Thanks everyone

[@td449]

My nanny put snuff on bee stings to take the sting and itch out. My son was born premature 26 weeks I had him at 1lb and he had undeveloped lungs even when I brought him home he was on a machine. Well my papa and his church friend brought me a tree limb from the our NC mountains and to this day I don't know what kind. But they put it under his crib mattress and said when he out grew the limb he would not have anymore breathing problems. Well it worked the doctors were amazed and he is now a healthy 27 year old. Sure wish I knew what tree it was from. I guess at the time I was just glad it worked.

[@teresaburleson7226]

My Mamma's Granny did a lot of teas from herbs and roots. Mamma would tell us about her Granny telling her to go and gather a certain weed, so she could make a tea to help her "Nuralgie". I can't spell it the way Mamma said Granny pronounced it Lol. Mamma said it It would help Granny's pain. Mamma talked about yellow root, and a weed called "Never Still". Mamma said it probably got its name because it was never still,, like the wind was constantly blowing it, and that made it easy to find.

[@thirdrockjul2224]

Goldenseal. ❤️

[@MarthaGonzalez-jm3vn]

When I was young my mama gave it to me for asthma and bronchitis.

[@katiesioux7757]

We have bitter root up north

[@lloydfortner1663]

I bin wantin to write down some of these home remedies, I remember a few of em. I know a feller that still uses some of the old remedies I got to get with him and write this stuff down. My cousin had sores in his mouth back when we was in grammer school. The doctor told him to cut out dairy products. My grandpaw got limb off a Bush that growed along the branch and scraped the bark off with his knife. Told him to chew on it. I don't remember how long it took but the sores was gone. Grandpaw called it a sore mouth bush lol. Wish I had paid attention to what it looked like but I didn't. I believe in the mind over matter. My father in law was with the fire department and he went on a call at Ingles. They got in there an my uncle was talking to a girl in the floor. He was cutting up with her about her wedding coming up. They took her out to the ambulance to check her out. My father in law asked my uncle who she was and he said I got no clue. I was just trying to get her mind off of the problem. Musta worked cause she was calmed down by the time EMTs got there. I really enjoy your videos! I think your doing a good job of preserving Appalachia

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Lloyd-thank you!! Your father in law's story is a great example of mind over matter. So glad you're enjoying the videos.

[@johnneedy3164]

The (book )says all plants /flowers are here for us ,but we have to figger out how to use them, or it

[@tnreb8777]

I just found ur channel. Ty, i enjoy it so much!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

TinaMeana-I'm glad you found me and even happier you're enjoying the videos : )

[@danvanhoose6783]

Used to drink it mixed like as spring tonic.

[@chrisb6823]

Whew! dang when you said you chewed on that yellow root it almost made me gag, I remember the god awful taste of yellow root. They would give it to me for a stomach ache. What I would give to have a piece now I would probably chew it like juciy fruit gum.

[@lindatuttamore8676]

I still use yellow root.

[@organic3280]

AKA...Golden Seal. You can buy the tincture online.

[@shannonwindsor8947]

Penny wort for fever, Peppermint...I've got a 1900 book of herbs and such from a great great aunt. I've had a wart talked off and fire talked out of a grease burn. My great Granny did this and it had to be passed down by if a female has the skill, she told it to a male, and he had to tell a female or they would lose the ability when it passed along.

[@shannonwindsor8947]

Thank you for sharing these. You've brought back some great memories l had almost forgotten. Can't tell you how many snakes I've draped over a branch. If you see one snake look for another...ohmygosh! Smelling a snake (smells like cucumber or melon) or smell rain coming. The smell of flowers when none are around meaning an angel is in your presence. 💕🙋‍♀️

[@cecilsquires3105]

A A onion chopped up in a rag put on the instep of your feet will break a Fever. I've done this several times my grandmother's done it to me, and I've done it to my daughter. When she was hadd Kawasaki's disease.

[@BE_SUEQ]

Well my granny Croley put tobacco spit on a wasp sting or mosquito bite...for chiggers though she put fingernail polish on the bites ( didn't help the itchin though. My granny Watters put a salve of baking soda and water on bee or wasp stings and I can many times attest to that help , whew!! One Christmas a few years back my older daughter Kim was singing in the choir a Christmas Cantata at church , and she invited me to sing along with her so I joined in going to all the practices...but, about 3-4 days before the performance I got an allergy related laryngitis -no voice-I googled every remedy I could to see what I could find to really help... like gargling with lemon juice , eating lots of fruit with citric acid . But nothing was working fast enough ....But one Amish remedy was to chew on and suck on raw garlic ...I so wanted to sing the music was beautiful and doing it with her was going to be so fun ....so I did it and it was pretty awful... every day , the Amish put a cut 1/2 piece on each side of the jaw to suck on I thought I'd die from that too , it wasn't easy ... but .....I did get to sing that cantata and was so grateful, though it took me hours to get my breath ready enough to do so 😂 . Also I like that phrase you used in the video - a good "running go " up the ramp -hadn't heard that one.... One more remedy just came to mind I heard about ....is that egg white is good for a burn to soothe it and help it heal faster ... I did try that one when I burned my finger , dipped it into some and let it soak a bit ....it did help and didn't blister ... of course there are other good things for burns also to help the pain ..have used an ice cube 😬till it finally quit burning long enough to put something on it.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Susie-thank you for sharing your remedies! I'll remember the one about the garlic-nothing worse for the girls than having to perform with no voice!

[@niamhneevekinsella7951]

Hi Tipper, I love these stories, you’re a great storyteller and reminds me of sitting around the fire as a child and my Mother telling us stories. Can you recommend any good books on Appalachian medicinal recipes. Thank you, Niamh

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Folk Medicine in Southern Appalachia by Anthony Cavender is the best as far as history and folklore goes. For books to actually use for your own recipes I like "Medicinal Plants of the Southern Appalachians" by Patricia Kyristsi Howell. Another good one, not necessarily about foraging, is "Herbs for Health and Healing" by Kathi Keville.

[@kayakbrent]

goldenseal is endangered. a great alternative is Japanese Barberry. It has that same yellow compound that has been proven to be beneficial. But since Japanese Barberry is an aggressive invasive species, you can and should dig up all that you see. They are easy to identify. a small red berry that is longer than wide. and they have jaggers. they are everywhere. Please check out "Learn Your Land". He's out of western pa and is more focused around mushrooms, but you two are on the same page medicinally.

[@alexalexides8947]

I had to look this up after hearing about it from a cousin, and I think this is the yellowroot that is just the same family as goldenseal. Xanthorhiza. Let me know if that is correct, I just got sent some and was wondering if that's correct!

[@marymeninga]

My mother would blow smoke in my ear canal to relieve an ear ache. She was born in 1927 and said her father would blow smoke in the mules ear. Might explain my earing lost.

[@MakeADeal12]

I use mine in water i take it like it is no juice its bitter but it helps my stomach pain

[@aprilgalbraith5421]

U are awesome new sub. I got in to ginseng hunting this year im 17 and found 112 grams tryying to learn more

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you April!! Congrats on the sang 🙂

[@cathysmith6956]

Yeah, the route has the same properties as sulfa drug an antibiotic It will also stain your mouth. If you chew the dry fine roots, they look like hairs.

[@shazskay]

I used yellow root when we lived in Atlanta. I ordered it from a lady listed in the farm bulletin. Yellow root wound ease the discomfort from my allergies which were very bad near the city. Does anyone know where I can get plants for my back yard? Thank you, girlfriend!🎉

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you! Check on Ebay or Etsy there might be someone selling the plants there 😀

[@HalcyonxTeatree]

I live in north Georgia (between Athens and Atlanta) and have a hard time finding yellow root. What stores here are sure to have yellow root that I can purchase no problem? Great and informative video by the way. Definitely subscribing 🙂💙

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you! Try your local health food store they will usually have it in some form 😀

[@HalcyonxTeatree]

@@CelebratingAppalachia thank YOU 😊💙

[@alexalexides8947]

Did you find any?

[@annaleedaughterofyhwh7767]

Do you sell/ship to Arizona 🌵☀️🌴? Please and thank you 🙏

[@dryhumor7302]

I do not mean to be political...But when we must warn people that people have used plants throughout human history...We have gone too far down the overreach trail. Still, you and your family are a real Blessing!

[@neobailey5268]

Yella root tea is good for what ails you....

[@deloreswatkins9844]

My grandmother also chewed on a some hind of sticker on it and it cleared her mouth and

[@brendastajkowski502]

This has nothing to do with medicine but I remember that I was told if you gave a knife as a gift you would have to give a coin with it and I always have. Hocus pokus? My mother also told me if a bird got into the house someone would/could die. I have had pet birds all my life.

[@omegathomas9206]

yellow root is also good to heal blood boil`s

[@steviedesmond741]

Mama would blow smoke in our ears or use corn oil for earaches.

[@kimrobinson728]

I read a book called fox fire.it said they used blue stone for tooth ache. Do you know what blue stone is

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Kim-I don't know what blue stone is, but that sounds very interesting.

[@joncothranphotography9375]

I think that a lot of the "wives tails" that we were taught as kids were just to help the grown-ups keep us unruly kids at bay. My Ma was really nervous when a storm would blow up and us youngin's would get all excited. Well she would tell us that noise drawed lightin' and make us sit quiet till it passed. We know now that was not so, but it worked on us back then.

[@kathleenheimanrandolph401]

We were told put the cat out and grad a feather pillow!!! Cat hated it, we were comforted by the soft pillow! Oh , also had a sock pined around our neck after being slathered with vicks vapo rub! Kept the warmth in and soothed your throat and chest!

[@omegathomas9206]

my two son`s had a terrable problem with blood boils , and my dad`s baby brother used to come to our house and just so happened he show up when our boy`s had those boils and when he found it out he left and then came back in a little while with some yellow root and he told my wife to boil this and make a tea from it and sweeten it so it would wound`nt be so bad tasting and my wife made our boys drink this , and my uncle said that the reason they had these boils was because of impurities in their blood and so the next day after they drank this there were boils all over them and when they healed up they`ve never had any more boils .

[@cathysmith6956]

Yeah, the route has the same properties as sulfa drug an antibiotic

[@ruthmoscato]

I remember my Mom telling me that.one of her Bros. thru a MouthHarp and hit her on the head.Well her Ole Uncle was sittin next to her,And since she had a gash on her head that started Bleeding,her uncle took out his Chewin Tobacco and slapt it on her head. It really did help,till Gram got there .

[@ConstantGardener-q9q]

Are you talking about goldenseal? Or something else?

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

😀 You can learn more about yellow root here: www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=XASI

[@patriciabowman9157]

When I had bad boil my mama put a piece of fat back on it . It drew posion

[@sengcaptainchannel794]

Hi there do you have a dry yellow Root for sale?

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

I'm sorry I don't. I think you can find it on Etsy 😀

[@sengcaptainchannel794]

What's Etsy?

[@duaneholcomb8408]

It use to grow all over down by my creek but it's all about gone now don't know maybe the flood washed alot of it away,, it is. Bitter. Many Cherokee used it to die deer skins Medicine is good both old and New, , , ,if it's aplies with knowledge. Its good that some still hold on to old remedies to pass on to there children. Cause some day it may come in handy,,,

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

So true! I wish I had more knowledge about the old ways.

[@chadstrutzenberg9171]

Putting potato peelings on your eyes to help with welders flash

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

I had forgot about that one! My husband was a welder back in the day 😀