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Sampson Root or Sampson Snakeroot
Volume 1, entries 1494. 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 1494
An' dis heah Sampson [or Sampson's] snakeroot, yo' take dat. Dey use Sampson snakeroot for any cunjuration - say Sarpson root overcome it. (How would they use that root?) Dey use dat root by making a tea out of it - yo' chew some of OR it an' yo' make a tea out of it. SAMPSON SNAKEROOT (That is to kill any poison that is in you?) It will kill the poison. [This plant is probably babroot or bab's-root, an aromatic herb (Psoralea peduneulata), southeastern U. S. A., the root said to have tonic properties.]