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Bull Nettle
Volume 1, entries 1145. Source context: THE DOCTORS AT WORK: REPORTS FROM LAYMEN → FOLK MEDICINE → CURE AND PROTECTION. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 1145
Bull nettle. Well, yo' make a tea out of that. Yo' make a tea outa bull nettle an' drink it an' at least thirty days or a little mo', it'll cure de worse case syphilis. [Bull nettle, also known as horse nettle, is a short prickly weed (Solanun carolinense), a pasture or lawn nuisance with purplish flower and small yellow fruit, common in eastern and southern U. S. A., and once used for epilepsy.